The latest price moves in bitcoin [BTC] and crypto markets in context for Feb. 8, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.Source
Diogenes Casares’ new Stream Protocol is a trading platform he plans to eventually turn into a decentralized perpetual swaps exchange.Source
The Securities and Exchange Commission found that the companies customer assets were transferred overseas before an announcement was made.Source
GBTC is expected to lose further funds to newly created ETFs unless there is a meaningful cut to its fees, the report said.Source
Yat Siu explains why we shouldn’t dismiss NFTs as monkey JPEGs and how blockchain acts as a political system of sorts, fostering a consensus-based democratic process.Source
The company, backed by the owner of the NYSE, was introduced in 2018 with the initial goal of helping Starbucks customers buy coffee with bitcoin.Source
BTC broke above $44,000 for the first time since Jan. 12, the day after the spot ETF debuts.Source
Even in a slow week ahead of the Chinese New Year, there’s a lot of crypto news to cover. Here’s this week’s The Protocol, CoinDesk’s weekly newsletter devoted to blockchain tech.Source