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For the crypto industry, the elections in 2024 were a game changer. With 287 “pro-crypto” members of Congress and a president-elect who has proclaimed that the U.S. will be the “crypto capital of the planet,” the industry is poised to be on an accelerated path toward mainstream adoption. As market participants digest the potential impact

Many digital asset investors benchmark themselves to bitcoin, at least psychologically. Whether or not bitcoin is the right benchmark, it has certainly been a tough one to beat over the last few years — so tough that some market participants seem ready to throw in the towel on alts. But has bitcoin always been this

Bitcoin traders appear to be scooping up the $100,000 call option on the CME, CF Benchmarks told CoinDesk. Similar bullish flows are being observed on Deribit. 01:01 Bitcoin Breaks $64K While Gold Soars 00:56 ETH/BTC Ratio Slid to Lowest Since April 2021 00:59 Chances of 50 Basis Point Fed Rate Cut Next Week Jump to

How is altcoin trading like online poker? Let me explain. I have played over 2,000,000 hands of online poker. Starting in university and going on to play professionally for five years, I got to experience the industry evolve firsthand. The first major poker boom occurred in the mid-2000s. This drew in millions of online players

BlackRock's first tokenized product, launched on Ethereum in March, is now accessible on the Aptos, Arbitrum, Avalanche, Optimism's OP Mainnet and Polygon networks. BUIDL, the largest blockchain-based money market fund, is backed by short-term U.S. Treasuries and has $520 million of assets. 02:47 Bitcoin Nears $90K; FTX Sues Binance, CZ For $1.8B 17:55 Are Memecoins

Trading app Robinhood has added Solana, Pepe, Cardano and XRP to the list of cryptocurrencies available to trade on its platform. Coinbase, which has previously offered the trading of Solana, Cardano and XRP, also added Pepe on Wednesday. The move comes one week after crypto-friendly Donald Trump's win in the presidential election and the promises

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Copper is offering custody services for tokenized money market funds. The crypto custodian recently received regulatory approvals from the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) in Abu Dhabi. The approval means the company's clients can now use money market fund tokens as collateral in derivatives trades. 02:47 Bitcoin Nears $90K; FTX Sues Binance, CZ For $1.8B

Zero Gravity Labs raised $40 million to fund development of a decentralized AI operating system from several heavyweight crypto investors. In addition to the seed funding, the company secured a $250 million "token purchase commitment" that, it said, will let it draw on liquid digital assets on exchanges to further support project development. 02:47 Bitcoin

October CPI data for the U.S. met economist estimates. The price of bitcoin rose above $89,000 following the numbers. The chances of another Fed rate cut in mid-December jumped to 69% just after the data. 01:01 Bitcoin Breaks $64K While Gold Soars 00:56 ETH/BTC Ratio Slid to Lowest Since April 2021 00:57 Is Bitcoin Losing