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BTC Slows Inflows from Spot ETFs, Digesting ETF Premiums

Adam, Macro Researcher at Greeks.live, a crypto options analyst specializing in crypto options, reports via X: "Today marks the first weekly expiration since the options quarterly expiration, and the $70,000 Mercury of Bitcoin ended up being a victory for the shorts. This week was dominated by call option selling, and BTC appears to be finding some emotional support ahead of the halving. Inflows into US BTC spot ETFs have started to slow down recently, and the market is digesting the ETF premium."

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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