U.S. Crypto Stocks Surge in Pre-Market Trading as Bitcoin Tops $100K MARA Holdings climbed on completing an $850 million offering of a zero-coupon convertible senior note.

Dogecoin Mining Turns Out Three Times More Profitable for This Bitcoin Miner BIT Mining has made a whopping $100 million worth of DOGE on its Dogecoin mining operations, per a release.

Market Makers May Keep Bitcoin Around $100K as Overheated Market Faces Pullback Risks The hedging activity of options market makers may ensure BTC price stability amid risks from elevated funding rates

Mt. Gox Moves $2.8B in BTC Amid Bitcoin’s Surge Past $100K Defunct exchange Mt. Gox moves billions in BTC to an unknown address, raising alarm on crypto social media.

Traders See Even More Bitcoin Buying Pressure as BTC Sets New Record at $103K Spot BTC ETFs in the U.S. notched up $533 million in net inflows on Wednesday, data shows, with BlackRock’s IBIT crossing $50 billion in net assets for the first time.

Bitcoin Hits Major Milestone of $100K, Nears $2 Trillion Market Value The early November election of crypto-friendly Donald Trump restarted what had been a stalled rally through much of 2024.

The Protocol: Bitcoin Gets a DEX, Union Labs Gets $12M Also: Justin Drake on Ethereum’s Beam Chain … and Solana

Ether Rises 8% Amid Slumping Bitcoin Dominance Fed Chair Jerome Powell said bitcoin is competing against gold, not the U.S. dollar, in an appearance on Wednesday.

Binance’s BNB Hits Fresh Record, Breaks Out of 3-Year Range as Altcoin Rotation Accelerates Older cryptocurrencies with regulatory overhang were among the biggest gainers over the past month as Donald Trump’s election victory promises a friendlier U.S. regulatory environment toward digital assets.

Why Corporates Will Default to Public Chains in the Future Businesses used to prefer private chains. Here’s why the shift will happen, according to EY’s Paul Brody.

Bitcoin Jumps to $99K as Spiking Coinbase Premium Points to Strong U.S. Buying Spot BTC prices were at times $300 pricier on Coinbase relative to Binance, suggesting the rally may be driven by heavy demand from American investors.

Ethereum’s Justin Drake Sees No Threat From Solana, Says Its ‘Golden Era’ Will End Ethereum’s Beam Chain “is all about improving the long-term health and security of the consensus layer,” says Drake. “Solana has no consideration for health.”

‘Hawk Tuah’ Sensation Haliey Welch’s HAWK Token Goes Live A private token sale was done at a $34.5 million valuation.

Congress’ Most Prolific Crypto Trader Is a Georgia Trucking Operator Representative Mike Collins has been dabbling in memecoin Ski Mask Dog, buying some this week and revealing that the memecoin draw extends even to Congress.

U.S. Treasury Sanctions 5 People, 4 Entities Tied to Russian Money Laundering Group One of the entities which helped Russian oligarchs evade U.S. sanctions is registered in Sheridan, Wyoming.

Trump Names Former SEC Commissioner Paul Atkins as His Pick for Chair of the Agency President-elect Donald Trump announced he would nominate Paul Atkins, a former SEC commissioner and current CEO of Patomak Global Partners, to run the SEC.

Putin Says No One Will Be Able to Ban Cryptocurrencies: State Media The Russian president said cryptocurrencies will continue to develop no matter what happens to the U.S. dollar.

Botanix Labs’ Mission to Bring Bitcoin to Defi Moves to Final Testnet Phase The Aragog testnet as it is known, introduces a set of tools that will form the basis for the mainnet’s DeFi offering.

Crypto Options: A Key Tool for Institutions Navigating Volatility and Yield The maturing crypto options market is aiding investors in implementing customized strategies for hedging, leverage, and yield generation while enhancing market sentiment analysis, says Dennis Ehlert.

MSTR vs. BTC After the election, bitcoin’s price soared to nearly $100,000, causing MicroStrategy’s stock to also rise to over $500 before recently experiencing a significant drop due to short selling concerns, prompting an investigation into potential market opportunities between owning MSTR and BTC, says Glenn Rosenberg.