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Archives for October 10, 2026
Tokenized commodities look beyond gold as lending and oil open new markets
“The big proposition is access,” co-founder Bhau Kotecha told CoinDesk in an interview. Gold lending has historically required scale and relationships unavailable to many investors, he said. Kotecha sees demand from individuals, family offices and institutions, with borrowing against PAXGy a possible next step. Lending returns are not guaranteed, and borrower defaults could erode the […]
One year after 10/10 flash crash, bitcoin and ether liquidity have rebuilt, but altcoins still face risks
Altcoins left behind For altcoins, the picture is reversed. In CoinDesk Research’s basket of altcoins, dollar depth was greatest on Jan. 1, 2025, and has been lower on each date measured since. Depth at 5% from the price is down about a third since the start of 2025, to around $2 million. Closer to the […]
Bitcoin’s $19 billion wake-up call: One-year later, has crypto learned anything?
“People were keenly aware, like me, they were bulled up because it was ‘go’ time,” Connors said. “We were going to go to that $250,000 to $300,000, $400,000 level using previous cycles.” Instead, the market turned against them. “The movement was obviously not onchain data. I mean, it was all derivatives,” he said. “So paper […]
