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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Markets

Stepn’s ‘Move-to-Earn’ Model Has Crypto Analysts Seeing Value in the Long Run

This blockchain-based app's users must purchase a "virtual sneaker" NFT to earn crypto rewards. Consumer advisory: They start at around $800.

How do Stepn's virtual sneaker NFTs compare with a new pair of Jordans? (Stepn/Barndog, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Curve Finance Integrates With Near’s Aurora Network

Near’s DeFi hub, Proximity Labs, will allocate up to $7.5 million in grants to Curve.

Curve Finance has a market capitalization of $1 billion. (vlastas/iStock/Getty Images Plus)

Markets

Nexo Token Enjoys Short-Lived Rally Upon Binance Listing

The price surged nearly 60% after the listing went live earlier Friday.

Rocket launch

Markets

Binance Extended Crypto Exchange Dominance in March

The exchange captured 30% of spot volume market share last month, extending its lead over competitors including Coinbase and OKX.

Binance spot market volumes reached $490 billion in March. (CryptoCompare)

Finance

A Use Case You Can Eat: California Crabs Tracked by Helium Network

The Helium Network is a crypto-powered network of Internet hotspots, but it has saved one amateur fisherman thousands of dollars on crab pots every year.

Crabs caught using Helium-powered tracking devices. (Jameson Buffmire)

Markets

Bybit Replaces CME as No. 2 Bitcoin Futures Exchange by Open Interest

One trader cites Bybit's higher leverage limit, but other factors may at play, too, analysts say.

Bybit now ranks second among bitcoin futures exchanges. (Skew)

Markets

Spread of Sanctions Makes Privacy Tokens the Hot Bet in Crypto Markets

Analysts point to the Ukraine war and related financial sanctions as the reason MASK and Monero's XMR, among others, are trading higher.

(Pixabay)

Markets

Bitcoin Falls Below $40K for First Time Since Mid-March

Nydig, a bitcoin-focused asset manager, cites fears of rising inflation and a tighter Fed policy as reasons for the drop.

Bitcoin on Monday fell below $40,000 for the first time since March 16. (TradingView/CoinDesk)

Finance

CLabs to Work With eCurrency to Integrate CBDCs With DeFi

Through the partnership, central banks launching CBDCs will be able to use the Celo blockchain to gain access to DeFi products.

Celo team

Markets

21Shares Launches Metaverse ETP via Sandbox’s SAND Token

The launch marks 21Shares’ 30th cryptocurrency ETP offered and will be cross-listed on Euronext Paris and Amsterdam

The Sandbox