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Bitcoin Climbs 3% to Retake $68K With Solana Outperforming, Ether Showing Relative Weakness

Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap led CoinDesk 20 gains, each rising more than 5%.

Bitcoin price action (CoinDesk)

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Solana Outperforming Amid Memecoin Frenzy

Solana's SOL has been on a tear, leading gains among the crypto market this week amid a speculative memecoin frenzy that is driving up token prices and blockchain activity. The latest trend of artificial intelligence agents pumping memecoins is also predominantly based on the Solana network. CoinDesk's Christine Lee presents the "Chart of the Day."

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Solana Looks Overbought Against Ethereum; Bitcoin-Gold Ratio Stuck in a Downtrend

The SOL/ETH pair trading on Binance looks overbought after four-month winning trend.

The RSI shows overbought conditions. (TradingView/CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin Trader Warns of Correction as BTC Dominance Reaches 2021 Levels; Solana Leads Market Gains

Dominance refers to the ratio between the market capitalization of BTC to the total market capitalization of all cryptocurrencies combined and is often used as a gauge for market sentiment. PLUS: Some Solana tokens are up as much as 70%.

16:9 Market decline (Mediamodifier/Pixabay)

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DJT Token Rallied 180% on Trump Rumors

The DJT token, which was minted two months ago on the Solana blockchain, rallied as much as 180% recently on an unconfirmed report that former US president Donald Trump is behind it. If the report is true, it would be the first time a presidential candidate from a major political party has created a cryptocurrency. PoliFi tokens that share the former president's name were down double digits on the news. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie presents "The Chart of the Day."

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Bitcoin Slides to $66K, Ether Dives 5% in Market-Wide Selloff

Cryptocurrencies weren't spared as stocks, bonds, gold and oil all declined on Wednesday.

Bitcoin price action.

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Solana Hits Record vs. Ether, Outperforms Bitcoin as AI Memecoin Frenzy and Surging Revenues Fuel Rally

Solana was the best-performing asset in the CoinDesk 20 Index through the week, advancing 11%, while BTC and ETH declined.

Solana's SOL price (CoinDesk)

Finance

Solana's Crypto-Governance Hub Realms Is Under New Management

The project is spinning out of Solana Labs and its new leaders want to turn a profit.

Scenes from Solana's Miami Hacker House in April 2022 (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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Crypto ETFs Look Unlikely to Expand Beyond Bitcoin, Ether Under Kamala Harris, Experts Say

Several prospective issuers have filed to launch exchange-traded funds tracking smaller coins like Ripple's XRP or Solana (SOL), but the trajectory of those applications may lie with American voters.

More crypto ETFs, including current applications for an XRP or solana ETF, might not ever be approved if Kamala Harris beats Donald Trump in the presidential election, two ETF experts said. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

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Crypto Degens Baited an Experimental AI Bot Into Promoting a Memecoin. It's Now Up 16,000%.

Conceived as a live experiment in human interactions with AI models, the viral bot ended up shilling a memecoin called GOAT.

The GOAT token refers not to a horned mammal but to a made-up religion often cited in social media posts by AI bot Terminal of Truth. (MartinThoma/Wikimedia Commons)