Just when you thought the year-end couldn’t get any more intriguing, a significant options expiry is set to shake things up in this highly levered-up market.Options are derivative contracts that give the purchaser the right to buy or sell the underlying asset at a preset price at a later date. A call gives the right to buy, and a put confers the right to sell.On Friday at 8:00 UTC, 146,000 bitcoin options contracts, valued at nearly $14 billion and sized at one BTC each, will expire on the crypto exchange Deribit. The notional amount represents 44% of the total open…
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In financial markets, the best entry opportunity is often fleeting and easily missed. Now, Solana’s SOL is flashing a timely second chance for those looking to trade bullish breakouts.The SOL price has surged over 7% this week to $193, rebounding off a former resistance-turned-support identified by the trendline connecting highs from March and July. This line, and the one joining April and August lows, define a large descending channel comprising prolonged range play from March to October.The prices broke out of the channel in early November, confirming a bullish bias. SOL quickly climbed to over $260 before retracing to the…
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Restaurant portions can be enormous today, so it’s no surprise that those who dine out may feel stuffed to the gills with half their meal still on the plate. In these scenarios, servers often appear with a “box” or “doggy bag” ready to properly house the leftovers for customers’ convenience. But while taking leftovers from a restaurant is common in the United States, it is less so in other countries. And there are some places, such as buffets, where to-go boxes are not a thing. PILE OF ‘GARBAGE’ FOODS WITH DEBATABLE TOPPINGS IS A DELICACY IN THIS US CITYTwo restaurant industry professionals shared…
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Trrue, a layer-1 blockchain focused on environmental, social and governance (ESG) compliance and real-world asset tokenization received a $10 million investment commitment from GEM Digital, the company said in a press release on Tuesday.The money will be used to accelerate the development of Ireland-based Trrue’s platform, the company said.GEM Digital is a Bahamas-based $3.4 billion alternative investment group that specializes in the digital asset sector. It will receive TRRUE tokens in return for the investment. The company invests in utility tokens listed on centralized (CEXs) and decentralized exchanges (DEXs).The token is being offered at $0.10 on a number of launchpads,…
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A Tennessee Air National Guardsman is facing charges after applying to be a hitman on a spoof “rent-a-hitman” website, according to the Department of Justice.
The $308 million hack of Japanese crypto exchange DMM in May was the work of North Korean hackers, the U.S. and Japanese law enforcement agencies said Monday.The theft of 4,502.9 bitcoin (BTC), which is forcing the exchange to close, was “affiliated” with a group known as TraderTraitor, the FBI said in a statement with the Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center and National Police Agency of Japan.Hackers linked to North Korea dominated crypto crime this year, Chainalysis said in its annual report on the subject. The country, whose official name is the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), is tied…
This is the third in a series of stories examining the crypto industry’s high-stakes 2024 foray into politics and campaigning. The first explored the electoral track record of Fairshake PAC’s strategy and the second its intense use of a 2010 Supreme Court stance.The leaders of the companies responsible for the river of money that flooded U.S. political shores this year have already benefited tremendously from the outcome of last month’s election — increasing their personal fortunes by billions of dollars, far outpacing the large spending they devoted to crypto-friendly candidates.Coinbase Inc. (COIN) CEO Brian Armstrong and his company devoted some…
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One of the most significant emerging trends of 2024 has been the interplay between artificial intelligence (AI) and the crypto ecosystem. Historically this has primarily been on the infrastructure side, affecting various layers of the stack such as decentralized compute, storage and model training and inference. However, the last few months the crypto x AI crossover has taken stage front and center as agents have surfaced and are multiplying by the thousands. While the AI agent narrative has taken up a lot of mindshare of late, we’ve barely scratched the surface of what we’re going to see in 2025.What are…
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Follow Frank on X. In a new report, the Open Dialogue Foundation (ODF) provides an overview and analysis of upcoming regulatory proposals around non-custodial Bitcoin and crypto wallets in the European Union (E.U.).Some of the proposals — many of which are based on FATF recommendations — will negatively affect users’ ability to transact with crypto assets privately.EU & FATF 2025: Your Bitcoin Wallet’s New Rules?What is the best Christmas gift from human rights, privacy and Bitcoin advocates?@ODFoundation provides you with a comprehensive respond on what you should know while using #Bitcoin p2p wallet, privacy payments tools &… pic.twitter.com/YZIlCZjSiR— Lyudmyla Kozlovska…
Six mutual funds tracking the price of bitcoin (BTC) will debut in Israel next week after the Israel Securities Authority (ISA) granted permission for the products, Calcalist reported on Wednesday.All six will start operations on the same day, Dec. 31, a condition imposed by the regulator, Calcalist said. Final approval for the funds was granted last week.The funds will be offered by Migdal Capital Markets, More, Ayalon, Phoenix Investment, Meitav and IBI, with management fees ranging from as high as 1.5% to 0.25%. One of the funds will be actively managed, trying to beat bitcon’s performance. They will initially transact…