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How Donald Trump shook the crypto market heading into the 2024 US presidential election
Former President Donald Trump’s pivot from skeptic to cheerleader has left a big mark on the cryptocurrency industry....

Anchorage Digital, Bullish, Galaxy Digital, Kraken, Nuvei, Paxos and Robinhood partner to introduce Global Dollar Network
The Global Dollar Network aims to accelerate stablecoin adoption worldwide and to incentivize new use cases for the stablecoin USDG....

Memecoin trading tool Hype launches ‘President Memecoin Index’ ahead of Election Day
A basket of tokens including TREMP, MAGA and TRUMP has rallied nearly 90% since the presidential debate in September. ...

Crypto traders bet millions on squirrel-themed memecoins as story of a euthanized pet named Peanut becomes an election issue
Crypto traders are capitalizing on the death of Peanut the squirrel, a euthanized pet that has become a conservative cause célèbre....

Upcoming US elections poised to influence crypto legislation in 2025: Here’s what could happen next
The crypto industry has flooded congressional elections with cash, which could have a major effect on how legislation shakes out in 2025....

US presidential winner prediction market crosses $3 billion on Polymarket a day before the election
Republican candidate Donald Trump has amassed $1.2 billion in betting volume, while Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris accrued $782.5 million....

OpenSea CEO teases new platform built ‘from the ground up’ a year after talk of version 2.0
The announcement of a new platform comes after almost exactly a year ago, OpenSea laid off half of its staff and CEO teased OpenSea 2.0....

Vlayer raises $10 million in pre-seed funding to build Ethereum’s ‘Solidity 2.0’
Vlayer, a crypto startup developing "Solidity 2.0" — which adds new functions to Ethereum's smart contract language — has raised $10 million....

State of Michigan’s state pension fund discloses over $10 million worth of Ethereum ETF holdings
The Michigan pension agency disclosed it held about $10 million worth of Grayscale's Ethereum Trust as of the end of the third quarter....