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Anonymous ID: a46df8 Nov. 6, 2024, 9:36 p.m. No.21931986   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>1991 >>1998 >>2124

Trump win ignites crypto frenzy that sends bitcoin to a record high

 

The price of bitcoin hit a new high Wednesday and crypto-related shares rallied as investors bet that Donald Trump's victory in the U.S. presidential election will be a boon for cryptocurrencies.

 

Bitcoin jumped nearly 8 percent in early trading, climbing above $75,000 and smashing its previous record set in March. Other cryptocurrencies also soared, including ether, the world's second most popular cryptocurrency after bitcoin, which rallied 8 percent.

 

Another token, dogecoin, rocketed as much as 18 percent. It's the favorite cryptocurrency of billionaire Elon Musk, one of Trump's most prominent supporters.

 

Crypto-related shares outran the rest of the stock market. Coinbase, one of the biggest cryptocurrency exchanges, leaped 17 percent. Online brokerage Robinhood Markets, which offers crypto trading, soared 12 percent and MicroStrategy, which says it is the “largest corporate holder of bitcoin,” jumped 10 percent.

 

Trump was previously a crypto skeptic but changed his mind and embraced cryptocurrencies ahead of the election.

 

He has pledged to make America "the crypto capital of the planet" and create a “strategic reserve” of bitcoin. His campaign accepted donations in cryptocurrency and he courted crypto fans at a bitcoin conference in July. He also launched World Liberty Financial, a new venture with family members to trade cryptocurrencies.

 

Bitcoin is up 77 percent this year.

 

“Bitcoin is the one asset that was always going to soar if Trump returned to the White House," said Russ Mould, investment director at AJ Bell, a British online investment platform. After touching its new high, the market is now speculating about “when, not if, it will smash through $100,000," he said.

 

“Trump has already declared his love of the digital currency and crypto traders now have a new narrative by which to get even more excited about where the price could go,” Mould said.

 

But other experts warned of the risks.

 

“Investors should only dabble in crypto with money that they can be prepared to lose,” said Susannah Streeter, head of money and markets at Hargreaves Lansdown. “Because we’ve seen these wild swings in the past.”

 

Crypto industry players welcomed Trump's victory, in hopes that he would be able to push through legislative and regulatory changes that they've long lobbied for.

 

Trump had already promised that, if elected, he would remove the chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Gary Gensler, who has been leading the U.S. government’s crackdown on the crypto industry.

 

“Tonight the crypto voter has spoken decisively — across party lines and in key races across the country,” said Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong . “Americans disproportionately care about crypto and want clear rules of the road for digital assets. We look forward to working with the new Congress to deliver it,” Armstrong posted on X.

 

Streeter said Trump's administration would most likely pursue “light touch regulation” for the crypto industry.

 

“Certainly that’s what crypto fans would want," she said. “They want the sheen of legitimacy to be brought to crypto, but they don’t want regulations to be too onerous to stop opportunities and innovation.”

 

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/11/06/trump-win-ignites-crypto-frenzy-that-sends-bitcoin-to-a-record-high

Anonymous ID: a46df8 Nov. 6, 2024, 9:44 p.m. No.21932031   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>2105 >>2124

Crime is illegal again in California — Voters approve Prop 36

 

California voters approved a tough-on-crime ballot initiative that would strengthen penalties for some theft- and drug-related crimes, delivering a rebuke to the progressive policies that had made the state a national leader on racial justice and rehabilitation.

 

Proposition 36, a proposal backed by a coalition of prosecutors and big-box retailers like Walmart and Target, will reclassify certain theft- and drug-related crimes as possible felonies instead of misdemeanors and introduce mandated drug treatment for some repeat offenders.

 

The measure gained traction with voters amid a pandemic-era spike in crime. It rolls back parts of Proposition 47, a 2014 ballot measure seen as emblematic of the state’s progressive shift on crime.

 

Prop 36 split the state’s most prominent Democrats, with big-city mayors like San Francisco’s London Breed and San Jose’s Matt Mahan backing it against statewide Democrats like Gov. Gavin Newsom, who billed it as a costly and overly punitive proposal that would return California to the era of mass incarceration and the war on drugs.

 

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/11/05/2024-election-results-live-coverage-updates-analysis/prop-36-approved-california-voters-crime-00185074

Anonymous ID: a46df8 Nov. 6, 2024, 10:32 p.m. No.21932289   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>2323

Kamala Harris's campaign ended with at least $20 million in debt, per two sources familiar. Harris raised over $1 billion and had $118 million in the bank as of Oct. 16.

 

https://x.com/ccadelago/status/1854342667251187795

Anonymous ID: a46df8 Nov. 6, 2024, 10:36 p.m. No.21932309   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>2323

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis wins reelection amid Trump election case

 

Fani Willis, the district attorney for Fulton County, Georgia, overseeing former President Trump's election interference case, won her reelection bid.

 

https://www.axios.com/local/atlanta/2024/11/06/fani-willis-fulton-district-attorney-election-result