‘I’m a Pro-Freedom Candidate’: John Deaton on his Senate Race With Elizabeth Warren The election pits a fierce crypto advocate against one of its biggest political opponents. Deaton is a speaker at this year’s Consensus festival, in May.

Meme-Coin, AI Tokens Lead Gains After Bitcoin Drop Causes $2B in Weekend Liquidations One analyst firm said over $13 billion in open interest was wiped out as $1.5 billion in bullish bets were liquidated.

First Mover Americas: Hong Kong Spot Bitcoin ETF Applicants Claim Approval The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for April 15, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.

Bitcoin Price Recovery Lacks Whale Participation, Onchain Data Show

UK to Issue New Crypto, Stablecoin Legislation by July, Minister Says The country passed a landmark bill in June that laid the foundation for stablecoins and other crypto to be treated as regulated financial activities.

Germany’s Largest Federal Bank LBBW to Offer Crypto Custody Services With Bitpanda LBBW will first offer crypto custody to corporate clients with a market launch planned for the second half of 2024.

Bitcoin Halving Has Crypto Miners Racing for ‘Epic Sat’ Potentially Worth Millions Bitcoin’s once-every-four-years “halving” this week may be very different from those of earlier epochs, typically ho-hum affairs. Now, an intense competition is underway to mine the first block after the halving, which could contain a rare and collectible fragment of a bitcoin known as an “epic sat.”

Solana Rolls Out Update to Tackle Network Congestion A meme coin trading frenzy and a rapid spike in users has stressed the network in recent months.

BTC, ETH Rise as Hong Kong Bitcoin ETF Applicants Say They’ve Been Approved The Securities and Futures Commission, Hong Kong’s markets regulator, has not made an official announcement.

Bitcoin From Rare ‘Satoshi Era’ Moves After 14 Years of Dormancy The miner earned 50 bitcoin in April 2010 during the network’s early weeks and has held on to the asset so far.

Bitcoin Back in Green as Crypto Market Awaits Hong Kong Spot ETF Decision The market has shaken off concerns of escalations between Iran and Israel as the U.S. appears to have talked Israel out of a counter-attack.

Gold-Backed PAXG Token Spikes to $2.9K Amid Geopolitical Tensions Bitcoin traded at a perfect negative correlation to PAXG in a sign of weak demand as a geopolitical hedge, according to one observer.

Bitcoin Falls 8%, Drops Below $62K Before Rebound Bitcoin and the broader cryptocurrency market fell nearly 10% on Saturday.

Coinbase Seeks to Take Core Question in U.S. SEC Case to Higher Court Coinbase is seeking to rip the bandage off of a legal impasse at the center of the crypto industry’s fight with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), filing an interim appeal on Friday that would ask a higher federal court to drill into the heart of the regulator’s stance on digital assets, even as the broader SEC case proceeds thro…

Why Bitcoin Halving Calculators Are Out of Sync The famously pre-planned, programmatic event, currently predicted for April 19, is surprisingly hard to predict at minute scales.

Bitcoin Plunges to $66K, Altcoins Tumble 10-15% on Ugly Day for Risk Assets Investors may expect market weakness due to the tax season, Ryze Labs said in a report.

Dogecoin Climbs 5.4%, Tops CoinDesk 20 This Week: CoinDesk Indices Market Update

Avail, Blockchain Data Availability Project, Sketches Out Eligibility for Token Airdrop A screenshot of a document describing the eligibility criteria for the airdrop was posted on the social-media platform X by the user @Bitcoineo, and Avail’s public-relations team flagged the to tweet to CoinDesk, describing it as a “leak.”

Hacker Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison for Stealing Over $12M From Crypto Exchanges Shakeeb Ahmed, a security engineer who stole over $12 million from two different decentralized cryptocurrency exchanges built on Solana, was sentenced to three years in prison and three years of supervised release by a federal judge on Friday.

Asset Tokenization Draws Focus From Global Securities Watchdogs The International Organization of Securities Commissions wants to analyse whether or not further policy direction is needed for tokenization.