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Bitcoin Traders Brace for 'Fat Tails' as Focus Shifts to Trump's Nashville Bitcoin Conference Speech

Speculation is high that Trump will announce a bigger role for BTC in the financial system, triggering a parabolic rise in the cryptocurrency's price, one observer said.

Donald Trump's recent crypto embrace means solana ETFs might have a shot if he becomes president again. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Markets

Ripple Settlement Hopes Pushed XRP Volumes Above Bitcoin on S. Korean Exchanges This Week

XRP accounted for almost 40% of all trading activity on top Korean exchanges from Tuesday to Thursday and prices surged.

(Daniel Bernard/ Unsplash)

Markets

CrowdStrike, Windows BSoD Meme Tokens Populate Solana and Ethereum Amid Global Internet Outage

Some of these tokens have liquidity of upto $50,000 worth of stablecoins, quickly running to market capitalizations of as much as $1 million on paper.

Blue screen of death

Markets

Bitcoin Slumps Towards $63K as Speculation About Biden Dropout Intensifies

As the odds for Joe Biden pulling out of the presidential race soared over the past day, the chances of victory for the now crypto-friendly Donald Trump slipped on prediction market Polymarket.

Bitcoin (BTC) price on July 18 (CoinDesk)

Tech

Mt. Gox Creditors Reportedly Hit By Failed Login Attempts Amid Repayments

The Mt. Gox claims portal “is temporarily down for maintenance” as of Asian morning hours Thursday, the site shows.

(CoinDesk)

Markets

Profit-Making Crypto Address Makes $16M Investment in BTC

The address has made $30 million in trading profits in the past 12 months, according to Lookonchain.

16:9 Wallet (Prasanta Sahoo/PIxabay)

Finance

In Likely Precursor to Ether ETF Approval, Most Applicants Have Submitted Their Final Forms

The forms show what issuers plan to charge customers, with Grayscale at the high end at 2.5%, while competitors including BlackRock and Fidelity pick 0.25% or lower.

Scrabble letters spelling ETF arranged a rack

Finance

Crypto Exchanges Clamping Down on Prime Brokers Is Backwards Step for Market Efficiency, Traders Say

Binance and OKX say closing a loophole that meant crypto prime brokers could offer lower fees is about transparency and creating a level playing field. Some trading firms say it's a backward step for market efficiency.

(Mohan Murugesan/Unsplash)

Markets

Deribit's New Bitcoin, Ether Options Tied to U.S. Elections Get Thumbs Up From Crypto Traders

Traders said these options will help define risk and protect capital from expected volatility in the lead-up to and following the binary event.

Monument, president. (TheDigitalArtist/Pixabay)

Markets

Bitcoin Bulls Eye $70K Amid Donald Trump's Rising Chances of Returning as President

“BTC could hover around the 120-day moving average, and the price may have the momentum to go up to $68k or even $70k, but we need to continue to monitor closely the Fed policies and implications of Mt Gox,” one trader said.

Bulls fighting. (Bykofoto/Shutterstock)

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