Lyllah Ledesma

Lyllah Ledesma

Lyllah Ledesma is a CoinDesk Markets reporter currently based in Europe. She holds a master's degree from New York University in Business and Economics and an undergraduate degree in Political Science from the University of East Anglia. Lyllah holds bitcoin, ether and small amounts of other crypto assets.

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Bitcoin Breaks $48K for First Time Since May
"The institutional world is turning cautious on stocks and that is making cryptocurrencies look very attractive," said one analyst.
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Ethereum 2.0 Staking Contract Now Holds the Most Ether: $21.3B
“It just shows that staking on Eth 2.0 is incredibly popular,” said Ben Edgington, lead product owner at ConsenSys.
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Avalanche's AVAX Token Jumps on $180M Incentive Program
AVAX's price has more than doubled in the past month, according to data from Messari.
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Dfinity's ICP Rebounds Even as Wounds Fester From Token Launch
Over the past month, the token’s price has surged 92% in digital-asset markets, signaling a renewed appetite from investors.
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FTX Market Share in Bitcoin Futures Nearly Doubled Since June
From the end of June through now, FTX’s market share has grown from 9% to 16%.
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Digital-Asset Funds Reach $50B Despite Outflows
Despite experiencing outflows for the fifth straight week, assets under management in digital funds hit their highest level since mid-May.
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What Crypto Analysts Are Saying About the Ethereum Hard Fork
"The notion of ethereum becoming a deflationary cryptocurrency in the future is now tangible, and the effects on ethereum’s valuation could be profound," said one analyst.
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Ethereum Hard Fork Sends Price Jumping as Fees Start to Burn
Crypto traders have been hotly anticipating the upgrade while monitoring the deployment for signs of how the changes might affect the pace of new issuance of ether.
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Crypto Tax Proposal in US Has Had Limited Impact on Bitcoin Market
Enactment of the bill, if it is passed and signed into law, is still far off.
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