Trader Buys 2M Dogecoin Call Options as Meme Coin Market Heats Up
A trader bought $2 million worth of dogecoin {{DOGE}} call options at a strike price of $0.22 on Wednesday, according to PowerTrade’s head of institutional sales, Bernd Sischka.
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NYSE Plans Bitcoin Options, Bringing Another TradFi Giant Into Crypto
CoinDesk Indices’ XBX is currently the benchmark for $20 billion in ETF assets under management.
ZKasino Gives Users 72 Hours to Retrieve Their Ether
Aggrieved users have been given a 72 hour window to bridge their ether {{ETH}} back to the Ethereum blockchain after having deposits locked up for more than a month.
Israel to Start Digital Shekel Challenge to Develop Payment Use Cases
Israel’s central bank is launching a challenge on the use of a central bank digital currency in payments as part of an “action plan for a possible issuance of the digital shekel.”
First Mover Americas: BTC Consolidates Around $68K as IBIT Overtakes GBTC
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for May 29, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.
Riot Platforms Is Best Suited to Consolidate Bitcoin Mining Sector: Bernstein
The company has the financial capacity to consolidate the bitcoin mining space, the report said.
Bitcoin, Ether Prices Ease as SHIB Drives Gains in Meme Tokens
A rally in meme tokens such as dogecoin and shiba inu is primarily driven by Asian traders in response to bullish sentiment around ether exchange-traded funds (ETFs), one trader said.
Ripple Donates Another $25M to Crypto Super PAC Fairshake
Ripple has added another $25 million to the coffers of Fairshake, a federal crypto super political action committee (PAC) that’s spending big this election year to support crypto-friendly Congressional candidates.
Leveraged Ether ETF to Start Trading June 4, Sponsor Volatility Shares Says
Volatility Shares’ 2x Ether Strategy ETF (ETHU) will become the first leveraged crypto ETF available in the United States after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) let it go effective, the company posted on their website, adding that trading will begin on June 4.
Binance Executive Jailed in Nigeria is Suspected of Having Malaria, Family Says
Tigran Gambaryan, Binance’s compliance head, who remains jailed in Nigeria, is suspected of having Malaria, a family spokesperson told CoinDesk.