First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Trades at $64K as Biden Withdrawal Likelihood Increases The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for July 19, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.

Galaxy Buys Almost All of CryptoManufaktur’s Ethereum Assets to Expand Staking Portfolio By acquiring substantially all the assets of the blockchain node operator, the publicly traded Galaxy Digital will increase its role in Ethereum staking, as part of a broader effort to expand in the business of blockchain infrastructure.

CrowdStrike, Windows BSoD Meme Tokens Populate Solana and Ethereum Amid Global Internet Outage

Ripple Settlement Hopes Pushed XRP Volumes Above Bitcoin on S. Korean Exchanges This Week XRP accounted for almost 40% of all trading activity on top South Korean exchanges from Tuesday to Thursday. Prices surged.

CrowdStrike Outage Could Be Fixed Within the Day, Unlikely Caused by a Hack, Polymarket Bettors Say Bettors are placing their money on the service being fixed by the end of Friday, with a slight possibility of it happening by mid-day.

Bitcoin, SHIB Trade at 30% Haircut on WazirX as Exploiter Converts Stolen Loot to Ether The exchange blamed a data discrepancy with a custodial platform for having caused the transfer of assets. But popular members of the Indian crypto community aren’t buying that narrative.

After ‘Civil War’ and Anti-Immigrant Tweets, Ryan Selkis Told to Cool It by His Crypto Startup’s Leadership

Italy’s Top Banks Participate in €25M Digital Bond Issuance on Polygon in ECB Trial Global lenders and asset managers are increasingly exploring blockchain tech to issue and transfer traditional financial instruments, also known as tokenization of real-world assets.

SkyBridge’s Anthony Scaramucci on Donald Trump, Gary Gensler and Bad Press CoinDesk’s Jennifer Sanasie interviewed SkyBridge Capital founder Anthony Scaramucci for CoinDesk TV’s “Spotlight Series.” Here is the full transcript of the interview.

Bitcoin Mining Is So Back (Except It’s AI Now) Hurting for revenue and profit, bitcoin miners are looking to activities outside mining bitcoin, such as hosting AI computers, to make up the difference. It’s paying off, at least in their stock prices.

Crypto Exchange Kraken Paid Dave Portnoy Bitcoin in Sponsorship Deal

Bitcoin Slumps Towards $63K as Speculation About Biden Dropout Intensifies As the odds for Joe Biden pulling out of the presidential race soared over the past day, the chances of a victory for the now crypto-friendly Donald Trump slumped.

Crypto for Advisors: Web2 to Web3 Kelly Ye looks at the three fast-growing blockchain ecosystems that are addressing the adoption challenges for Web3, gaining user adoption, and how they combine the strengths of Web2 and Web3 to create a seamless Web2-like onboarding experience while providing users with the benefits of sovereign ownership in Web3.

DePIN Allows Us to Be Stakeholders in the Machine Economy DePIN and Machine RWAs give us a stake in the robots coming after our jobs, say Mauricio Zolliker, co-founder of XMAQUINA, and Leroy Hofer, CEO and co-founder of Teneo Protocol.

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: SOL and ETH Lead Advancers as Index Stays Flat Leading overnight gains are SOL with a 2.5% increase and ETH up by 1.3%.

Chainbase Raises $15M to Grow Omnichain Data Network Chainbase’s aim is to provide unbiased and transparent data that is not controlled by a small number of dominant companies.

Germany Dumping $2.8B Bitcoin Is ‘Market Intervention,’ Despite Murky Legal Justifications One expert told CoinDesk the law does not provide for an obligation, but merely an opportunity to sell, while another alleged that “How they handled this sell-off moved the market and is intervention in public markets.”

BlockFi to Start Interim Crypto Distributions Through Coinbase This Month Bankrupt crypto lender BlockFi will commence first interim crypto distributions through Coinbase in July 2024, it announced on Thursday.

Visa’s Data Partner Allium Labs Raises $16.5M as Their New Findings Show Stablecoin Activity is Back Up Payment giant Visa’s blockchain data partner AlliumLabs has raised $16.5 million in a Series A funding round led by venture capital firm Theory Ventures. Visa and Allium Labs also released their latest findings on stablecoin activity which showed which showed that demand for stablecoins has picked back up in 2024.

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Trades Below $65K Following Wednesday’s Drop The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for July 18, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.