At the Mar-a-Lago gala, Trump courted a constituency Biden has thoroughly snubbed – even if the GOP candidate isn’t exactly fluent in crypto policy. Source
Trump’s Pro-Crypto Bluster at NFT Gala Lacked Policy Substance
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SEC Rebuts Coinbase’s (COIN) Attempt to Get Appeals Court to Answer Key Crypto Question
“Coinbase remains unable to advance a single, coherent version of this theory, which it now claims presents a controlling question,” the filing said. “This is unsurprising – in eighty years ‘no court’ has ever required post-sale ‘contractual undertakings’ or anything beyond the three factors expressly enumerated by the Supreme Court in Howey.” Source
U.S. House’s McHenry Says Bill on Crypto Market Structure Will Get Floor Vote
The bill, which had also been approved by the House Agriculture Committee, is the “culmination of years of bipartisan efforts to finally provide clarity,” said the North Carolina lawmaker, who is retiring from Congress at the end of the year and made crypto legislation one of his priorities on his way out. Source
Bitcoin (BTC) Price Is In a ‘Bore to Death’ Phase. When Will the BTC Rally Resume?
The current period resembles the action from April through September of 2023 when bitcoin was stuck in the $25,000-$30,000 range for an excruciating six months. Eventually, cryptocurrencies were able to sustain a multi-month rally, with BTC ultimately hitting an all-time high in March of this year. Source
Was Sam Bankman-Fried Proven Right About FTX’s Solvency?
To make it brief, in the days leading up to FTX’s bankruptcy on Nov. 11, 2022, SBF was frantically trying to shore up a gigantic hole in his company’s balance sheet by raising funds basically from anyone he could. This reportedly includes everyone from Silicon Valley VCs, Saudi money men and even SBF’s archrival ex-CEO of Binance Changpeng Zhao (who reneged on a handshake buyout deal after reviewing the state of FTX’s finances, only speeding up the ongoing run on the exchange). Source
DOJ Said to Snub Sullivan & Cromwell, Appoint Competitor to Coveted Binance Monitorship: Bloomberg
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has chosen a London-based consulting firm for a coveted three-year monitorship of Binance, according to a Friday report from Bloomberg citing anonymous sources. Source
EigenLayer Opens Claims for Airdrop of EIGEN Token, Though It's Non-Transferable
Perpetual futures markets price the fully diluted value of the token at around $15 billion. Source
DOGE and NEAR Lead CoinDesk 20 Gainers: CoinDesk Indices Market Update
CoinDesk 20 tracks top digital assets and is investible on multiple platforms. The broader CMI comprises approximately 180 tokens and seven crypto sectors: currency, smart contract platforms, DeFi, culture & entertainment, computing, and digitization. Source
Celo Community Ratifies Plan to Use Optimism’s OP Stack for New Layer-2 Chain
“The OP Stack largely provides what is needed to deploy an L2. Minimal changes are needed to support Celo’s unique features,” the proposal reads. “It is battle-tested with multiple chains in production and compatible with other stacks, such as Polygon’s Type 1 ZK Solution.” Source
U.S. CFTC Proposes Ban on Political Event Contracts
Prediction platforms including PredictIt, Polymarket, Zeitgeist and Kalshi give users opportunities to buy contracts on the outcomes of actual events, including elections and policy developments, and they’ve been popular in crypto circles. Buyers make yes-or-no bets that pay off if they’re right and cost them money if they’re wrong. Contracts on political contests, awards contests and the outcome of games would be banned for U.S.-regulated companies under the proposal. Source