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Deribit options open interest reaches all-time high amid rising demand for bitcoin calls
Deribit options open interest has hit an all-time high of $40.8 billion, driven by surging institutional and retail interest in crypto options....

NFT brand Doodles partners with McDonald’s for holiday-themed physical and digital collectibles
Doodles artwork will appear on 100 million McCafe Holiday Cups across United States-based restaurants starting on Nov. 18....

Franklin Templeton expands tokenized money market fund to Ethereum
Franklin Templeton has expanded its FOBXX tokenized government money market fund, the first to use a public blockchain, to the Ethereum network. ...

Bhutan government moves another $33 million in bitcoin to Binance deposit address: Arkham
The latest transfer follows the $66 million worth of bitcoin the Royal Government of Bhutan deposited to the exchange in October....

SEC Chair Gensler urges crypto to comply with rules as time leading agency nears possible end
U.S. SEC Chair Gary Gensler again made the call for crypto exchanges to register as his time leading the SEC could be coming to an end. ...

Founders Fund-backed Caldera acquires Hook to build Ethereum rollup infrastructure
Caldera and Hook will collaborate to build Metalayer, an Ethereum rollup infrastructure platform....

Coinbase surges back into US Apple App Store top 10, hits number 1 in finance amid Trump-fueled crypto rally
Decentralized predictions platform Polymarket currently shows 87% odds that the crypto exchange will be in the top 10 position on Friday....

DeFi platform Folks Finance raises $3.2 million Series A at $75 million valuation
Folks Finance, a cross-chain DeFi platform, has raised $3.2 million in a Series A round, bringing its valuation to $75 million....

Bitcoin miners sell small portion of holdings, but market indicators suggest room for further gains: CryptoQuant
As bitcoin reached a new all-time high above $93,500 on Wednesday, some large-scale miners took the opportunity to realize profits....

DeFi Technologies aims to replicate MicroStrategy’s success with upcoming CoreFi Strategy launch
CoreFi Strategy is designed to provide investors access to Core, a bitcoin staking and decentralized finance (BTCfi) blockchain....