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Policy

Russian Lawmaker Proposes Creating Strategic Bitcoin Reserve: Report

Anton Tkachev proposed "assessing the feasibility of creating a strategic BTC reserve in Russia by analogy with state reserve in traditional currencies."

Russian flag (Egor Filin/ Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Miners Cipher, CleanSpark and MARA Upgraded at JPMorgan

The bank updated estimates for a number of mining stocks in its coverage following third quarter results and recent gains in bitcoin and the hashrate.

Bitcoin miners (Shutterstock)

Markets

Derive Protocol Crosses $100M in Value Locked as Bitcoin Whales Make Waves in Options Trading

Record activity in Derive's onchain options market is consistent with the broad-based demand for derivatives tied to all things crypto

DXY and BTC. (sergeitokmakov/Pixabay)

Markets

Crypto Crumbles in Broad Selloff Led 20% Declines Across Numerous Altcoins

Bitcoin was an outperformer, but still lower by 5% over the past 24 hours to just above $95,000.

Ether has fallen below a key bull market trendline.  (Eva Blue/Unsplash)

Markets

November Was a 'Monumental' Month for the Crypto Market, JPMorgan Says

Total crypto market cap jumped 45% in November, in the best monthly return to-date, the report said.

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Policy

El Salvador to Change Bitcoin Law as Part of New IMF Deal: FT

Salvadoran merchants reportedly will no longer be compelled to accept bitcoin as a means of payment anymore.

Nayib Bukele, president of El Salvador (Ulises Rodriguez/APHOTOGRAFIA/Getty Images).

Finance

MicroStrategy Makes Another Large Bitcoin Purchase, Buying 21,550 BTC for $2.1B

This latest buying spree brought the company's total holdings to 423,650 tokens worth nearly $42 billion.

Michael Saylor at Bitcoin 2024 in Nashville, Tennessee

Markets

Gauging Bitcoin, XRP Resistance Levels After Record Price Rallies

As cryptocurrencies enter price-discovery mode, options market activity can help traders identify potential resistance levels.

Distribution of open interest in BTC options on Deribit. (Deribit Metrics)

News Analysis

Did Hawk Tuah Crypto Debacle Eclipse Bitcoin's $100K Moment?

BTC's big milestone captured global headlines. So why were my friends more interested in Hawk Tuah coin?

Hawk Tuah meme star Haliey Welch broke through in a way BTC at $100,000 did not

Markets

U.S. Added 227K Jobs in November, Topping Estimates for 200K

Friday morning's jobs report is one of the last pieces of key economic data the Fed will see prior to its mid-December interest-rate decision.

United States Capitol Building in Washington D.C (ElevenPhotographs/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)