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First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Pulls Back Before Probable Fed Rate Cut
16.9.2024
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for Sept. 16, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets
SEC Places Heavier Scrutiny on Binance's Token Listing, Trading Process in Proposed Amended Complaint
16.9.2024
The SEC filed its proposed amended complaint against Binance on Thursday with a greater emphasis on the exchange's token listing process
Flappy Bird Creator Dong Nguyen Comes Out of Social Media Retirement to Take a Swing at GameFi
16.9.2024
Flappy Birds is back, but without the support of its original creator
Crypto Broker DeltaPrime Drained of Over $6M Amid Apparent Private Key Leak
16.9.2024
The project is offered on both Arbitrum and Avalanche blockchains. Monday’s exploit impacted only the version on Arbitrum as of European morning hours
Bitcoin Slips to $58K as Fed Faces Split Rate Cut Expectations
16.9.2024
"Rarely has the market gone into the Fed meeting with maximum uncertainty (halfway between 25bps and 50bps)," Marc Chandler, chief market strategist at Bannockburn Global Forex
Bitcoin, Ether Plunge 5% Ahead of Widely-Anticipated Fed Rate Cuts
16.9.2024
PLUS: Sony’s Soneium blockchain is growing, with Circle announcing that USDC will be listed on the chain
'An Explosion of Election Gambling' Is Nigh, CFTC Warns Appeals Court
15.9.2024
The regulator pleaded with the court to halt Kalshi's political prediction markets for the duration of the CFTC's appeal
Even Temporarily Blocking Election Contracts Risks 'Irreparable' Harm, Kalshi Argues
14.9.2024
Prediction market company Kalshi pushed back against the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's move to block its new election contracts, saying they would harm the company
Sam Bankman-Fried Appeals Fraud Conviction, Requests New Trial: NYT
13.9.2024
The FTX founder is six months into a 25-year prison sentence
Spanish Crypto Exchange Bit2Me Obtains License in Argentina as a Virtual Asset Service Provider
13.9.2024
The registry, launched in March by Argentina's National Securities Commission, already has 79 approvals
Bitcoin Eyes $60K and Likely Haa More Room to Rally, Analyst Says
13.9.2024
Bitcoin Left Out as Stocks, Bonds and Gold Party on Global Monetary Easing
13.9.2024
Markets are rallying as might be expected on a new rate cut cycle, but crypto continues to struggle
Tether Hires PayPal Government Affairs Ace as U.S. Scrutiny Unresolved
13.9.2024
Tether hired a government-affairs veteran from PayPal and Chainalysis, Jesse Spiro, to head its own shop as the issuer of the leading {{USDT}} stablecoin has long been under a cloud of reported U.S. investigations
DAOs Need a Vibe Check
13.9.2024
A recent token heist at Compound DAO revealed the weakness of current DAO governance voting. There is a better way, say Andrés Fábrega, Jay Yu, Amy Zhao, and Ari Juels
Latin American Crypto Exchange Ripio Unveils DeFi Credit Card With Visa
13.9.2024
The product will allow users to access up to 30% of blocked assets in a liquidity pool
Polygon's POL (MATIC) Token Spikes 15% on Binance Listing
13.9.2024
Polygon introduced last week the upgraded version the network's token, POL, migrating from its longstanding token MATIC with some tokenomics changes
U.S. Political Prediction Markets: Why Kalshi's Court Victory Matters
13.9.2024
If it turns out that the judge's ruling preempts the CFTC’s proposed rulemaking, election event contracts may now be completely legal
CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: ICP and RNDR Each Drop 3.6%, Leading Index Lower
13.9.2024
The CoinDesk 20 inched lower, despite 10.6% gains by Polygon
Odds of 50 Basis Point Fed Rate Cut Next Week Jump to 45%
13.9.2024
A decent jobs report last week and speedier than expected inflation data this week had most assuming the U.S central bank would initially proceed cautiously as it begins a monetary easing cycle
Michael Saylor's MicroStrategy Purchased 18.3K More Bitcoins for $1.1B
13.9.2024
The firm now holds over 244,800 bitcoin, founder Michael Saylor said in an X post