Uniswap, Starknet, BNB Lead Altcoin Gains as Bitcoin Hits $71K

Seventeen of the twenty assets in the CoinDesk 20 Index (CD20) booked gains, underscoring the uptrend in the broader crypto market.Source

SEC to Shutter Office Behind Failed DEBT Box Crypto Lawsuit

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Salt Lake City office – notorious in the crypto world for its failed fraud lawsuit against DEBT Box – will shut down after seeing “significant attrition” among its staff, some of whom were pushed out over the case.Source

Ether Price Poised for Supply ‘Shock’ as ETFs May Attract $4B Inflows in Five Months, K33 Research Says

ETH will start outperforming bitcoin following the ETF launch after almost two and a half years of underperformance, the report said.Source

BODEN Token Up Over 10%, TREMP Gains 5% After Kraken Lists Solana PoliFi Duo

BODEN appears to be the winner as first exchange open to U.S. residents lists the election-themed tokens.Source

Bitpanda Drafts Deutsche Bank to Process Fiat Transactions in Germany

This is Bitpanda’s second major partnership in Germany this year after the broker was enlisted by LBBW to offer crypto custody services in the country.Source

DWF Labs to Purchase $12M FLOKI From Project Treasury, Open Market

The agreement comes as Floki gears up to introduce new products in the coming months, including the Valhalla metaverse game on mainnet.Source

Epoch Times CFO Charged With $67M Fraud Scheme Involving Crypto Platform

The crime proceeds were generally purchased by the scheme participants at discounted rates of up to 80 cents per dollar in exchange for an unspecified cryptocurrency.Source

Bitcoin Sees Profit-Taking Around $70K Amid ‘Stubbornly Bullish’ Sentiment

On-chain data shows over 50% of Bitcoin supply remains inactive, a sign of strong long-term conviction in the asset.Source

Dapper Labs Agrees to $4M Settlement in Class Action Securities Suit

Dapper Labs has reached a tentative settlement agreement with a group of investors who sued the non-fungible token (NFT) company and its co-founder and CEO Roham Gharegozlou for allegedly violating federal securities laws.Source

Trump Conviction Barely Dents His Odds of Winning Election: Prediction Markets

Plus: Polymarket traders doubt Trump will go to prison; Kalshi bettors are at odds with the CME FedWatch poll on rate cuts.Source