First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Falls Back Below $68K, Still Outperforms Broader Market
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for Oct. 25, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.
Polymarket Is a Success for Polygon Blockchain – Everywhere But the Bottom Line
One of the major breakout successes this year for the team behind layer-2 blockchain Polygon is Polymarket. But according to data, Polymarket has only brought in about $27,000 of transaction fees for Polygon PoS in 2024.
CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: APT Falls 2.7%, Leading Index Lower
NEAR Protocol also joined Aptos as an underperformer, falling 2.2% from Thursday.
Netherlands Starts Consulting on Crypto Tax Reporting Bill
The Netherlands launched a consultation on Thursday on a bill that would require crypto services to share their users’ data with tax authorities.
Tokenized Treasuries Like Blackrock’s BUIDL Will Challenge Stablecoins But Won’t Fully Replace Them: JPMorgan
These tokens are at a regulatory disadvantage to stablecoins due to their classification as securities, the report said.
Wall Street Financial Services Firm Lazard Plans to Create Tokenized Funds with Bitfinex Securities
Tokenization of conventional financial products is a booming sector within the digital asset industry, with BlackRock, HSBC and now Lazard among the global firms entering the space.
Aggregation Is the Only Way to Unify Web3
Blockchains are stuck in silos, fragmenting liquidity and making for a clunky user experience. It’s time to tear down the walls.
From Smuggling Gold Out of Africa to Bridging Bitcoin and Cardano
A longtime regular on the crypto scene, Sovryn and BitcoinOS founder Edan Yago learned the importance of financial sovereignty at an early age.
Crypto Rally Foiled by Report of DOJ Probe of Tether
Bitcoin appeared poised to make another run at $70,000, but a WSJ story of a criminal probe into the stablecoin issuer sent prices tumbling Friday afternoon.
Bitcoin Has a Lot Going for It, Except the Persistent Slide in Copper-Gold Ratio
BTC’s best years have been characterized by copper’s outperformance relative to gold.