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Dogecoin surges 10% as X (formerly Twitter) nears adoption of Dogecoin for payments

Dogecoin is surging more than 10% on news that X (formerly Twitter) is likely to adopt Dogecoin for payments, while Bitcoin is rising slightly. As of Monday, Dogecoin was trading at 22 cents on CoinMarketCap, a global coin marketplace, up 10.21% from 24 hours earlier. This is the highest price since December 2021. This is due to the fact that the creator of Dogecoin, Mishiboa, reported on his X that "Elon Musk has said that he is very close to introducing Dogecoin to X payments." "California is close to authorizing such transactions, while New York will take some time," he added.

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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