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Analysis: Metals.io issues tokens backed by 25 tonnes of physical copper stored in Germany
The company is starting with $366,000 worth of copper stored in Germany, hoping to build a market for investors to own and trade physical metal onchain.
Analysis: Binance hack fallout, U.S. midterms and jobs report: Crypto Week Ahead
Your look at what’s coming in the week starting Nov. 2.
Analysis: Live updates: Binance records $6 billion outflows after starting withdrawals, l…
The outflows followed a 45-hour withdrawal freeze after a $6.3 billion theft, with rival exchanges attracting deposits as customers regained access to their fu…
Analysis: China’s Communist Party calls for a crackdown on corruption that uses crypto an…
China's Communist Party has named virtual currency and blockchain in a new anti-corruption call.
Analysis: Why stealing billions from a crypto exchange can be harder to stop than a bank…
The $6.3 billion Binance breach has revived a debate over whether crypto exchanges are less secure than banks or simply harder to protect once hackers get insi…
Analysis: Bitcoin ETFs lost $643 million in outflows Friday, and 2026 is barely green now
The first trading day after the Binance hack saw the biggest ETF outflow since June 25.
Analysis: Strangers are begging the Binance hacker for bitcoin, one ‘help me bro’ at a ti…
The 19 wallets holding 18,270 stolen BTC have taken in nothing since Thursday except payments worth under a dollar, each carrying a message, from pleas to laun…
Analysis: Bitcoin claws back toward $79,000 as markets shake off crypto's biggest hack
ZEC led the majors and oil slid on a report that Trump wants to give Iran diplomacy more time, with U.S. midterm elections on Tuesday.
Analysis: BTCPay, a bitcoin payment tool, tells users to switch off their servers after r…
The open-source project says it is still investigating and hasn't given a loss figure or announced a fix. Its founder said the reports appear to involve versio…
Analysis: The crypto reader's guide to the 2026 midterm election: State of Crypto
America is going to the polls, and the results will shape crypto legislation and regulation over the next two years. Here's what to know.
Analysis: AI agents bypassed crypto spending limits without human approval, researchers f…
The researchers say any approval an agent can reach is unreliable, and they built Countersign, an app tying approval to a physical action the agent can’t fake.
Analysis: Crypto card startups are racking up losses just to buy your loyalty with big re…
Providers are betting trading, lending and staking revenue can cover rewards and turn card users into profitable customers.
Analysis: The key races to watch for the 2026 election
While crypto isn't a major issue in the 2026 election, the industry will be shaped by who takes office in January. Here are the main races CoinDesk is tracking.
Analysis: Crypto PACs made big Republican push in final weeks before November 3 election
Even as polling and online wagers put Democrats at a high chance to claim greater power in Congress, the industry's high-profile support has gone the other dir…
Analysis: Sherrod Brown's Ohio edge threatens a rough go for crypto next year
The industry's $63 million question revolves around whether its political adversary in Ohio rides the Trump backlash back into the Senate.
Analysis: Binance opens crypto withdrawals in phases starting with bitcoin following $6.3…
Binance reopens customer withdrawals following a record $6.3 billion exploit. Bitcoin leads the first phase.
Analysis: FBI confirms North Korea's role in $6 billion Binance hack, asks DeFi community…
While the FBI listed hundreds of addresses in its notice, Chainalysis said the Binance attackers have already used "thousands addresses," and expects this numb…
Analysis: Bitcoin's white paper turns 18, and small businesses are still paying for the b…
Eighteen years after Satoshi published the Bitcoin white paper, business owners are still covering the cost of a system built on bailouts, and they can protect…
Analysis: A stolen iPhone, $14,000 in losses and London's crypto theft problem
Two strangers befriended Magnus Ahmad outside a London bar. Hours later, thieves had emptied his crypto wallets, accessed his bank accounts and disabled his la…
Analysis: Traders are already placing leveraged bets on Anthropic’s IPO using crypto cont…
Trade.xyz’s new ANT contract fell about 20% in its first hour on Hyperliquid. There are no shares behind it, and U.S. traders are locked out.
Analysis: Binance says it has replaced 90% of stolen crypto after massive $6.3 billion br…
Binance is absorbing all losses through corporate funds, futures reserves, and SAFU, keeping user balances intact.
Analysis: Institutions embrace crypto staking despite shrinking yields
Easier access and growing familiarity are encouraging investors to stake their tokens, while falling rewards and withdrawal delays test the economics.
Analysis: Uber tests how tokenization can put idle cash to work with HSBC, Franklin Templ…
The pilot let Uber keep funds invested in money market products while accessing cash for payments, even on weekends.
Analysis: As big bitcoin miners chase AI profits, individuals get another shot at the rew…
Several companies offer access to bitcoin mining without the hassle of running equipment, but high costs and the 2028 reward halving make profits uncertain.
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