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Bitcoin’s Four-Year Compounded Annual Growth Rate Drops to Record Low of 8%

Ethereum-to-bitcoin ratio hits lowest level since 2020, as four-year CAGR goes negative.

BTC: 4yr Compound Annual Growth Rate (Glassnode)

Markets

Metaplanet Increases Bitcoin Holdings With $13.5M Purchase and Bond Issuance

The Japanese hotel company has acquired more bitcoin and issues zero-interest bonds.

The National Diet Building, home of Japan's national legislature, in Tokyo (Shutterstock)

Markets

Franklin Templeton Joins XRP ETF Rush, Files Preliminary Application With SEC

The filing’s preliminary, so the SEC has up to 240 days — potentially late 2025 — to approve or deny it.

FastNews (CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Sees Relief Run to $82K; SEC Delays XRP, DOGE, LTC ETF Filings

Gains in BTC came as Senator Cynthia Lummis reintroduced the BITCOIN Act, pushing for the U.S. to scoop up 1 million BTC as a strategic reserve.

July has brought rising relief to the crypto market. (Digital Vision/Getty Images)

Markets

Bitcoin CME Futures Spread Slides to $490, Undoing the 'Trump Bump' in BTC

The market has likely moved past the narrative that a pro-crypto President is beneficial for the industry, with macro correlations now driving the market.

Slide. (GuentherDillingen/Pixabay)

Tech

Japanese Tech Giants Sony and LINE Join Forces in Blockchain Deal

The integration will bring four gaming applications from Japan's largest social platform to Sony's blockchain network, Soneium.

Sony (CoinDesk Archives)

Policy

U.S. House Votes to Overturn IRS DeFi Broker Rule

The IRS broker rule would have been impossible to comply with for DeFi entities, one of the resolution's proponents said.

Rep. Jason Smith advocating for the Congressional Review Act resolution on Tuesday ahead of the House vote. (C-SPAN)

Finance

Crypto Payments Firm Mesh Raises $82M as Stablecoin Adoption Soars

The fundraising was completed using PayPal's PYUSD stablecoin and was led by Paradigm.

U.S. dollar (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Ukraine Ceasefire Breakthrough Sends Markets Into Green; Bitcoin Retakes $83K

Also giving a boost was an easing in trade tensions between the U.S. and Canada.

Kiev, Ukraine. Credit: Shutterstock

Finance

Bahrain-Regulated Crypto Exchange Enters $1B Tokenized Gold Market as RWA Demand Grows

Gold-backed tokens have enjoyed a resurgence in activity recently as gold prices hit record highs.

Manama, capital of Bahrain (Charles Adrien Fournier/Unsplash)

Policy

Paraguay Is Only Waiting for Crypto Law: El Salvador’s Top Crypto Regulator

“From my perspective, Paraguay seems to have the groundwork laid for supervision, regulation, and taxation regimes," said CNAD President Juan Carlos Reyes.

Paraguay. Credit: Planet Volumes, Unsplash+

Policy

As House Panel Kicks Tires on Stablecoin Bill, Old-School Finance Giants Reveal Shift

In a U.S. congressional hearing on the new House stablecoin bill, witnesses including BNY and a Wall Street super-lawyer further show a tradfi arrival.

French HIll will be the next chairman of the House Financial Services Committee (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Tech

Ethereum L2 Starknet Seeks 'Bitcoin's DeFi Take-Off Moment' With BTC Wallet Xverse

The aim is to provide a Bitcoin DeFi experience using trust assumptions as the next big thing to zero-knowledge proofs until such a time that OP_CAT is adopted

StarkWare CEO Eli Ben-Sasson (Margaux Nijkerk)

Markets

Robinhood Crypto Trading Falling 29% on Feb. Amid Market Carnage Likely Warning for Coinbase

The decline in retail trading might have affected other exchanges including Coinbase.

A Macbook Pro opened to Robinhood's website. (PiggyBank/Unsplash)

Markets

Mt. Gox Moves Another $930M Bitcoin as Payout Deadline Looms

Wallets linked to Mt. Gox still hold $2.9 billion of assets, which are due to be paid out to creditors this October.

Mt. Gox Creditor Kolin Burges confronts Former Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles (CoinDesk)