Protocol Village: Valora Introduces ‘Mobile Stack’ to Simplify Web3 Apps on iOS, Android

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of July 5-10.Source

Private Equity Giants Are Circling Bitcoin Miners on AI Allure

Private equity firms are now looking at bitcoin miners in a much more different way after Core Scientific signed 200MW deal with CoreWeave in June, the company’s CEO said in an exclusive interview with CoinDesk.Source

Crypto Crash Pushes Fear & Greed Index to Lowest Since Bitcoin Traded at $17K in Early 2023

The widely-followed sentiment metric hit extreme greed levels earlier in March near the local top of the crypto market, but now is pushing its limits in the opposite direction.Source

Multicoin Pledges up to $1M for Pro-Crypto Senate Candidates

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CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Index Plunged, With All 20 Assets Declining

The CoinDesk 20 Index dropped by 5.7% today, with every asset posting losses and LTC and ATOM leading the declines.Source

U.S. Added 206K Jobs in June as Unemployment Rate Rose to Highest Since November 2021

Before this morning’s jobs report, market participants put nearly 70% probability of lower rates in September, according to the CME FedWatch Tool.Source

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Slumps Below $54K as Mt. Gox Flags Repayments

The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for July 5, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.Source

Bitcoin Traders Target $50K as Billions in BTC Selling Pressure Looms

“The German government still has over $2.3 billion worth of bitcoin, Mt. Gox has more than $8 billion, and the US government has over $12 billion,” one trader pointed out.Source

U.S. Crypto Stocks Sink in Pre-Market Trading as BTC Slumps

Software company MicroStrategy, which holds over 210,000 BTC, and bitcoin miner Hut 8 led declines as bitcoin dropped to the lowest level since late February.Source

U.S. Nonfarm Payrolls Eyed as Bitcoin Heads for Largest Weekly Loss Since FTX’s Collapse

The jobs data, due later Friday, is forecast to show that the pace of job additions in the world’s largest economy slowed sharply in June.Source