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As Scott Bessent and John Paulson emerge as leading candidates for US Treasury Secretary, the community is curious about their stance on crypto.

 The crypto lobby has made its mark on the US presidential elections.

The last time the Crypto Fear & Greed Index had a score of 80 was on April 9, just before Bitcoin saw an 18% correction over the following three weeks.

Ethereum researcher Justin Drake said that when it comes to staking, his proposal aims to lower the requirements from 32 ETH to 1 ETH. 

The Asian gaming market is the world’s biggest. It has the most players and significant spending on consumables and represents the most lucrative opportunity for any Western game studio. 

Investors increased exposure to Bitcoin and Ether ETFs as a strong price rally fueled unprecedented inflows.

In comparison, Bitcoin’s second-best daily gain occurred in August 2021, when the price rose $7,576 in 24 hours, from $38,871 to $46,448.

El Salvador and Bhutan see major gains in Bitcoin holdings as BTC nears $90,000, increasing the value of their crypto assets by millions amid the latest market rally.

Bitget’s app relaunch in the UK comes a few months after the exchange restricted its website in the UK in accordance with the Financial Promotions regime in May 2024.

The US banking crisis is what catalyzed the 2023 bull run, according to BitMEX’s Arthur Hayes.

Ethereum researcher Justin Drake teased a new proposal, fueling ETH 3.0 rumors and sparking community speculation on potential scalability solutions for the blockchain.

A phishing scam through a fake Zoom link drained $6.09 million from a Gigachad token investor, igniting security concerns.

Fidelity’s spot Ether ETF led the pack with $115.5 million worth of inflows on Nov. 11, while BlackRock, Grayscale and Bitwise’s Ether ETFs also saw inflows.

The WDK will enable developers to integrate non-custodial wallets for USDT and Bitcoin into any app, website or device.

The Republicans will have total control of the executive branch and all of Congress after the GOP was projected to keep a majority in the House.

Donald Trump’s win in the United States presidential election may not be the “main story” driving the Bitcoin price rally, Onramp Bitcoin co-founder Jesse Myers said.

If the crypto market were a country, it would be the eighth-biggest in GDP terms behind the United States, China, Germany, Japan, India, the United Kingdom and France.

Huangzhou-based crypto mining chip maker Nano Labs saw its share price rise slightly after announcing it will start accepting Bitcoin as payment.

The combined daily trading volume of shares in MicroStrategy, Coinbase and Bitcoin ETFs hit $38 billion as Bitcoin breached $89,000. 

The exchange’s creditors haven’t been made whole despite a judge approving a plan, and sentencing for former executives is nearing an end.