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🇺🇸 Trump could put billions into US Bitcoin reserve without Congress approval
Bitcoin Magazine CEO David Bailey has suggested that President-elect Donald Trump could elevate Bitcoin to the status of a “strategic reserve asset” without requiring approval from Congress. In a Nov. 15 statement on X, Bailey suggested that the President could use executive authority to initiate a national Bitcoin reserve. According to unnamed experts he cited, this could be done independently, sidestepping the need for legislative backing.
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💰 Bitfinex hacker Ilya Lichtenstein sentenced to five years in prison for attempting to launder 120,000 bitcoin
Ilya "Dutch" Lichtenstein has been sentenced to five years in prison for his role in the 2016 hack of crypto exchange Bitfinex and subsequent money laundering, Bloomberg reported on Thursday. Lichtenstein had been charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering and conspiracy to defraud the United States, which carry maximum sentence of 20 and five years, respectively.
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💰 Bitcoin bull run could continue for 200 days before possible US recession – Report
Bitcoin’s current market cycle indicates a potential peak in about 200 days, coinciding with forecasts of a possible US recession by mid-2025. According to recent research from Copper.co, this alignment emerges as Bitcoin reaches day 554 of its cycle. Bitcoin’s market cycles average 756 days from the point when the annual average growth of its market capitalization turns positive until it hits a price peak.
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🇺🇸 Detroit will become the largest US city to accept crypto to pay taxes and fees
Detroit will become the largest city in the United States to accept cryptocurrency payments, city officials announced Thursday. Residents can pay taxes and other city fees using crypto through a secure platform managed by PayPal. “Detroit is building a technology-friendly environment that empowers residents and entrepreneurs," Mayor Mike Duggan said in a release. “We are excited to be one of the first major U.S. cities to explore blockchains civic applications and allow residents to use their cryptocurrency as a payment option.”
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💰 Bitcoin breaks new all-time high above $74,000 amid Trump's early lead on Election Day
Bitcoin's price has crossed the $73,737.94 mark to set a new all-time high, as the market processes Republican candidate Donald Trump’s early lead in the 2024 presidential election. Bitcoin has risen 9.5% over the past 24 hours to currently change hands at around $74,700, according to The Block’s price page.
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💰 German tradFi giants confirm trial to mine Bitcoin with surplus energy to stabilize grid
German telecom giant Deutsche Telekom has partnered with Germany’s oldest bank, Bankhaus Metzler, to launch a pilot project testing Bitcoin mining infrastructure powered by surplus renewable energy. The initiative aims to utilize excess electricity from renewable sources that would otherwise remain unused due to grid limitations or insufficient storage options.
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💰 Mt. Gox sends 500 bitcoin to two unmarked wallets: Arkham data
The Mt. Gox estate transferred 500 BTC ($35.04 million) to two unknown wallets on Friday, according to blockchain analytics firm Arkham. The defunct cryptocurrency exchange carried out the two transactions just before 1 a.m. UTC, sending 31.78 BTC to one address and 468.24 BTC to the other, marking the first transaction since the end of September, according to data from Arkham. Both wallets then made further transfers.
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💰 Bitcoin nears all-time high with stable metrics, signaling strength for further upside – K33 Research
Bitcoin (BTC) is not showing signs of frenzy, unlike March, which indicates room for further growth in price, according to K33 Research report published on Oct. 29. Despite the impressive over 8% gain over the past week, Bitcoin’s trading volumes remain subdued. Daily trade volume averages $2.6 billion, nearly half the levels observed in the year’s first quarter. The relatively quiet market activity suggests a healthy, gradual buildup rather than panic-driven buying.
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💰 Standard Chartered: Bitcoin Set to Hit $73K on US Election Day
Standard Chartered’s Global Head of Digital Assets Research, Geoff Kendrick, published a report last week outlining projected bitcoin price movements based on potential outcomes of the upcoming U.S. presidential election. The research provides detailed scenarios for how bitcoin could respond to different election results.
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💰 Bitcoin mining difficulty hits new all-time high amid record network hash rate
Bitcoin mining difficulty rose 3.9% on Tuesday to hit a fresh all-time high amid record seven-day moving average hash rate levels for the network. The difficulty adjustment came at block height 866,880, reaching a record of 95.7 trillion, according to blockchain explorer Mempool, breaching the prior peak of 92.7 trillion set in early September.
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💰 Coinbase, Hut 8 lead crypto stocks higher as bitcoin inches towards $70,000 level
Bitcoin is on pace for its best weekly performance in over a month, with the world's largest cryptocurrency inching closer to reclaiming the $70,000 level. For the week, the price of bitcoin is up about 9% and trading around $68,800 at time of writing. Ethereum follows closely behind with a gain of 8.3% over the same period while Solana is up 7.2%, according to The Block's price page. Those gains outpace the rise in traditional market indices like the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq, which are up less than 1% over the past five trading sessions.
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💰 StanChart predicts Bitcoin to reach $73K pre-election as ETF inflows, MicroStrategy stock surge
Standard Chartered believes Bitcoin (BTC) could rally above $73,000 before the US election, driven by rising ETF inflows and a surge in call options activity, according to a research note shared with CryptoSlate. StanChart’s global head of digital assets, Geoffrey Kendrick, highlighted several key market movements signaling bullish sentiment ahead of the November vote.
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📊 Millennials’ appetite for crypto ETFs surges as traditional investors catch on, Schwab study shows
It is no secret that Millennials and Gen Zers have investment philosophies that differ from Baby Boomers and Gen X. It seems, however, that the launch of spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds earlier this year, and later the addition of spot ether ETFs, helped bridge that gap. Thursday's release of the annual Schwab Asset Management ETF study zeroes in what investors are interested in over the next 12 months, and crypto is top of mind.
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💰 Canary Capital files for a spot XRP exchange-traded fund with the SEC
Crypto investment firm Canary Capital filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a spot exchange-traded fund, marking the second firm vying for that product this month. The Canary XRP ETF gives investors "the opportunity to access the market for XRP through a traditional brokerage account without the potential barriers to entry or risks involved with acquiring and holding XRP directly," the firm said in an S-1 registration statement filed on Tuesday.
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💰 BitGo’s WBTC Retains Over 65% Market Dominance Despite Criticism of Custody Model: Report
Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC), a wrapped version of Bitcoin developed by BitGo, Kyber Network, and Ren, continues to dominate the tokenized BTC market despite criticism around the project, according to Binance Research’s latest monthly report. The wrapped token represents Bitcoin at 1:1 on other blockchains such as Ethereum and Solana. This allows users to access BTC on the decentralized finance landscape.
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💰 Bitcoin retail investor demand hits 52-month high as market momentum builds: CryptoQuant
Bitcoin’s retail investor activity has surged to a 52-month high, signaling a return of strong retail trading interest, according to CryptoQuant. Key metrics such as retail investor demand and funding rates indicate renewed enthusiasm fueled by surging altcoin markets and growing mainstream attention.
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💰 Bitwise CIO believes investors are ‘still early’ until Bitcoin reaches $500k
Bitwise CIO Matthew Hougan believes that investors are “still early” until Bitcoin (BTC) claims the $500,000 price zone for Bitcoin (BTC). In a recent investor note, Hougan highlighted that the current environment makes him feel that the $100,000 mark could be “right around the corner.” Bitcoin registered a new all-time high of $93,523.65 on Nov. 13, marking its best day in history and a 130% year-to-date gain.
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💰 Future Bitcoin upgrades require contrasting stakeholder support evolving across launch timeline
Delving deep into Bitcoin's governance, Steve Lee from Spiral offers a masterful dissection of Bitcoin's intricate consensus mechanisms and the stakeholder dynamics that govern protocol upgrades. With experience in product management and open-source development, Lee navigates through the potential risks of soft and hard forks, unraveling how diverging stakeholder motivations.
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🪙 Ethereum Foundation launches Mekong Testnet ahead of Pectra upgrade
The Ethereum Foundation has introduced the Mekong Testnet, a short-term testing environment designed to allow developers to explore new features from the upcoming Pectra upgrade before its mainnet release. In a blog post on Nov. 7, the Foundation said the Mekong Testnet incorporates all Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs) intended for Pectra. These proposals focus on enhancing various aspects of the Ethereum network, including user experience (UX), staking processes, and deposit and withdrawal mechanisms.
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💰 Mt. Gox moves $2 billion in Bitcoin, sparking speculation of additional repayments
Mt. Gox, the defunct crypto exchange, has transferred more than $2 billion worth of Bitcoin into two newly created wallets, according to data from Arkham Intelligence. Data from the blockchain analytics platform shows that Mt. Gox executed this transaction on Nov. 4 at 23:38 UTC. Most of these funds, totaling 30,371 BTC, were directed to an unknown wallet address labeled “1FG2C.” About an hour later, around 2000 BTC was transferred to the address “15gNR.”
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🇷🇺 Russia's Sweeping Crypto Mining Regulations Take Effect, Setting Strict New Rules
On Nov. 1, the Russian government introduced a regulatory framework for cryptocurrency mining, marking the implementation of a law signed by President Vladimir Putin in August and published shortly before these rules took effect. The law formally defines mining as a legal activity in Russia, laying out security and operational requirements for miners and creating a structure for trading digital financial assets on specially approved platforms.
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💰 Canary Capital joins Solana ETF race amid rising investor demand
Canary Capital filed for a spot Solana ETF with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Oct. 30, seeking to establish a US-based spot Solana (SOL) exchange-traded fund. The fund, titled the Canary Solana ETF, is designed to “provide exposure to the price of Solana (‘SOL’) held by the Trust,” according to the S-1 registration statement. Canary Capital did not specify a custodian or administrator in the filing.
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💰 Bitcoin trades above $70,000 for first time in over seven months
Bitcoin topped $70,100 at 22:10 UTC, the first time the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization crossed the $70,000 level in more than seven months, according to The Block’s Bitcoin price page. It has since retraced its move and is trading hands around $69,800 at press time.
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🇰🇷 South Korea to regulate cross-border crypto trades by 2025
South Korean authorities are preparing to regulate cross-border digital asset transactions beginning in late 2025, according to an Oct. 25 report by Reuters. Under this framework, Korea-based companies facilitating digital asset transactions across borders must pre-register with regulatory bodies and submit monthly transaction reports to the Bank of Korea.
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💰 BlackRock's spot bitcoin ETF draws in over $1 billion so far this week
Spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds in the U.S. reported total daily net inflows of $470.48 million on Thursday, extending the positive flows that continued this week. The 12 funds have accumulated over $1.85 billion in net inflows so far this week. “Favorable macroeconomic conditions are [playing] a crucial role; central banks around the globe are lowering interest rates, driving investors toward alternative assets,” said Rachael Lucas, crypto analyst of Markets.
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💰 Bitcoin accumulation fuels market uptick signaling potential surge in price
Bitcoin flirts with the $70,000 mark once again, the mysterious maneuvers of crypto whales are catching keen eyes. With their holdings swelling from 3.2 to 3.6 million BTC this year, these large players are no strangers to shaping market tides. Historically, their strategic acquisitions have paved the path for major price rallies.
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🔵 Arbitrum DAO member proposes $120 million recall from gaming fund that missed deadlines
A proposal passed in June by the governance DAO Ethereum Layer 2 network Arbitrum to "catalyze gaming ecosystem growth" on the network has recently been met with scrutiny following an apparent lack of communication and several missed deadlines, prompting one DAO member to propose a recall of its funding. Arbitrum's Gaming Catalyst Program (GCP) was passed in June of this year after being unveiled in March, The Block previously reported, and aims to "immediately expand awareness and adoption of Arbitrum/Orbit/Stylus by builders and players in the Gaming community."
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💰 Bitcoin may hit $80K if crypto ‘animal spirits’ awaken, says Bitwise CIO
Bitwise’s Chief Investment Officer, Matt Hougan, believes Bitcoin could still reach new all-time highs of $80,000 this year but only under specific conditions. In an Oct. 9 note to investors, Hougan outlined the key factors that could influence Bitcoin’s upward trajectory, including the outcome of the US election, economic conditions, and the absence of major disruptions in the crypto space.
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💰 Bitcoin whale's transfers of BTC mined in 2009 to Kraken hits $3.6 million: Arkham
An older Bitcoin whale has transferred a total of $3.6 million worth of to Kraken, according to Arkham Intelligence. "A Bitcoin whale holding over $72.5 million [of] Bitcoin from 2009 has sent a total of $3.58 million [of] BTC to Kraken with their most recent movements yesterday," the blockchain analytics platform posted to X on Friday. "This Bitcoin was mined one month after Bitcoin’s launch in Feb/March 2009."
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