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Ether Favored in Crypto Rotation as Bitcoin Recoils Off $100K Sell Wall

Traders are rotating profits as bitcoin's rally stalled out, allowing the second largest crypto to shine for at least a little bit.

Ether's (ETH) performance vs. bitcoin (BTC) and the CoinDesk 20 Index (CoinDesk Indices)

Tech

Crypto Staking Goes Live on Starknet in First for Top Ethereum L2 Blockchains

Now, anyone with 20,000 STRK ($12K) can make money as a validator, and users with smaller holdings can delegate tokens to validators to stake on their behalf.

StarkWare CEO Eli Ben-Sasson (Margaux Nijkerk)

Finance

Trump's Crypto Project Gets $30M Investment From Justin Sun

The investment by Sun, best known for creating the TRON blockchain, comes after World Liberty Financial saw slow initial sales of its WLFI token.

Justin Sun standing beside a banana taped to a wall.

Tech

Avalanche Blockchain's Largest-Ever Upgrade Goes Live on Testnet

Avalanche9000 is meant to cut the cost of sending transactions and running validators, making it easier to build apps on the network, crypto's eighth-largest.

Emin Gün Sirer (CoinDesk archives)

Markets

Bitcoin Buying Plans Are Supercharging Stocks. Is This a Michael Saylor Redux — or Another 'Long Island Iced Tea' Fad?

A flurry of copycats are trying capture MicroStrategy's magic. Will it work?

MicroStrategy's Michael Saylor (Jason Koerner/Getty Images for Bitcoin Magazine)

Markets

Mudslinging Sullies Prediction Markets Just as Sector's Prospects Brighten

Kalshi paid influencers to cast aspersions on Polymarket's founder, a Pirate Wires report reveals. Meanwhile, someone is spreading dubious rumors about Kalshi.

Playing dirty

Opinion

Tornado of Administrative Overreach: Challenging Sanctions of Crypto Mixing Services

Lawsuits testing OFAC’s authority to sanction mixers like Tornado Cash raise vital legal questions, says Zack Smith, senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation.

(William Cho/Pixabay)

Markets

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: XLM Surges 47.7% as Index Rises Over 100 Points

Polkadot joined Stellar as a top performer, gaining 37.1%.

9am CoinDesk 20 Update for 2024-11-25: leaders chart

Finance

Former Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein Joins Aptos Labs as Adviser

Michael Sonnenshein, the former CEO of Grayscale Investments, has joined Aptos Labs as an adviser alongside OpenAI's chief product officer, Kevin Weil.

Michael Sonnenshein (CoinDesk)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Regains $98K After Weekend Slump

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for November 25, 2024.

BTC price, FMA Nov. 25 2024 (CoinDesk)

Finance

Michael Saylor's MicroStrategy Makes Mammoth BTC Purchase, Adding 55,500 Tokens for $5.4B

This latest acquisition took place over the past few days, with current holdings now valued at nearly $38 billion.

MicroStrategy executive chairman Michael Saylor (CoinDesk archives)

Markets

Bitcoin Options Worth $9B Expire Friday, Traders May be Thankful for the Post-Thanksgiving Volatility

Approximately 45% ($4.2 billion) of the notional value in bitcoin that is set to expire is currently "in the money".

OI by Strike Price: Nov 29 (Deribit)

Markets

MicroStrategy Is a Bitcoin Magnet Pulling in the Earth's Capital Reserves: Bernstein

The broker raised its price target for the stock to $600 and reiterated its outperform rating on the shares.

MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor

Tech

Crypto Gets Shock Video Dose as Users Stream 'NSFW' Content to Pump Their Memecoins

A guy locked in a cage, men killing hens and someone not leaving their toilet until a token reaches a specific market cap. The desperation to make money is real

(Unsplash)

Markets

Koreans Go Full Monty on DOGE, XRP, XLM After Trump's Win; Now Look to SAND Token

The breakup of trading volume on Upbit showcases strong uptake for smaller cryptocurrencies in a pattern analogous to the 2021 bull market.

Most traded pairs on Upbit since Nov. 5 U.S. election

Finance

Tether in Talks to Support Cantor Fitzgerald’s Planned Bitcoin Lending Program: WSJ

The unlaunched lending initiative will start with $2 billion in funds, which could eventually grow to tens of billions of dollars.

Howard Lutnick is a fan of bitcoin and Tether's USDT. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)