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Markets

Dogecoin Craze Grips Korea, Fuels Price Premium on Local Giants Upbit and Bithumb

DOGE's price has surged 78% since Trump's election win a week ago.

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Markets

Dogecoin Trade Goes From Meme to Reality as Donald Trump Confirms D.O.G.E

In an X post, Musk said that all Department of Government Efficiency actions will be posted online for maximum transparency.

Elon Musk (Richard Bord/WireImage)

Tech

Ethereum Pioneer's New 'Time Machine' Makes Transactions Conditional on Future Events

The new platform, called the “Ethereum time machine,” extends Ethereum’s programming capabilities by allowing smart contracts to execute transactions based on uncertain or not-guaranteed future events.

Vlad Zamfir co-founder of Smart Transactions (STXN)

Tech

‘Just Don’t Break’ Bitcoin: Devs Debate Tech Upgrades to Top Crypto

The bitcoiners gathered at OP_Next were decidedly in favor of progress – but not too much progress, and certainly not too fast.

Will Foxley opens OP_NEXT (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Blasts to $90K as Crypto Rally Shakes Out $900M of Leveraged Bets

Crypto prices continue melting upwards since Donald Trump's election victory as investors reprice digital assets in anticipation of a friendlier government.

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Opinion

How Escape Hatches Can Boost Crypto’s Reputation

Liquidation, hacks and thefts have plagued the industry. It’s time for a hard-wired cheat-proof feature that pays on-chain creditors in an orderly way, says StarkWare CEO Eli Ben-Sasson.

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Markets

Stablecoin Supply Expands by $5B Since U.S. Election as Investors Pile Into Crypto

Stablecoin exchange balances grew to a yearly high of $41 billion this week, providing dry powder to buy digital assets, one analyst noted.

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Markets

El Salvador's Bitcoin Stash Rises Above $500M, but Bhutan Story Might Be Even Bigger

Monday’s bitcoin rally propelled El Salvador and Bhutan’s crypto stashes to $500 million and $1.1 billion respectively.

Nayib Bukele, president of El Salvador (Ulises Rodriguez/APHOTOGRAFIA/Getty Images).

Tech

Ethereum Layer-2 Project Starknet to Roll Out Staking Feature Later This Month

StarkWare, the main developer firm behind Starknet, had shared in July that it would introduce a proposal for staking on the blockchain, but had not previously fixed the date of the rollout.

StarkWare CEO Eli Ben-Sasson (Margaux Nijkerk)

Finance

AI Firm Genius Group Adopts Bitcoin as Primary Treasury Asset; Shares Spike 50%

Shares are now trading at $0.70 after initially spiking up to $1.

Night view of Singapore taken across the water.

Opinion

How We Can Make the Agentic Internet Work for Everyone

We’ll soon have an internet where trillions of AI agents work on behalf but how do we make sure it’s fair? Bangdao Chen and Ramesh Ramadoss propose a secure, robust, verification-based approach paving the path to democratization of AI.

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Policy

Central Bank Group BIS Names Hernández de Cos as Next General Manager

ES Pablo Hernández de Cos has called for digital euro implementation and helped put in place global crypto banking rules.

BIS building (BIS)

CoinDesk Indices

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: POL Declines 7.7%, Leading Index Lower

Cardano was also among the underperformers, falling 7% since Monday.

9am CoinDesk 20 Update for 2024-11-12: laggards

Finance

Crypto Anti-Money Laundering Specialist Notabene Raises $14.5M

The Series B funding round was led by DRW VC, with participation from funds managed by Apollo, Nextblock, ParaFi Capital, and Wintermute.

Notabene CEO Pelle Braendgaard (Notabene)

Opinion

Time for Crypto to Put the Pedal to the Floor

Trump's victory presents a unique opportunity to reshape regulation and ensure no future SEC Chair can hamstring the industry again. Expect pushback.

Stepping on gas pedal

Markets

XRP's 90 Cents Calls Dominate Options Markets as Prices Hover Near 65 Cents: Godbole

XRP trades close to a major supply zone that has consistently capped upside for over a year.

XRP's price chart. (TradingView/CoinDesk)