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Anthony Scaramucci: “Gensler to be fired, Kamala Harris to defend crypto”

Anthony Scaramucci, founder of investment management firm SkyBridge, claimed that Kamala Harris is not anti-crypto money. Scaramucci, who made many claims in his tweet, stated that Trump made such statements because he saw the opportunity to donate with crypto and that he was against it in the past, and that Harris had statements that he was open-minded towards cryptocurrencies and that he would fire Gensler if he was already president.

Bitcoin decline liquidates $290 million in 24 hours

The sharp decline in Bitcoin overnight caused futures and leveraged positions to suffer serious losses. While a total of $292 million crypto positions were liquidated, a large part of them were long positions.

Why is Bitcoin price down? Drops to $63,800

Bitcoin fell sharply during the night hours and went down to $63,800. The meltdown in the evening hours, especially in the US markets, is also noteworthy. Only the S&P 500 completed yesterday’s trading day with a loss of $1.1 trillion. Nasdaq also suffered its biggest loss of value since December 2022.

Bitcoin miners added billions of dollars to their market capitalisation in 2 weeks

While the direction in which the Bitcoin price will go is eagerly followed by the market, mining companies, which have gone through difficult times with halving, have added value to their values in recent weeks. Marathon Digital, one of the largest companies, has gained more than $2 billion in just 2 weeks.

What Ether spot ETFs did on the first day: Outflows from Grayscale again

Ether spot ETFs opened for trading for the first time in the US yesterday. ETFs received a net investment of $106.7 million on the first trading day. While the leader of the day was BlackRock, as expected, ETHE, the main fund of Grayscale, saw large outflows, as experienced in Bitcoin spot ETFs. Another fund of Grayscale, mini-Ether, received $15 million.

BitHero CEO Fatih Otluoglu: There will be more investors

While the recently enacted cryptocurrency regulations in Turkey are still being discussed in the sector, Fatih Otluoğlu, CEO of BitHero exchange, which made a rapid entry into the market, commented on the regulations to Uzmancoin. Otluoğlu said that the security and transparency that comes with the regulations will attract more investors, but in order to create the necessary environment, the regulations should be regularly updated in line with global developments.

Grayscale moves $1bn of Ether to Coinbase

Ether spot ETFs will open for trading in the US today. While another giant step was taken in one of the developments that the cryptocurrency world has been eagerly awaiting for a long time, it was also noteworthy that Grayscale, one of the ETF issuers, moved $1 billion of ETH to the Coinbase exchange yesterday evening. This transfer led to the rumour of “Sale is coming?” in the market, but experts do not think this way.

$2.8bn Bitcoin transfer from Mt. Gox

Mt. Gox exchange, which carried out a trial transfer with 0.021 BTC yesterday morning. Gox exchange made more than 42,000 BTC transfers worth $2.85 billion this morning. 37,000 of these BTCs were sent to an unknown address and 5 thousand to another cold wallet of the exchange. After the transfer, Bitcoin dropped to $66,300. The US government also sent about $4 million worth of Bitcoin to Coinbase.

Kamala Harris is urged by the Digital Chamber to support digital assets

The Digital Chamber of Commerce, which has been operating in the US since 2014 and aims to promote the spread of cryptocurrencies and digital assets, sent an official letter to Kamala Harris, who is expected to be the presidential candidate of the Democrats. In the letter, it was stated that the perspective that Democrats are “anti-crypto” could be changed by Harris.