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GameStop-Inspired Solana Meme Coin Soars Over 80% as Roaring Kitty Flashes $586M Worth of GME Position

Shares of GameStop closed the Thursday session 47% higher as the retail trading icon provided an update of his position and announced a livestream for Friday.

GameStop sign on GameStop at 6th Avenue on March 23, 2021 in New York. (John Smith/VIEWpress)

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GameStop Shares, Meme Tokens Surge as Trader Keith Gill Returns to Reddit

Keith Gill, the influential retail trader behind the X account @TheRoaringKittyX, is bringing the hype back to Reddit. After not posting for three years, Gill returned to the Reddit forum with his GME options positions, sparking a speculative frenzy in related stocks and cat-themed meme tokens. CoinDesk's Helene Braun presents "The Chart of the Day."

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GameStop's Business Will Fail 'at Some Point': Economist

Thomas Hogan, former Chief Economist for the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, & Urban Affairs, weighs in on the recent rally in meme coins and the surge in GameStop shares. GameStop's "business model has not changed," Hogan said. "That business is going to fail at some point."

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Tornado Cash's Alexey Pertsev Sentenced to 64 Months in Prison; Meme Coins Rally

"CoinDesk Daily" host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the biggest headlines impacting the crypto industry today, as Tornado Cash developer Alexey Pertsev was sentenced to 64 months in prison after being found guilty of money laundering by a Dutch judge. Plus, meme coins rally following GameStop's surge, and Coinbase resumes operation after major outage.

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Finance

Wolverine-Themed Meme Coins Flood Market Following RoaringKitty's Cryptic Post

The Wolverine-themed tokens are not the only ones to have been issued on pump.fun.

Wolverine (Jack O'Rourke/Unsplash)

Markets

GameStop's Halting Rally Has Crypto Howling

The U.S. stock market has circuit breakers that halt shares sometimes as a safeguard. That's funny to crypto folks.

GameStop's stock soared – intermittently – on Monday. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

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GameStop Ending Support for Its Crypto Wallets Amid 'Regulatory Uncertainty'

GameStop (GME) announced that it will remove its support for crypto wallets roughly one year after launching the service, citing the regulatory uncertainty in the United States. "The Hash" panel shares their reaction to the video game retailer's decision to pull back from its crypto efforts.

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GameStop to Remove Crypto Wallets Citing 'Regulatory Uncertainty'

The company will remove its iOS and Chrome wallet extensions on Nov. 1.

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Web3

How Gaming, Loyalty and Entertainment Are Adapting to the Rise of NFTs and Web3

The gaming, entertainment and loyalty industries are poised for big changes, thanks to Web3 tech such as NFTs and DAOs. We talk to the experts on how. Plus, Nike and Puma announced new digital partnerships that show Web3 is still kicking.

"Airphoria" (Nike/Epic Games)

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