CoinDesk headlines
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Strategy proposes daily dividends to bring STRC back toward $100
STRC has remained below $100 since May, despite a 12% dividend rate and roughly $1 billion in preferred share buybacks.
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Bond volatility surges while bitcoin and Wall Street stay calm
Bond volatility is at its highest since March, while the bitcoin VIX, BVIV and Wall Street's VIX remain near its yearly low.
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Bitcoin holders are cashing out, just not the way they did at prior market tops
Your day-ahead look for Sept. 25, 2026
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Altcoins rally across the board as bitcoin consolidates near $84,000
Quant jumped 39% over 24 hours and 93 of 100 CoinDesk 100 constituents rose, with the altcoin season index at its highest in more than three months.
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Bitcoin ETFs have erased a $5.8 billion hole
At one point in July, ETFs were down $5.8 billion in net outflows for the year. Now, that’s turned into $800 million in net inflows.
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KelpDAO sues LayerZero for the largest exploit 2026 has seen so far
The cross-chain lending protocol accused LayerZero and its co-founder Brian Pellegrino of failing to disclose weaknesses in their protocol, which led to the $292 million hack.
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Live updates: Bitcoin steadies near $84,000 as the bond selloff pauses
Treasury yields eased from multi-decade highs and oil slipped on reports of a phased U.S.-Iran deal, with roughly $14 billion in bitcoin options set to expire on Deribit on Friday.
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Bitget's $352 million hack happened via spoofed transfers, not private keys, CEO Gray Chen says
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New York sues Polymarket, alleging it is running an illegal gambling operation
The state wants to block Polymarket from operating without a gambling license and recover allegedly illegal gains.
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U.S. Federal Reserve moves on proposals to implement GENIUS Act for stablecoins
The Fed proposed rules on putting last year's GENIUS Act into place with regulations, including those governing stablecoin yield programs.
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Crypto exchange Bitget says $352 million affected in a hack, claims user funds are 'safe'
Bitget CEO Gracy Chen announced the hack shortly after independent researchers flagged unusual wallet movements.
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Someone was trying to sell Ondo Finance after founder Nathan Allman's death
The company has vehemently denied that it was shopping for buyers. Allman’s estate declined to comment.
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Bullish, Alpaca and Apex Fintech form coalition to push issuer-backed tokenized stocks
The group aims to link onchain shares to official shareholder records following the U.S. SEC's innovation exemption for tokenized stock trading.
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U.S. commodities firms can invest in tokenized assets, use blockchain records: CFTC
The U.S derivatives regulator is grinding away at further guidance that welcomes tokenization and blockchain recordkeeping as regular industry elements.
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The stock token debate, and the gap nobody can close alone
The argument over Robinhood’s AMC token has been about which tokenization model is legitimate, and the SEC has drawn a line. The question to ask now is what has to be true for any of it to be a market, argues Bullish’s Tram Doman.
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Bitcoin just topped a key long-term moving average. Here's what it might mean
Bitcoin’s return above its one-year average excited chart watchers. AltcoinPro Research says the more important signal is whether it can stay above its 200-day average.
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Crypto casino Duelbits goes offline after $7 million hot wallet hack
Attackers drained Duelbits' hot wallets across four blockchains; about $6 million in stolen funds now sits in a single Ethereum address.
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Bitcoin’s bear markets are getting milder. Bull markets may be next
Bitcoin’s latest bear market was milder than past crashes as ETFs, institutional investors and a maturing market reshape its cycles.
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UK’s largest banks complete world’s first interbank transactions using tokenized deposits
Barclays, NatWest, and HSBC and others used tokenized deposits for remortgages and a marketplace-payment test, taking bank-issued digital cash beyond a single institution.
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Crypto for Advisors:The hidden costs of holding your own bitcoin
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European stablecoin issuer Qivalis sees transformation of global trade finance
Jan-Oliver Sell, the CEO and founder of Qivalis, said the entire trade finance supply chain is moving into stablecoins.
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Cathie Wood's ARK teams with Securitize to tokenize venture fund with OpenAI, Anthropic stakes
The ARK Venture Fund is bringing exposure to sought-after private tech companies onchain through Securitize, first on Ethereum then potentially expanding to other chains.
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Solana Foundation hires Binance, Polygon veterans as it ramps up tokenized finance push
Rachel Conlan and Jamal Raees join as Solana aims to court institutions moving payments and assets onchain.
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Crypto investment firm RockawayX is betting $150 million on yield becoming next big use case
The $2 billion digital-asset investment firm rolls out an initiative to back, build and provide liquidity to projects bringing real-world yields into DeFi.
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EU's financial regulator to make AI and tokenization a supervisory priority in 2027
European regulators will map how financial firms use the technologies in client-facing products and begin checks on the most affected businesses.
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Brooklyn man sent to prison for 12 years for stealing $16M in a Coinbase phishing scheme
The fraudster managed to scam about 100 people across the United States, convincing them of transferring funds to him, claiming their accounts had been hacked.
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Litecoin token has its moment as network activity booms
Your day-ahead look for Sept. 24, 2026
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Live updates: Bitcoin continues lower as bond yields take center stage
U.S. bond yields are little changed early Thursday after yesterday's surge higher sent risk markets sharply lower.
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Bitcoin slides to $83,300 as bond yields hit highest level since 2007
The 10-year Treasury yield reached its highest since 2007, sending U.S. stocks and crypto lower before Asian and European traders bought the dip.
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Traders price in 4 Fed rate hikes by June 2027 as bitcoin slides below $83,000
The four-hike path is the most likely outcome, while rising bond yields and a stronger dollar weigh on bitcoin and gold.