Bitcoin (BTC) steadied near $111,600 on Friday morning, showing relative resilience even as macro jitters pulled global risk assets lower. Ether (ETH) slipped 0.7% to $4,330 while Solana’s SOL (SOL) added 1.3% to trade above $204. XRP (XRP) hovered near $2.81, flat on the day but up 3.5% over the week. The week’s backdrop has […]

Good Morning, Asia. Here’s what’s making news in the markets: Welcome to Asia Morning Briefing, a daily summary of top stories during U.S. hours and an overview of market moves and analysis. For a detailed overview of U.S. markets, see CoinDesk’s Crypto Daybook Americas. Bitcoin treasury companies are facing a simple but brutal test: can […]

World Liberty Financial (WLFI), the crypto protocol linked to Donald Trump and his family, on Thursday blacklisted Tron founder and key investor Justin Sun’s blockchain address, impeding him from transfering WLFI tokens. The move affects 595 million unlocked WLFI tokens held on the address, worth roughly $107 million at current prices, according to Arkham data. […]

How does decentralized finance (DeFi) work? In today’s Crypto for Advisors newsletter, Elisabeth Phizackerley and Ilan Solot and from Marex Solutions co-authored this piece about the mechanics of a DeFi transaction using Ethena, Pendle and Aave and how they all work together to create investment yields. Then, DJ Windle breaks down the concepts and answers […]

Gold is the standout performer of 2025, climbing more than 33%. That’s three times the gain of the Nasdaq 100 index and nearly double bitcoin’s (BTC) performance. In practice that means it now takes just 31.2 ounces of gold to buy one BTC, a measure known as the BTC-XAU ratio, down from 40 ounces last […]