BTC climbed to 1.7% of global money before Fed chair signaled rate cut

Bitcoin accounts for an ever-greater share of global money as central banks continue to print currency and reduce purchasing power.
Bitcoin accounts for an ever-greater share of global money as central banks continue to print currency and reduce purchasing power.
Eric Trump is deepening his role in digital assets with reported plans to attend a shareholder meeting in Tokyo, public predictions about bitcoin’s price, and new corporate ventures that extend the Trump family’s crypto push into Asia. Bloomberg reported Friday that Trump
News Background XRP advanced sharply during the August 22–23 session, testing multi-month resistance near $3.10 after weeks of sideways trading. The move coincided with dovish commentary from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell at Jackson Hole, which reinforced expectations of a September rate
AAVE surged nearly 19% to $355 over the past 24 hours, according to CoinDesk Data, leading the top 40 cryptocurrencies by percentage daily gain as investors responded to its recent Aptos expansion and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s dovish remarks. What Aave
Policymakers of various stripes spoke at the SALT Wyoming conference this week in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. You’re reading State of Crypto, a CoinDesk newsletter looking at the intersection of cryptocurrency and government. Click here to sign up for future editions. The narrative
For most of its history, bitcoin has been prized as digital gold: an asset to hold rather than use. That passivity has left trillions of dollars’ worth of BTC sitting idle in wallets, disconnected from the yield strategies and composability that define
Brazil’s 17.5% crypto tax signals a global shift as governments eye digital assets for revenue, ending the era of tax-friendly crypto investing worldwide.
Corporate Bitcoin treasuries nearly doubled in H1 2025, but analysts warn some firms may be using crypto reserves as a short-term PR boost.
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Meme token climbs to $0.24 peak with volume nearly doubling monthly averages, signaling institutional activity behind the rally. News Background • The Federal Reserve signaled a softer stance on crypto banking rules, while Wyoming launched the first state-backed stablecoin. Both developments lifted