First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Falls Back to Below $25K

By CD Read more: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for March 15, 2023. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.Publish at: March 15, 2023 at 12:26PM

Bitcoin Options Market Still Afraid of USDC Volatility

By CD Read more: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data The options market is still valuing options that settle in the underlying rather than in USDC at a relative premium due to a continued concern of a further depeg, one observer said.Publish at: March 15, 2023 at 12:01PM

Russians Use Tether to Send Money to the West, Evading Sanctions and KYC – Transparency International

By CD Read more: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data Russian banks may currently be cut off from the SWIFT international payments network. But, despite wide-ranging international sanctions against the Kremlin, money keeps flowing between Russia and the West, and a range of brokers are ready to turn Russian rubles into foreign currency abroad, in cash.Publish at: March […]