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Michael Saylor says bitcoin is ‘Manifest Destiny’ for the US amid Red Wave, with $100K NYE party plans underway
Plans for the long-awaited $100K bitcoin party are underway, with Saylor expecting it to take place around New Year’s Eve....

JPMorgan eyes six potential crypto market changes under Trump
JPMorgan analysts outlined six key regulatory and market changes that could reshape the U.S. crypto landscape under Donald Trump....

Hong Kong regulator takes aim at crypto firms posing as banks
The Hong Kong Monetary said two overseas crypto firms have misrepresented themselves as banks but did not disclose their names....

President-elect Trump nominates bitcoin-friendly RFK Jr. for US Secretary of Health
Trump’s team includes pro-crypto VP-elect JD Vance, Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth and DOGE leads Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy....

South Korea’s Upbit under probe for at least 500,000 KYC violations: report
The country’s financial watchdog reportedly discovered that Upbit approved hundreds of thousands of accounts without proper ID verification....

Spot bitcoin ETFs see $400 million in outflows, ending six-day inflow streak
U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs recorded $400.67 million in outflows on Thursday, ending a six-day streak of positive flows....

Trump taps former SEC Chair Jay Clayton for US Attorney for the Southern District of New York
Following his tenure at the securities watchdog, Clayton took on roles as an advisor to crypto firms including Fireblocks and One River....

Bitfinex hacker Ilya Lichtenstein sentenced to five years in prison for attempting to launder 120,000 bitcoin
In 2016, Lichtenstein purportedly hacked into the crypto exchange Bitfinex and stole bitcoin worth over $10 billion today....

Eighteen Republican attorneys general and the DeFi Education Fund sue the US SEC over its treatment of crypto
Eighteen Republican attorneys general sued the U.S. SEC and accused the agency of superseding its authority to regulate digital assets....

Bitcoin could see ‘repeated all-time highs’ over the next two quarters, says VanEck crypto research lead
Bitcoin's price movements following Trump's victory this year resembles its rally following the 2020 presidential election....