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Robinhood Brings Prediction Market Hub to Market After Success of Crypto-Based Polymarket

The move comes after prediction platform Polymarket rose to fame during the U.S. Presidential election last year, attracting over $3.6 billion in bets.

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

Markets

Bitcoin Network Hashrate Inched Higher in March as Mining Economics Weakened: JPMorgan

U.S.-listed miners maintained their share of the network hashrate at around 30%, the report said.

JPMorgan (Shutterstock)

Markets

Bitcoin, S&P 500 Take Backseat to Stagflation Trade as Trump Tariffs Threaten to Derail Growth

Goldman's stagflation basket has surged nearly 20% this year, outperforming bitcoin, U.S. stocks, and even gold.

Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation (Maria Lin Kim/Unsplash)

Markets

Ether in Structural Decline, Year-End Price Target Slashed to $4K: Standard Chartered

Layer 2 blockchains were meant to improve scalability on the Ethereum network, but Coinbase's Base has reduced ether's market cap by $50 billion, the report said.

Standard Chartered. (Shutterstock)

CoinDesk Indices

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Solana (SOL) Falls 3.9%, Leading Index Lower

Sui (SUI) was also an underperformer, declining 3.2% from Friday.

9am CoinDesk 20 Update for 2025-03-17: chart

Markets

Digital Asset Investment Outflow Extends Into Fifth Week

The exodus comes amid growing economic concerns and geopolitical tensions, despite the Trump administration’s pro-crypto stance.

Red Candles on Trading Charts.

Policy

ECB's Villeroy Says U.S. Crypto Support Could Trigger Next Financial Emergency

The U.S. "risks sinning through negligence," Villeroy said in an interview with French newspaper La Tribune Dimanche

 Banque de France's Governor François Villeroy de Galhau (Image via Wikimedia Commons)

Markets

Strategy Leverages STRK ATM to Acquire 130 More Bitcoin

The Michael Saylor-led company now holds 499,226 BTC purchased for an average price of $66,360 per token.

MicroStrategy executive chairman Michael Saylor (CoinDesk archives)

Markets

After 4 Straight Monday Declines, What's on the Cards for Bitcoin?

Over the past three months, weekends have underperformed weekdays, due to global uncertainty.

Bitcoin: Daily Price Performance (Glassnode)

Markets

Bitcoin Faces Massive 'Supply Gap' Between $70K and $80K

According to Glassnode data, approximately 20% of Bitcoin's supply is currently at a loss.

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Markets

South Korea Cuts Out Bitcoin Strategic Reserve Considerations: Report

The IMF emphasizes the importance of prudently managing liquidity, market, and credit risks — criteria that bitcoin, with its erratic nature, does not satisfy.

South Korea flag (Planet Volumes / Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Slumps, ADA, SOL, XRP Drop 5% as 'Buy the Dip' Sentiment Persists

Traders say the current sell-off could have been caused by an unwinding of ETF and spot linked traders.

(16:9 CROP) Bull and Bear (Rawpixel)

Markets

U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent Calls Corrections Normal, Suggesting a Higher Pain Threshold for the 'Trump Put'

Bessent's take suggests that the "Trump put" may take longer to manifest or require more significant market declines before any action is taken.

U.S. Treasury Secretary hints a higher pain threshold for the 'Trump put.' (oohhsnapp/Pixabay)

Finance

Kraken to Offer Superfast Trading With Planned Launch of Colocation Service

Traders based in London can expect under a millisecond latency, the crypto exchange said.

Kraken on phone (PiggyBank/ Unsplash)

Markets

OKX Suspends DEX Aggregator as It 'Works Diligently' to Upgrade Security

The platform reportedly caught regulators' attention after reports that it was used to launder some of the proceeds of the recent Bybit hack.

OKX suspends DEX aggregator. (Gerd Altmann/Pixabay)