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BAYC whale Jeffrey Huang's alleged address becomes BLAST's #1 whale

According to Nansen data, the presumed address of Jeffrey Huang, a BAYC-affiliated NFT whale and popular Taiwanese singer, has become the number one BLAST whale by holdings. The address has been buying BLAST since yesterday evening and now holds a total of $5.37 million worth of BLAST.

Meanwhile, the BLUR-led Ethereum Layer 2 network's BLAST putative address has transferred 200 million BLAST to six market maker addresses for market making. Currently, market makers are reportedly depositing BLAST to centralized exchanges (CEXs). The market makers that BLAST has been transferred to are Wintermute (80 million), Manifold Trading (50 million), GSR Markets (30 million), Aros Global (20 million), Amber Group (20 million), and Flowtraders (20 million).

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.

blockchain crypto cryptocurrency Trump nominates Crypto Proponent Secretary (SpotedCrypto)

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

blockchain crypto cryptocurrency IBIT Option hit 1.9B first day od trading (SpotedCrypto)

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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