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US lawyer: "26 BTC transferred to Satoshi address, attempt to identify Satoshi"

Jeremy Hogan, a U.S. cryptocurrency lawyer known for his support of Ripple (XRP), wrote on X (formerly Twitter) that "the 26 BTC (about $1.2 million) transferred to bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto's wallet on June 6 (local time) is an attempt by someone to unmask Satoshi." "The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) requires taxpayers who receive $10,000 or more in cryptocurrency to self-report information such as name and address within 15 days of receipt," he explained. Meanwhile, Satoshi is believed to have more than 1.1 million BTC in multiple wallet addresses, according to blockchain analytics platform Arkham Intelligence.

Binance WBTC plunges to $5200, then recovers

Cointelegraph reports, “A flash crash in the price of WBTC occurred on Binance on Nov. 23 (local time). This caused WBTC to briefly drop from $98,000 to $5,200, but has since recovered. The cause of the error is still unknown.

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Trump nominates 'Crypto Proponent' Howard Lutnick as Commerce Secretary, while US SEC chairman struggles to narrow down candidates to four.

US President-elect Donald Trump has nominated US investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick to serve as Secretary of Commerce, according to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ). Lutnick is an avid supporter of Bitcoin and Tether (USDT), with Cantor Fitzgerald reportedly serving as Tether's U.S. Treasury bond

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BlackRock IBIT Options Hit $1.9 Billion in First Day of Trading, Grayscale Begins Trading on November 20th.

Bloomberg ETFs analyst James Seyffart reports via X that “Options volume on BlackRock's bitcoin spot ETF IBIT, which began trading today (Nov. 19), was about $1.9 billion. A total of 35.4 million contracts were active, of which 28.9 million were calls (82%) and 65,000

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