Pluid Weekly Roundup #42

Donald Trump officially wins the 2024 US election DOGE flips XRP in market cap, rising to the top 7 cryptocurrencies Bitcoin breaks past new all-time high, surpassing $75k for the first time in history A single user on Polymarket bets $18M on Trump's victory in the US elections Opensea announces 'New Opensea' coming in December 2024, with a waitlist Magic Eden teases future features like swaps and lending, to be the "true home of web3" Bernstein's report predicts Bitcoin price target of $200k by end of 2025 Paxos introduces USD-backed stablecoin USDGC on Ethereum, backed by Robinhood, Kraken, and other crypto leaders Bitget launches global zero fee crypto transactions Citi and Fidelity develop a proof-of-concept for onchain fund that includes forex swaps ai16z's 'AI Marc' performs its first token swap on testnet MaplestoryU's second pioneer test starts on November 20th Legend of Arcadia's ARCA token officially goes live on Ethereum and Base Solana memecoin PONKE gets listed on Binance Futures Fomo Mages flip Mad Lads to be the most expensive NFTs on Solana Rekt Drinks sells 222k cans in under 48 hours The Union Bank of Switzerland launches first tokenised fund on Ethereum Vivek's $1.7B investment firm adds Bitcoin to its portfolio jpegs.fun partners with Tensor to create the Pump Fun of NFTs PNUT skyrockets to $120M overnight amid viral squirrel buzz Ethereum researchers step down from EigenLayer over conflict of interest concerns 21Shares officially submits filing for a spot XRP ETF Virtuals Protocol unveils tiered feature unlocks for AI Agent tokens Trump's World Liberty project cuts raise by 90% to 30M Immutable receives Wells notice from the SEC for IMX token sales Venmo is now available on Uniswap Web and wallet for onramping Bitcoin ETFs surpass holdings of over 1 million BTC, worth $74B Pudgy Penguins announce upcoming launch of 'Pudgy Party' mobile game in 2025 Coinbase misses Q3 revenue target by 3-5%, stock dips on news MicroStrategy announces goal to raise $42B over the next 3 years to buy Bitcoin FTX's ex-Chief Engineer, Nishad Singh, avoids prison time MrBeast allegedly engages in $20M+ worth of insider trading and pump and dumps Visa and Coinbase launch real-time Bitcoin and crypto purchases with debit cards Russia considers a ban on Bitcoin mining

Donald Trump officially wins the 2024 US election DOGE flips XRP in market cap, rising to the top 7 cryptocurrencies Bitcoin breaks past new all-time high, surpassing $75k for the first time in history A single user on Polymarket bets $18M on Trump's victory in the US elections Opensea announces 'New Opensea' coming in December 2024, with a waitlist Magic Eden teases future features like swaps and lending, to be the "true home of web3" Bernstein's report predicts Bitcoin price target of $200k by end of 2025 Paxos introduces USD-backed stablecoin USDGC on Ethereum, backed by Robinhood, Kraken, and other crypto leaders Bitget launches global zero fee crypto transactions Citi and Fidelity develop a proof-of-concept for onchain fund that includes forex swaps ai16z's 'AI Marc' performs its first token swap on testnet MaplestoryU's second pioneer test starts on November 20th Legend of Arcadia's ARCA token officially goes live on Ethereum and Base Solana memecoin PONKE gets listed on Binance Futures Fomo Mages flip Mad Lads to be the most expensive NFTs on Solana Rekt Drinks sells 222k cans in under 48 hours The Union Bank of Switzerland launches first tokenised fund on Ethereum Vivek's $1.7B investment firm adds Bitcoin to its portfolio jpegs.fun partners with Tensor to create the Pump Fun of NFTs PNUT skyrockets to $120M overnight amid viral squirrel buzz Ethereum researchers step down from EigenLayer over conflict of interest concerns 21Shares officially submits filing for a spot XRP ETF Virtuals Protocol unveils tiered feature unlocks for AI Agent tokens Trump's World Liberty project cuts raise by 90% to 30M Immutable receives Wells notice from the SEC for IMX token sales Venmo is now available on Uniswap Web and wallet for onramping Bitcoin ETFs surpass holdings of over 1 million BTC, worth $74B Pudgy Penguins announce upcoming launch of 'Pudgy Party' mobile game in 2025 Coinbase misses Q3 revenue target by 3-5%, stock dips on news MicroStrategy announces goal to raise $42B over the next 3 years to buy Bitcoin FTX's ex-Chief Engineer, Nishad Singh, avoids prison time MrBeast allegedly engages in $20M+ worth of insider trading and pump and dumps Visa and Coinbase launch real-time Bitcoin and crypto purchases with debit cards Russia considers a ban on Bitcoin mining