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Tech

The Protocol: Polymarket Bets Pay Off as Memecoin Memorializes 'Dwebate'

Crypto wasn't even mentioned during Tuesday's U.S. presidential debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. But there was a parallel universe of often-ridiculous trading around the faceoff – taking place on blockchain-based prediction markets and memecoin launchpads.

Trump and Harris debating on CNN. (Sam Reynolds/CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Slides, Yen Gains as Trump-Harris Debate Disappoints Markets

The yen picked up a strong bid in late July as the Bank of Japan hiked interest rates for the first time in decades, triggering an unwinding of the risk-on yen carry trades.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris debate for the first time during the presidential election. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Markets

Bitcoin Could Hit $90K by Year End if Trump Becomes President Again: Bernstein

If Kamala Harris wins, the world's largest cryptocurrency could drop to as low as $30K, the report said.

Bitcoin price could be tied to the outcome of the U.S. election, Jefferies said. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Policy

Trump Promises to Embrace ‘Industries of the Future’ Including Crypto, AI

If elected, the former U.S. president has said he will install Elon Musk as head of a new government efficiency commission.

Former President Donald Trump made only a brief mention of crypto in an otherwise wide-ranging economic speech. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Tech

The Protocol: The Secret Code Behind Trump Family Crypto Project

In this week's issue of CoinDesk's weekly newsletter on blockchain tech, we've got the secret details underpinning the former president's plan for World Liberty Financial, as well as the rankings of which tokens performed the least-poorly in ugly August crypto markets.

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Videos

Inside Trump's Crypto Project; Ripple's Upcoming Stablecoin To Launch in 'Weeks': Garlinghouse

"CoinDesk Daily" host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the biggest headlines in the crypto industry today, including details on an upcoming cryptocurrency project that Donald Trump and his sons have promoted for weeks. Plus, JPMorgan's new report says bitcoin mining profitability is at a record low and Ripple Labs chief executive Brad Garlinghouse teases upcoming Ripple USD stablecoin.

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"Inside Trump's Crypto Project; Ripple's Upcoming Stablecoin To Launch in 'Weeks': Garlinghouse "

"CoinDesk Daily" host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the biggest headlines in the crypto industry today, including details on an upcoming cryptocurrency project that Donald Trump and his sons have promoted for weeks. Plus, JPMorgan's new report says bitcoin mining profitability is at a record low and Ripple Labs chief executive Brad Garlinghouse teases upcoming Ripple USD stablecoin.

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Crypto and the Election: All You Need to Know Ahead of November

"CoinDesk Daily" host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down everything you need to know ahead of the U.S. election in November, from crypto industry donations to the candidates' stance on digital assets.

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Will Donald Trump Drop Out of the Sept. 10 Debate?

Despite the noises Trump has made about pulling out of a Sept. 10 debate with opponent Kamala Harris, Polymarket traders seem fairly certain that the former President will show up. "Yes" shares for "Will Trump debate Kamala on Sept. 10?" are trading at 96 cents, indicating the market sees a 96% chance he will go through with it. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie presents the "Chart of the Day."

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TON Back Online After Near Six Hour Outage; Trump Releases Fourth Drop of His NFT Trading Cards

"CoinDesk Daily" host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the biggest headlines in the crypto industry today, as the TON blockchain resumes producing blocks after a nearly six-hour outage caused by a surge in network traffic. Plus, Australians lost $122 million of crypto to investment scams in just 12 months, and Trump is out with another collection of digital trading card NFTs.

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