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France formally charges Telegram CEO,puts himon probation, and Ton is down again

French authorities have formally charged Telegram CEO Pavel Durov and placed him on supervised release, according to cryptocurrency media watchdog Guru. As a result, Durov is banned from leaving the country. Meanwhile, the TON network block generation stopped again. TON explained that this was likely due to an overload caused by the minting of DOGS tokens.

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

blockchain crypto cryptocurrency Aethir support the development of 10M with XPLA (SpotedCrypto)

Aethir Partners with XPLA to Support $10 Million in Web3 Game Development

Aethir, a decentralized GPU infrastructure platform, announced today that it has launched a program to support the development of AI-powered triple-A games in collaboration with Comatus Holdings' blockchain mainnet XPLA. The program is worth a total of $10 million and is designed to discover web3 games that leverage AI

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