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Bitcoin Could Hit $150K by 2024-End on Hopes of Donald Trump Being Re-Elected: Standard Chartered

Favorable payroll data could open the way to $80,000 per bitcoin by end-June, Standard Chartered’s Geoffrey Kendrick said in a Thursday note.

Trump poster for 2024 election. (Jon Tyson/Unsplash)

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Meme Coin Institutional Holdings Surged Since January, Led by DOGE, SHIB, PEPE

Institutional investors on crypto exchange Bybit increased meme coin allocations to a high of $300 million in April from $63 million at the start of the year.

DOGE Meme shiba inu (Atsuko Sato)

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Bitcoin Options Traders Anticipate Imminent Breakout Above $74K to New Record Prices

One market observer noted "very concentrated call buying" looking to profit from a rally to between $74,000 and $80,000 by the end of this month.

A rocket launching. (United Launch Alliance / U.S. Air Force)

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IOTA Kickstarts EVM Targeting DeFi, Real World Assets

The EVM will let developers build applications with smart contracts that run on the IOTA network.

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BNB Chain Ecosystem Heats Up as Token Hits Lifetime High Above $710

Trading volumes of ecosystem tokens more than doubled in the past 24 hours, with meme coin FLOKI leading gains among larger tokens.

Bitcoin could hit a new record high in two months. (Kurt Cotoaga/Unsplash)

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Bitcoin Crosses $71K as BTC ETFs See $880M Inflows in Best Day Since March

This marked the best day of inflows since March and the second-highest overall since 11 bitcoin ETFs went live in January.

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Uniswap, Starknet, BNB Lead Altcoin Gains as Bitcoin Hits $71K

Seventeen of the twenty assets in the CoinDesk 20 Index (CD20) booked gains, underscoring the uptrend in the broader crypto market.

Uniswap (UNI) price on June 4 (CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin Sees Profit-Taking Around $70K Amid ‘Stubbornly Bullish’ Sentiment

On-chain data shows over 50% of Bitcoin supply remains inactive, a sign of strong long-term conviction in the asset.

(16:9 CROP) Bull and Bear (Rawpixel)

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GameStop Stock, Meme Tokens Surge as User ‘DeepFu*kingValue’ Returns to Reddit

Keith Gill posted his GameStop options positions on the r/superstonks subreddit in early Asian hours Monday.

GameStop sign on GameStop at 6th Avenue on March 23, 2021 in New York. (John Smith/VIEWpress)

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Crypto Bettors Lay 17% Odds on Donald Trump in Jail Before Election Day

Gamblers have placed almost $900,000 in bets on the “Trump in jail before election day?” market on the predictions application Polymarket.

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