Lyllah Ledesma

Lyllah Ledesma is a CoinDesk Markets reporter currently based in Europe. She holds a master's degree from New York University in Business and Economics and an undergraduate degree in Political Science from the University of East Anglia. Lyllah holds bitcoin, ether and small amounts of other crypto assets.

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First Mover Americas: BTC Shows Resilience Despite Widespread Risk Aversion, Celsius' Bankruptcy Filing

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for July 14, 2022.

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Markets

DEX Contango Pushes Retro Alternative to Perps With 'Expirable Futures'

The decentralized exchange said it will launch a beta version later in the summer after undergoing security audits.

Expiring futures contracts, a legacy of physical commodity pits, are coming to a decentralized crypto exchange. (Jeremy Kemp via Wikipedia, modified by CoinDesk)

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First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Drops After CPI Data Comes In Hotter Than Expected

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for July 13, 2022.

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First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Struggles to Hold $20.5K and Twitter Shares Dip 6%

The latest moves in crypto markets in context for July 11, 2022.

Bitcoin was struggling early Monday. (Pixabay)

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First Mover Americas: Bitcoin’s Bear Cross Is Bullish and a Big June Jobs Beat

The latest moves in crypto markets in context for July 8, 2022.

U.S. payrolls expanded more than expected in June. (Catherine McQueen/Getty images)

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First Mover Americas: ETH Climbs 4% as Traders Are Optimistic About Upcoming Merge

The latest moves in crypto markets in context for July 7, 2022.

The Merge might be helping push ETH's price higher. (Mint Images/Getty images)

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First Mover Americas: Bitcoin at $20.1K as Crypto Lender Voyager Files for Bankruptcy

The latest moves in crypto markets in context for July 6, 2022.

Voyager Digital files for bankruptcy protection (RunPhoto/Getty images)

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First Mover Americas: BTC Stabilizes as Fresh Regulatory Developments Surface in Europe

The latest moves in crypto markets in context for July 5, 2022.

Bitcoin prices were stable over the holiday weekend (Ziga Plahutar/Getty images)

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First Mover Americas: BTC Struggles to Break $20K as More Lenders Face Trouble

The latest moves in crypto markets in context for July 4, 2022.

(Kris Gerhard/Unsplash)