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Former Ark Invest Head of Crypto "sees SOL leapfrogging to 3rd largest crypto by market cap"

"From a technical perspective, Solana (SOL) will overtake Binance's BNB to become the third largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization outside of stablecoins," Chris Burniske, former head of crypto at ArkInvest and managing partner at blockchain-focused venture capital firm Placeholder, told X, according to WatchGuru. "BNB will lose the #3 'non-stablecoin' spot forever, and this bull cycle will always be about BTC, ETH, and SOL," he added. Meanwhile, according to CoinMarketCap, BNB currently ranks third in non-stablecoin market capitalization, with a market capitalization gap of approximately $1.66 billion with SOL.

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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