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class="flex justify-start items-start self-stretch flex-grow-0 flex-shrink-0 relative gap-2.5 mb-3"><a class="font-headline flex-grow text-[18px] lg:text-[24px] font-semibold leading-snug hover:text-primary" href="/news/tracking-solana-all-time-highs">Solana’s all-time high by the numbers</a></div><div class="flex justify-start items-start self-stretch flex-grow-0 flex-shrink-0 relative gap-2.5 mb-3"><p class="flex-grow text-base text-left text-[#6a6a6a] text-light-gray">Today we’re bringing you some interesting data to recap Solana’s landmark day </p></div><div class="flex flex-wrap justify-start items-start gap-1 text-xxs text-[#6a6a6a]"><div class="flex flex-wrap gap-1 uppercase">by<!-- --> <span><a class="link-gray" href="/author/jack-kubinec">Jack Kubinec</a></span><span> /</span></div><div class="flex justify-start items-start relative gap-1 uppercase"><time dateTime="2024-11-22T21:30:00.000Z">November 22, 2024</time></div></div></div></div></div><div><div class="grid grid-cols-1 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ahead of Inauguration Day</a></div><div class="flex justify-start items-start self-stretch flex-grow-0 flex-shrink-0 relative gap-2.5 mb-3"><p class="flex-grow text-base text-left text-[#6a6a6a] text-light-gray">One federal judge’s rulings this week found that the SEC had overstepped its authority and must ...</p></div><div class="flex flex-wrap justify-start items-start gap-1 text-xxs text-[#6a6a6a]"><div class="flex flex-wrap gap-1 uppercase">by<!-- --> <span><a class="link-gray" href="/author/casey-wagner">Casey Wagner</a></span><span> /</span></div><div class="flex justify-start items-start relative gap-1 uppercase"><time dateTime="2024-11-22T21:00:00.000Z">November 22, 2024</time></div></div></div></div></div><div><div class="grid grid-cols-1 grid-rows-[168px_minmax(168px,_1fr)] h-full"><div><a class="cursor-pointer" href="/news/btc-price-predictions-thanksgiving"><div class="hidden lg:block overflow-hidden h-full"><img alt="article-image" loading="lazy" width="316" height="168" 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gap-2.5 mb-3"><p class="flex-grow text-base text-left text-[#6a6a6a] text-light-gray">Holiday gatherings are often a time investors discuss their investment journeys and gains, spark...</p></div><div class="flex flex-wrap justify-start items-start gap-1 text-xxs text-[#6a6a6a]"><div class="flex flex-wrap gap-1 uppercase">by<!-- --> <span><a class="link-gray" href="/author/benstrack">Ben Strack</a></span><span> /</span></div><div class="flex justify-start items-start relative gap-1 uppercase"><time dateTime="2024-11-22T20:30:00.000Z">November 22, 2024</time></div></div></div></div></div><div><div class="grid grid-cols-1 grid-rows-[168px_minmax(168px,_1fr)] h-full"><div><a class="cursor-pointer" href="/news/sui-aptos-compete-for-next-solana-title"><div class="hidden lg:block overflow-hidden h-full"><img alt="article-image" loading="lazy" width="316" height="168" decoding="async" data-nimg="1" class="object-cover w-full h-full" style="color:transparent" sizes="100vw" srcSet="/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2Fsui-solana.jpg&w=640&q=75 640w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2Fsui-solana.jpg&w=768&q=75 768w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2Fsui-solana.jpg&w=1024&q=75 1024w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2Fsui-solana.jpg&w=1280&q=75 1280w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2Fsui-solana.jpg&w=1536&q=75 1536w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2Fsui-solana.jpg&w=1920&q=75 1920w" src="/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2Fsui-solana.jpg&w=1920&q=75"/></div><div class="hidden md:block lg:hidden h-full"><img alt="article-image" loading="lazy" width="600" 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class="object-cover w-full h-full" style="color:transparent" sizes="100vw" srcSet="/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F08%2Fhunter.jpg&w=640&q=75 640w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F08%2Fhunter.jpg&w=768&q=75 768w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F08%2Fhunter.jpg&w=1024&q=75 1024w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F08%2Fhunter.jpg&w=1280&q=75 1280w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F08%2Fhunter.jpg&w=1536&q=75 1536w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F08%2Fhunter.jpg&w=1920&q=75 1920w" src="/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F08%2Fhunter.jpg&w=1920&q=75"/></div></a></div><div><div class="flex gap-3 mt-3 mb-2"><p class="text-xs text-left uppercase text-[#5637cd]">Finance</p><p class="text-xs text-left uppercase text-gray-800">Lightspeed Newsletter</p></div><div class="flex justify-start items-start self-stretch flex-grow-0 flex-shrink-0 relative gap-2.5 mb-3"><a class="font-headline flex-grow text-[18px] lg:text-[24px] font-semibold leading-snug hover:text-primary" href="/news/bitwise-ceo-solana-ncredible-emerging-asset">Bitwise CEO: Solana an ‘incredible emerging asset and story’</a></div><div class="flex justify-start items-start self-stretch flex-grow-0 flex-shrink-0 relative gap-2.5 mb-3"><p class="flex-grow text-base text-left text-[#6a6a6a] text-light-gray">Hunter Horsley says Solana is one of this cycle’s breakout successes that he thinks clients will...</p></div><div class="flex flex-wrap justify-start items-start gap-1 text-xxs text-[#6a6a6a]"><div class="flex flex-wrap gap-1 uppercase">by<!-- --> <span><a class="link-gray" href="/author/jack-kubinec">Jack Kubinec</a></span><span> /</span></div><div class="flex justify-start items-start relative gap-1 uppercase"><time dateTime="2024-11-22T12:26:26.000Z">November 22, 2024</time></div></div></div></div></div><div><div class="grid grid-cols-1 grid-rows-[168px_minmax(168px,_1fr)] h-full"><div><a class="cursor-pointer" href="/news/solana-sets-all-time-high-of-263"><div class="hidden lg:block overflow-hidden h-full"><img alt="article-image" loading="lazy" width="316" height="168" decoding="async" data-nimg="1" class="object-cover w-full h-full" style="color:transparent" sizes="100vw" srcSet="/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2F2024-11-22-solana-yellow-blue-bg.jpg&w=640&q=75 640w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2F2024-11-22-solana-yellow-blue-bg.jpg&w=768&q=75 768w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2F2024-11-22-solana-yellow-blue-bg.jpg&w=1024&q=75 1024w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2F2024-11-22-solana-yellow-blue-bg.jpg&w=1280&q=75 1280w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2F2024-11-22-solana-yellow-blue-bg.jpg&w=1536&q=75 1536w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2F2024-11-22-solana-yellow-blue-bg.jpg&w=1920&q=75 1920w" src="/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2F2024-11-22-solana-yellow-blue-bg.jpg&w=1920&q=75"/></div><div class="hidden md:block lg:hidden h-full"><img alt="article-image" loading="lazy" width="600" height="168" decoding="async" data-nimg="1" class="object-cover w-full h-full" style="color:transparent" sizes="100vw" srcSet="/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2F2024-11-22-solana-yellow-blue-bg.jpg&w=640&q=75 640w, 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decoding="async" data-nimg="1" class="object-cover w-full h-full" style="color:transparent" sizes="100vw" srcSet="/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2F2024-11-22-solana-yellow-blue-bg.jpg&w=640&q=75 640w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2F2024-11-22-solana-yellow-blue-bg.jpg&w=768&q=75 768w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2F2024-11-22-solana-yellow-blue-bg.jpg&w=1024&q=75 1024w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2F2024-11-22-solana-yellow-blue-bg.jpg&w=1280&q=75 1280w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2F2024-11-22-solana-yellow-blue-bg.jpg&w=1536&q=75 1536w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2F2024-11-22-solana-yellow-blue-bg.jpg&w=1920&q=75 1920w" src="/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2F2024-11-22-solana-yellow-blue-bg.jpg&w=1920&q=75"/></div></a></div><div><div class="flex gap-3 mt-3 mb-2"><p class="text-xs text-left uppercase text-[#5637cd]">Markets</p></div><div class="flex justify-start items-start self-stretch flex-grow-0 flex-shrink-0 relative gap-2.5 mb-3"><a class="font-headline flex-grow text-[18px] lg:text-[24px] font-semibold leading-snug hover:text-primary" href="/news/solana-sets-all-time-high-of-263">Solana sets all-time high of $263</a></div><div class="flex justify-start items-start self-stretch flex-grow-0 flex-shrink-0 relative gap-2.5 mb-3"><p class="flex-grow text-base text-left text-[#6a6a6a] text-light-gray">SOL has climbed more than 2,000% in the past two years</p></div><div class="flex flex-wrap justify-start items-start gap-1 text-xxs text-[#6a6a6a]"><div class="flex flex-wrap gap-1 uppercase">by<!-- --> <span><a class="link-gray" href="/author/jack-kubinec">Jack Kubinec</a></span><span> /</span></div><div class="flex justify-start items-start relative gap-1 uppercase"><time dateTime="2024-11-22T10:08:37.000Z">November 22, 2024</time></div></div></div></div></div><div><div class="grid grid-cols-1 grid-rows-[168px_minmax(168px,_1fr)] h-full"><div><a class="cursor-pointer" href="/news/marathon-buying-btc-momentum"><div class="hidden lg:block overflow-hidden h-full"><img alt="article-image" loading="lazy" width="316" height="168" decoding="async" data-nimg="1" class="object-cover w-full h-full" style="color:transparent" sizes="100vw" srcSet="/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2Flime-green-btc.jpg&w=640&q=75 640w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2Flime-green-btc.jpg&w=768&q=75 768w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2Flime-green-btc.jpg&w=1024&q=75 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srcSet="/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2Flime-green-btc.jpg&w=640&q=75 640w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2Flime-green-btc.jpg&w=768&q=75 768w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2Flime-green-btc.jpg&w=1024&q=75 1024w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2Flime-green-btc.jpg&w=1280&q=75 1280w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2Flime-green-btc.jpg&w=1536&q=75 1536w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2Flime-green-btc.jpg&w=1920&q=75 1920w" src="/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2Flime-green-btc.jpg&w=1920&q=75"/></div></a></div><div><div class="flex gap-3 mt-3 mb-2"><p class="text-xs text-left uppercase text-[#5637cd]">Business</p><p class="text-xs text-left uppercase text-gray-800">Forward Guidance Newsletter</p></div><div class="flex justify-start items-start self-stretch flex-grow-0 flex-shrink-0 relative gap-2.5 mb-3"><a class="font-headline flex-grow text-[18px] lg:text-[24px] font-semibold leading-snug hover:text-primary" href="/news/marathon-buying-btc-momentum">Marathon, others set to keep up BTC buying momentum</a></div><div class="flex justify-start items-start self-stretch flex-grow-0 flex-shrink-0 relative gap-2.5 mb-3"><p class="flex-grow text-base text-left text-[#6a6a6a] text-light-gray">MicroStrategy founder Michael Saylor alluded to Marathon’s CEO during a X Spaces on Tuesday</p></div><div class="flex flex-wrap justify-start items-start gap-1 text-xxs text-[#6a6a6a]"><div class="flex flex-wrap gap-1 uppercase">by<!-- --> <span><a class="link-gray" href="/author/benstrack">Ben Strack</a></span><span> /</span></div><div class="flex justify-start items-start relative gap-1 uppercase"><time dateTime="2024-11-21T21:43:19.000Z">November 21, 2024</time></div></div></div></div></div><div><div class="grid grid-cols-1 grid-rows-[168px_minmax(168px,_1fr)] h-full"><div><a class="cursor-pointer" href="/news/takeaways-from-btc-etf-options-launch"><div class="hidden lg:block overflow-hidden h-full"><img alt="article-image" loading="lazy" width="316" height="168" decoding="async" data-nimg="1" class="object-cover w-full h-full" style="color:transparent" sizes="100vw" srcSet="/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2Fpurple-teal-bitcoin.jpg&w=640&q=75 640w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2Fpurple-teal-bitcoin.jpg&w=768&q=75 768w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2Fpurple-teal-bitcoin.jpg&w=1024&q=75 1024w, 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style="color:transparent" sizes="100vw" srcSet="/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2Fpurple-teal-bitcoin.jpg&w=640&q=75 640w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2Fpurple-teal-bitcoin.jpg&w=768&q=75 768w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2Fpurple-teal-bitcoin.jpg&w=1024&q=75 1024w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2Fpurple-teal-bitcoin.jpg&w=1280&q=75 1280w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2Fpurple-teal-bitcoin.jpg&w=1536&q=75 1536w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2Fpurple-teal-bitcoin.jpg&w=1920&q=75 1920w" src="/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2Fpurple-teal-bitcoin.jpg&w=1920&q=75"/></div></a></div><div><div class="flex gap-3 mt-3 mb-2"><p class="text-xs text-left uppercase text-[#5637cd]">Finance</p><p class="text-xs text-left uppercase text-gray-800">Forward Guidance Newsletter</p></div><div class="flex justify-start items-start self-stretch flex-grow-0 flex-shrink-0 relative gap-2.5 mb-3"><a class="font-headline flex-grow text-[18px] lg:text-[24px] font-semibold leading-snug hover:text-primary" href="/news/takeaways-from-btc-etf-options-launch">Major takeaways from this week’s BTC ETF options launch</a></div><div class="flex justify-start items-start self-stretch flex-grow-0 flex-shrink-0 relative gap-2.5 mb-3"><p class="flex-grow text-base text-left text-[#6a6a6a] text-light-gray">Crypto’s calls are equally as juiced as puts, creating a “smile” in the volatility surface</p></div><div class="flex flex-wrap justify-start items-start gap-1 text-xxs text-[#6a6a6a]"><div class="flex flex-wrap gap-1 uppercase">by<!-- --> <span><a class="link-gray" href="/author/felix-jauvin">Felix Jauvin</a></span><span> /</span></div><div class="flex justify-start items-start relative gap-1 uppercase"><time dateTime="2024-11-21T21:01:26.000Z">November 21, 2024</time></div></div></div></div></div><div><div class="grid grid-cols-1 grid-rows-[168px_minmax(168px,_1fr)] h-full"><div><a class="cursor-pointer" href="/news/battle-for-wallet-supremacy"><div class="hidden lg:block overflow-hidden h-full"><img alt="article-image" loading="lazy" width="316" height="168" decoding="async" data-nimg="1" class="object-cover w-full h-full" style="color:transparent" sizes="100vw" srcSet="/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2Fpink-purple-wallets.jpg&w=640&q=75 640w, 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style="color:transparent" sizes="100vw" srcSet="/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2Fpink-purple-wallets.jpg&w=640&q=75 640w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2Fpink-purple-wallets.jpg&w=768&q=75 768w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2Fpink-purple-wallets.jpg&w=1024&q=75 1024w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2Fpink-purple-wallets.jpg&w=1280&q=75 1280w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2Fpink-purple-wallets.jpg&w=1536&q=75 1536w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2Fpink-purple-wallets.jpg&w=1920&q=75 1920w" src="/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2Fpink-purple-wallets.jpg&w=1920&q=75"/></div><div class="block md:hidden h-full"><img alt="article-image" loading="lazy" width="150" height="257" decoding="async" data-nimg="1" class="object-cover w-full h-full" style="color:transparent" sizes="100vw" srcSet="/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2Fpink-purple-wallets.jpg&w=640&q=75 640w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2Fpink-purple-wallets.jpg&w=768&q=75 768w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2Fpink-purple-wallets.jpg&w=1024&q=75 1024w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2Fpink-purple-wallets.jpg&w=1280&q=75 1280w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2Fpink-purple-wallets.jpg&w=1536&q=75 1536w, 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crypto wallet is quite a prosperous business</p></div><div class="flex flex-wrap justify-start items-start gap-1 text-xxs text-[#6a6a6a]"><div class="flex flex-wrap gap-1 uppercase">by<!-- --> <span><a class="link-gray" href="/author/donovan-choy">Donovan Choy</a></span><span> /</span></div><div class="flex justify-start items-start relative gap-1 uppercase"><time dateTime="2024-11-21T19:20:23.000Z">November 21, 2024</time></div></div></div></div></div><div><div class="grid grid-cols-1 grid-rows-[168px_minmax(168px,_1fr)] h-full"><div><a class="cursor-pointer" href="/news/gary-gensler-resigning"><div class="hidden lg:block overflow-hidden h-full"><img alt="article-image" loading="lazy" width="316" height="168" decoding="async" data-nimg="1" class="object-cover w-full h-full" style="color:transparent" sizes="100vw" srcSet="/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2FGary-Gensler-1.jpg&w=640&q=75 640w, 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srcSet="/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2FGary-Gensler-1.jpg&w=640&q=75 640w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2FGary-Gensler-1.jpg&w=768&q=75 768w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2FGary-Gensler-1.jpg&w=1024&q=75 1024w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2FGary-Gensler-1.jpg&w=1280&q=75 1280w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2FGary-Gensler-1.jpg&w=1536&q=75 1536w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2FGary-Gensler-1.jpg&w=1920&q=75 1920w" src="/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2FGary-Gensler-1.jpg&w=1920&q=75"/></div><div class="block md:hidden h-full"><img alt="article-image" loading="lazy" width="150" height="257" decoding="async" data-nimg="1" class="object-cover w-full h-full" style="color:transparent" sizes="100vw" srcSet="/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2FGary-Gensler-1.jpg&w=640&q=75 640w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2FGary-Gensler-1.jpg&w=768&q=75 768w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2FGary-Gensler-1.jpg&w=1024&q=75 1024w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2FGary-Gensler-1.jpg&w=1280&q=75 1280w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2FGary-Gensler-1.jpg&w=1536&q=75 1536w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2FGary-Gensler-1.jpg&w=1920&q=75 1920w" src="/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2FGary-Gensler-1.jpg&w=1920&q=75"/></div></a></div><div><div class="flex gap-3 mt-3 mb-2"><p class="text-xs text-left uppercase text-[#5637cd]">People</p><p class="text-xs text-left uppercase text-gray-800">Policy</p></div><div class="flex justify-start items-start self-stretch flex-grow-0 flex-shrink-0 relative gap-2.5 mb-3"><a class="font-headline flex-grow text-[18px] lg:text-[24px] font-semibold leading-snug hover:text-primary" href="/news/gary-gensler-resigning">Gary Gensler announces departure from SEC, effective Jan. 20</a></div><div class="flex justify-start items-start self-stretch flex-grow-0 flex-shrink-0 relative gap-2.5 mb-3"><p class="flex-grow text-base text-left text-[#6a6a6a] text-light-gray">The announcement followed growing speculation that Gensler would announce his exit before Trump ...</p></div><div class="flex flex-wrap justify-start items-start gap-1 text-xxs text-[#6a6a6a]"><div class="flex flex-wrap gap-1 uppercase">by<!-- --> <span><a class="link-gray" href="/author/casey-wagner">Casey Wagner</a></span><span> /</span></div><div class="flex justify-start items-start relative gap-1 uppercase"><time dateTime="2024-11-21T18:16:01.000Z">November 21, 2024</time></div></div></div></div></div><div><div class="grid grid-cols-1 grid-rows-[168px_minmax(168px,_1fr)] h-full"><div><a class="cursor-pointer" href="/news/altcoin-season-when-bitcoin-dominance-hits-60"><div class="hidden lg:block overflow-hidden h-full"><img alt="article-image" loading="lazy" width="316" height="168" decoding="async" data-nimg="1" class="object-cover w-full h-full" style="color:transparent" sizes="100vw" srcSet="/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2Fpurple-bitcoin-2.jpg&w=640&q=75 640w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2Fpurple-bitcoin-2.jpg&w=768&q=75 768w, 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srcSet="/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2Fpurple-bitcoin-2.jpg&w=640&q=75 640w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2Fpurple-bitcoin-2.jpg&w=768&q=75 768w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2Fpurple-bitcoin-2.jpg&w=1024&q=75 1024w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2Fpurple-bitcoin-2.jpg&w=1280&q=75 1280w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2Fpurple-bitcoin-2.jpg&w=1536&q=75 1536w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2Fpurple-bitcoin-2.jpg&w=1920&q=75 1920w" src="/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2Fpurple-bitcoin-2.jpg&w=1920&q=75"/></div><div class="block md:hidden h-full"><img alt="article-image" loading="lazy" width="150" height="257" decoding="async" data-nimg="1" class="object-cover w-full h-full" style="color:transparent" sizes="100vw" srcSet="/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2Fpurple-bitcoin-2.jpg&w=640&q=75 640w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2Fpurple-bitcoin-2.jpg&w=768&q=75 768w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2Fpurple-bitcoin-2.jpg&w=1024&q=75 1024w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2Fpurple-bitcoin-2.jpg&w=1280&q=75 1280w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2Fpurple-bitcoin-2.jpg&w=1536&q=75 1536w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2Fpurple-bitcoin-2.jpg&w=1920&q=75 1920w" src="/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2Fpurple-bitcoin-2.jpg&w=1920&q=75"/></div></a></div><div><div class="flex gap-3 mt-3 mb-2"><p class="text-xs text-left uppercase text-[#5637cd]">Empire Newsletter</p><p class="text-xs text-left uppercase text-gray-800">Markets</p></div><div class="flex justify-start items-start self-stretch flex-grow-0 flex-shrink-0 relative gap-2.5 mb-3"><a class="font-headline flex-grow text-[18px] lg:text-[24px] font-semibold leading-snug hover:text-primary" href="/news/altcoin-season-when-bitcoin-dominance-hits-60">Expect a ‘massive altcoin season’ once bitcoin dominance hits 65%</a></div><div class="flex justify-start items-start self-stretch flex-grow-0 flex-shrink-0 relative gap-2.5 mb-3"><p class="flex-grow text-base text-left text-[#6a6a6a] text-light-gray">HashKey Capital’s Jupiter Zheng highlighted three success areas he’s watching: Ethereum, Solana ...</p></div><div class="flex flex-wrap justify-start items-start gap-1 text-xxs text-[#6a6a6a]"><div class="flex flex-wrap gap-1 uppercase">by<!-- --> <span><a class="link-gray" href="/author/katherine-ross">Katherine Ross</a></span><span> /</span></div><div class="flex justify-start items-start relative gap-1 uppercase"><time dateTime="2024-11-21T16:28:11.000Z">November 21, 2024</time></div></div></div></div></div><div><div class="grid grid-cols-1 grid-rows-[168px_minmax(168px,_1fr)] h-full"><div><a class="cursor-pointer" href="/news/crypto-ai-agents-nothing-new"><div class="hidden lg:block overflow-hidden h-full"><img alt="article-image" loading="lazy" width="316" height="168" decoding="async" data-nimg="1" class="object-cover w-full h-full" style="color:transparent" sizes="100vw" srcSet="/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2Fai-hand.jpg&w=640&q=75 640w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2Fai-hand.jpg&w=768&q=75 768w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2Fai-hand.jpg&w=1024&q=75 1024w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2Fai-hand.jpg&w=1280&q=75 1280w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2Fai-hand.jpg&w=1536&q=75 1536w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2Fai-hand.jpg&w=1920&q=75 1920w" src="/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2Fai-hand.jpg&w=1920&q=75"/></div><div class="hidden md:block lg:hidden h-full"><img alt="article-image" loading="lazy" width="600" height="168" decoding="async" data-nimg="1" class="object-cover w-full h-full" style="color:transparent" sizes="100vw" srcSet="/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2Fai-hand.jpg&w=640&q=75 640w, 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srcSet="/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2Fai-hand.jpg&w=640&q=75 640w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2Fai-hand.jpg&w=768&q=75 768w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2Fai-hand.jpg&w=1024&q=75 1024w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2Fai-hand.jpg&w=1280&q=75 1280w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2Fai-hand.jpg&w=1536&q=75 1536w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2Fai-hand.jpg&w=1920&q=75 1920w" src="/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2Fai-hand.jpg&w=1920&q=75"/></div></a></div><div><div class="flex gap-3 mt-3 mb-2"><p class="text-xs text-left uppercase text-[#5637cd]">Lightspeed Newsletter</p><p class="text-xs text-left uppercase text-gray-800">Web3</p></div><div class="flex justify-start items-start self-stretch flex-grow-0 flex-shrink-0 relative gap-2.5 mb-3"><a class="font-headline flex-grow text-[18px] lg:text-[24px] font-semibold leading-snug hover:text-primary" href="/news/crypto-ai-agents-nothing-new">Crypto AI agents are mostly old tech in new packaging</a></div><div class="flex justify-start items-start self-stretch flex-grow-0 flex-shrink-0 relative gap-2.5 mb-3"><p class="flex-grow text-base text-left text-[#6a6a6a] text-light-gray">Jack explored the various AI and memecoin projects that have sprung up over the past month</p></div><div class="flex flex-wrap justify-start items-start gap-1 text-xxs text-[#6a6a6a]"><div class="flex flex-wrap gap-1 uppercase">by<!-- --> <span><a class="link-gray" href="/author/jack-kubinec">Jack Kubinec</a></span><span> /</span></div><div class="flex justify-start items-start relative gap-1 uppercase"><time dateTime="2024-11-21T15:18:54.000Z">November 21, 2024</time></div></div></div></div></div><div><div class="grid grid-cols-1 grid-rows-[168px_minmax(168px,_1fr)] h-full"><div><a class="cursor-pointer" href="/news/bitcoin-close-to-all-time-high-against-gold"><div class="hidden lg:block overflow-hidden h-full"><img alt="article-image" loading="lazy" width="316" height="168" decoding="async" data-nimg="1" class="object-cover w-full h-full" style="color:transparent" sizes="100vw" srcSet="/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2F2-pink-bitcoin.jpg&w=640&q=75 640w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2F2-pink-bitcoin.jpg&w=768&q=75 768w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2F2-pink-bitcoin.jpg&w=1024&q=75 1024w, /_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblockworks-co.imgix.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2F2-pink-bitcoin.jpg&w=1280&q=75 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To read full editions, \u003c/em\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/newsletter/lightspeed\"\u003e\u003cem\u003esubscribe\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cem\u003e.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003chr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"/\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eSOL touched $260 for the first time ever last night, setting off a round of \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/calilyliu/status/1859901821856166149\"\u003equasi-religious\u003c/a\u003e celebration and dunks on Solana bears. We have covered \u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/news/lightspeed-newsletter-solana-bull-run\"\u003ethe narrative side\u003c/a\u003e of Solana’s turnaround from a massive post-FTX sell-off previously, but today we’re bringing you some interesting data to recap Solana’s landmark day.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"\u003e1,111\u003c/h2\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eThat’s the number of days between Solana’s first and second all-time highs. As long as the wait may have felt for SOL holders, that’s actually less time than it took bitcoin to set its second price record: The orange coin \u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/news/bitcoin-all-time-high-comparison\"\u003etook some 1,200 days\u003c/a\u003e to top its 2013 high.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"\u003e$294.42\u003c/h2\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eThat would be Solana’s previous all-time high adjusted for inflation, according to the data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. So $263 is pretty good, but those SOL tokens don’t go quite as far as they used to.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"\u003e7.72%\u003c/h2\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eThat’s the percentage of one ether token that one solana token represents, and this SOLETH ratio also set an all-time high yesterday. When solana last hit an all-time high, the coin was only worth 5.7% of one ether.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"\u003e$2.4 billion\u003c/h2\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eThat’s how much the SOL tokens Galaxy Trading purchased from the FTX estate are worth at today’s prices, according to details \u003ca href=\"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-05/ftx-s-solana-sale-galaxy-pantera-buy-tokens-at-64-sol?utm_campaign=socialflow-organic\u0026amp;utm_content=crypto\u0026amp;utm_source=twitter\u0026amp;utm_medium=social\"\u003ereported\u003c/a\u003e by Bloomberg. The subsidiary of Mike Novogratz’s Galaxy Digital purchased $620 million in SOL at $64 per token in April. SOL was trading at around $172 at the time. Not a bad deal.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"\u003e80%\u003c/h2\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eThat’s roughly the percentage of Solana decentralized exchange activity that involved memecoins yesterday. Speculative meme tokens have largely been the story of Solana’s massive run-up in volume and blockspace demand. Solana founders and investors will often portray memecoins as a “stress test” for the network — presumably as it readies itself to onboard more meaningful financial activity.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"\u003e1,150%\u003c/h2\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eThat’s roughly the price appreciation between when Robinhood delisted SOL in June 2023 and when it added the token back to the platform last week. The popular retail trading app stopped offering SOL and repaid users at June 2023 market prices after the SEC declared in lawsuits against Coinbase and Binance that the asset is an unregistered security. Following Donald Trump’s electoral victory and the prospect of a more crypto-friendly regulatory environment, Robinhood brought SOL back. Robinhood users missed out on some pretty big gains in between those dates.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003chr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"/\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStart your day with top crypto insights from David Canellis and Katherine Ross. \u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/newsletter/empire\"\u003eSubscribe to the Empire newsletter\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExplore the growing intersection between crypto, macroeconomics, policy and finance with Ben Strack, Casey Wagner and Felix Jauvin. \u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/newsletter/onthemargin\"\u003eSubscribe to the Forward Guidance newsletter\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGet alpha directly in your inbox with the \u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/newsletter/research\"\u003e0xResearch newsletter\u003c/a\u003e — market highlights, charts, degen trade ideas, governance 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To read full editions, \u003c/em\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/newsletter/forwardguidance\"\u003e\u003cem\u003esubscribe\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cem\u003e.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003chr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"/\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis has been a busy week at the SEC. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe headline news from the commission, if you will, was Chair Gary Gensler’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.sec.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2024-182\"\u003edeparture announcement\u003c/a\u003e. He said yesterday he would be resigning, effective 12 pm ET on Jan. 20, 2025 — the exact time President-elect Donald Trump is scheduled to be inaugurated. We’re not surprised, but we got a chuckle out of him unprecedentedly naming the exact time he would leave the post.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd then today, fellow Democrat Commissioner \u003ca href=\"https://www.sec.gov/newsroom/speeches-statements/gensler-statement-lizarraga-departure-112224?utm_medium=email\u0026amp;utm_source=govdelivery\"\u003eJaime Lizárraga\u003c/a\u003e announced he would also depart early on Inauguration Day, saying he wants to spend more time with his family as his wife battles breast cancer. We wish her and the Lizárraga family all the best.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn the legal front, one federal judge this week came to the same decision in two separate cases. Judge Reed O’Connor of the Northern District of Texas found the SEC had overstepped its authority and must vacate the Dealer Rule, adopted in February by a 3-2 commissioner vote. Republican Commissioners Hester Peirce and Mark Uyeda dissented against the Dealer Rule.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe rulings were seen as a win for both the hedge fund and crypto industries, protecting companies and managers in both groups from what has been described as “severe and adverse” changes in policy. Under the rule, certain hedge funds and crypto traders and validators would have been considered “dealers,” a classification both groups found \u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/news/sec-expands-dealer-rule-crypto-firms\"\u003eprohibitively strict\u003c/a\u003e.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt looks like changes at the agency are coming even before Trump moves back to Washington.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe \u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/news/donald-trump-cabinet-selection\"\u003ewrote earlier\u003c/a\u003e in the week about how there was a chance the commissioner voting breakdown would remain the same even after Trump takes office. With two spots now up for grabs, we know this won’t be the case.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eNo more than three commissioners can be from the same party, and with Gensler out we can all but guarantee a Republican will be in as the next chair. That means Lizárraga’s vacant spot will go to a Democrat or Independent. Typically in this case, the Democrats would submit names for Trump to consider. But we know the Trump Administration often veers from the conventional.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eI’m still skeptical, though, that we will see any pending litigation dismissed. Even if the SEC now swings Republican (and potentially more pro-crypto), its staff would have to ask the commissioners to dismiss a lawsuit. These are staffers that have worked on these cases, in many instances, from the beginning.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs we enter this new era of the SEC, it’s important to remember that Gensler’s predecessor — Chair Jay Clayton, a Trump nominee — was the one who brought the \u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/news/ripple-fined-civil-penalty-sec-lawsuit\"\u003eRipple case\u003c/a\u003e over XRP’s \u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/news/forward-guidance-newsletter-sec-ripple-inflation\"\u003esecurity status\u003c/a\u003e in 2020. He also brought an additional 79 crypto-related enforcement actions during his tenure, plus a separate action against Trump ally Elon Musk. 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To read full editions, \u003c/em\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/newsletter/forwardguidance\"\u003e\u003cem\u003esubscribe\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cem\u003e.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003chr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"/\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eBitcoin hit about $99,500 overnight before dipping below $97,300 a few hours later. The asset’s price was right around $99,350 at 2 pm ET.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn \u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/news/bitcoin-close-to-all-time-high-against-gold\"\u003ethe cusp\u003c/a\u003e of $100,000, what will happen after BTC hits that level? Or if it doesn’t break through that in the short term?\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs you know by now, nobody knows for sure. But I caught up \u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/news/21shares-us-crypto-etf-adoption-outlook\"\u003e(again)\u003c/a\u003e with Federico Brokate, head of 21Shares’ US business. He also helped BlackRock launch the iShares Bitcoin Trust (\u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/news/blackrock-bitcoin-etf-1b-inflows\"\u003eIBIT\u003c/a\u003e) in January while he led iShares’ business strategy in the Americas.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe main takeaways? Well for one, the six-figure mark represents “a psychological barrier for markets” and a price target investors have been eyeing since the last crypto bull run, Brokate explained.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eHe noted, too, that BTC’s price last week quickly rose another 3-5% after hitting the $90,000 mark with enough volume — a scenario that could happen again \u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/news/bitcoin-could-hit-100k-within-weeks\"\u003eat $100,000\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e“If the barrier isn’t decisively broken by Thanksgiving, we could expect to see prices come down 15-20% — a correction that would test the $80,000 support level and wash out leveraged and low-conviction players,” Brokate told me.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaching the six-figure level would mean “greater short-term volatility as orders are filled, options liquidate and liquidity providers fulfill ETF block order requests,” he said, adding: “It wouldn’t be surprising to see some drawdown in the coming months.”\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eOutside of BTC, Brokate noted that altcoin markets \u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/news/altcoin-season-when-bitcoin-dominance-hits-60\"\u003eoften surge\u003c/a\u003e after bitcoin establishes a price plateau. This comes as investors tend to rotate to what are viewed as “higher-risk, higher-reward opportunities.” Perhaps that happens in late Q1, or Q2, the 21Shares executive posed.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhile solana (SOL) just reached a \u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/news/solana-sets-all-time-high-of-263\"\u003enew price peak\u003c/a\u003e at roughly $263, ether (ETH) remains about 32% off its November 2021 high. XRP was up about 65% from a week ago, as of 2 pm ET Friday.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eFinally, Thanksgiving might mean more than turkey and football this year. After all, Brokate reminded, holiday gatherings are often a time investors discuss their investment journeys and gains, sparking curiosity.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eBrokate recalled that in 2017, BTC hovered in the $6,000-to-$9,000 range before surging to about $16,000 after Thanksgiving.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eHe added: “We may see a similar move this year.”\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003chr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"/\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStart your day with top crypto insights from David Canellis and Katherine Ross. \u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/newsletter/empire\"\u003eSubscribe to the Empire newsletter\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExplore the growing intersection between crypto, macroeconomics, policy and finance with Ben Strack, Casey Wagner and Felix Jauvin. \u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/newsletter/onthemargin\"\u003eSubscribe to 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To read full editions, \u003c/em\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/newsletter/research\"\u003e\u003cem\u003esubscribe\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cem\u003e.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003chr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"/\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs SOL \u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/news/solana-sets-all-time-high-of-263\"\u003ereached\u003c/a\u003e new all-time highs yesterday, Crypto Twitter’s search for the “next Solana” is on.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eThere is no shortage of \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/chainyoda/status/1849835317022327039\"\u003emega fast alt-L1s\u003c/a\u003e to pick from, but in the spotlight are two contenders: MoveVM-based chains Sui and Aptos. Both chains were born in the previous crypto cycle, and built by teams with backgrounds in Facebook, which developed the Move programming language as part of its \u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/news/facebook-led-crypto-project-diem-to-be-sold-off-for-200m-report\"\u003eLibra\u003c/a\u003e (later renamed Diem) project.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn terms of price action, SUI has outperformed APT by a large margin on a YTD basis after overtaking Aptos in market cap in mid-September.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\"\u003e\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXcjcTtlwYopTYE2yOIskjzWcqBxEx7D7aBC_Cjmo7doI9Mx2sGFD_tmiAX-9CXtrLg8F-nrgo3qB8gu7C0WH7B0kXRSina0C8LbETBYgqgpCbzhDchR_OEmm95Xj0vEt9oFpjg56g?key=iZHG-iO_AQDsFz_3x3YWxSrN\" alt=\"\"/\u003e\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSource: \u003ca href=\"https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/sui/\"\u003eCoinMarketCap\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/figcaption\u003e\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eDespite \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/SuiNetwork/status/1859705664362381559\"\u003esuffering\u003c/a\u003e a brief two-hour outage yesterday, SUI’s price has bounced back above its pre-outage price levels, ironically reinforcing the mimetic perception of Sui as the next Solana due to the latter’s \u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/news/solana-downtime-post-mortem\"\u003ehistory of outages\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn terms of TVL, Sui and Aptos are running fairly neck to neck (see below chart), no doubt thanks to ongoing \u003ca href=\"https://blockworks-research.beehiiv.com/p/saving-self-custody\"\u003eliquidity incentive\u003c/a\u003e campaigns. As far as active dapps on the L1s, both are also fairly even — Sui has 44, Aptos has 49 — based on \u003ca href=\"https://defillama.com/chains\"\u003eDefiLlama\u003c/a\u003e’s numbers.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\"\u003e\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXenOdwIIajIY7bxP-U5Oe2jAvhqq6dNLszfvbjNUIgadp9x6CHSxu_2dlV0pPzSZioxukKuownLe4b7GM8KFobhzgyum61mUZJs0MPFxad7uSP4nGil8eEYhtqVT0wwk7-XlMkGMQ?key=iZHG-iO_AQDsFz_3x3YWxSrN\" alt=\"\"/\u003e\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSource: \u003ca href=\"https://app.artemisanalytics.com/chains?selectedChains=aptos%2Csui\"\u003eArtemis\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/figcaption\u003e\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eZooming into onchain activity, Sui’s DEX trading volumes saw a 3x jump since September, overtaking Aptos by a long shot in the last month.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\"\u003e\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXdqJQVqlSwzCgw26lUiBjulWHrTAzbtTU9Z3rZiWH4xCH65HHT4yRZPpL9tycA9teh8gpP8gt96fPn2FehQUim60H6vtfR9vF9CTmEAv912j6yo2Vw1y7hRS3uT4KuthdzDufkxeQ?key=iZHG-iO_AQDsFz_3x3YWxSrN\" alt=\"\"/\u003e\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSource: \u003ca href=\"https://app.artemisanalytics.com/chains?selectedChains=aptos%2Csui\"\u003eArtemis\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/figcaption\u003e\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn terms of fees, Sui is also far outpacing Aptos, with $1.1 million generated in October alone, vs. $196k for Aptos.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\"\u003e\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXfLuhT9H7k7HvC4fz6DK0LnfWjbr5DtUcpH3n9xaFYNu1GZavbAqJaor7tQb4RpP_7nFu5dDHCWY3B-VMaC7C4v5zkDdBuFBuW9Ln0QeMHw2My3F3UwOf1ccJM4jRrpstaRZ2J_qA?key=iZHG-iO_AQDsFz_3x3YWxSrN\" alt=\"\"/\u003e\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSource: \u003ca href=\"https://app.artemisanalytics.com/chains?selectedChains=aptos%2Csui\"\u003eArtemis\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/figcaption\u003e\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the TradFi arena, both chains are pursuing real-world assets. Ondo has deployed its USDY tokenized Treausurys product on both chains, with about $8.3 million on Sui and \u003ca href=\"https://app.rwa.xyz/networks/aptos\"\u003e$15.7 million\u003c/a\u003e on Aptos.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eAptos also announced last week BlackRock’s \u003ca href=\"https://aptosfoundation.org/currents/blackrock-buidl-fund-live-on-aptos\"\u003edeployment\u003c/a\u003e of its tokenized RWA BUIDL fund, while Sui \u003ca href=\"https://blog.sui.io/franklin-templeton-digital-assets-strategic-partnership/\"\u003eannounced\u003c/a\u003e today a partnership with the digital assets arm of Franklin Templeton to support ecosystem growth.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eFinally, both Sui and Aptos are attempting their own hardware plays. Sui is leaning hard into the gaming sector with its handheld console \u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/news/sui-playtron-handheld-web3-gaming-device\"\u003eSuiPlay0x1\u003c/a\u003e, and earlier this month struck up a partnership with the global esports team \u003ca href=\"https://blog.sui.io/team-liquid-myblue-blue-fan-platform/\"\u003eTeam Liquid\u003c/a\u003e, while Aptos has taken the route of a \u003ca href=\"https://aptosfoundation.org/currents/aptos-foundation-partners-with-jambo-to-empower-emerging-markets-through-web3\"\u003ebudget-priced JamboPhone smartphone\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003chr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"/\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStart your day with top crypto insights from David Canellis and Katherine Ross. \u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/newsletter/empire\"\u003eSubscribe to the Empire newsletter\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExplore the 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Coincidence?","content":"\n\u003cp\u003eCrypto has all sorts of stories we hope are really true.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor one, bitcoin’s rising price is dictated by the world recognizing its raw disruptive power.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eNo way that it’s a simple reflection of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.lynalden.com/bitcoin-a-global-liquidity-barometer/\"\u003eglobal liquidity cycle\u003c/a\u003e. Nor does it serve as a basic multiplier on the \u003ca href=\"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-17/bitcoin-s-correlation-with-tech-stocks-jumps-to-highest-level-since-august\"\u003eperformance of megacap tech stocks\u003c/a\u003e in the Nasdaq 100. Correlation be damned. Coincidence at best.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eHere’s another: The price of bitcoin goes up when Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao tweets “gm.”\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt’s something I \u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/news/cz-tweets-gm-bitcoin-goes-up\"\u003ecovered a while back\u003c/a\u003e. But that was before Zhao finished up his \u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/news/changpeng-zhao-binance-next-steps\"\u003efour-month prison stint\u003c/a\u003e in September, which included a stay in a Long Beach halfway house.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eZhao has since shared gms on X three times, and each one has preceded bitcoin pumping shortly after.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eAll in all, bitcoin has rallied 82% since Zhao first tweeted following his release two months ago — from about $54,600 to as much as $99,456 this morning.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\"\u003e\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1148\" src=\"https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-24.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-94713\" srcset=\"https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-24.png?w=1600 1600w, https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-24.png?w=300 300w, https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-24.png?w=1024 1024w, https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-24.png?w=768 768w, https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-24.png?w=1536 1536w, https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-24.png?w=358 358w, https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-24.png?w=364 364w, https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-24.png?w=305 305w, https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-24.png?w=80 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" /\u003e\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eHere’s (almost) every “gm” tweet from CZ mapped to the price of bitcoin\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/figcaption\u003e\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eZhao has now tweeted “gm” on 11 different occasions across his full Twitter history, starting in March 2022.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn all but two, the price of bitcoin has gone up in a significant way within days, retained that value and then some. That’s an 80% success rate.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn fact, anyone who’d bought $1,000 worth of bitcoin alongside Zhao’s gms would’ve accumulated 0.317 BTC for $11,000.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eThey’d now be able to cash out almost $31,480, which is a profit of 186%.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eOf course, correlation is not causation, and loads of stuff correlates with the price of bitcoin in any case.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eHere’s a similar, but opposite, story from a few years back: the S\u0026amp;P 500 \u003ca href=\"https://thenextweb.com/news/the-stock-market-crashes-every-time-lil-yachty-releases-music-a-theory\"\u003ecrashes every time rapper Lil Yachty releases music\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eStill, for the superstitious, Zhao’s gms can’t hurt.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt’s now been two weeks since his last. Sounds overdue.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003chr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"/\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStart your day with top crypto insights from David Canellis and Katherine Ross. \u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/newsletter/empire\"\u003eSubscribe to the Empire newsletter\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExplore the growing intersection between crypto, macroeconomics, policy and finance with Ben Strack, Casey Wagner and Felix Jauvin. \u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/newsletter/onthemargin\"\u003eSubscribe to the Forward Guidance newsletter\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGet alpha directly in your inbox with the \u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/newsletter/research\"\u003e0xResearch newsletter\u003c/a\u003e — market highlights, charts, degen trade ideas, governance updates, and more.\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Lightspeed newsletter is all things Solana, in your inbox, every day. \u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/newsletter/lightspeed\"\u003eSubscribe to daily Solana news\u003c/a\u003e from Jack Kubinec and Jeff Albus.\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","primaryCategory":"Analysis","categories":["Analysis","Empire Newsletter"],"primaryTag":"Binance","tags":["Binance","Bitcoin","Changpeng “CZ” Zhao"],"customFields":{"display_options":[]},"meta":{"title":"Bitcoin goes up when CZ tweets 'gm': A theory","description":"Bitcoin nears $100k two weeks after CZ tweeted gm. 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Bitwise becomes the fourth firm to show interest in a spot SOL ETF following earlier filings from \u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/news/lightspeed-newsletter-spot-solana-etf-filing\"\u003eVanEck\u003c/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/podcast/lightspeed/f1b64556-a070-11ef-be46-37ac229013df\"\u003e21Shares\u003c/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/news/canary-capital-sol-etf-filing\"\u003eCanary Capital\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eI spoke with Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley, who cast Solana as one of this crypto market cycle’s breakout successes that he thinks clients will want to access. The firm also recently \u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/news/bitwise-files-for-spot-xrp-etf\"\u003efiled for an XRP ETF\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eBitwise’s filing is the latest indication that despite Solana’s lack of a regulated futures market in the US — long thought to be a requirement for spot crypto ETFs — a potentially more crypto-friendly Trump administration could get SOL ETFs across the finish line.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe move comes as a FOX Business correspondent \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/EleanorTerrett/status/1859611713579999366\"\u003ereported\u003c/a\u003e on social media that the SEC is more actively engaging with spot SOL ETF applicants. This is an about face from August, when The Block \u003ca href=\"https://www.theblock.co/post/312031/the-sec-rejected-cboes-19b-4-filings-for-solana-etfs-source\"\u003ereported\u003c/a\u003e that the SEC rejected 19b-4 filings from the Cboe exchange, a key component in bringing about an agency decision.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe obvious difference between now and then is the regulatory outlook, with SEC chair and crypto industry bogeyman Gary Gensler \u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/news/gary-gensler-resigning\"\u003eannouncing his resignation\u003c/a\u003e from the agency. Horsley said the US presidential election was “absolutely relevant” in Bitwise’s decision to file for a SOL ETF, and now feels like a “constructive time” to engage with regulators after mulling over an application for around a year.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eLike competitors VanEck and 21Shares, Bitwise currently offers a Solana exchange-traded product in Europe — a product it gained access to by way of \u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/news/bitwise-europe-acquisition-crypto-etps\"\u003eacquiring London-based ETC Group\u003c/a\u003e in August. The Solana ETP currently has $27 million in assets under management (AUM), which is dwarfed by some competitors — 21Shares’ Solana ETP holds nearly $1.4 billion, for instance.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a potential spot ETF, Bitwise and its competitors will seek to let US investors get exposure to SOL’s price action in a regulated wrapper.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eSOL has the chance to become the third crypto to get a US-traded ETF. The first, bitcoin, \u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/news/day-1-bitcoin-etf-trading-volume\"\u003esaw impressive inflows\u003c/a\u003e after launching while the second, ether, was much \u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/news/on-the-margin-newsletter-ether-etf-data-takeaways\"\u003eless in-demand\u003c/a\u003e. I asked Horsley if the uninspiring ether flows spelled trouble for SOL ETFs. He responded that ether ETFs faced an uphill battle since they launched over the summer (when asset managers are likely vacationing in the south of France), ether hasn’t had great price action this market cycle, and two crypto ETFs were a lot for slow-moving capital markets to absorb in a short time.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eHorsley was effusive in talking about Solana overall, calling SOL “an incredible emerging asset and story.” Later on, the Bitwise boss said many bitcoin ETF buyers may be looking for the “next big thing” in crypto.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e“For a lot of investors, the answer to that is Solana,” Horsley said.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003chr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"/\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStart your day with top crypto insights from David Canellis and Katherine Ross. \u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/newsletter/empire\"\u003eSubscribe to the Empire 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SOL then endured a sluggish 2023, as the SEC made the argument that SOL was a security, creating regulatory fears around the asset. But after a year of explosive growth, a resurgent Solana has climbed all the way back to become one of only a few major cryptoassets to set a price record this market cycle.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eTwo years ago today, SOL was changing hands for a little under $12. The asset has appreciated by more than 2,000% since then.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn recent weeks, user demand to include transactions in Solana blocks has skyrocketed amid explosive growth in the memecoin trading sector. Solana memecoins attached to AI agent projects began the uptick, and Donald Trump’s presidential election victory turbocharged it.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eMoonpay, a popular fiat to crypto on-ramp, said it saw an all-time record for Solana transactions on the platform Tuesday.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eSolana’s “real economic value” metric — which largely comprises extra money traders will pay to get transactions processed faster —\u0026nbsp;totaled a record of over $100 million-worth last week, as measured by Blockworks Research.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"\u003e\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1644\" height=\"759\" src=\"https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/2024-11-22-Solana-REV.jpg?w=1024\u0026amp;h=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-94704\" srcset=\"https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/2024-11-22-Solana-REV.jpg?w=1644 1644w, 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newsletter\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExplore the growing intersection between crypto, macroeconomics, policy and finance with Ben Strack, Casey Wagner and Felix Jauvin. \u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/newsletter/onthemargin\"\u003eSubscribe to the Forward Guidance newsletter\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGet alpha directly in your inbox with the \u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/newsletter/research\"\u003e0xResearch newsletter\u003c/a\u003e — market highlights, charts, degen trade ideas, governance updates, and more.\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Lightspeed newsletter is all things Solana, in your inbox, every day. \u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/newsletter/lightspeed\"\u003eSubscribe to daily Solana news\u003c/a\u003e from Jack Kubinec and Jeff 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And they’re not alone.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe bitcoin miner revealed Thursday that it completed its offering of 0.00% convertible senior notes (due 2030). Net proceeds from the sale amounted to roughly $980 million — a majority of which will be used to buy more bitcoin and for “general corporate purposes.”\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eMarathon held 27,562 BTC on its balance sheet, as of Oct. 31. That represents roughly 8% of the 331,200 BTC held by MicroStrategy, the largest publicly traded holder of bitcoin.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eMicroStrategy founder Michael Saylor alluded to Marathon’s CEO during a Tuesday X space when asked whether there’s an amount of BTC MicroStrategy could buy that would be detrimental to the bitcoin network.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e“As much as I would like to buy all the bitcoin, I don’t think Fred Thiel’s going to let me buy all the bitcoin,” Saylor said.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eHe added: “And if \u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/newsletter/daily/issue/post_a86f70e8-2026-4c78-821e-c99cc7fd3a4b\"\u003eCynthia Lummis’ bill\u003c/a\u003e gets taken by the Senate and House — and signed in the White House — then the US government’s going to be bidding against me.”\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eMore companies have started to \u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/news/company-treasuries-btc-reserve-asset\"\u003ename BTC as a reserve asset\u003c/a\u003e. Singapore-based Genius Group said Thursday morning it added another $4 million of bitcoin to its treasury and is targeting a reserve holding at least $120 million worth of BTC.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eTech giant \u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/news/microsoft-bitcoin-balance-sheet\"\u003eMicrosoft has a proposal in front of them\u003c/a\u003e to consider diversifying its balance sheet with bitcoin. Saylor said the “activist” behind it invited him to give a three-minute presentation to the board next month; the MicroStrategy executive accepted.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e“It’s tricky to actually find a board that gets aligned with the management team and moves forward, and that’s why you haven’t seen as many companies act as aggressively as they could,” he said on the X space.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut, Saylor noted he expects that to change in 2025: “I think this will be an exponential process that’s going to pick up speed here.”\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003chr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"/\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStart your day with top crypto insights from David Canellis and Katherine Ross. \u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/newsletter/empire\"\u003eSubscribe to the Empire newsletter\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExplore the growing intersection between 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This is because most people use options to hedge their longs, creating skewed demand for puts over calls. This typically creates a half smile in the volatility structure as seen below:\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\"\u003e\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1178\" src=\"https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-23.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-94694\" srcset=\"https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-23.png?w=1600 1600w, https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-23.png?w=300 300w, https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-23.png?w=1024 1024w, https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-23.png?w=768 768w, https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-23.png?w=1536 1536w, https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-23.png?w=349 349w, https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-23.png?w=354 354w, https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-23.png?w=297 297w, https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-23.png?w=80 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" /\u003e\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eSomething very unique about crypto, however, is that it has a persistent smile to its volatility surface — where calls are equally as juiced as puts, creating a “smile” in the volatility surface:\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\"\u003e\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1143\" src=\"https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-22.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-94693\" srcset=\"https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-22.png?w=1600 1600w, https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-22.png?w=300 300w, https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-22.png?w=1024 1024w, https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-22.png?w=768 768w, https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-22.png?w=1536 1536w, https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-22.png?w=360 360w, https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-22.png?w=365 365w, https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-22.png?w=307 307w, https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-22.png?w=80 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" /\u003e\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eOften this smile only occurs in commodity assets during supply shocks, where demand outpaces available supply and prices surge. However, since supply can then increase to a new equilibrium with demand, the price will then revert and the volatility smile ends. What is unique about Bitcoin, however, is due to the difficulty adjustment that makes that supply adjustment like you see in traditional commodities impossible, the smile remains persistent and permanent. This is extremely unique.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCall Heavy Flow\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe vast majority of the options activity has been in out-of-the-money calls. As we can see in the chart below from Bloomberg Intelligence’s Eric Balchunas, most of the activity has been in either marginally OTM calls or as far out as the strikes are currently available:\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\"\u003e\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"688\" height=\"443\" src=\"https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-20.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-94691\" srcset=\"https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-20.png?w=688 688w, https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-20.png?w=300 300w, https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-20.png?w=399 399w, https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-20.png?w=405 405w, https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-20.png?w=340 340w, https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-20.png?w=80 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px\" /\u003e\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eFurther, we can see that 82% of the first day options volume on IBIT was from calls:\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"614\" height=\"488\" src=\"https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXdH69nHYU1n0RKrFKb6JY0Iq7UiNef-GIlMTRyRN3IUuecL-zvMaW3vo-8irTvoj8idtE9CmW3STHYbjO1tjgf1phb2KA8ZVst3uDbtV-31ASldGGamDKLwrlLPsWkvU3RaADX1?key=iZHQcOMPqedKWSuXvRcFOprO\"\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDeribit vs TradFi options\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eOne interesting takeaway I learned from Jeff is that Deribit, a crypto options exchange that is open 24/7, should have BTC options that are priced differently from the ETF options. The key reason for this is that because of theta, otherwise known as the time to expiry. Since Deribit options are constantly live for trading, the theta — and therefore the volatility — should sit at a premium to the ETF options, which only trade during standard market hours.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMost on IBIT\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eFinally, despite yesterday being the launch day for all the other ETF’s options, we’ve seen the vast majority of the notional exposure reside within BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT):\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\"\u003e\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1538\" height=\"785\" src=\"https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-21.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-94692\" srcset=\"https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-21.png?w=1538 1538w, https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-21.png?w=300 300w, https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-21.png?w=1024 1024w, https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-21.png?w=768 768w, https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-21.png?w=1536 1536w, https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-21.png?w=428 428w, https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-21.png?w=470 470w, https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-21.png?w=389 389w, https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-21.png?w=80 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1538px) 100vw, 1538px\" /\u003e\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis makes for much wider spreads on the other ETFs given there’s much less liquidity available.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eOverall, the market structure has changed significantly this week with \u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/news/bitcoin-etf-options-trading-begins\"\u003ethe launch of ETF options\u003c/a\u003e. 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This begs the question: Why do crypto users need more wallets?\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut that’s the wrong question. The right question is, why does every company want their own wallet? It turns out that owning the end-user via a crypto wallet is quite a prosperous business.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eWallets are typically the first front-end touchpoint for crypto newbies wanting to buy their first crypto tokens. This puts wallet providers in a uniquely close position to the end-user, in turn granting them the bargaining power to command a take-rate.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis take-rate is primarily exercised through in-wallet swaps on “fee-insensitive” users (i.e. normies). MetaMask for instance, makes about a weekly average of \u003ca href=\"https://dune.com/queries/2171630/3557217\"\u003e$1.5 million\u003c/a\u003e on wallet swaps.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eWallet providers also enjoy privileged oversight over transaction order-flow, a fancy way of saying that wallet providers know the trades that thousands of users are making. That knowledge is highly valuable because wallet companies are potentially selling that order-flow to professional block builders who extract MEV.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe latter is, of course, somewhat dubious. It’s possible that \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/fleupold_/status/1787561752957235427\"\u003ewallets like MetaMask already do so\u003c/a\u003e, and we know for a fact that Telegram trading bots (with integrated wallets) like \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/sui414/status/1820679513652814271\"\u003eBanana Gun\u003c/a\u003e are doing so and divvying up MEV profits with block builders.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eWallets are also becoming increasingly the preferred interface for onchain activity. There is some data to show that DEX front-ends are increasingly relegated to the back-end as wallets, solver models (CowSwap, 1inch Fusion) and DeFi aggregators take over.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\"\u003e\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"652\" src=\"https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-18.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-94683\" srcset=\"https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-18.png?w=1600 1600w, https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-18.png?w=300 300w, https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-18.png?w=1024 1024w, https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-18.png?w=768 768w, https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-18.png?w=1536 1536w, https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-18.png?w=428 428w, https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-18.png?w=470 470w, https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-18.png?w=389 389w, https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-18.png?w=80 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" /\u003e\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSource: \u003ca href=\"https://members.delphidigital.io/reports/the-fat-wallet-thesis#payment-for-order-flow-pfof-c3c6\"\u003eDelphi Digital\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/figcaption\u003e\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis thesis is more popularly known as the “Fat Wallet” thesis, yet another one of the crypto industry’s tendencies to predict trends in one grand proclamation. The thesis is not new — it first \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/JasonYanowitz/status/1617270978555387908\"\u003eemerged\u003c/a\u003e in early 2023, but is now seeing some attention again thanks to a well-articulated update from \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/robbiepetersen_/status/1851652862855528682\"\u003eRobbie Petersen\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eBuilders and investors banking on the Fat Wallet thesis also believe that there will be potentially valuable ways for wallets to monetize their users down the line.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs wallets increasingly move away from a utilitarian barebones “send and receive crypto” design toward feature-rich hubs that are plastered with trending onchain dapps, mints and messaging capabilities, it may not be surprising to see something like a 30% Big Tech tax on this distribution.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\"\u003e\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"928\" height=\"815\" src=\"https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-19.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-94684\" srcset=\"https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-19.png?w=928 928w, https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-19.png?w=300 300w, https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-19.png?w=768 768w, https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-19.png?w=293 293w, https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-19.png?w=297 297w, https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-19.png?w=249 249w, https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-19.png?w=80 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 928px) 100vw, 928px\" /\u003e\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn example of old vs new wallet user interfaces\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/figcaption\u003e\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eWallets also have strong natural synergies for B2B integrations with crypto payments services. We’ve seen this lately with wallets like \u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/newsletter/research/issue/post_b0c30ca1-5cc3-4dcb-96e8-da398515c905\"\u003eZeal\u003c/a\u003e or \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/fusewallet\"\u003eFuse\u003c/a\u003e which let you spend your DeFi yield or idle stablecoin holdings via Visa integration.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Fat Wallet thesis may very well amount to just another failed investment theory, but it does provide a convincing rationale for why the industry is seeing a new wallet launch every other week.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith hundreds of competitors looking to grab the new wave of users that onboard every bull market cycle, wallets are competing in myriad ways.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eCoinbase Wallet is turning to the tried and true strategy of market incentives, \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/CoinbaseWallet/status/1859286084535906744\"\u003eannouncing\u003c/a\u003e today a 4.7% APY on USDC holdings.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eMagic Eden has promised claimable \u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/news/magic-eden-confirms-token-expansion-beyond-nfts\"\u003eairdrops\u003c/a\u003e for its native ME token — but only if you’re using Magic Eden’s very own wallet.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eEveryone wants to be the first wallet to bind the user. It’s a tough business. The good news is that free market competition is the most effective check on economic concentration, and consumers can rest easy that no one wallet will probably ever dominate the market.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003chr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"/\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStart your day with top crypto insights from David Canellis and Katherine Ross. \u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/newsletter/empire\"\u003eSubscribe to the Empire newsletter\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExplore the growing intersection between crypto, macroeconomics, policy and finance with Ben Strack, Casey Wagner and Felix Jauvin. \u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/newsletter/onthemargin\"\u003eSubscribe to the Forward Guidance newsletter\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGet alpha directly in your inbox with the \u003ca 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His term was set to expire in June 2026.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe announcement follows President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign \u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/news/donald-trump-speaks-bitcoin-2024\"\u003epromise\u003c/a\u003e to “fire Gary Gensler on day one” of his second term, an action experts agree falls in a gray area of the law.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eGensler’s decision is in line with previous SEC chairs. Former Chair Mary Jo White, who served in the Obama administration, announced her resignation on Nov. 14, 2016. Jay Clayton, White’s successor, did the same after Trump lost his re-election bid in 2020.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eGensler’s tenure was marked by a significant increase in cryptocurrency-related enforcement actions. Under his leadership, the Commission initiated more than 90 cases between 2021 and 2023, most of which dealt with alleged unregistered securities offerings.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e“Everything we’ve done is focused on ensuring compliance with our laws. What we’ve found since the 1930s is that compliance matters,” Gensler said of his crypto track record during an \u003ca href=\"https://www.sec.gov/newsroom/speeches-statements/gensler-remarks-pli-s-56th-annual-institute-securities-regulation-111424\"\u003eappearance\u003c/a\u003e in New York earlier this month. “It protects investors. It builds trust in our capital markets. It helps issuers tap into our markets.”\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe SEC’s ongoing cases against crypto exchanges Coinbase and Binance are likely to continue under the next chair, although agency staff could request commissioners vote to seek dismissal. 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Sources close to the matter told Blockworks that Commissioner Mark Uyeda is likely to be appointed acting chair following Trump’s inauguration.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003chr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"/\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStart your day with top crypto insights from David Canellis and Katherine Ross. \u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/newsletter/empire\"\u003eSubscribe to the Empire newsletter\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExplore the growing intersection between crypto, macroeconomics, policy and finance with Ben Strack, Casey Wagner and Felix Jauvin. \u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/newsletter/onthemargin\"\u003eSubscribe to the Forward Guidance newsletter\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGet alpha directly in your inbox with the \u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/newsletter/research\"\u003e0xResearch 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But to get some clarity on how bullish folks should be, I turned to HashKey Capital’s Jupiter Zheng. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eZheng and David see eye-to-eye when it comes to when we could see the next altcoin season, with HashKey putting together a report on why the team is so bullish on altcoins right now.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003ePart of it is the potential for bitcoin’s dominance to peak, which — if you’re a regular Empire reader — you know is one of the necessary ingredients for altcoins to take off.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eOnce we get that bitcoin dominance over 60% or even 65%, that’s when Zheng expects a “massive altcoin season” to begin. BTC \u003ca href=\"https://www.tradingview.com/symbols/BTC.D/\"\u003edominance\u003c/a\u003e is currently sitting at 61.64%.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eZheng highlighted three success areas he’s watching: Ethereum, Solana and certain tokens in DeFi, such as UNI and SKY (formerly MKR).\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eLet’s start with Ethereum, especially because it feels like more and more people are dropping off the bull train right now.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eThere are three factors bringing down Ethereum, HashKey argued: Increased competition (duh), value diversion and lower transaction fees.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\"\u003e\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1488\" height=\"716\" src=\"https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-17.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-94673\" srcset=\"https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-17.png?w=1488 1488w, https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-17.png?w=300 300w, https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-17.png?w=1024 1024w, https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-17.png?w=768 768w, https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-17.png?w=428 428w, https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-17.png?w=470 470w, https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-17.png?w=389 389w, https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-17.png?w=80 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1488px) 100vw, 1488px\" /\u003e\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eA look at past altcoin seasons courtesy of HashKey\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/figcaption\u003e\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e“Currently, the Ethereum community is developing metrics to measure ‘Ethereum alignment,’ and it is anticipated that best practices will emerge from these efforts, further consolidating Ethereum’s ecosystem and ensuring long-term success,” the report stated.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs for Solana, it’s a “major fundamental play,” unlike Ethereum’s role as the “distressed play.”\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e“Solana has been achieving a lot of things this year, and — compared to Ethereum — Solana is a little bit centralized, but it\u0026#8217;s very efficient. So, Solana is strong in its operational capabilities. Ethereum is more focused on the tech …\u0026nbsp; technical layers and decentralized layers and security layers, but Solana is more focused on how to deliver mass adoption,” Zheng explained to me.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd to add to that, Zheng believes it’ll be the next coin to be selected for an ETF following the ETH and BTC funds.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo round it out, “many DeFi projects from the last cycle have gradually become foundational infrastructure and have crossed cycles, forming a ‘must-have’ landscape,” HashKey wrote.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut it’s not all bulls and daydreams, there are a few things that Zheng’s not feeling so optimistic about.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eLayer-2s for example. There can only be so many that investors can focus on. And, even beyond that, only the “top 5 or top 10 will be valuable,” he explained.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo solve this, he has a suggestion: “If we try to select the best layer-2s from the 100 [on offer], It\u0026#8217;s quite hard, so maybe just pick the top ones, just like we picked the Magnificent Seven from the US stock market.”\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eWho wants to pick the name?\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eUpdated Nov. 22, 2024 at 11:45 am ET: Replaced mentions of Hashkey with Hashkey Capital.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003chr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"/\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStart your day with top crypto insights from David Canellis and Katherine Ross. \u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/newsletter/empire\"\u003eSubscribe to the Empire newsletter\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExplore the growing intersection 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I scrolled to the AI agent’s description and realized this one was meant to be a flatulent Roman emperor.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eI asked so-called Gluteus Maximus what it thought of Solana, and I think its answer was fitting for crypto’s AI agent craze at large, at least in its current form.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e“[N]ot impressed, it\u0026#8217;s like a fart in the wind \u0026#8211; loud, but soon forgotten,” the agent said.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhile exploring the various AI and memecoin projects that have sprung up over the past month, I found that many — though not all — took technologies or ideas that are already widespread and tried attaching a token element. This might be good news for memecoin buyers’ wallets in the short term, but it seems clear that the best ideas to come from AI agents and crypto will need a little more time in the oven.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn my experience, most buzzy AI-crypto projects involve the creation of a chat bot and an associated memecoin with the thought that more attention-grabbing AI bots can garner more investment. Some of these AI bots are programmed not to talk about money, but some are more than happy to offer investment advice. One memecoin-themed bot told me to buy VGX, the native token of Voyager, the long-bankrupt crypto exchange.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e“$ZEREBRO good investment, trust,” a different AI agent with over $320 million in market capitalization and the same edgy existential vibes as its predecessor truth_terminal said in a public Telegram chat. (Zerebro also released an AI-created melodic rap album which, despite not being new tech, is actually kind of good?)\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe more projects you try out, the more crypto’s AI agent mania feels contrived—like mad libs for tech buzzwords with way-too-high market caps. I discovered a Warpcast \u003ca href=\"https://www.clanker.world/clanker/0x0fD7a301B51d0A83FCAf6718628174D527B373b6\"\u003ethread\u003c/a\u003e where one AI instructed another AI to make a memecoin themed around how great AI is, and the whole thing has drawn over $19 million in market capitalization. Then there’s Virtuals Protocol, which ripped off the pump.fun feed and filled it with AI agents (granted, it is sort of fun to be able to chat with memecoins while you weigh whether or not to buy them).\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn any event, if AI agents in crypto are going to generate more interesting use cases, it will probably happen further down the road. One project I’ll be watching is ai16z, which plans to have an AI version of a16z’s Marc Andreessen (and other AI “partners”) autonomously invest in memecoins based on advice from a DAO.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut memecoins don’t necessarily breed long-term thinking, and it might be difficult to convince investors to be patient: ai16z has already faced \u003ca href=\"https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/11/19/dueling-eliza-ai-tokens-boom-and-zoom-in-frenzied-trading/\"\u003ebacklash\u003c/a\u003e after a bungled AI agent token rollout ended in wild price swings.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003chr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"/\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStart your day with top crypto insights from David Canellis and Katherine Ross. \u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/newsletter/empire\"\u003eSubscribe to the Empire newsletter\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExplore the growing 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BTC hit $98,000 earlier this morning, awarding it a market cap close to $1.94 trillion (fully-diluted: $2.06 trillion).\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eBitcoin’s price has also formally broken 2021 records against all three major US benchmark stock indexes: the Dow Jones, S\u0026amp;P 500 and Nasdaq 100.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eGold, though, had outperformed bitcoin following crypto’s peak in November 2021 — until this past week. As of this morning, bitcoin was up 55% since then compared to gold’s 46%.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eBitcoin still needs to catch up to gold, which converts to lag between BTC’s gold all-time high, as well as its US dollar and stock market ratios.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn Thursday morning, the bitcoin-to-gold ratio was just under 36.83. When BTC set its November 2021 high, it was as much as 37.05, a tiny difference of less than half a percent.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eIf gold is steady today, a single move to $98,500 would do it from here, and even less if gold slips slightly. (Current bitcoin price: $97,845.)\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt that point, there’s probably some other annoying technicality to pin on bitcoin. Perhaps it’s still below its all-time high against gold after adjusting for inflation, for instance. But whatever.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\"\u003e\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1549\" height=\"982\" src=\"https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-16.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-94661\" srcset=\"https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-16.png?w=1549 1549w, https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-16.png?w=300 300w, https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-16.png?w=1024 1024w, https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-16.png?w=768 768w, https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-16.png?w=1536 1536w, https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-16.png?w=405 405w, https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-16.png?w=412 412w, https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-16.png?w=345 345w, https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-16.png?w=80 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1549px) 100vw, 1549px\" /\u003e\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn any case, we’re all totally locked into the bitcoin price chart for the foreseeable future, including, probably, the Feds.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe US government crypto stash — seized in a variety of criminal cases — has now ballooned to almost $21 billion, over 98% of it bitcoin. The rest is mostly made up of ETH, BNB, TRX and stablecoins.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eThat’s up from just under $10 billion at the start of the year, per \u003ca href=\"https://intel.arkm.com/dashboards/view?dashboardID=47d779bb-3c6f-4dd3-8f8e-1f6602e2f631\"\u003eArkham Intelligence\u003c/a\u003e data. Although it’s difficult to find the exact value of the crypto kept by the US government, as agencies regularly move it between unmarked wallets.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe can however zoom in on the 3,999 BTC \u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/news/us-german-governments-selling-bitcoin\"\u003esold by the Feds\u003c/a\u003e in June and July. Valued at the times of transfer to Coinbase Prime, those coins were worth on average $61,300 and likely generated more than $245 million for government coffers.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eIf sold today, they would’ve netted closer to $392 million, leaving $147 million on the table.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe German state of Saxony has it much worse. It altogether \u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/news/germany-bitcoin-stash-exchange-transfers\"\u003edumped almost 50,000 BTC\u003c/a\u003e on a string of exchanges around the same time as the US, raking in the euro equivalent of $2.78 billion.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eHad Saxony held, it would’ve had almost $4.9 billion — converting to over $2.1 billion in lost potential revenue. That’s equal to 1.7% of Saxony’s total GDP in 2018.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eAll told, identified government treasuries are worth a combined $28.5 billion, belonging to the US, UK, Bhutan and El Salvador.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd with bitcoin properly in price discovery mode, now comes the true test of strength for their hands.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003chr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"/\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStart your day with top crypto insights from David Canellis and Katherine Ross. \u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/newsletter/empire\"\u003eSubscribe to the Empire newsletter\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExplore the growing intersection between crypto, macroeconomics, policy and finance with Ben Strack, Casey Wagner and Felix Jauvin. \u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/newsletter/onthemargin\"\u003eSubscribe to the Forward Guidance 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Wall Street has consistently upped its predictions for the report, increasing earnings per share estimates to $2.84 (from $2.81 in September). Earnings per share from the second quarter came in at $2.70, a 148% increase year over year.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eRevenue estimates for the third quarter come in at $33 billion, which would be an 83% increase from the prior year. Second quarter \u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/news/nvidia-earnings-and-the-baked-in-premium\"\u003eearnings\u003c/a\u003e showed revenue was $30 billion.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eInvestors are going to be looking for signs that Nvidia’s Blackwell GPU, a high-performance chip expected to drive the next AI wave, is in high demand and functioning well. Tonight’s call comes as reports of Blackwell GPUs overheating continue to swirl. 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To read full editions, \u003c/em\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/newsletter/forwardguidance\"\u003e\u003cem\u003esubscribe\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cem\u003e.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003chr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"/\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt’s been two weeks since the US presidential election outcome that sent BTC to new highs and spurred some of the latest bullish happenings.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eLet’s review what’s occurred in crypto land since Donald Trump’s political victory.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eStarting with the crypto price rally, BTC rose 8.8% on Election Day (\u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/news/btc-election-day-boost\"\u003eNov. 5\u003c/a\u003e), Coinglass \u003ca href=\"https://www.coinglass.com/today\"\u003edata\u003c/a\u003e shows. There were modest gains the next few days before BTC saw notable daily price increases of 4.8% and 10.2% on Nov. 9 and Nov. 10, respectively. Then a 4.2% rise on Nov. 14.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eBy Bitfinex analysts’ count, BTC rose roughly 40% (from the pre-election selloff point of about $66,880 to a then-peak $93,300) — marking the largest nine-day \u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/news/btc-surge-above-86k-analysis\"\u003eprice increase\u003c/a\u003e for BTC since January 2021.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eBitcoin surged to a new high over $94,900 early Wednesday. It was hovering around $93,800 at 2 pm ET — up 1.5% from 24 hours prior.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eOutside of price, everyone was reminded of some of Trump’s crypto-related \u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/news/revisiting-trumps-crypto-promises-after-his-election-win\"\u003epledges\u003c/a\u003e. Given the Republicans’ majority in the House and Senate too, hope around the US creating a \u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/newsletter/daily/issue/post_a86f70e8-2026-4c78-821e-c99cc7fd3a4b\"\u003estrategic bitcoin reserve\u003c/a\u003e (via a \u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/news/senator-lummis-bitcoin-reserve-bill-crypto-policy\"\u003ebill proposed\u003c/a\u003e by Sen. Cynthia Lummis) is aplenty.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"\u003e\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWE ARE GOING TO BUILD A STRATEGIC BITCOIN RESERVE 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸\u003c/p\u003e\u0026mdash; Senator Cynthia Lummis (@SenLummis) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SenLummis/status/1854208373740458432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003eNovember 6, 2024\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003e\u003cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c/script\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn an X space yesterday, Lummis said she hopes “we can tee this up for adoption in 2025.” She noted that after Trump is sworn in, the US could get a headstart by converting gold certificates to bitcoin (even before the bill’s potential passage).\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e“The advantage of having legislation is it sets up the functional basis for the government holding bitcoin in a variety of locations, and then helping states hold their bitcoin as well,” she said.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn the latter point, a notable post-election crypto headline was \u003ca href=\"https://www.foxbusiness.com/money/pennsylvania-house-introduces-bill-implement-strategic-bitcoin-reserve\"\u003ePennsylvania lawmakers \u003c/a\u003eintroducing a bill that would allow the state’s treasury to keep BTC on its balance sheet.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eThen there are the companies following MicroStrategy’s lead in buying bitcoin \u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/news/company-treasuries-btc-reserve-asset\"\u003efor their treasuries\u003c/a\u003e (or planning to). MicroStrategy founder Michael Saylor said on the same X space with Lummis that if the US creates a strategic bitcoin reserve, others will “stampede to keep up” — namely the EU, Asia and Brazil.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e“This is all about laying in place a power infrastructure to build the 21st century economy that’s so incredibly compelling that it attracts the capital from the rest of the world into the United States and into US values and US politics,” Saylor added.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs for US spot bitcoin ETF demand during the trading days after the election (from Nov. 6 to Nov. 19), those products have seen net \u003ca href=\"https://farside.co.uk/btc/\"\u003einflows\u003c/a\u003e of about $5 billion.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eBitwise CIO Matt Hougan \u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/news/matt-hougan-crypto-reputational-risk\"\u003etold me\u003c/a\u003e the election outcome “removes the last vestige of reputational risk from crypto” — noting he expects institutional ownership to follow “an exponential curve from Q1 onwards.”\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd Jersey City’s mayor and business administrator \u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/news/jersey-city-pension-funds-btc-exposure\"\u003etold me last week\u003c/a\u003e the city’s pension fund was just about ready to allocate to bitcoin ETFs — undeterred even given the latest price increase.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eEther products saw an uptick in demand as well, reeling in $796 million in the six trading days after the election. Despite \u003ca href=\"https://farside.co.uk/eth/\"\u003enet outflows\u003c/a\u003e over the past four trading days, the category’s flows \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/JSeyff/status/1858568816865014242\"\u003eremain slightly positive\u003c/a\u003e since those launched in July.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003ePositive sentiment around the space has shown up in more ways than buying-fueled price increases and fund flows.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eRobinhood appeared to ride the wave of regulatory optimism by adding solana, cardano, XRP and pepe \u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/news/hood-cashes-in-on-crypto-rally\"\u003eto its platform\u003c/a\u003e. ETF issuers are also perhaps betting on a \u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/news/crypto-etfs-filings-to-test-sec\"\u003emore lenient SEC\u003c/a\u003e, with Bitwise, for example, proposing after the election to convert its crypto index fund into an ETF.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eA more recent amended ETF \u003ca href=\"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1976672/000168035924000410/gsbtcncvrclsetf485apos112024.htm\"\u003efiling\u003c/a\u003e for a Grayscale Bitcoin Covered Call ETF came as options on the US spot bitcoin ETFs got the \u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/news/bitcoin-etf-options-trading-begins\"\u003efinal regulatory OK\u003c/a\u003e.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat am I forgetting?\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eWell, Trump’s \u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/news/trump-nominates-commerce-dept-leader\"\u003enomination\u003c/a\u003e of Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick to lead the Department of Commerce sets the stage for another \u003ca href=\"https://blockworks.co/news/on-the-margin-newsletter-tradfi-btc-transacting\"\u003ecrypto-friendly person\u003c/a\u003e in a powerful position (if confirmed).\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd then there’s the \u003ca href=\"https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-dow-sp500-nasdaq-live-11-18-2024/card/exclusive-trump-to-meet-privately-with-coinbase-ceo-brian-armstrong-DDkgF0xW1BW242rVeuqx\"\u003econversation\u003c/a\u003e between Trump and Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong — reportedly in part about personnel appointments.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe biggest thing to watch for now? Blockchain Association CEO Kristin Smith has a thought on that:\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"\u003e\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe next SEC chair is the most critical position for crypto \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003e@realdonaldtrump\u003c/a\u003e will appoint.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe chair must be a known quantity committed to undoing the damage of the last 4 years, have expertise on crypto–and share Trump’s vision of making the US the crypto capital of the world.\u003c/p\u003e\u0026mdash; Kristin Smith (@KMSmithDC) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/KMSmithDC/status/1858933820457631930?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003eNovember 19, 2024\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003e\u003cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c/script\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eIndustry watchers have labeled SEC Commissioner \u003ca href=\"https://fortune.com/crypto/2024/11/19/mark-uyeda-securities-exchange-commission-trump-gary-gensler-transition/\"\u003eMark Uyeda\u003c/a\u003e and former Coinbase chief legal officer \u003ca href=\"https://cryptoslate.com/krakens-founder-jesse-powell-backs-brian-brooks-for-sec-chair/\"\u003eBrian Brooks\u003c/a\u003e as potential candidates to replace Gary Gensler as SEC chair, but we don’t yet know Trump’s thoughts on the matter.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eSo we’ve been busy writing. And it doesn’t appear there will be a shortage of things to report on going forward. 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He has more than 30 years of experience in the technology industry and now pioneers the use of cryptoassets for liquidity and efficiency in financial services worldwide.\r\n\r\nPreviously, Marc founded InComm Conferencing, a company focusing on detailed events ranging from large-port calls, operator-assisted conferences, webcasts, medical education events, investor relations calls, and onsite production. He successfully sold the company to join the C-suite of the leading European Bitcoin and blockchain firm, Bitfury. Marc then directed INATBA, one of the largest multi-stakeholder blockchain trade associations in Europe, backed by the European Commission and Abu Dhabi Global Market. During his tenure, he led the multi-stakeholder response to the EU cryptoasset regulation MiCA. 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He has extensive experience leading product strategy, management, design, development, and marketing efforts at early-stage software startups such as Hiro, TechCrunch, Plancast, Lift, and KITE. 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A former head of Xcloud at Microsoft and publishing at HBO, he is a 27-year game industry veteran who has produced more than 32 titles on every platform from SEGA Genesis to Oculus Rift. Established across many media forms, Mark is also a member of the Producers Guild and a New York Times bestselling graphic novel author.","url":"https://www.shrapnel.com/","first_name":"Mark","last_name":"Long","status":"0","image":"\u003cimg alt='' src='https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Mark_L.jpeg' srcset='https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Mark_L.jpeg 2x' class='avatar avatar-96 photo avatar-default' height='96' width='96' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/\u003e","image_url":"https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Mark_L.jpeg","twitter":"","linkedin":"","instagram":"","pinterest":"","facebook":"","posts_count":1,"yoast":{}},{"ID":253,"display_name":"Markus Franke","slug":"dr-markus-franke","description":"Dr. Markus Franke is an economist who has been working at the intersection of economics and technology in TradFi (J.P.Morgan, Merrill Lynch, Allianz), as a post-doc researcher (including the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Columbia Business School in New York and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology), and in Web3 (on Celo, as a board member of cLabs, founder of Mento Labs, and advisor of many projects in the EVM space). 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Prior to joining Wormhole, he led Business Development and Ecosystem efforts at Acala in the Polkadot ecosystem.","url":"","first_name":"Robinson","last_name":"Burkey","status":"0","image":"\u003cimg alt='' src='https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/robinson-headshot.png' srcset='https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/robinson-headshot.png 2x' class='avatar avatar-96 photo avatar-default' height='96' width='96' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/\u003e","image_url":"https://blockworks-co.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/robinson-headshot.png","twitter":"","linkedin":"","instagram":"","pinterest":"","facebook":"","posts_count":1,"yoast":{}},{"ID":227,"display_name":"Ron Hammond","slug":"ron-hammond","description":"Ron represents the Blockchain Association on Capitol Hill as the Director of Government Relations. 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