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Metaplanet to issue one-year bonds to finance BTC purchases. The Tokyo-listed firm holds over 1,000 BTC as of now. 01:01 Bitcoin Breaks $64K While Gold Soars 00:56 ETH/BTC Ratio Slid to Lowest Since April 2021 00:57 Is Bitcoin Losing Its Bullish Momentum? Tokyo-listed Metaplanet has announced a debt sale to boost its bitcoin (BTC) stash

JPMorgan's retail sentiment score for BTC and BTC-tied assets hit a record high last week. MSTR's options market exhibited extreme upside fear or bullish speculative frenzy. 01:01 Bitcoin Breaks $64K While Gold Soars 00:56 ETH/BTC Ratio Slid to Lowest Since April 2021 00:57 Is Bitcoin Losing Its Bullish Momentum? Bitcoin (BTC) and everything else tied

CAT, the memecoin linked to Simon's Cat, is expanding to the Solana blockchain to tap into its active trading community. A vault provides early access to BONK token holders who have locked their tokens for 12 months. Solana's ecosystem has become a focal point for memecoin activities, with significant trading volumes and fees. 02:37 Trump

Regulatory clarity and upcoming technical changes are spurring growth in XRP-tracked futures, with open interest zooming to record highs on Saturday as prices spiked more than 20% over 24 hours. XRP and U.S. dollar-denominated open interest are at record levels as of Sunday, with over 2 billion tokens (worth nearly $2 billion at current prices)

BONK leads with a 16% gain and high trading volumes on Coinbase, outpacing other memecoins like DOGE and SHIB. Technical analysis shows BONK's breakout from consolidation, suggesting potential growth; it's seen as undervalued compared to peers. Deflationary actions aim to increase BONK’s value, with a target of 1 trillion tokens to be burned by December.

Juan Carlos Reyes, the CNAD’s president, sat down with CoinDesk for an exclusive interview. Crypto regulators need to deeply understand the technology before offering regulatory frameworks, Reyes said. Tokenization efforts are particularly attractive as they allow the democratization of access to structured securities. 01:01 Bitcoin Breaks $64K While Gold Soars 00:56 ETH/BTC Ratio Slid to

XRP's price has nearly doubled this week to above $1. The SEC's legal troubles could have a bearing on its pending appeal in the Ripple ruling, which said that XRP sales on public exchanges did not fall under the definition of a security. The price surge is consistent with the recent bullish positioning in the

Donald Trump and the Republican Party at large had a strong 2024 election, winning the presidency, Senate and House. This almost certainly guarantees crypto legislation will advance and become law sometime in the next two years. It also heralds a potentially softer approach from regulators toward the sector. You’re reading State of Crypto, a CoinDesk

Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America and other Wall Street banks continued buying shares of the spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds on behalf of clients. While allocations barely changed, most likely due to uneventful price action in bitcoin, the fourth quarter could see renewed interest sparked by recent new all-time highs. 01:01 Bitcoin Breaks $64K

Trump has been avowedly pro-Bitcoin and pro-crypto for a minute now. In fact, he’s more of a degen than many of us, having launched his own DeFi protocol, World Liberty Financial. The official Republican platform is explicitly pro-crypto, and Trump himself has made specific commitments to the industry, like freeing Ross Ulbricht, ending SEC Chair