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A crypto analyst says Bitcoin’s current market setup resembles that of 2019, SEC picks a crypto regulation “dream team”: Hodler’s Digest US President Donald Trumps AI and crypto czar, David Sacks, has signaled that the White House may have all the pieces in place for digital asset regulation following the confirmation of Michael Selig to chair the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. In a Monday X post, David Sacks said the US was at a critical juncture for crypto regulation, and that Selig and Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Paul Atkins made up a dream team to define clear regulatory guidelines. Sacks comments were in response to Selig saying that the US Congress was preparing to complete work on a crypto market structure bill.  We are at a unique moment as a wide range of novel technologies, products, and platforms are emerging, retail participation in the commodity markets is at an all-time high, and Congress is poised to send digital asset market structure legislation that will cement the US as ...

XRP traders are eyeing a rally, Kalshi taps Solana, Peter Schiff fails to authenticate gold bar during onstage test with CZ: Hodler’s Digest Two long-dormant Casascius coins each backed by 1,000 Bitcoin have just been activated as of Friday, unlocking more than $179 million stashed away for more than 13 years.  Onchain data indicates that one of the Casascius coins was minted in October 2012, when Bitcoin was trading for $11.69.  The other was minted earlier in December 2011, when Bitcoin was valued at only $3.88, giving that Casascius coin a theoretical return of about 2.3 million percent, not including the cost of minting.  Read more

Bitcoin’s price chart resembling the soybean market around 50 years ago, BitMEX’s Arthur Hayes makes big Bitcoin call: Hodler’s Digest The anonymous crypto trader who supposedly made millions shorting the crypto market before US President Donald Trumps tariff announcement appears to have profited again by betting that Trump would pardon the founder of Binance.  Onchain sleuth Euan pointed to Etherscan data to make the connection between the trader and the Polymarket account. The crypto wallet reportedly made $56,522 on Polymarket by betting that Trump would pardon Changpeng CZ Zhao sometime in 2025.  The crypto trader had already been suspected in crypto circles of having access to insider knowledge after their tightly timed Bitcoin and Ethereum shorts, just hours before Trumps tariff announcement sent prices falling. Read more

Bitcoin’s price chart resembling the soybean market around 50 years ago, BitMEX’s Arthur Hayes makes big Bitcoin call: Hodler’s Digest The anonymous crypto trader who supposedly made millions shorting the crypto market before US President Donald Trumps tariff announcement appears to have profited again by betting that Trump would pardon the founder of Binance.  Onchain sleuth Euan pointed to Etherscan data to make the connection between the trader and the Polymarket account. The crypto wallet reportedly made $56,522 on Polymarket by betting that Trump would pardon Changpeng CZ Zhao sometime in 2025.  The crypto trader had already been suspected in crypto circles of having access to insider knowledge after their tightly timed Bitcoin and Ethereum shorts, just hours before Trumps tariff announcement sent prices falling. Read more

Bitcoin’s price chart resembling the soybean market around 50 years ago, BitMEX’s Arthur Hayes makes big Bitcoin call: Hodler’s Digest The anonymous crypto trader who supposedly made millions shorting the crypto market before US President Donald Trumps tariff announcement appears to have profited again by betting that Trump would pardon the founder of Binance.  Onchain sleuth Euan pointed to Etherscan data to make the connection between the trader and the Polymarket account. The crypto wallet reportedly made $56,522 on Polymarket by betting that Trump would pardon Changpeng CZ Zhao sometime in 2025.  The crypto trader had already been suspected in crypto circles of having access to insider knowledge after their tightly timed Bitcoin and Ethereum shorts, just hours before Trumps tariff announcement sent prices falling. Read more

Bitcoin’s price chart resembling the soybean market around 50 years ago, BitMEX’s Arthur Hayes makes big Bitcoin call: Hodler’s Digest The anonymous crypto trader who supposedly made millions shorting the crypto market before US President Donald Trumps tariff announcement appears to have profited again by betting that Trump would pardon the founder of Binance.  Onchain sleuth Euan pointed to Etherscan data to make the connection between the trader and the Polymarket account. The crypto wallet reportedly made $56,522 on Polymarket by betting that Trump would pardon Changpeng CZ Zhao sometime in 2025.  The crypto trader had already been suspected in crypto circles of having access to insider knowledge after their tightly timed Bitcoin and Ethereum shorts, just hours before Trumps tariff announcement sent prices falling. Read more

Bitcoin’s price chart resembling the soybean market around 50 years ago, BitMEX’s Arthur Hayes makes big Bitcoin call: Hodler’s Digest The anonymous crypto trader who supposedly made millions shorting the crypto market before US President Donald Trumps tariff announcement appears to have profited again by betting that Trump would pardon the founder of Binance.  Onchain sleuth Euan pointed to Etherscan data to make the connection between the trader and the Polymarket account. The crypto wallet reportedly made $56,522 on Polymarket by betting that Trump would pardon Changpeng CZ Zhao sometime in 2025.  The crypto trader had already been suspected in crypto circles of having access to insider knowledge after their tightly timed Bitcoin and Ethereum shorts, just hours before Trumps tariff announcement sent prices falling. Read more

Bitcoin’s price chart resembling the soybean market around 50 years ago, BitMEX’s Arthur Hayes makes big Bitcoin call: Hodler’s Digest The anonymous crypto trader who supposedly made millions shorting the crypto market before US President Donald Trumps tariff announcement appears to have profited again by betting that Trump would pardon the founder of Binance.  Onchain sleuth Euan pointed to Etherscan data to make the connection between the trader and the Polymarket account. The crypto wallet reportedly made $56,522 on Polymarket by betting that Trump would pardon Changpeng CZ Zhao sometime in 2025.  The crypto trader had already been suspected in crypto circles of having access to insider knowledge after their tightly timed Bitcoin and Ethereum shorts, just hours before Trumps tariff announcement sent prices falling. Read more

Bitcoin’s price chart resembling the soybean market around 50 years ago, BitMEX’s Arthur Hayes makes big Bitcoin call: Hodler’s Digest The anonymous crypto trader who supposedly made millions shorting the crypto market before US President Donald Trumps tariff announcement appears to have profited again by betting that Trump would pardon the founder of Binance.  Onchain sleuth Euan pointed to Etherscan data to make the connection between the trader and the Polymarket account. The crypto wallet reportedly made $56,522 on Polymarket by betting that Trump would pardon Changpeng CZ Zhao sometime in 2025.  The crypto trader had already been suspected in crypto circles of having access to insider knowledge after their tightly timed Bitcoin and Ethereum shorts, just hours before Trumps tariff announcement sent prices falling. Read more

Bitcoin’s price chart resembling the soybean market around 50 years ago, BitMEX’s Arthur Hayes makes big Bitcoin call: Hodler’s Digest The anonymous crypto trader who supposedly made millions shorting the crypto market before US President Donald Trumps tariff announcement appears to have profited again by betting that Trump would pardon the founder of Binance.  Onchain sleuth Euan pointed to Etherscan data to make the connection between the trader and the Polymarket account. The crypto wallet reportedly made $56,522 on Polymarket by betting that Trump would pardon Changpeng CZ Zhao sometime in 2025.  The crypto trader had already been suspected in crypto circles of having access to insider knowledge after their tightly timed Bitcoin and Ethereum shorts, just hours before Trumps tariff announcement sent prices falling. Read more

Bitcoin’s price chart resembling the soybean market around 50 years ago, BitMEX’s Arthur Hayes makes big Bitcoin call: Hodler’s Digest The anonymous crypto trader who supposedly made millions shorting the crypto market before US President Donald Trumps tariff announcement appears to have profited again by betting that Trump would pardon the founder of Binance.  Onchain sleuth Euan pointed to Etherscan data to make the connection between the trader and the Polymarket account. The crypto wallet reportedly made $56,522 on Polymarket by betting that Trump would pardon Changpeng CZ Zhao sometime in 2025.  The crypto trader had already been suspected in crypto circles of having access to insider knowledge after their tightly timed Bitcoin and Ethereum shorts, just hours before Trumps tariff announcement sent prices falling. Read more

Bitcoin’s price chart resembling the soybean market around 50 years ago, BitMEX’s Arthur Hayes makes big Bitcoin call: Hodler’s Digest The anonymous crypto trader who supposedly made millions shorting the crypto market before US President Donald Trumps tariff announcement appears to have profited again by betting that Trump would pardon the founder of Binance.  Onchain sleuth Euan pointed to Etherscan data to make the connection between the trader and the Polymarket account. The crypto wallet reportedly made $56,522 on Polymarket by betting that Trump would pardon Changpeng CZ Zhao sometime in 2025.  The crypto trader had already been suspected in crypto circles of having access to insider knowledge after their tightly timed Bitcoin and Ethereum shorts, just hours before Trumps tariff announcement sent prices falling. Read more

Bitcoin’s price chart resembling the soybean market around 50 years ago, BitMEX’s Arthur Hayes makes big Bitcoin call: Hodler’s Digest The anonymous crypto trader who supposedly made millions shorting the crypto market before US President Donald Trumps tariff announcement appears to have profited again by betting that Trump would pardon the founder of Binance.  Onchain sleuth Euan pointed to Etherscan data to make the connection between the trader and the Polymarket account. The crypto wallet reportedly made $56,522 on Polymarket by betting that Trump would pardon Changpeng CZ Zhao sometime in 2025.  The crypto trader had already been suspected in crypto circles of having access to insider knowledge after their tightly timed Bitcoin and Ethereum shorts, just hours before Trumps tariff announcement sent prices falling. Read more

Bitcoin’s price chart resembling the soybean market around 50 years ago, BitMEX’s Arthur Hayes makes big Bitcoin call: Hodler’s Digest The anonymous crypto trader who supposedly made millions shorting the crypto market before US President Donald Trumps tariff announcement appears to have profited again by betting that Trump would pardon the founder of Binance.  Onchain sleuth Euan pointed to Etherscan data to make the connection between the trader and the Polymarket account. The crypto wallet reportedly made $56,522 on Polymarket by betting that Trump would pardon Changpeng CZ Zhao sometime in 2025.  The crypto trader had already been suspected in crypto circles of having access to insider knowledge after their tightly timed Bitcoin and Ethereum shorts, just hours before Trumps tariff announcement sent prices falling. Read more

Bitcoin’s price chart resembling the soybean market around 50 years ago, BitMEX’s Arthur Hayes makes big Bitcoin call: Hodler’s Digest The anonymous crypto trader who supposedly made millions shorting the crypto market before US President Donald Trumps tariff announcement appears to have profited again by betting that Trump would pardon the founder of Binance.  Onchain sleuth Euan pointed to Etherscan data to make the connection between the trader and the Polymarket account. The crypto wallet reportedly made $56,522 on Polymarket by betting that Trump would pardon Changpeng CZ Zhao sometime in 2025.  The crypto trader had already been suspected in crypto circles of having access to insider knowledge after their tightly timed Bitcoin and Ethereum shorts, just hours before Trumps tariff announcement sent prices falling. Read more

Bitcoin’s price chart resembling the soybean market around 50 years ago, BitMEX’s Arthur Hayes makes big Bitcoin call: Hodler’s Digest The anonymous crypto trader who supposedly made millions shorting the crypto market before US President Donald Trumps tariff announcement appears to have profited again by betting that Trump would pardon the founder of Binance.  Onchain sleuth Euan pointed to Etherscan data to make the connection between the trader and the Polymarket account. The crypto wallet reportedly made $56,522 on Polymarket by betting that Trump would pardon Changpeng CZ Zhao sometime in 2025.  The crypto trader had already been suspected in crypto circles of having access to insider knowledge after their tightly timed Bitcoin and Ethereum shorts, just hours before Trumps tariff announcement sent prices falling. Read more

Bitcoin’s price chart resembling the soybean market around 50 years ago, BitMEX’s Arthur Hayes makes big Bitcoin call: Hodler’s Digest The anonymous crypto trader who supposedly made millions shorting the crypto market before US President Donald Trumps tariff announcement appears to have profited again by betting that Trump would pardon the founder of Binance.  Onchain sleuth Euan pointed to Etherscan data to make the connection between the trader and the Polymarket account. The crypto wallet reportedly made $56,522 on Polymarket by betting that Trump would pardon Changpeng CZ Zhao sometime in 2025.  The crypto trader had already been suspected in crypto circles of having access to insider knowledge after their tightly timed Bitcoin and Ethereum shorts, just hours before Trumps tariff announcement sent prices falling. Read more

Bitcoin’s price chart resembling the soybean market around 50 years ago, BitMEX’s Arthur Hayes makes big Bitcoin call: Hodler’s Digest The anonymous crypto trader who supposedly made millions shorting the crypto market before US President Donald Trumps tariff announcement appears to have profited again by betting that Trump would pardon the founder of Binance.  Onchain sleuth Euan pointed to Etherscan data to make the connection between the trader and the Polymarket account. The crypto wallet reportedly made $56,522 on Polymarket by betting that Trump would pardon Changpeng CZ Zhao sometime in 2025.  The crypto trader had already been suspected in crypto circles of having access to insider knowledge after their tightly timed Bitcoin and Ethereum shorts, just hours before Trumps tariff announcement sent prices falling. Read more

Bitcoin’s price chart resembling the soybean market around 50 years ago, BitMEX’s Arthur Hayes makes big Bitcoin call: Hodler’s Digest The anonymous crypto trader who supposedly made millions shorting the crypto market before US President Donald Trumps tariff announcement appears to have profited again by betting that Trump would pardon the founder of Binance.  Onchain sleuth Euan pointed to Etherscan data to make the connection between the trader and the Polymarket account. The crypto wallet reportedly made $56,522 on Polymarket by betting that Trump would pardon Changpeng CZ Zhao sometime in 2025.  The crypto trader had already been suspected in crypto circles of having access to insider knowledge after their tightly timed Bitcoin and Ethereum shorts, just hours before Trumps tariff announcement sent prices falling. Read more

Bitcoin tumbles to $102,000 on Friday amid ‘macro whiplash,’ crypto betting platform Shuffle announces user data breach: Hodler’s Digest US President Donald Trump announced a 100% tariff on China on Friday, sending the price of Bitcoin reeling below $110,000 at the time of writing. Trump said the tariffs were in response to China attempting to place export restrictions on rare earth minerals, which are crucial for creating computer chips. Trump wrote on Truth Social: It has just been learned that China has taken an extraordinarily aggressive position on Trade in sending an extremely hostile letter to the World, stating that they were going to, effective November 1, 2025, impose large-scale Export Controls on virtually every product they make. Read more