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Trump-Backed World Liberty Financial Swaps Its cbBTC for WBTC After Sun Joins as Adviser

The swap took place Wednesday, the same day BiT Global lost a court case seeking to prevent Coinbase delisting WBTC.

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Markets

Bitcoin Is Leaving Exchanges in Batches of $10M or More: Van Straten

Institutional appetite for bitcoin has grown since Donald Trump won the U.S. election back in November.

BTC: Net Transfer Volume from/to Exchanges Breakdown by Size (Glassnode)

Markets

Bitcoin Going to $200K, Coinbase to Join S&P 500: Bitwise's 10 Predictions for 2025

This year was good for crypto, but 2025 might turn out even better for the sector, according to Bitwise Asset Management.

Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan (Suzanne Cordiero/CoinDesk/Shutterstock)

Policy

U.S. Regulator Told Banks to Avoid Crypto, Letters Obtained by Coinbase Reveal

Coinbase's Paul Grewal says this is hard evidence proving the industry hasn't been spouting conspiracy theories about being shoved out of U.S. banking.

FDIC ordered banks to stay away from crypto.

Markets

Bitcoin Jumps to $99K as Spiking Coinbase Premium Points to Strong U.S. Buying

Spot BTC prices were at times $300 pricier on Coinbase relative to Binance, suggesting the rally may be driven by heavy demand from American investors.

Bitcoin price on Dec. 4 (CoinDesk)

Markets

Move Over XRP's Korea Narrative, The 400% Price Rally Has Support of Coinbase Whales

While Korean investors have contributed to XRP's impressive 30-day price surge of over 400% to $2.60, they're not the only game in town.

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News Analysis

Crypto Cash Fueled 53 Members of the Next U.S. Congress

The Fairshake PAC flooded money into political campaigns — in one case $40 million — and the new faces join an already hefty group of lawmaker allies.

A breakdown of how well the Fairshake PAC did with candidates it backed.

Tech

Coinbase Plugs Apple Pay Into Its Fiat 'Onramp' for Third-Party Crypto Apps

The integration means self-custody wallets and the like can now let users pay for crypto purchases with the popular app included by default on every iPhone.

Coinbase Onramp integrates with Apple Pay (S3studio/Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

Ripple Drops Another $25M Into Crypto PAC to Sway 2026 Congressional Races

From Ripple, Coinbase and a16z, Fairshake has amassed $73 million in campaign funds for the next election cycle, on top of $30 million held over from 2024.

Brad Garlinghouse, the CEO of Ripple Labs (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finance

Coinbase App Gets Left Behind as Memecoin Craze Drives Traders On-Chain

Phantom, a crypto wallet with a steeper learning curve, is ahead of exchange giant Coinbase in the Apple App Store rankings.

The newly popular Phantom wallet (CoinDesk)