Howard Lutnick: Tether’s Big Backer The CEO of prominent bond broker Cantor Fitzgerald played a major role in validating Tether this year by vouching for its reserves.

Fred Thiel: The Michael Saylor of the Bitcoin Mining Industry The CEO of MARA Holdings has gone all-in on bitcoin, adding billions of dollars worth of the world’s largest cryptocurrency to MARA’s balance sheet.

Hunter Horsley and Matt Hougan: The Spot Crypto ETF Champions The two Bitwise executives have worked tirelessly to get crypto exchange-traded funds approved by the SEC, and this year they finally succeeded.

Illia Polosukhin: A Crypto+AI Pioneer The co-founder of NEAR is working to create a full ecosystem for decentralized AI.

Floki Releases No-Fee Crypto Debit Card, Boosting Token Fundamentals A physical card costs $33, while a virtual card costs just over $10. A 2% top-up fee applies when transferring tokens to the spending account associated with the card.

Crypto Daybook Americas: Banks Favor King Dollar as BTC Tug-of-War Rages Your day-ahead look for Dec. 10, 2024

Bitcoin Miners Cipher, CleanSpark and MARA Upgraded at JPMorgan The bank updated estimates for a number of mining stocks in its coverage following third quarter results and recent gains in bitcoin and the hashrate.

BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF Drops Most in 4 Months Amid Quantum Computing FUD IBIT fell 5.3% Monday, its biggest drop since early August.

Hailey Welch Goes AWOL After Failed Hawk Tuah Token Launch The HAWK token has lost more than 95% of its value after going live last week.

Bitcoin Buy and Sell App Relai Raises $12M for Europe Expansion The Series A round was led by Ego Death Capital, with participation from Plan B Bitcoin Fund, Timechain, and Solit Group.

First Abu Dhabi Bank Joins Tokenization Firm Libre for Collateralized Lending An MoU signed in the UAE by First Abu Dhabi Bank and Libre Capital kickstarts a pilot credit line for approved lenders to use RWA tokens as collateral.

What Does Google’s Quantum Computing Chip Mean for Bitcoin? Quantum supercomputer Willow can finish a tasks in 5 minutes that would take classical computers more than the age of the universe to figure out. But what does that mean for bitcoin and crypto security.

EU Countries Struggle to Implement MiCA as Deadline for Crypto Regulatory Revamp Looms EU member states that have yet to adapt local law to implement MiCA by year’s end include Belgium, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Luxembourg and Romania, according to a document shared with CoinDesk.

XRP, Dogecoin Dive 12% as Altcoin Carnage Leads to Highest Bullish Liquidation in Nearly 3 Years Market analysts and traders warned of short-term selling pressure amid an overheated market after a November rally

Derive Protocol Crosses $100M in Value Locked as Bitcoin Whales Make Waves in Options Trading Record activity in Derive’s onchain options market is consistent with the broad-based demand for derivatives tied to all things crypto

Dev’s Defection Highlights Ethereum’s Growing Solana Problem “There’s just so much more possibility and potential energy in Solana,” Max Resnick told CoinDesk after quitting his Consensys job for a job at Anza.

Ethereum Dev Max Resnick Defects to Solana, Citing ‘Frustration’ “There’s just so much more possibility and potential energy in Solana,” Resnick told CoinDesk after quitting his Consensys job for a job at Anza.

Crypto Crumbles in Broad Selloff Led 20% Declines Across Numerous Altcoins Bitcoin was an outperformer, but still lower by 5% over the past 24 hours to just above $95,000.

Crypto Groups Push Ads, Letters to Oppose Democrat’s SEC Commissioner Nomination The Cedar Innovation Foundation and other crypto organizations are lobbying against the re-nomination of Commissioner Caroline Crenshaw.

Crypto Daybook Americas: BTC Hits Mid-Cycle Peak as Retail Interest in Altcoins Soars Your day-ahead look for Dec. 9, 2024