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Finance

SynFutures Says New v2 Upgrade Adds ‘Permissionless Listing’ of Futures

The upgrade includes permissionless trading and improved user protections amid to widens accessibility of DeFi among retail investors, according to Singapore-based SynFutures.

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Markets

Crypto Markets Today: Binance a Target of Federal Probe

The Block confirmed Friday it had received funding from Sam Bankman-Fried’s trading arm for two years.

Logo 3D de Binance impreso en dorado. (Rob Mitchell/CoinDesk)

Markets

Crypto Markets Today: Exposed Alameda Research Loans to Media Site The Block and Its CEO Adds to FTX’s Miseries

The Block confirmed Friday it had received funding from Sam Bankman-Fried’s trading arm for two years.

AI Artwork SBM Sam Bankman-Fried (DALL-E/CoinDesk)

Markets

AI-Related Tokens Surge as Maple, Ren Fall: CoinDesk Market Index Week in Review

AI platform Fetch.ai’s native token FET surged 80% in the past five days, according to data from CoinDesk Market Index.

The week-to-date leader chart among assets in the CoinDesk Market Index Ex Stablecoins shows the FET token surged 80% this week. (CoinDesk Indices)

Markets

Crypto Markets Today: Record Grayscale Bitcoin Trust Discount Widens Industry Woes

The fallout from crypto exchange FTX’s implosion continued as data showed the GBTC discount rate to bitcoin hitting a record high.

Grayscale at Conesnsus 2016

Markets

Crypto Markets Today: Fir Tree Suit Against Grayscale Adds to Industry’s Growing Woes

The hedge fund wants more details about the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust, which has fallen in value by nearly 75% this year.

Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein (CoinDesk)

Markets

Ether Turns Inflationary as Network Usage Slows

The current positive inflation rate indicates the volume of ether being minted now outpaces the amount being burned.

Ether’s annualized inflation rate returned to a positive value after making a “V-shape” from November's market volatility triggered by FTX. (ultrasound.money)

Markets

Crypto Markets Today: FTX Fallout Hits Maple Finance; Bitcoin Declines

Orthogonal Trading received a default notice, while crypto leader Nexo decided to depart from the U.S. after regulatory discussions hit a “dead end.”

(DALL-E/CoinDesk)

Markets

Crypto Markets Today: Galaxy Digital Expands Brokerage Services With GK8 Acquisition

The cryptocurrency-focused financial services firm won an auction to buy the company from crypto lender Celsius, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

Galaxy Digital won an auction to buy self-custody platform GK8. (Jeremy Thomas/Unsplash)

Markets

Crypto Markets Today: CFTC Chair Proposes Pause to Overhaul Digital Commodities Consumer Protection Bill

Rostin Behnam made the suggestion as regulators and the crypto industry continue processing the implosion of crypto exchange giant FTX.

CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam speaks at DC Fintech Week. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)