Michael Saylor’s MicroStrategy Added Additional 51,780 Bitcoin for $4.6B The company now holds 331,200 bitcoin acquired for roughly $16.5 billion and worth just shy of $30 billion.

First Mover Americas: Solana Breaks Out to New Cycle Highs The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for Nov 18, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.

Semler Scientific Added 215 Bitcoin to Holdings, Bringing Stack to 1,273 BTC Semler Scientific raised $21.5 million through its at-the-market equity offering, purchased 215 BTC.

Missed BTC Rally to $93K? Bitcoin Memecoins Could Be Next to Watch Data, however, show no uptick in Runes protocol on chain metrics as of Monday. Onchain metrics typically follow social activity and narratives, with prices leading afterward.

Bitcoin Near a Record High Might Be Just Half the Journey as BCA Research Signals $200K According to BCA Research analysis of fractal patterns, the bitcoin price might climb above $200,000.

Bitcoin’s Correlation to U.S. Equities and Ether Weakens: Van Straten The total cryptocurrency market hits a new all-time high of $3.025 trillion as bitcoin consolidates around $92,000.

Metaplanet Follows MSTR’s Lead, Announces $11.3M Debt Sale for Additional Bitcoin Purchases Metplanet to issue one-year bonds to finance BTC purchases.

Kraken, Tether-Backed Dutch Firm Rolls Out MiCA-Compliant Euro, U.S. Dollar Stablecoins The issuance comes at a time when the European stablecoin market is poised for a shake-up as regulations for issuers will enter into full force by the end of this year.

CAT Token Expands to Solana, Setting Up Long-Term Bullish Move The vault has been filled in excess of an initial $100,000 target as of Asian morning hours, with $240,000 worth of stablecoins deposited for CAT on Solana, data shows.

Frenzy Alert: JPMorgan’s Bitcoin Retail Sentiment Score Hits Record High, MSTR’s Call Skew Soars MSTR’s options market exhibited extreme upside fear or bullish speculative frenzy.

BONK Jumps 16% to Record Highs as Traders Eye Even More Gains Ahead Low-unit bias, demand on Coinbase, frenzied community trading activity and BONK’s standing within the Solana ecosystem are positioning it for more growth ahead, traders say.

XRP Sees Record Futures Bets Amid Price Surge Above $1.20 An increase in both OI and prices typically indicates that new money is entering the market — indicative of a bullish trend.

XRP Price Skyrockets Past $1 as SEC Faces Legal Troubles And Favorable Regulatory Shift Looms The price surge is consistent with the recent bullish positioning in the options market.

An Interview With El Salvador’s Top Crypto Regulator: ‘Developing Countries Can Lead the Financial Revolution’ The National Commission of Digital Assets is the agency in charge of regulating crypto in El Salvador, the first nation to accept Bitcoin as legal tender.

What Does Trump’s Win Mean for Crypto? Donald Trump and the Republican Party at large had a strong 2024 election, winning the presidency, Senate and House. This almost certainly guarantees crypto legislation will advance and become law sometime in the next two years. It also heralds a potentially softer approach from regulators toward the sector.

This OG Bitcoin Investor Just Turned $120 Into $178M The user held BTC from when it was worth $0.06 all the way up to $90,000.

The Many Ways Crypto Won in This Election The dust is starting to clear on the election and no one won bigger than crypto. Aubrey Strobel looks at how the new Trump Administration could help the industry moving forward.

Bank Clients Just Dipped Their Toes Into Bitcoin ETFs, but Q4 Could See a FOMO Spike Wealth management clients of Wall Street banks like Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Morgan Stanley in the third quarter continued to modestly accumulate (or trade) bitcoin via the spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds.

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: ADA Surges 18.4%, Leading Index Higher Ripple was also among the top performers, gaining 11.7% from Thursday.

From Real Estate and Stocks: Former Premier League Player’s New-Found Love of Bitcoin Soccer player George Boyd made over 100 Premier League appearances and has now joined crypto ETF issuer Jacobi Asset Management as an ambassador.