- + Trump Picks Pro-Crypto Hedge Fund Manager Scott Bessent for Treasury Secretary—President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Wall Street titan Scott Bessent as Treasury Secretary. [Category: Policy, news, Donald Trump, Treasury Secr...
- + Another SEC Democrat to Drop Out, Leaving Republicans Running Agency by February—Another Democratic commissioner on the Securities and Exchange Commission is following Chair Gary Gensler out the door in January, leaving the agency...
- + Dogecoin Jumps on Fresh X Payments Speculations After Elon Musk Tweet—Dogecoin has a history of moving on Musk comments or payments-related developments of his companies. [Category: Markets, news, Markets, Dogecoin, Elon...
- + Bitcoin Going to $140K Says Trio of AIs Managing $30M Investment Fund—Intelligent Alpha’s investment committee is composed of three AIs, and the fund's CEO tries to stay out of their way. [Category: Markets, news, AI, Bi...
- + Coinbase App Gets Left Behind as Memecoin Craze Drives Traders On-Chain—Phantom, a crypto wallet with a steeper learning curve, is way ahead of exchange giant Coinbase in the Apple App Store rankings. [Category: Finance, n...
- + How to Talk About Crypto With Your Family This Thanksgiving—Need to explain BTC’s rally and significance for the future? CoinMarketCap’s Jonathan Isaac has some useful talking points. [Category: Opinion, opinio...
- + Polymarket Blocks French Traders Amid Gambling Inquiry—The new ban means French traders can no longer access the crypto powered prediction markets juggernaut. [Category: Policy, news, Polymarket]
- + CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: XRP Surges 19.6% As Index Climbs Higher— [Category: CoinDesk Indices, news, CoinDesk 20, CoinDesk Indices, Price, charts]
- + First Mover Americas: Rotation to Altcoins Has Started With Gensler's Exit Date Set—The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for November 22, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextua...
- + UK to Draft a Regulatory Framework for Crypto, Stablecoins Early Next Year—The U.K.'s long awaited crypto rules are starting the legislative process just as the European Union's take effect. [Category: Policy, news, Regulatio...
- + Binance Boosts Compliance Staff by 34% Year-Over-Year, Citing Industry’s ‘Rapid Maturation’—Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, says it expects to have 645 full-time compliance employees on staff by the end of the year — a 34% incre...
- + Cardano's ADA Leaps to 2.5-Year High of 90 Cents as Whale Holdings Exceed $12B—On-chain activity shows the involvement of large investors and institutions, indicating that the price surge could have staying power. [Category: Mark...
- + Bitcoin Nears $100K, With Crypto Market Cap at Record $3.4T—Strength in BTC is leading to a rotation in other major tokens ahead of the weekend, buoyed by renewed bullish hopes about a crypto-friendly Trump adm...
- + XRP Price Surges 25% as Headwinds for Ripple Clear Even More—An incoming crypto-friendly regulatory environment for U.S. based companies has renewed optimism for certain tokens, especially XRP. [Category: Market...
- + Solana's SOL Surges to Record High Above $260— [Category: Markets, news, Solana, SOL]
- + Bitwise Joins Mounting Race for Solana ETF—Crypto-investments firm Bitwise took a big jump Thursday toward offering a Solana exchange traded fund (ETF) in the United States. [Category: Policy, ...
- + MicroStrategy Falls 16% Despite New Bitcoin Record as Some Question Valuation— [Category: Markets, news, Michael Saylor, MicroStrategy]
- + Charles Schwab Wants to Directly Offer Crypto to Clients, Incoming CEO Says—Financial services giant Charles Schwab has plans to directly offer crypto investments to its clients, president and incoming CEO Rick Wurster told Ya...
- + Why the Media Loves the Worst of Crypto—The fixation on the least reputable aspects of the industry obscures the real progress being made in areas like DePIN, stablecoins and DeFi, says Mahe...
- + Ethereum Layer-2 Teams Welcome Proposal to Overhaul Blockchain—Far from making zero-knowledge rollups obsolete, the Beam Chain would make them work better, says Polygon. zkSync builder Matter Labs is also bullish....
- + Gary Gensler, We Won’t Miss You—But, let’s face it, crypto’s regulatory uncertainty isn’t all your fault. [Category: Opinion, opinion, Opinion]
- + U.S. SEC Loses Crypto Lawsuit Over 'Dealer' Definition That Pushed Into Crypto—A Texas federal court has rejected the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recent rule expanding the definition of a securities dealer to includ...
- + Crypto Foe and SEC Chair Gary Gensler Will Quit When Trump Takes Office— [Category: Policy, news, SEC, Gary Gensler]
- + Bitcoin Retail Investor Selling Signals Coming Pullback, but There Might be a Catch—Dubbed "smart money" of late, retail bitcoiners are starting to sell, but exchange balances are falling, suggesting plenty of buyers. [Category: Marke...
- + Jito Token Holders Slated for Payday Under TipRouter Proposal—Investors in Jito's JTO token could soon start collecting native yield on top of their holdings. [Category: Finance, news, Jito labs]
- + Crypto for Advisors: 2024 - Bitcoin’s Year?—2024 has been a year of significant progress for the crypto industry, as bitcoin adoption has reached new heights and regulatory clarity has emerged. ...
- + Why We Need Decentralized AI—As AI continues to expand its influence, the need for more transparent, accessible, and sustainable development models becomes increasingly urgent, sa...
- + Payments Giant Stripe Brings Crypto Services to Aptos as Circle's USDC Stablecoin Launch on the Network—The integrations aim to boost global payments and decentralized finance on the Aptos network. [Category: Finance, news, Aptos, Stripe, Circle, USDC, S...
- + CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: BCH Gains 13.1%, Leading Index Higher from Wednesday—Ethereum Classic was also among the top performers, gaining 9.4%. [Category: CoinDesk Indices, news, CoinDesk 20, CoinDesk Indices, Price, charts]
- + Mastercard and JPMorgan Link Up to Bring Cross-Border Payments on the Blockchain—By integrating Mastercard MTN's connectivity with Kinexys Digital Payments, mutual customers of MTN and Kinexys will be able to settle B2B transaction...
- + First Mover Americas: Bitcoin at $100K Sounds Nice, but Expect Pullback—The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for November 21, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextua...
- + Sui Network Back Up After Scheduling Bug Leads to Two-Hour Downtime; SUI Recovers—The downtime was caused by a bug in its transaction scheduling. [Category: Technology, news, Sui]
- + Futures Open Interest on CME Surpasses 215K Bitcoin for the First Time as BTC Eyes $100K—Bitcoin has added $30,000 since Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election and closing in on a $2 trillion market cap. [Category: Markets, news, ...
- + Chillguy Creator Threatens Legal Action as Crypto Trenches Scour TikTok—The chillguy meme has recently gained traction on platforms like TikTok and among brands. But its creator is unamused with a parody memecoin. [Categor...
- + BitGo Launches Singapore Services, Eyes Other Crypto-Friendly Regions in Asia—The infrastructure provider aims to tap into institutional demand for locally regulated services. [Category: Policy, news]
- + Bitcoin Futures Smash Through $100K Barrier on Deribit—BTC futures expiring in March, June and September 2025 trade at prices greater than $100,000, according to data source Deribit. [Category: Markets, ne...
- + Leveraged MicroStrategy Markets Showcase Risk-On Like Never Before as Bitcoin Aims for Six-Digit Price—Traders are adding leverage on top of an already leveraged MSTR ETF, signaling heightened risk appetite and a build up of speculative excesses. [Categ...
- + Bitcoin Crosses $97K, Continuing Wild ‘Trump Trade’ Rally—BTC traded above $95,900 in early Asian hours, less than 6% from a landmark $100,000 figure that would push it above a $2 trillion market capitalizati...
- + SEC Distributes $4.6M to BitClave Investors—Some investors in defunct crypto startup BitClave will soon get their money back, plus interest, according to a Wednesday announcement from the U.S. S...
- + Is the Crypto Conference Circuit Good for Crypto?—Azeem Khan: When everyone is traveling the world, attending endless side-events, who is building and onboarding new customers? [Category: Opinion, opi...
- + Crypto Agents and Verifiable Systems Are the Future of Safe, User-Centric Tech—Rather than “giving power to the machines,” AI agents give users autonomy to handle complex processes, acting as reliable allies in an increasingly co...
- + Frank McCourt's Decentralized Internet Project Enters Ethereum Ecosystem With Consensys Partnership— [Category: Finance, news, Ethereum, ConsenSys, Frank McCourt]
- + The Subtle Way AI Data Centers Boost Bitcoin Mining Economics—The competition for cheap electrons could establish a floor for hashprice, or at least slow down hashrate growth. [Category: Markets, news, Bitcoin Mi...
- + The Protocol: ENS on Bitcoin; Worldcoin, Without the Eyeballs—Plus: What Zuck can teach DAOs about governance. [Category: Technology, news, The Protocol, Mark Zuckerberg, DAO, Dao governance, worldcoin, Newslette...
- + Digital Currency Group’s Barry Silbert Bets Big on AI Blockchain Bittensor—Barry Silbert will be the CEO of Yuma, a new DCG company focused on incubating and building new businesses within Bittensor’s decentralized AI ecosyst...
- + Former FTX CTO Gary Wang Won’t Have to Serve Prison Time, Judge Rules—Former FTX chief technology officer and close friend of Sam Bankman-Fried, Gary Wang, won’t have to serve prison time for his involvement in the crypt...
- + DeFi’s Renaissance—Pro-crypto legislation could allow DeFi to potentially connect with mainstream financial systems, says Toe Bautista. [Category: Opinion, opinion, Opin...
- + Miners Going Nuclear: A Symbiotic Synergy—Beyond the increasing proliferation of bitcoin within investment portfolios, mining operations have become a focus of a new wave of mergers and acquis...
- + Juiced USDS Yields Woo Solana Traders to Sky's Stablecoin—Solana traders are quickly embracing the newest stablecoin to join their decentralized finance (DeFi) fray: USDS, issued by Sky (formerly MakerDAO). [...
- + CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: ADA Gains 10.1% as Index Continues Higher—Stellar was also among the top performers, gaining 6.5% from Tuesday. [Category: CoinDesk Indices, news, CoinDesk 20, CoinDesk Indices, Price, charts]
- + First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Hits New Highs as ETF Options Traders Go Degen—The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for November 20, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextua...
- + Memecoin Launchpad GraFun Expands to Ethereum to Clinch New Users—Expanding to Ethereum will help GraFun capture newer audiences, tap into higher liquidity for meme issuances and increase the platform’s visibility am...
- + Bitcoin ETF Options Introduction Marks Milestone, Despite Position Limits—BlackRock’s IBIT was the first bitcoin ETF to launch with options tied to it. The rest of the pack is coming today. [Category: Markets, news, Bitcoin,...
- + MicroStrategy Upsizes Debt Offering to $2.6B; Breaks Into Top 100 U.S. Public Companies by Market Cap—MicroStrategy is now up over 500% year-to-date, approaching a $100 billion market cap. [Category: Markets, news, MicroStrategy, Bitcoin, btc]
- + Robinhood Is the Top Crypto Deregulation Trade, Bernstein Says—The broker raised its price target on the trading platform's stock to $51 from $30. [Category: Markets, news, Bernstein, Analysts, Crypto, Regulations...
- + Dogecoin, XRP Trading Volumes Flip Bitcoin’s in South Korea—South Korean traders are known for pushing euphoric rallies on tokens, contributing to buying pressure and possibly influencing prices. [Category: Mar...
- + Crypto Exchange Archax to Offer Tokenized Money Market Funds from State Street, Fidelity International and LGIM—The tokenized assets will initially be made available on Hedera Hashgraph, XRPL and Arbitrum. [Category: Finance, news, Archax, Exclusive, Tokenizatio...
- + Mark Zuckerberg Could Teach DAOs Like Compound a Governance Lesson—Meta's Mark Zuckerberg Could Teach DAOs Like Compound a Governance Lesson [Category: Technology, news, Devcon, Compound, Compound Finance, DAO, Meta, ...
- + Pro Crypto Traders Are Leveraging IBIT Options to Bet on BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF Doubling to $100: Observers—The bullish sentiment in the IBIT options is consistent with the noticeable activity in the $200,000 bitcoin call trading on Deribit. [Category: Marke...
- + Crypto Exchange Woo X Adds AI-Powered Trader ‘George AI’ to Its Copy Trade App—Woo X plans to invite bets on weekly copy trading competitions between the most copied human traders and George, the AI. [Category: Finance, news, Woo...
- + Coinbase Delists Wrapped Bitcoin wBTC, Citing 'Listing Concerns'—Announcement comes shortly after the exchange launched its own ‘wrapped’ bitcoin on Base – cbBTC [Category: Technology, news, wBTC, Coinbase, Wrapped ...
- + Bitcoin ETF Options Attract $2B on Day One, Shifting BTC’s Market Structure—IBIT options went live Tuesday in a first, a move that market participants widely expect to draw more institutional interest in bitcoin (BTC). Here’s ...
- + Trump Said to Consider Crypto Lawyer Teresa Goody Guillén to Lead SEC—Teresa Goody Guillén, a veteran of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, is among the candidates president-elect Donald Trump is considering to...
- + Rumble Stock Rises as CEO Teases Bitcoin Adoption—The YouTube competitor had about $131 million of cash and cash equivalents on its balance sheet as of the end of the third quarter. [Category: Markets...
- + Ethena Sees $1B Inflows as Crypto Rally Brings Back Double-Digit Yields—The protocol's rejuvenation is driven by elevated perpetual funding rates, with more catalysts ahead for growth. [Category: Markets, news, Ethena, DeF...
- + Bitcoin Makes New All-Time High of $94,000 as ETF Options Go Live—Spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds options are making solid volume on their first day. [Category: Markets, news, Market Wrap, Bitcoin, Bitcoin ETF, Op...
- + Dueling 'Eliza' AI Tokens Boom and Zoom in Frenzied Trading—Power and profits took center stage in a confusing morning. [Category: Markets, news, AI, Trading, VC]
- + AI Agents Can Help Crypto Become the Currency of AI—But there’s a lot of work to do, says Jesus Rodriguez, CEO, IntoTheBlock [Category: Opinion, opinion, Opinion]
- + Howard Lutnick, Tether's Wall Street Banker, Is Trump's Pick for Commerce Chief, Not Treasury Secretary—President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick as Treasury Secretary. [Category: Policy, news, Donald Trump, Treasury...
- + Stablecoin Issuer Paxos to Buy Finland's Membrane Finance to Gain EU Access—Paxos agreed to buy electronic money institution Membrane Finance, which is licensed in Finland. [Category: Finance, news, Regulations, Paxos, EU, mer...
- + El Salvador Is Getting Its First Tokenized U.S. Treasuries Offering—The new product aims to give access to T-Bill investments for individuals and organizations who were previously unable to invest in these products, th...
- + CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: HBAR Gains 13.3%, Leading Index Higher from Monday—Render was also among the top performers, gaining 5.1%. [Category: CoinDesk Indices, news, CoinDesk 20, CoinDesk Indices, Price, charts]
- + First Mover Americas: Options Coming to Bitcoin ETFs Is a Big Deal—The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for November 19, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextua...
- + After Binance's $4.3B Lesson, Do Rival Crypto Exchanges Risk Running Afoul of U.S. Rules?—Bybit, Bitget and OKX combined have 877,000 daily active users in the U.S., data from Sensor Tower shows. It's unclear if they are just checking price...
- + After Binance's Costly Lesson, Do Rival Crypto Exchanges Risk Running Afoul of U.S. Rules?—Bybit, Bitget and OKX combined have 877,000 daily active users in the U.S., data from Sensor Tower shows. It's unclear if they are just checking price...
- + Crypto Valley Exchange to Go Live in January With Cheap On-Chain Futures and Options Trading—The decentralized exchange for futures and options trading plans to go live on Arbitrum on Jan. 8. [Category: Finance, news, Arbitrum, dexs, Options, ...
- + Bitcoin Mining Economics Improved in the First Half of November: JPMorgan—The total market cap of the miners the bank tracks grew 33% since the end October, the report said. [Category: Markets, news, JPMorgan, Bitcoin Miners...
- + MARA Holdings Upsizes Convertible Notes Offering by $150M Amid Overwhelming Investor Demand—The second-biggest publicly traded company holding bitcoin, MARA, is looking to purchase more from the estimated proceeds of $833 million. [Category: ...
- + Crypto Exchange Gemini Starts Up in France With EU's MiCA Laws Weeks From Kicking In—Companies registered in EU nations by year-end will be able to operate in those countries while they secure licenses under MiCA regulations that take ...
- + Donald Trump’s Media Group Eyes Purchase of Crypto Exchange Bakkt: Report—Trump Media and Technology Group, which operates Truth Social, is nearing an all-stock deal to purchase Bakkt, a struggling crypto trading venue owned...
- + Ethereum's Ether Has Fallen Out of Investor Favor and How—The market assigns a very low probability of ether challenging its year-to-date high of around $4,000 by the end of December. [Category: Markets, news...
- + Bitcoin at $100K No Longer a Dream Believe Traders, but Blow-Off Top Warning in Near Term—QCP traders expect a run to $100,000 — nearly 10% higher than the current record of over $93,000 — in the coming months, with those gains flowing into...
- + Decentralized AI Project Morpheus Goes Live on Mainnet—Like other decentralized AI networks, Morpheus seeks to curtail the negative side effects of AI, such as centralization, censorship, and data monopoli...
- + California Judge Puts the Kibosh on Kraken’s Interlocutory Appeal Attempt—A California judge has rejected Kraken’s motion for interlocutory appeal, saying in a Monday decision that allowing an appeal would only “delay resolu...
- + Spot Bitcoin ETF Options Could Start Trading as Early as Tomorrow—Options trading on spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds could become available as soon as Tuesday, according to Nasdaq. [Category: Markets, news, Bitcoi...
- + Can a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Move Forward Without Congress? Experts Disagree—It’s unclear whether the U.S. government has the authority to use seized bitcoin to constitute a strategic reserve. [Category: Policy, news, bitcoin r...
- + Bitfinex Hack Launderer Heather 'Razzlekhan' Morgan Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison—Heather “Razzlekhan” Morgan, who helped launder the proceeds of the 2016 Bitfinex hack led by husband Ilya “Dutch” Lichtenstein, has been sentenced to...
- + Only Congress Can Ban Election Betting, Kalshi Tells Appeals Court in New Filing—The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) may not like election betting, but only Congress — not the regulator — has the authority to ban i...
- + Beyond the Ballot: How DeFi Is Preparing for DC’s Next Chapter—Innovation, consumer protection and financial inclusion are neither Republican nor Democratic values — they're American ones, says Rebecca Rettig, Chi...
- + Polymarket Trader Loses Millions on Tyson After Making Bank on Trump—Plus: the market is not confident if Matt Gaetz will be confirmed as Trump's attorney general. [Category: News Analysis, news_analysis, Analysis, Poly...
- + CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: XLM Surges 73.2% Over Weekend in Broad Rally —The CoinDesk 20 gained 6.5% over the weekend with all but two assets trading higher. [Category: CoinDesk Indices, news, CoinDesk 20, CoinDesk Indices,...
- + Lido Co-Founders Said to Plot Competitor to Sam Altman's World Network—The new digital identity platform, Y, forgoes World Network's controversial biometric authentication for a system based on users' online activities. [...
- + Semler Scientific Added 215 Bitcoin to Holdings, Bringing Stack to 1,273 BTC—Semler Scientific raised $21.5 million through its at-the-market equity offering, purchased 215 BTC. [Category: Markets, news, Bitcoin, Semler scienti...
- + First Mover Americas: Solana Breaks Out to New Cycle Highs—The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for Nov 18, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes...
- + Michael Saylor's MicroStrategy Added Additional 51,780 Bitcoin for $4.6B—The company now holds 331,200 bitcoin acquired for roughly $16.5 billion and worth just shy of $30 billion. [Category: Markets, news, MicroStrategy, M...
- + MARA to Offer $700M Convertible Senior Note, Shares Fall 5%—MARA holdings announced a $700 million convertible senior note due 2030, plans to acquire more bitcoin. [Category: Markets, news, Bitcoin, Marathon]
- + Project Liberty Joins SOAR to Challenge Centralized Social Media Giants With AI, Decentralized Data—AI studio SOAR, created by Ancestry founder Paul Allen, brings Project Liberty data sharing and storage portals for families and communities focused o...
- + Bitcoin's Correlation to U.S. Equities and Ether Weakens: Van Straten—The total cryptocurrency market hits a new all-time high of $3.025 trillion as bitcoin consolidates around $92,000. [Category: Markets, news, Nasdaq, ...
- + Bitcoin Near a Record High Might Be Just Half the Journey as BCA Research Signals $200K—According to BCA Research analysis of fractal patterns, the bitcoin price might climb above $200,000. [Category: Markets, news, Bitcoin, Markets, Trad...
- + Missed BTC Rally to $93K? Bitcoin Memecoins Could Be Next to Watch—Data, however, show no uptick in Runes protocol on chain metrics as of Monday. Onchain metrics typically follow social activity and narratives, with p...
- + Kraken, Tether-Backed Dutch Firm Rolls Out MiCA-Compliant Euro, U.S. Dollar Stablecoins—The issuance comes at a time when the European stablecoin market is poised for a shake-up as regulations for issuers will enter into full force by the...
- + Metaplanet Follows MSTR's Lead, Announces $11.3M Debt Sale for Additional Bitcoin Purchases—Metplanet to issue one-year bonds to finance BTC purchases. [Category: Finance, news, MetaPlanet, MicroStrategy, MSTR, Bitcoin, Markets]
- + Frenzy Alert: JPMorgan's Bitcoin Retail Sentiment Score Hits Record High, MSTR's Call Skew Soars—MSTR's options market exhibited extreme upside fear or bullish speculative frenzy. [Category: Markets, news, Bitcoin, Markets, Trading]
- + CAT Token Expands to Solana, Setting Up Long-Term Bullish Move—The vault has been filled in excess of an initial $100,000 target as of Asian morning hours, with $240,000 worth of stablecoins deposited for CAT on S...
- + XRP Sees Record Futures Bets Amid Price Surge Above $1.20—An increase in both OI and prices typically indicates that new money is entering the market — indicative of a bullish trend. [Category: Markets, news,...
- + BONK Jumps 16% to Record Highs as Traders Eye Even More Gains Ahead—Low-unit bias, demand on Coinbase, frenzied community trading activity and BONK’s standing within the Solana ecosystem are positioning it for more gro...
- + An Interview With El Salvador’s Top Crypto Regulator: ‘Developing Countries Can Lead the Financial Revolution’—The National Commission of Digital Assets is the agency in charge of regulating crypto in El Salvador, the first nation to accept Bitcoin as legal ten...
- + XRP Price Skyrockets Past $1 as SEC Faces Legal Troubles And Favorable Regulatory Shift Looms—The price surge is consistent with the recent bullish positioning in the options market. [Category: Markets, news, XRP, Markets, SEC]
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