President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration celebration started early this weekend with the release of the TRUMP and MELANIA memecoins, and resulting demand that drove their combined market cap to a … [+3074 chars]

Capital flowing out of existing memecoins spurred TRUMP's rise, now the money is going the other way.

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Don't Be Fooled by Trump-Family Memecoins, the Sell-Off Has Begun

The "official" memecoin of incoming U.S. President Donald Trump has boosted interest in Solana (SOL), leading to a surge in both its price and trading volume, which in turn helped the total dollar va… [+3047 chars]

The launch of Donald Trump’s official memecoin on Solana has not only boosted the cryptocurrency’s price and trading volume, but also perceived odds of a SOL ETF.

Solana’s TVL Crosses $10B for First Time Since FTX Collapse After TRUMP Memecoin Launch

Crypto majors zoomed higher in the past 24 hours as the market entered a widely expected bullish year, with bitcoin (BTC) inching above $95,000 to shake off losses from last week.
A CoinDesk analysi… [+2876 chars]

South Korean trading volumes supported an outperformance in XRP, as a CoinDesk analysis noted earlier this week.

XRP Rockets 11% as Bitcoin Starts New Year With Bullish Bang

Bearish trading in bitcoin (BTC) markets continued late Monday as the asset briefly fell under $92,000 on profit-taking despite another mammoth MicroStrategy purchase, recovering to just over $92,800… [+2824 chars]

The broad-based CoinDesk 20 (CD20), an index tracking the largest tokens by market capitalization, minus stablecoins, lost 2.7% in the past 24 hours.

Don't Expect Bitcoin Fireworks Ahead of New Year, Traders Say, as BTC ETFs Lose $420M

Welcome to The Protocol, CoinDesk's weekly wrap-up of the most important stories in cryptocurrency tech development. 
In this weeks issue of the Protocol newsletter:
<ul><li>Trumps crypto team</li>… [+6827 chars]

Also in this issue: Aptos Labs' leadership shift and Sonic's airdrop to TikTok users.

The Protocol: Trump Makes More Pro-Crypto Appointments

Shiba Inu

Binance

DigiFinex

Bybit

Coinbase Exchange

KuCoin

LATOKEN

WEEX

Gate.io

CoinEx

LBank

WhiteBIT

BYDFi

BTSE

Bitvavo

MEXC

Hotcoin

Coinstore

Gemini

Bitget

Trubit

Dex-Trade

Binance US

BitStorage

Shibaswap (Ethereum)

OrangeX

Biconomy.com

Ourbit

Bitunix

BTCC

Toobit

Crypto.com Exchange

Deepcoin

Pionex

Websea

FameEX

CoinW

FMCPAY

TokoCrypto

Kraken

Azbit

FMFW.io

Tapbit

Bitrue

CEX.IO

HitBTC

AscendEX (BitMax)

BVOX

Phemex

CoinTR

Bit2Me

BitMart

Slex

BingX

Icrypex

Hibt

Tokenize

Bitstamp

BloFin

DeGate

Bitazza

Coinzoom

Bitci TR

Bitfinex

Bitcointry

BitoPro

Bitso

Fastex

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