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Memecoin instead of Bitcoin? A collection of memecoin short stories

First, the meme Slerf hits Arthur Hayes. Arthur Hayes, co-founder of the global cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX, posted an image of the meme coin SLERF on X (formerly Twitter) two hours ago, saying, "I got SLERF and this weekend is definitely going to be good".

Darkfarms, founder of the Solana (SOL)-based Book of Memes (BOME) meme coin, told X that he is "planning to acquire more art collections for the BOME vault". "The artwork will be Creative Commons Zero, copyright free, and will be updated on a special gallery page on Book of Mime," he explained. On CoinMarketCap, BOME is currently trading at $0.0121, up 6.41%.

BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, has received gifts of Memecoin and NFTs from multiple addresses after depositing $100 million USDC on the Ethereum network, according to Cointelegraph. At least 40 coins and 25 NFTs, including PEPE and CryptoDickbutts S3 NFTs, were sent to addresses listed by BlackRock.

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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