Micah Zimmerman

Bitcoin price ripped above $90,000 today on news of a new wave of Wall Street–engineered crypto products. 

The President of the Texas Blockchain Council said that Texas recently bought $5 million in Bitcoin ETFs on November 20.

Polymarket, the world’s largest crypto-based prediction market, is returning to the U.S. under full CFTC regulation.

The Bitcoin price has fallen over 30% since October, dropping another 1% overnight to around $87,000 amid a nearly two-month drawdown.

Japan’s FSA plans to require crypto exchanges to hold liability reserves to compensate customers for losses from hacks, failures, or bankruptcies.

TD Cowen analysts warn that Strategy’s stock may stay under pressure as they expect MSCI to formally decide by mid-January to remove PBTCs like Strategy from all its indexes in February.

A Hong Kong man was sentenced to seven years in Canada for participating in a violent, sexually abusive home invasion that stole $1.6 million in Bitcoin from a British Columbia family.

JPMorgan Chase abruptly closed Strike CEO Jack Mallers’ accounts, citing “concerning activity,” reigniting crypto debanking fears amid the bank’s ongoing Epstein controversies.

Bitcoin price rebounded to $86,000 after lows of $80,915 last week. Deutsche Bank, Anthony Popliano and Fed Governor Christopher Waller all added some nuance to the recent volatility. 

Bitmain, the Chinese manufacturer behind many of the world’s Bitcoin miners, has been under US national security scrutiny for potential espionage or sabotage risks, including in Trump family-backed ventures, though the company denies any wrongdoing.