The latest moves in crypto markets, in context By Lyllah Ledesma, CoinDesk news reporter Was this newsletter forwarded to you? Sign up here. |
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Welcome to a new week! Here’s what you need to know today in crypto: |
- Ether could be the next institutional darling, according to brokerage Bernstein.
- Japan moves closer to allowing venture capital firms to hold crypto assets.
- Layer-1 blockchain Sui has witnessed a sharp increase in inflows, overtaking Cardano and Aptos in total value locked.
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CoinDesk 20 Index: 1,973 +1.3%
Bitcoin (BTC): $52,376 +1.1%
Ether (ETC): $2,911 +3.6%
S&P 500: 5,005.57 −0.5%
Gold: $2,030 +0.9%
Nikkei 225: $2,030 +0.9% |
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Bitcoin's (BTC) recent rally has been driven by the spectacular introduction of exchange-traded funds (ETF). It may now be time to focus on ether (ETH), the second-largest cryptocurrency, broker Bernstein said in a research report on Monday. Ether is "probably the only other digital asset likely to get a spot ETF approval by the SEC," the report said. Bernstein says there is about a 50% chance of ether spot ETF approval by May and near-certain probability of approval in the next 12 months. Ether rose over 3% on Monday, while bitcoin gained just over 1%. Ether has outpaced bitcoin over the past week, gaining over 16% in seven days to trade above $2,900 for the first time in nearly two years while the bitcoin price rose a more sedate 8.5% to $52,300. |
Japan's cabinet approved a bill that adds crypto to the list of assets the nation's investment funds and venture capital firms can acquire, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Friday.Japan has been a global leader in framing a regulatory framework for stablecoins, and has indicated plans to promote Web3 while remaining tough on user protection. In September 2023, Nikkei reported that the country planned to relax rules for VC firms to invest in crypto startups. Now the cabinet has approved the move, the amended bill will be introduced and debated in the current session of parliament, the Diet. Layer-1 blockchain Sui has experienced a sharp increase in inflows this month, a spike that has seen it overtake Cardano, Near and Aptos in terms of total value locked (TVL). The network, which was built by former Meta (META) employees, now has over $593 million in capital locked across various decentralized finance (DeFI) protocols, more than double its total at the turn of the year when it had $211 million, DefiLlama data shows. Data published by wormholescan.io, which tracks the flow of funds through the cross-chain bridge Wormhole, shows that $310 million had been bridged to Sui from Ethereum in the past 30 days. |
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Market Insight: AI Tokens Rally |
Tokens related to artificial intelligence (AI) or claiming to be utilizing AI rallied over the weekend as OpenAI unveiled text-to-video generator Sora, boosting hopes among those who view the sector as a key driver of profits this year. The sector's tokens jumped 7.7% on average in the past 24 hours, CoinGecko data shows, with Ocean Protocol’s OCEAN and Fetch.AI’s FET rising more than 10%. Meanwhile, the CoinDesk 20 Index (CD20 ), a benchmark for the biggest and the most liquid cryptocurrencies, gained 2.68%. Worldcoin’s WLD zoomed 30%, the most of all AI tokens, setting a lifetime peak at $7. Worldcoin’s parent company was founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, causing some traders to consider WLD as a bet on the growth of the latter company. |
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- The chart shows the best-performing cryptocurrencies of the past seven days.
- HBAR leads the pack with 29% gains, followed by KAS, MATIC, ADA, and ETH.
- The market rally is broadening, with ether's recent bitcoin-beating move of 17%.
- Source: Velo Data
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