“Going into Election Day, Republicans held 57 legislative chambers nationwide, and Democrats held 41, a Republican edge that we’ve seen nationally since the Tea Party wave in 2010,” said Ben Williams, NCSL. ”We have as of right now, 54 chambers with Republican control, 35 chambers with Democratic control. We have one chamber that looks like it
0 Comments
Bitcoin will gain political importance following Donald Trump and the Republicans’ United States election wins — and investors who don’t own the cryptocurrency can no longer ignore it, according to the New York Digital Investment Group (NYDIG). “While some investors have allocated to Bitcoin, the most common allocation for investors is still zero. There are
0 Comments
Two former executives at major American investment management firms, Millennium Management and Pacific Investment Management Company (Pimco), are reentering the crypto space amid a major market rally. Millennium’s ex-portfolio manager Benoit Bosc and Pimco’s former executive vice president Michael Bressler left their posts to set up a new crypto consultancy firm, x2B, Bloomberg reported on
0 Comments
The FTX bankruptcy estate continues to pursue lawsuits against cryptocurrency companies as part of its ongoing bankruptcy proceedings. A group of firms involved in the FTX bankruptcy proceedings initiated a lawsuit against cryptocurrency exchange Binance, seeking to recover $1.8 billion, according to a complaint filed on Nov. 10. In the filing, the plaintiffs argued that
0 Comments
Supported by a new all-time high (ATH) market price above $81,000, the total market capitalization of Bitcoin crossed $1.6 trillion for the first time since its launch in 2009. On Nov. 11, Bitcoin (BTC) reached a market capitalization of $1.62 trillion amid the ongoing bull market, concurrently bringing up the global crypto market cap to
0 Comments
BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, has seen the highest daily inflows into its spot Ether exchange-traded fund (ETF) in 94 days. BlackRock’s iShares Ethereum Trust ETF (ETHA) clocked $60.3 million in inflows on Nov. 8, the highest amount since Aug. 6, when it amassed $109.9 million, according to Farside data. BlackRock’s large inflows come
0 Comments
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has introduced “info finance,” a new concept aimed at transforming how information is captured, validated and shared across multiple sectors. In his recent blog post, “From Prediction Markets to Info Finance,” Buterin explores how blockchain technology could help aggregate, organize and distribute insights more effectively. According to Buterin, “Info finance is
0 Comments
Cumulative monthly traffic to 20 leading crypto exchanges increased by 8% in October, reflecting heightened investor interest and increasing participation among retail traders heading into the 2024 United States elections. According to data from ICO Analytics, Pump Fun recorded the highest month-over-month increase in percentage terms — with 100% growth in October. BullX followed behind
0 Comments
Cryptocurrency analytics platform Nansen is expanding its capabilities beyond Ethereum by moving into Bitcoin through a partnership with the Bitcoin layer-2 (L2) network, Bitlayer.  Nansen is debuting Bitcoin (BTC) analytics services by delivering blockchain data analytics to Bitlayer, an L2 network supporting smart contracts and decentralized applications (DApps) on Bitcoin. As the first Bitcoin L2
0 Comments
Top Stories of The Week BTC investors pour $1.1B into BlackRock ETF as Bitcoin marks another high The world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock, accumulated more than $1 billion of inflows to its Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) across a record trading day as Bitcoin continued to break all-time highs.  On Nov. 7, BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust
0 Comments
Cardano (ADA) struggled as one of 2024’s worst-performing cryptocurrencies, shedding over 40% of its value year-to-date through October. However, November brought a swift turnaround, with ADA wiping nearly six months of losses in just one week. Now, it eyes 100%-plus price gains by March 2025. ADA booms on Hoskinson-Trump rumors On Nov. 10, Cardano’s price
0 Comments