The years-long legal battle between Ripple and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) appears to have finally come to an end, after Ripple Labs CEO Brad Garlinghouse announced Friday that the company plans to drop its cross-appeal in the case. “Ripple is dropping our cross appeal, and the SEC is expected to drop their […]

Anchorage Digital, a crypto custodian and federally chartered bank, said it will start phasing out and direct institutional clients to convert USDC USDC and other stablecoins into rival token Global Dollar (USDG) in a sweeping move that drew criticism from industry players. The firm released a “Stablecoin Safety Matrix” that ranks stablecoins based on regulatory […]

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 2955.67, down 0.4% (-11.81) since 4 p.m. ET on Thursday. Nine of 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: AAVE (+3.0%) and APT (+2.2%). Laggards: FIL (-2.0%) and XRP (-1.8%). […]

Sui (SUI) SUI is trading at $2.6481, down 2.03% in the past 24 hours, after rebounding from the $2.58–$2.60 support range during the June 26–27 session, according to CoinDesk Research’s technical analysis model. The bounce followed a steep intraday decline from $2.70 to $2.58 but was supported by renewed volume and improved sentiment tied to […]

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. While stablecoins (USDT, USDC) dominated U.S. headlines last month amid the […]