Bitcoin rose past $71,000 for the first time since June, bolstered by inflows into dedicated exchange-traded funds as well as speculation about potential outcomes from next week’s US election. The largest digital asset climbed more than 2%, changing hands at $71,310 as of 10:45 a.m. on Tuesday in Singapore. Second-ranked Ether and meme-crowd favorite Dogecoin […]
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Bitcoin Nears $70K
Bitcoin Nears $70K Amid Record Open Interest at $40B as Trump-Harris Election Nears Bitcoin’s price rose by 1.5% in 24 hours, with significant increases in futures open interest, indicating continued money flow into the market. The crypto market saw broad gains with Solana (SOL) and other major cryptocurrencies rising, fueled by speculative trading and thematic […]
Continue ReadingFBI Arrests Alabama Man in Hack of SEC’s X Account
FBI officials arrested an Alabama man Thursday for allegedly hacking the Securities and Exchange Commission’s X account this year as part of an attempt to promote bitcoin. Eric Council Jr., 25, was slated to appear Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama on charges of conspiracy to commit aggravated identity […]
Continue ReadingDonald Trump’s Crypto Coin
Former president and Republican frontrunner Donald Trump is launching a crypto coin tomorrow, but the cryptocurrency is significantly different from many others in the crypto market. Trump will be offering a token for World Liberty Financial (WLFI), which is a decentralized finance platform. The waitlist opens tomorrow at 8 a.m. ET in what Trump has […]
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