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4 days ago | 
coindesk.com | James Van Straten |Sheldon Reback
Mining difficulty on the Bitcoin BTC$105,300.75 blockchain is on course to drop by the most since July 2021 after the amount of mining power securing the network slid about 30% in two weeks. According to data from Mempool.space, a downward difficulty adjustment of around 9% is projected within the next five days.
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2 months ago | 
coindesk.com | Ian Allison |Sheldon Reback
Share this articleBy Ian Allison|Edited by Sheldon Reback Apr 17, 2025, 1:00 p.m. The Stellar Development Foundation is aiming for a 10x increase in the value of real-world assets held on-chain compared with last year. As well as existing partnerships with Franklin Templeton and Wisdom Tress, Stellar is working with Paxos, Ondo, Etherfuse and SG Forge.
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2 months ago | 
coindesk.com | Francisco Rodrigues |Omkar Godbole |Shaurya Malwa |Sheldon Reback
By Francisco Rodrigues (All times ET unless indicated otherwise)President Donald Trump’s “reciprocal tariffs” announcement earlier this month drove the economic trade policy uncertainty index to a record high and sent investors away from risk assets, which include bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptocurrencies. By signing up, you will receive emails about CoinDesk products and you agree to our terms of use and privacy policy.
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2 months ago | 
coindesk.com | Jamie Crawley |Sheldon Reback
Share this articleBy Jamie Crawley|Edited by Sheldon Reback Apr 17, 2025, 9:05 a.m. Auradine, a maker of computing rigs for bitcoin mining and AI, raised $153 million in a Series C funding round. The Silicon Valley, California-based company also formed AuraLinks AI, focused on open-standards to address cooling requirements of next-generation AI data centers.
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2 months ago | 
coindesk.com | Omkar Godbole |Sheldon Reback
President Donald Trump's trade war has introduced significant volatility to financial markets since March, prompting investors to chase assets they believe provide a hedge in this turbulent environment. What's clear: Bitcoin (BTC) is not one of them, much to the dismay of bullish investors who have long thought of the largest cryptocurrency as digital gold either as a store of value or a haven investment.
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2 months ago | 
coindesk.com | William Canny |Sheldon Reback
Share this articleBy Will Canny|Edited by Sheldon Reback Apr 16, 2025, 3:09 p.m. Pure play miners outperformed those with HPC exposure in the first two weeks of April, the report noted. The network hashrate rose, while the bitcoin price fell, which pressured mining economics, the bank said. JPMorgan noted that only MARA Holdings and CleanSpark outperformed bitcoin over the first two weeks of the month.
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2 months ago | 
coindesk.com | Francisco Rodrigues |Omkar Godbole |Shaurya Malwa |Sheldon Reback
By Francisco Rodrigues (All times ET unless indicated otherwise)Cryptocurrency prices are down across the board over the last 24 hours amid a wider risk asset sell-off triggered by deepening U.S.-China trade tensions. By signing up, you will receive emails about CoinDesk products and you agree to our terms of use and privacy policy. The White House said China now “faces up to a 245% tariff on imports” and imposed new restrictions on chip exports to the country.
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2 months ago | 
coindesk.com | James Van Straten |Sheldon Reback
Share this articleBy James Van Straten, AI Boost|Edited by Sheldon Reback Apr 16, 2025, 8:39 a.m. Gold surged over 2% to break $3,300, as investors fled to haven investments amid deepening U.S.–China trade tensions. Chipmaker Nvidia warned of a $5.5 billion revenue hit, sending tech stocks lower and dragging Nasdaq futures down over 2%. Global markets are again under pressure following an escalation in U.S.–China trade tensions, with investors fleeing to havens and tech stocks taking a beating.
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2 months ago | 
coindesk.com | James Van Straten |Sheldon Reback
Matt Cole, CEO of Strive Asset Management, fresh from persuading video retailer GameStop to convert some of its cash reserve into bitcoin (BTC), wrote to urge financial software developer Intuit (INTU) to reverse what he described as "censorship policies" and an “anti-bitcoin bias” that could jeopardize long-term shareholder value.
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2 months ago | 
coindesk.com | Ian Allison |Sheldon Reback
Share this articleBy Ian Allison|Edited by Sheldon Reback Apr 15, 2025, 4:24 p.m. Banks and payment firms are set to enter the stablecoin industry as regulations evolve to make that possible. Ran Goldi, SVP of payments at Fireblocks, said he expects to see as many as 50 more stablecoins by the end of this year.
