Bitcoin Slides to $66K, Ether Dives 5% in Market-Wide Selloff
Cryptocurrencies weren’t spared as stocks, bonds, gold and oil all declined on Wednesday.
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Trump Polymarket Odds Briefly Dip After His No. 2 Bull Adds Bet on Harris
The former president’s probability of retaking the White House slid to 59% Wednesday before rebounding.
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Solana Hits Record vs. Ether, Outperforms Bitcoin as AI Memecoin Frenzy and Surging Revenues Fuel Rally
Solana was the best-performing asset in the CoinDesk 20 Index through the week, advancing 11%, while BTC and ETH declined.
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The Protocol: Justin Sun, Bitcoin Mempool Sniping, XRP for Harris, Inspirational Women
This week’s issue could not be more chock-full of blockchain content. We clarify Tron founder Justin Sun’s role in the WBTC project, bring you excerpts from the new crypto book “Lessons Learned” and highlight inspirational women of Web3 and AI. PLUS a photo from the stage at Cosmoverse.
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Protocol Village: Domain Network D3 Global Partners With Identity Digital to Tokenize Domains
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Oct. 24-30.
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Scroll’s Token Declines 32% as Whales Scoop Up Airdrop
TVL on the Scroll network has dropped by 24% in the past week.
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Bitcoin Startup Satflow Targets ‘Mempool Sniping’ in New Token-Trading Rival to Magic Eden
The project, which recently raised $7.5 million, says the new decentralized exchange (DEX) will target the market for Bitcoin-based tokens including Ordinals NFTs and Runes fungible tokens – aiming to curb unsavory transactional practices that are possible due to the blockchain’s long block times.
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Bitcoin Miners Are Pivoting to AI to Survive. Core Scientific Entered the Race Years Ago
AI clusters and bitcoin mining operations have vastly different needs. Core Scientific’s chief development officer gets down to the nitty gritty.
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Peter Todd, Bitcoin Developer Named as Satoshi Nakamoto in HBO Documentary, Goes Into Hiding
Core developer Peter Todd was revealed as Nakamoto in the documentary shot by Cullen Hoback. Todd, however, denied being Nakamoto in a previous email to CoinDesk.
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First Mover Americas: BTC’s Fall Below $67K Prompts Broad Market Dip
The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Oct. 23, 2024.