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“Hawk Tuah” girl Hailey Welch said Friday she is “fully cooperating” with lawyers representing people who lost money investing in her crypto token, HAWK, which flopped in early December amid allegations of malfeasance.”I take this situation extremely seriously,” she said in a post on X. The viral TikTok star encouraged victims of HAWK coin to reach out to the law firm suing HAWK’s creators as she works to “uncover the truth” about the token.HAWK token — a memecoin on the Solana blockchain — imploded early this month at nearly the moment of its creation. On-chain observers have claimed insiders pocketed…

As 2024 draws to a close, bitcoin (BTC) is underperforming, counter to its historical performance in a year-end “Santa rally.”The largest cryptocurrency generally adds about 2.8% in the 51st week, this week it’s on course to slide 11%. And, while it’s tended to gain 3% in week 52, in five of the past six years the BTC price has dropped. So there’s not much hope this time around either.The exact timing for what’s considered a Santa rally varies, but it’s clearly as December nears January and perhaps a few days either side.The trend extends to the whole quarter too. The…

Bitcoin (BTC) is currently trading 13% below its record high of around $108,000, the most since President-elect Donald Trump won the U.S. election in early November. Since then, the largest cryptocurrency has spent several periods at 10% below the record, a level that some investors term a correction.BTCUSD (TradingView) The selling pressure originates with long-term holders (LTHs), which Glassnode defines as investors who have held bitcoin for at least 155 days. They tend to sell into price strength after accumulating bitcoin when prices are depressed.LTHs were already distributing a significant amount of BTC about a week ago, previous CoinDesk research…

Shaurya MalwaShaurya is the Co-Leader of the CoinDesk tokens and data team in Asia with a focus on crypto derivatives, DeFi, market microstructure, and protocol analysis. Shaurya holds over $1,000 in BTC, ETH, SOL, AVAX, SUSHI, CRV, NEAR, YFI, YFII, SHIB, DOGE, USDT, USDC, BNB, MANA, MLN, LINK, XMR, ALGO, VET, CAKE, AAVE, COMP, ROOK, TRX, SNX, RUNE, FTM, ZIL, KSM, ENJ, CKB, JOE, GHST, PERP, BTRFLY, OHM, BANANA, ROME, BURGER, SPIRIT, and ORCA. He provides over $1,000 to liquidity pools on Compound, Curve, SushiSwap, PancakeSwap, BurgerSwap, Orca, AnySwap, SpiritSwap, Rook Protocol, Yearn Finance, Synthetix, Harvest, Redacted Cartel, OlympusDAO, Rome,…

By Omkar Godbole (All times ET unless indicated otherwise)Keeping an eye on the Far East has been our mantra lately, and the latest news from the Chinese bond market shows why. Just today, China’s one-year government bond yield dropped below 1% for the first time since the Great Financial Crisis, adding to the year-to-date downturn. The benchmark 10-year yield slipped to 1.7%.How does that play out for risk assets like bitcoin, which slumped overnight? Well, there are two key reasons to feel optimistic. For a start, the continued decline in yields suggests Beijing will have to roll out more aggressive…

Digital asset custody firm Copper has withdrawn its application to become registered with the U.K.’s financial services regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the company said in a statement on Friday.The company chaired by former U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond said the decision to withdraw was part of the company’s strategic shift, and that U.K. registration no longer fitted the company’s future business trajectory.The London-based custodian recently announced a new strategy more focused on international opportunities. It appointed Amar Kuchinad as its new global CEO in October. He has been tasked with leading the firm’s global growth strategy,…

The U.S.-listed spot bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded funds (ETF) registered record outflows Thursday and the CME futures premium dropped into single digits in a sign of weakening short-term demand.Investors ended a 15-day streak of inflows by withdrawing a net $671.9 million from the 11 ETFs, the largest single-day tally since their inception on Jan. 11, according to data from Coinglass and Farside Investors.Fidelity’s FBTC and Grayscale’s GBTC led the outflows, losing $208.5 million and $188.6 million, respectively. Other funds registered outflows, too, and BlackRock’s IBIT scored its first zero in several weeks.Bitcoin extended its post-Fed losses Thursday, falling to $96,000, down…

Losses in bitcoin (BTC) and other crypto majors extended to their third straight day, as risk-off behavior after this week’s FOMC meeting and general profit-taking contributed to heavy market sentiment.BTC dropped 4.2% in the past 24 hours, with Solana’s SOL, ether (ETH) and Cardano’s ADA falling as much as 9%. Dogecoin slid the most with an 11% drop, extending weekly losses to over 21%.The broad-based CoinDesk 20 (CD20), an index of the largest tokens by market cap, fell 5.5%. That spread over to futures markets, with over $890 million in long and short liquidations in the past 24 hours.Reaction to…

Bitcoin’s (BTC) post-Fed price drop to $96,000 has activated a crucial contrary indicator that has historically marked the end of price pullbacks.On Wednesday, the Fed cut the benchmark borrowing cost as expected but penciled in only two rate cuts for 2025, down from four projected in September. The central bank stressed that it’s not interested in participating in a potential government plan to build a strategic BTC reserve.Since then, BTC has dropped over 8%, hitting lows near $96,000 at one point. As of writing, the cryptocurrency changed hands near $97,500, down nearly 10% from the record high of $108,266 reached…

This is our final Crypto for Advisors newsletter of 2024. We are taking a break next week to relax before what we believe will be an action-packed 2025 in the crypto space.This year, we’ve published 51 newsletters dedicated to educating advisors about digital assets. Our readership has nearly doubled from 24K to 44K active subscribers. We thank the many advisors who have signed up and engaged with us every week. As always, we enjoy hearing your feedback and suggested newsletter topics, so please reply to this email or connect with me on LinkedIn to share your thoughts and ideas.In today’s…