💫 ZA Bank launches crypto trading in Hong Kong

ZA Bank, the largest digital bank in Hong Kong, has become the first in Asia to offer cryptocurrency trading services to retail users. The service is launched in partnership with the licensed Hong Kong exchange HashKey.

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⛔️ On Polymarket, the probability of pump․fun being banned in the U.S. by the end of the year has climbed to 97%.

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🏭 Bitcoin Network Powered by 4.43M ASIC Mining Rigs

In 2024 alone, 826,000 new ASIC miners were connected, marking a 23% increase since the beginning of the year.

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🔄 The Eternal Cycle of a Bitcoin HODLer

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🚀 JUST IN: Fragment has added an account verification feature

Fragment is a marketplace for buying special Telegram-related NFTs. We at V3V Ventures invested in usernames through this marketplace, so it’s interesting to see how this marketplace will further develop in the Web3 space

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🐳 Theory: Satoshi is Alive and Selling Bitcoin

A growing theory suggests that Satoshi Nakamoto avoids using older wallets to stay under the radar. Instead, he is believed to have secretly mined 50 BTC across numerous wallets and has been systematically selling them since 2019.

So far, 24,000 BTC have been withdrawn from so-called “Satoshi wallets.” The latest activity on November 15, 2024, saw 2,000 BTC moved from 40 wallets, totaling approximately $176 million.

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📉 Bitcoin Drops Below $93K Overnight

Bitcoin continued its decline, briefly falling below $93,000 before a slight recovery. Most top-100 altcoins are also in the red.

Biggest losers: SAND -18%, MANA -14%, RAY -12%.
Gainers: LDO +7%, AAVE +6%, ARB +5%.
The Fear and Greed Index has cooled slightly but remains in the Extreme Greed zone at 79.

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🤫 Just a reminder: Major is rolling out support for anonymous numbers.

And yes, even without KYC 😏

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🥸 76% of Twitter Shills Promote Dead Memecoins

🔴 A staggering 86% of memecoins promoted by influencers have lost 90% of their value within three months.
🟢 Only 1% of shills backed memecoins that achieved a 10x increase.

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📥 WisdomTree Files for XRP ETF

ETF provider WisdomTree, managing $100 billion in assets, has submitted an application for an XRP ETF in Delaware.

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👀 The SEC filed 583 enforcement lawsuits in the 2024 fiscal year, collecting a record-breaking $8.2 billion in penalties.

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🚫 In the past 12 hours, $310,000,000 has been liquidated from the cryptocurrency market.

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💰 Tron has become the largest investor in the Trump family’s World Liberty Financial, providing $30 million to support the project.

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🔸 Binance has unveiled BFUSD, a "reward-generating margin asset" designed to provide passive income through holding or trading futures with it.

🙂Base APY is credited daily to BFUSD holders, even without futures trading. Rewards increase when used as margin for futures trading.
🙂Historical data shows Base APY for BFUSD ranged from 12% to over 35% between November 20–25.
🙂Income is generated via delta-neutral positions in futures and staking assets like ETH, alongside mechanisms such as Ethena's USDe.

A Binance representative clarified that BFUSD is "not a stablecoin," as it cannot be withdrawn from Binance Futures accounts or traded on the open market.

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⚡️ A U.S. court has ruled sanctions against Tornado Cash unlawful.

The mixer’s smart contracts must be removed from the sanctions list, allowing U.S. citizens to use them again. Open-source, immutable smart contracts underpinning Tornado Cash cannot be owned by anyone and, therefore, do not qualify as “property” subject to sanctions.

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📈 The native token TORN has pumped by 420% following the news (peaking at +733%).

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🩸 A reminder that 30% bloodshed in Bitcoin during bull markets is the rule, not the exception.

HODL?

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⛔️ Tether stops support for EUR₮

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💰 What could be bought with one BTC in different years

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