news

Trump to speak at 'Bitcoin 2024 Conference'

Former U.S. President Donald Trump will speak at the Bitcoin 2024 conference this month, according to a press release. The Bitcoin Conference is the world's largest in-person conference on Bitcoin, and this year's event will be held in Nashville, Tennessee, starting July 25th (local time) for three days. Earlier, Coinis cited Axios as saying that Trump is considering speaking at Bitcoin 2024. Robert F. Kennedy Jr, a member of the prestigious Kennedy family and an independent candidate for the presidential election, will also speak at the conference. Meanwhile, Mr. Trump, who is running for the Republican nomination in the November U.S. presidential election, has been on a crypto-friendly streak this year.

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.

blockchain crypto cryptocurrency Trump nominates Crypto Proponent Secretary (SpotedCrypto)

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

Read next