Non-fungible tokens saw a weekly sales volume of $181 million, fueled by significant gains in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency markets.

https://cointelegraph.com/news/nft-weekly-sales-crypto-market-surge

CryptoQuant founder and CEO Ki Young Ju has revised earlier price predictions and is now projecting a $135,000 Bitcoin price ceiling, with a 2024 price target of $112,000, in his latest quantitative analysis of Bitcoin's price action.

https://cointelegraph.com/news/current-bitcoin-price-ceiling-135-k-ki-young-ju

Wyoming Senator Cynthia Lummis is advocating for the United States Treasury Department to convert a portion of its gold holdings into Bitcoin to establish a Bitcoin strategic reserve.

https://cointelegraph.com/news/senator-lummis-says-treasury-should-convert-gold-bitcoin-reserve

Seeking to woo targeted groups of voters during his campaign, President-elect Donald Trump rolled out plans for a sweeping array of tax breaks, including promises to eliminate levies on tips, overtime pay and Social Security benefits, for millions of Americans.

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/11/16/politics/taxes-tips-trump-campaign-promises/index.html

The United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued a notice, “clearing the way” for spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) options. Analysts are now speculating the products could be listed imminently.

https://cointelegraph.com/news/cftc-united-states-spot-bitcoin-etf-options-sec

Donald Trump’s presidency, starting in 2025, has fueled speculation within the cryptocurrency industry about his administration’s potential impact on digital finance.

https://cointelegraph.com/news/trump-administration-defi-bitcoin-staking-2025

Asset manager and investor Anthony Pompliano recently stated that the global Bitcoin arms race between sovereign nations and governments has already started.

https://cointelegraph.com/news/global-race-underway-bitcoin-anthony-pompliano

President-elect Donald Trump has named Steven Cheung as his White House communications director, promoting the campaign spokesman to one of the top communications roles in the White House.

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/11/15/politics/steven-cheung-communications-director/index.html

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) warned its citizens that some overseas crypto companies are misusing the word “bank” to improve their trust quotient.

https://cointelegraph.com/news/hkma-warns-crypto-firms-misuse-bank-word

Goldman Sachs, a major global investment bank once critical of Bitcoin, has disclosed significant holdings in Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

https://cointelegraph.com/news/goldman-sachs-holds-710-million-bitcoin-etfs

A 2022 class-action lawsuit filed against Elon Musk and Tesla — alleging that the businessman manipulated the price of Dogecoin through media appearances and social media posts — was withdrawn by the plaintiffs on Nov. 14, 2024.

https://cointelegraph.com/news/dogecoin-investor-lawsuit-against-elon-musk-dropped

The odds of a Solana exchange-traded fund (ETF) listing in the United States before the end of 2025 are “overwhelmingly high,” Matthew Sigel, VanEck’s head of digital asset research, said on Nov. 15.

https://cointelegraph.com/news/odds-favor-solana-etf-2025-van-eck

The odds of a Solana exchange-traded fund (ETF) listing in the United States before the end of 2025 are “overwhelmingly high,” Matthew Sigel, VanEck’s head of digital asset research, said on Nov. 15.

https://cointelegraph.com/news/odds-favor-solana-etf-2025-van-eck

President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida to serve as his attorney general.

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/11/13/politics/matt-gaetz-attorney-general/index.html

Coinbase has bought Utopia Labs in a bid to build out the cryptocurrency exchange’s on-chain payments infrastructure, Coinbase said on Nov. 13.

https://cointelegraph.com/news/coinbase-buys-on-chain-payments-platform-utopia

Digital assets platform Fireblocks has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with NongHyup Bank, a large South Korean bank specializing in commercial credit and banking services for the agricultural sector. They hope to launch a prototype for tax refunds.

https://cointelegraph.com/news/fireblocks-nonghyup-bank-vat-tokenization

Arca and BlockTower Capital agreed to merge into a unified cryptocurrency investment platform, according to a Nov. 13 announcement.

https://cointelegraph.com/news/arca-blocktower-to-merge-into-unified-crypto-platform

With Donald Trump’s reelection and a Republican majority in the Senate, crypto firms are ready to advocate for a “fresh perspective” on federal agencies.

https://cointelegraph.com/news/crypto-firms-push-sec-changes-crypto-out-courts

The Supreme Court declined Tuesday to let Mark Meadows move his Georgia election subversion case to federal court, effectively barring the former chief of staff during Donald Trump’s first term from claiming immunity from those charges.

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/11/12/politics/mark-meadows-supreme-court/index.html

United States President-elect Donald Trump has suggested he would bypass the Senate confirmation process for appointments in his administration, seemingly including a replacement for Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler.

https://cointelegraph.com/news/donald-trump-sec-chair-senate-recess-appointment