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Finance

Mastercard and JPMorgan Link Up to Bring Cross-Border Payments on the Blockchain

Mastercard’s Multi-Token Network (MTN) is joining forces with the bank’s Kinexys Digital Payments unit, the recent rebranding of JPM Coin.

Raj Dhamodharan, Head of Crypto and Blockchain, Mastercard (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin at $100K Sounds Nice, but Expect Pullback

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for November 21, 2024.

Bitcoin price on Nov. 21 (CoinDesk)

Tech

Sui Network Back Up After Scheduling Bug Leads to Two-Hour Downtime; SUI Recovers

The downtime was caused by a bug in its transaction scheduling.

computer bug. (CoinDesk archives)

Markets

Futures Open Interest on CME Surpasses 215K Bitcoin for the First Time as BTC Eyes $100K

Bitcoin has added $30,000 since Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election and closing in on a $2 trillion market cap.

BTC: Binance vs CME: Futures Open Interest Dominance (Glassnode)

Markets

Chillguy Creator Threatens Legal Action as Crypto Trenches Scour TikTok

The chillguy meme has recently gained traction on platforms like TikTok and among brands. But its creator is unamused with a parody memecoin.

Chillguy. (Nayib Bukele/X)

Policy

BitGo Launches Singapore Services, Eyes Other Crypto-Friendly Regions in Asia

The company received a license from the local regulator in August.

Singapore (Shutterstock)

Markets

Bitcoin Futures Smash Through $100K Barrier on Deribit

Deribit's BTC futures expiring in March, June and September 2025 trade above $100,000.

Contracts expiring in March 2025 and beyond trade above $100K. (Deribit)

Markets

Leveraged MicroStrategy Markets Showcase Risk-On Like Never Before as Bitcoin Aims for Six-Digit Price

Traders are adding leverage on top of an already leveraged MSTR ETF, signaling heightened risk appetite and a build up of speculative excesses.

MSTX's options volume profile . (Convex Value)

Markets

Bitcoin Crosses $97K, Continuing Wild ‘Trump Trade’ Rally

BTC traded above $96,500 in early Asian hours, less than 6% from a landmark $100,000 figure that would push it above a $2 trillion market capitalization.

(Giovanni Calia/Unsplash)

Policy

SEC Distributes $4.6M to BitClave Investors

The SEC sued BitClave in 2020, alleging that it violated securities laws in the course of its $25.5 million initial coin offering in 2017.

Former SEC Chairman Jay Clayton (CoinDesk archives)

Opinion

Is the Crypto Conference Circuit Good for Crypto?

Azeem Khan: When everyone is traveling the world, attending endless side-events, who is building and onboarding new customers?

(Pixabay)

Opinion

Crypto Agents and Verifiable Systems Are the Future of Safe, User-Centric Tech

Rather than “giving power to the machines,” AI agents give users autonomy to handle complex processes, acting as reliable allies in an increasingly complicated and opaque digital landscape, says David Sneider, Co-founder of Lit Protocol.

(DeltaWorks/Pixabay)

Finance

Frank McCourt's Decentralized Internet Project Enters Ethereum Ecosystem With Consensys Partnership

The partnership brings Project Liberty to Consensys' Linea layer-2 network and its popular MetaMask crypto wallet.

Project Liberty founder Frank McCourt (MIT Technology Review)

Markets

The Subtle Way AI Data Centers Boost Bitcoin Mining Economics

The competition for cheap electrons could establish a floor for hashprice, or at least slow down hashrate growth.

A bitcoin mining operation. (Cipher Mining)

Tech

The Protocol: ENS on Bitcoin; Worldcoin, Without the Eyeballs

Plus: What Zuck can teach DAOs about governance.

(Wikimedia Commons/Unsplash)

Finance

Digital Currency Group’s Barry Silbert Bets Big on AI Blockchain Bittensor

Barry Silbert will be the CEO of Yuma, a new DCG company focused on incubating and building new businesses within Bittensor’s decentralized AI ecosystem.

DCG chief Barry Silbert (DCG)