French Regulator Says It’s ‘Examining’ Polymarket The scrutiny comes after a French national profited handsomely on the platform by placing large bets on Trump winning the U.S. election

In Win for Polygon’s AggLayer, Magic Labs Unveils Chain Unification Network ‘Newton’ Newton will allow for wallet solutions to plug into the AggLayer, which is a Polygon-backed effort to connect affiliated chains and allow tokens to freely move between them. Magic Labs claims its the first dedicated network for wallet solutions and chain unification.

VC Darling Eclipse Finally Debuts Its Solana-Ethereum Blockchain Hybrid Eclipse raised more than $50 million from investors but has been marred by controversy over the past year.

Ether, Touted as Internet Bond, May Top $3K on Fed Rate Cut, Outperform Bitcoin Elevated interest rates in the U.S. have dented ether’s appeal as the internet equivalent of a bond, offering a fixed-income-like return on staking.

Protocol Village: Blockstream Opens R&D Center in Lugano, Switzerland

UK Lords Echo Support for Digital Assets Property Bill

Trump Family-Backed Crypto Project Makes $1M Gain in ETH Following Tame Token Sale World Liberty Financial, the decentralized finance (DeFi) project backed by the family of U.S. presidential elect Donald Trump, has made $1 million in unrealized gains following a muted token sale last month.

Former FTX CTO Gary Wang Asks Court for No Jail Time Gary Wang, the former chief technology officer at FTX and a one-time member of former CEO and convicted fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried’s inner circle, has requested that he serve no prison time for his role in the crypto exchange’s 2022 implosion.

Bitcoin Soars as Gold Dips: The Stellar 12% Surge in BTC/XAU Signals a Market Shift The ratio surged 12% Wednesday as the pro-crypto Republican candidate Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election.

Trump’s Biggest Boon to Crypto Would Be Passing the Bitcoin Act: CoinShares Under such a proposal, bitcoin would be established as a strategic reserve asset and the government could buy up to 5% of the cryptocurrency’s total supply, the report said.

Bitcoin Registers Fourth-Best Day of 2024 as BlackRock ETF Posts Record Volume BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust registered $4.1 billion in volume traded as bitcoin broke out to all-time highs.

German Chancellor Scholz Calls Snap Election as Coalition Government Collapses Olaf Scholz is looking to bring the general election forward to March from September.

Donald Trump More Likely to Pardon Jan. 6 Protestors Than Silk Road Founder: Polymarket The President-Elect promised pardons for the protestors and to commute Ulbricht’s sentence when he was on the campaign trail.

SEC Seeks to Dismiss Three of Kraken’s Key Defenses in U.S. Lawsuit A motion filed earlier this week rejected several of Kraken’s defenses and complained that the exchange was “trying to re-litigate the same issues repeatedly.”

This Metric Points to Rotation From Gold to Bitcoin The ratio surged 12% Wednesday as the pro-crypto Republican candidate Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election.

What Next for Bitcoin After Trump Win? Traders Look to Fed Rate Cuts as BTC Sets New Highs at $76K Analysts expect a 0.25% rate cut this week, which has historically benefited assets like BTC by diluting the dollar’s value and pushing investors towards alternative investments.

Ether Surges 10% as Trump Victory Brings Back DeFi Bullishness Investors say a Trump administration will favor DeFi applications and tokenomics more, given the family’s backing of World Liberty Finance – riling up DeFi-focused trades.

The Protocol: Elections, Schmections. Blockchain’s Got Work to Do The blockchain industry might get a boost as former U.S. President Donald Trump wins a second term, promising to keep his promises, including a long list of Bitcoin- and crypto-related pledges.

Bitcoin Blasts Past $76K for First Time as Violent Crypto Rally Liquidates Nearly $400M Shorts Crypto exchange Coinbase’s shares closed the day 31% higher, leading gains among digital asset-related stocks.

How This Crypto Hedge Fund Nailed the Trump Trade Quinn Thompson, the founder of crypto hedge fund Lekker Capital, shared with CoinDesk why he was so confident Trump would win despite concerning polls.