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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 3254.32, down 1.8% (-60.38) since 4 p.m. on Friday.Three of 20 assets are trading higher.Leaders: SOL (+2.5%) and APT (+0.8%).Laggards: XLM (-6.6%) and LINK (-6.2%).The CoinDesk 20 is a broad-based index traded on multiple platforms in several regions globally.Source link

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 3254.32, down 1.8% (-60.38) since 4 p.m. on Friday.Three of 20 assets are trading higher.Leaders: SOL (+2.5%) and APT (+0.8%).Laggards: XLM (-6.6%) and LINK (-6.2%).The CoinDesk 20 is a broad-based index traded on multiple platforms in several regions globally.Source link

Disclaimer: The analyst who wrote this piece owns shares of MicroStrategy (MSTR)MicroStrategy, the self-described bitcoin (BTC) development company, increased its holdings of the largest cryptocurrency for the eighth consecutive week.The company, which already holds more bitcoin than any other publicly traded company, bought another 2,138 BTC for $209 million in the week ended Dec. 29, bringing its total holdings to 446,400 BTC.Once again, Executive Chairman Michael Saylor teased the announcement on Sunday in a post on X. The average purchase price of bitcoin was $$97,837, which raised the average purchase price to $62,428. The purchase was funded through share sales under the company's at-the-market (ATM) program, for which they have $6.88 billion left on the ATM program.MicroStrategy joined the...

Crypto scammers have finally found their thieving match: Themselves.A new scam has been making the rounds mainly on YouTube that would make even the most cunning trickster tip their hat, security firm Kaspersky said in a security update last week."I have USDT stored in my wallet, and I have the seed phrase. How do I transfer my funds to another wallet?,” Kaspersky noted one such comment. The specific wallet held over $8,000 worth of stablecoins on the Tron blockchain. A seed phrase is a word string that grants their knowers access to a crypto wallet.This question, however, was not from a crypto novice but a cleverly laid trap. Those stablecoins were held in a multi-signature wallet, and theoretically require a...

Layer-1 blockchain HyperLiquid, known for its decentralized derivatives exchange, opened up native staking for holders of its HYPE token, according to a Monday post on X.Stakers can select which validator to stake tokens with and will accrue rewards in return for securing the network. At launch, HyperLiquid staked 300 million tokens ($8.4 billion), and another 7 million tokens were added by users in the first hour. The tokens are staked across 16 validators.Locked tokens bound by a vesting schedule can be staked, but rewards that accrue will remain locked.Introduction of staking comes one month after the HYPE token was issued. It debuted at $3.57 and has since risen to $27.89, CoinMarketCap shows.HYPE now has a market cap of $9.2 billion,...