Crypto Daybook Americas: Bitcoin Loses Allure to Gold as Economic Concerns Rise
17.4.2025
Your day-ahead look for April 17, 2025
Babylon total value locked drops 32% as wallets unstake $1.2B in Bitcoin
17.4.2025
Bitcoin staking protocol Babylon saw $1.26 billion in BTC unstaked from its platform, reducing the protocol’s total value locked by 32%. On April 17, blockchain analytics firm Lookonchain flagged several addresses that had unstaked a total of 14,929 Bitcoin (BTC) from the staking...
CoinGecko Spotlights LBank’s Memecoin Dominance and Fastest Altcoin Listings
17.4.2025
This content is provided by a sponsor. PRESS RELEASE. SINGAPORE, April 17, 2025 – LBank (lbank.com), a leading global cryptocurrency exchange, has solidified its position as a frontrunner in the cryptocurrency market by capitalizing on rapid altcoin listings and dominating the memecoin sector....
Bitcoin, Gold, and the Minsky Moment: Novogratz on the End of Fiscal Complacency
17.4.2025
Galaxy Digital CEO warns U.S. market is starting to behave like an emerging economy amid rising rates and soaring debt
The Upper Hand: Why Stablecoins Will Remain Popular in Argentina After the End of Currency Controls
17.4.2025
Local experts assess that, while useful, regular dollars will not impact the use of stablecoins in Argentina, given their unique characteristics and value proposition. Instead, some believe that the adoption of these dollar-proxy tokens will increase, as they create new investment opportunities....
Binance helps countries with Bitcoin reserves, crypto policies, says CEO
17.4.2025
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance is involved in discussions on establishing strategic digital asset reserves with several countries worldwide, its CEO, Richard Teng, reportedly said.Binance has been advising multiple governments on establishing strategic Bitcoin (BTC) reserves and formulating crypto...
Bitcoin gold copycat move may top $150K as BTC stays 'impressive'
17.4.2025
Bitcoin (BTC) has a new gold-inspired $155,000 target, as analysis describes both assets as “remarkably impressive.”In a post on X on April 16, popular trading and analytics account Cryptollica predicted BTC/USD copying gold to hit new all-time highs next.Analysis sees key BTC price...
AI tokens, memecoins dominate crypto narratives in Q1 2025: CoinGecko
17.4.2025
The cryptocurrency market is still recycling old narratives, with few new trends yet to emerge and replace the dominant themes in the first quarter of 2025.Artificial intelligence tokens and memecoins were the dominant crypto narrative in the first quarter of 2025, accounting for 62.8% of investor...
Mike Novogratz’s Galaxy Ventures Fund Surpasses $150 Million Goal
17.4.2025
Mike Novogratz’s Galaxy Ventures Fund I LP has exceeded its initial fundraising goal of $150 million, with expectations to close between $175 million and $180 million by the end of June, according to a Bloomberg report. The fund, which focuses on early-stage startups with an emphasis on payments...
Auradine Raises $153M Series C for Bitcoin Mining, AI Data Center Networking
17.4.2025
The funding round takes Auradine's total backing to $300 million
Bitcoin, the Haven Crypto Bulls Hoped for, Is More a Barometer of Risk: Godbole
17.4.2025
Bitcoin, rather than behaving as a digital gold, has solidified as a proxy for risk, validating FX market participants who track it as a gauge of speculative sentiment
Trump Helps Cool Canadian Inflation as Election Day Looms
17.4.2025
The country reported lower-than-expected consumer price index (CPI) numbers in March, but the reason may be a bit surprising. Trump’s Policies Dent Canadian Inflation Ahead of Election President Donald Trump is perhaps public enemy number one in Canada. His rhetoric about an annexation of...