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Market maker Flowdesk has launched an institutional credit desk, expanding its footprint in digital asset markets as traditional finance players seek more efficient ways to deploy and access capital into crypto. Sophisticated institutional counterparties are seeking structured credit products to manage liquidity, hedge exposure, and generate yield across fragmented venues. Flowdesk’s new desk meets that … Read more

CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index. The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 3138.72, up 6.0% (+178.07) since 4 p.m. ET on Thursday. Nineteen of assets are trading higher. Leaders: UNI (+13.5%) and NEAR (+11.7%). Laggards: BCH (-0.6%) and POL (+1.1%). The … Read more

Bitcoin’s (BTC) rally is gaining momentum, with institutions stepping up their exposure to the leading cryptocurrency through Deribit’s BTC options market. “Panning out over just the last week shows a much bigger sign of institutional positioning on BTC,” Deribit said on X Friday, noting the bullish flows in the BTC options. The exchange has seen … Read more

German authorities shut down crypto exchange eXch, seizing 34 million euros ($38 million) in tokens and more than 8 terabytes of data in one of the country’s largest law-enforcement actions targeting suspected crypto laundering. The Frankfurt Public Prosecutor’s Office and the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) dismantled the eXch’s server infrastructure on April 30, just … Read more

By Omkar Godbole (All times ET unless indicated otherwise) As the crypto rally gathers pace ether has widened its lead over bitcoin in terms of volatility expectations, signaling relatively greater action not just in the second-largest cryptocurrency, but in the broader digital asset market as a whole. Deribit’s ether implied volatility index (ETH DVOL), which … Read more

Japanese hotel firm Metaplanet (3350) said it plans to sell another $21.25 million worth of bonds to fund further bitcoin (BTC) purchases. The Tokyo-based firm agreed to issue the debt to EVO FUND on May 9, making it the third such sale in the space of a week, following two issues of $25 million each. … Read more

A Florida-based pharmaceutical distributor is backing XRP as a treasury and payments asset, putting the token at the center of a $50 million financing deal. Wellgistics Health (WGRX) said Thursday it had secured an equity line of credit to support XRP-based reserves and infrastructure for real-time payments. The company plans to use the blockchain to … Read more

A broad crypto rally led by ether’s (ETH) 20% surge triggered more than $750 million in short liquidations in the past 24 hours, the highest single-day total since 2023 for bearish trades. Data from CoinGlass shows that over 84% of the total liquidations came from shorts, with major altcoins jumping 10%–20% in the span of … Read more

Bitcoin’s rapid price rally has caught traders off guard, triggering large liquidations of bearish short positions. The leading cryptocurrency by market value has risen over 3% to $102,500 in the past 24 hours, with prices topping $104,000 at one point, the highest since Jan. 31. The bullish move came as President Donald Trump announced a … Read more

Ethereum’s ether ETH led the market in early Asia hours as traders reacted favorably to the protocol’s recent Pectra upgrade, sending the token up nearly 20%, the biggest gain since 2021, and trading above $2100 according to market data from CoinDesk. The move comes amid a broader crypto market rally that coincided with bitcoin BTC … Read more