Kamala Harris Speech Offers No Further Details on Crypto ‘Regulatory Framework’

Vice President and Democratic nominee Kamala Harris will announce her support for a regulatory framework for crypto as part of a speech targeting Black Men, her campaign announced Monday morning.Source

Does World Liberty Financial Count as Trump ‘Launching a Coin’? Polymarket Bettors Are Divided

Plus, a look at how PoliFi tokens are doing compared to prediction markets; there might be another #election2024 up north.Source

Man Who Accidentally Sent $527M in Bitcoins to Dump Sues Local Council to Retrieve Them: Report

In 2013, Howells accidentally threw out the hard drive his bitcoin stash that he had mined in 2009, worth around $1 million at the time but which now would be worth over $520 million.Source

Liquidity and Options Pave the Way for Bitcoin ETF Market Expansion

As liquidity grows, institutional investors and options strategies could fuel the long-term expansion of the bitcoin ETF market.Source

Bitcoin Breaks $65K, as Price Action Compared to Prior U.S. Election Cycles

Trading firm QCP Capital said the move was similar to BTC’s price action in 2016 and 2020 before the U.S. elections.Source

Trump-Backed World Liberty Financial Whitelists 100K Accredited Investors Ahead of WLFi Launch

World Liberty Financial will be a unified platform where users can borrow and lend cryptocurrencies, create liquidity pools and transact with stablecoins, Folkman and Herro added.Source

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Nears $65K as Chinese Stocks Rebound

The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for Oct. 14, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.Source

Solv Raises $11M to Grow the $1.3B Bitcoin Staking Protocol

Solv Protocol’s SolvBTC product has more than 20,000 BTC staked ($1.24 billion) deployed across 10 major blockchain networks.Source

Crypto Custodian Copper Appoints Former SEC Advisor Amar Kuchinad as New Global CEO

Former CEO Dmitry Tokarev will continue as the board’s founder director.Source

Bitcoin Mining Profitability Fell in September, Jefferies Says

October could be a harder month for the miners with the network hashrate currently 11% higher while the bitcoin price is up only about 5%, the report said.Source