Friday’s payrolls will likely compel the Fed to maintain flexibility in its policy decisions going forward, one observer said. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/01/08/bitcoin-asian-stocks-drop-as-traders-pare-march-fed-rate-cut-bets/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Source: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/01/05/final-bitcoin-etf-application-filings-get-posted-by-major-us-exchanges/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Depletion of the Fed’s reverse repo program and expiry of a crucial funding facility for troubled banks may trigger a market crash in March and force the Fed to …

The move is reminiscent of a similar pledge by VanEck to donate 10% of profits from its ether futures ETF to Ethereum developers in October last year. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/01/05/vaneck-to-donate-5-of-profits-from-btc-etf-to-bitcoin-core-developers/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

This means there is now a 5.6 day wait for validators to exit the Ethereum blockchain. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2024/01/05/ethereum-validators-forced-to-wait-days-to-unstake-amid-celsius-withdraws/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

The decentralized crypto exchange (DEX) is facing “inquiries” in the United States stemming from an October 2022 heist, according to posts in the project’s Discord server. Now the DEX’s …

North Korea-affiliated actors were behind a third of all crypto hacks in 2023, making off with some $600 million in funds, a new TRM Labs study said. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/01/05/north-korea-was-responsible-for-over-600m-in-crypto-thefts-last-year-trm-labs/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

The closely watched report Source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/01/05/us-216k-jobs-adds-in-december-tops-estimates-for-170k/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/01/05/bitcoin-traders-pare-bullish-bias-as-spot-etf-deadline-nears/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

So far, only six potential spot bitcoin ETF issuers have revealed their charge, and Fidelity is the cheapest. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/01/05/bitcoin-etf-fees-will-play-critical-role-in-the-race-to-popularity/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines