Empire Newsletter

MicroStrategy’s bitcoin buying has exploded — it now holds 1.7% of the asset’s circulating supply

“You’re gonna, at least for a period of time, wish you’d had a million bucks in solana”

CME’s large bitcoin contracts are so big that investors are turning to micro bitcoin contracts

Gunzilla’s Theodore Agranat said that blockchain technology helps “enhance’ gamer experience

BTC continues to smash expectations as it holds near $90,000

FTX is still in bankruptcy proceedings, but the process is set to come to an end fairly soon

Vance Spencer says Framework won’t be going anywhere

Biden’s victory in 2020 aligned with a big rally for bitcoin — can Trump beat the Biden bump?

Empire co-host Jason Yanowitz told Yahoo Finance on Wednesday that there “needs” to be a change in SEC leadership

Predictions that the US election will fuel bitcoin’s price are set to be tested

A tumultuous presidential campaign comes to an end

Also in the tokenized fund space, Franklin Templeton launches on Base and Securitize hits $1 billion in tokenized RWA onchain

It turns out that bitcoin never actually hit an all-time high in March. Thanks a lot, inflation.

In Friday’s Roundup, Jason Yanowitz said he doesn’t think we’ll see the markets “rip” until potentially January or even February

Why that the bull market might not start until 2025

Coinbase’s final total for Q3: $331 billion, the equivalent of 15% of the total crypto market cap at the time

Plus, Coinbase predicts a “massive source of inflow of capital” once the industry receives regulatory clarity

Consensys CEO Joe Lubin was quick to point the blame at the SEC

Bitcoin stopped $175 short of setting a new price record on Tuesday evening

Option premiums and estimated daily volatility for bitcoin are projected to rise significantly around Nov. 6-8

Base DEX volumes have now eclipsed Kraken’s

The public perception of SOL and ETH rests in the hands of memecoins traders

But the sector’s rise in popularity hasn’t come without hiccups

Kraken’s launch of Ink will be the Superchain’s 24th fully participating network