The CPI reading reduced expectations for interest-rate cuts in the next months, weighing on risk assets such as crypto. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/02/13/bitcoin-drops-2-on-hotter-than-expected-us-inflation/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

The company has onboarded institutional investors such as Pantera Capital, DeFiance Capital, Keyrock and Flare Network to its MPC wallet, and secured over $3 billion in blockchain transaction volume. …

The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for Feb. 13, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the …

BNXA UK VASP is the first firm to land on the Financial Conduct Authority’s crypto register this year. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/02/13/banxa-payments-partner-for-binance-and-okx-lands-on-uk-crypto-register/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

The trader had bought the Yes side shares of the now-expired Polymarket-based betting contract “Will BTC hit $50,000 in February?” Source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/02/13/moon-holder-makes-550-on-predictions-platform-polymarket-as-bitcoin-moves-above-50k/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

The bullish flow is reminiscent of the 2020-2021 bull market when traders consistently snapped up bitcoin calls at levels well above the going market rate. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/02/13/bitcoin-traders-scoop-up-options-bets-at-65k-and-higher/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

The CoinDesk 20, a liquid index of the top twenty cryptocurrencies, rose 4% in the past 24 hours. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/02/13/solana-leads-gains-in-crypto-majors-bitcoin-metric-suggests-low-retail-growth/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

A source said that the investment was split evenly between the two digital assets. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/02/13/peter-thiel-made-200m-investment-in-btc-eth-before-bull-run-reuters/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Source: https://www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2024/02/12/as-tokenization-takes-off-look-to-daos/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

The asset manager is also one of the issuers of a spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund but hasn’t seen the same success as frontrunners BlackRock and Fidelity. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/02/12/franklin-templeton-joins-ethereum-etf-race/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines