Just a week after extending its repayment timeline, the defunct crypto exchange Mt. Gox moved an additional $2.2 billion worth of Bitcoin on Monday. During Asian market trading, Bitcoin briefly dipped below $68,000, marking a 1% decline over 24 hours.

OpenAI, the $157 billion artificial intelligence giant and creator of ChatGPT, is reportedly in early discussions with regulators in California and Delaware to explore transitioning to a for-profit structure as it pursues its mission of developing benevolent AI.

The legal team for Gary Wang—co-founder and former top executive of the now-defunct FTX crypto empire—argued that Wang, who faced the fewest charges and was among the first to admit guilt, should be spared from prison. Read more on bit.ly/33ofK7F

BlackRock's IBIT reached an all-time high daily trading volume of $4.1 billion on Wednesday evening, with $1 billion traded within just 20 minutes of the market opening as the world’s largest cryptocurrency hit a record price. Visit bit.ly/33ofK7F for more

With a rapidly expanding user base and a 1,000% increase in payment transactions year-over-year, JP Morgan has rebranded its blockchain platform as Kinexys in preparation for launching foreign exchange services to meet rising demand. More on bit.ly/33ofK7F

Prediction market Polymarket gained significant attention during election season, reaching nearly $2.5 billion in monthly trading volume in October. However, data from multiple Dune dashboards reveal that 86% of user accounts have a negative profit and loss margin.

Bitcoin crossed the $80,000 mark for the first in history on Nov. 10, rising by almost 4.50% to reach a new inflation-adjusted record high of $80,116 (data from Bitstamp), just days after Donald Trump’s reelection. See more bit.ly/33ofK7F

Near Protocol plans to build the world’s largest open-source artificial intelligence model on the opening day of its Redacted conference in Bangkok, Thailand. The 1.4 trillion parameter model would be 3.5 times bigger than Meta’s current open-source Llama model.

Since last week’s U.S. election, Solana has continued its upward trajectory, hitting price levels not seen since its initial surge in 2021. This marks an almost 2,500% recovery from its 2022 low, when it plummeted following the collapse of crypto exchange FTX.

On Sunday, Cardano (ADA) surged up to 33% to reach $0.64, before pulling back to $0.58 by press time. The rise followed a statement from its founder, who expressed his intention to become a key advisor to President-elect Donald Trump once he assumes office on January 20.

Since late September, Tokyo-based Metaplanet has significantly ramped up its Bitcoin holdings, reporting on Monday a $28 million increase as its Bitcoin assets rose from 492.82 BTC to 1,018.17 BTC by mid-November. Read more at bit.ly/33ofK7F

On Tuesday night, Donald Trump announced the appointment of Tesla CEO Elon Musk and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy to head the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in his administration. Visit bit.ly/33ofK7F for more

McDonald’s has teamed up with Doodles to launch holiday-themed NFT custom cups as part of their "GM Spread Joy" campaign, offering exclusive perks, such as accessories and apparel for Doodles characters, access to music videos, and episodes of the Doodles animated series.

SK Mausad Alam has been arrested in connection with the $235 million WazirX hack. The accused is in custody for allegedly facilitating the breach by creating a fraudulent account on the exchange and selling it to a third party, enabling unauthorized access to the platform.

Spot Bitcoin ETFs experienced a $400 million outflow on Thursday, breaking a six-day streak during which the funds accumulated over $4.7 billion as Bitcoin hit multiple all-time highs. Read more at bit.ly/33ofK7F

DigitalX announced on Thursday that it is implementing major cost-cutting measures, reducing annual expenses by $614,000 through a restructuring of its funds management team. Meanwhile, the company’s Bitcoin fund has delivered impressive performance, achieving 99% annual gains.

Donald Trump has chosen Wall Street billionaire and Bitcoin bull Howard Lutnick as his Commerce Secretary, according to the Wall Street Journal. This decision comes despite Lutnick’s reported interest in leading the Treasury Department. More at bit.ly/33ofK7F

Basketball legend Shaquille O'Neal has agreed to pay $11 million to compensate investors affected by his troubled Astrals NFT project. Shaq is now sadly a victim of both Astrals and FTX. Visit bit.ly/33ofK7F for more

Just a day after BlackRock’s IBIT set a record for first-day options trading activity, Grayscale Investments revealed its plans to introduce options trading for its spot Bitcoin ETFs. See more on bit.ly/33ofK7F

Digital asset wallet Phantom has climbed to the second position in the utilities category of the U.S. Apple App Store. It has outpaced several well-known applications, including Google Chrome, Google Authenticator, Microsoft Edge, My Verizon, and Amazon Fire TV.