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Videos

Ledger Removes 'Malicious Version' of Connect Kit; Why Is Meme Coin BONK Surging?

"CoinDesk Daily" host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the biggest crypto stories of the day, including details on why a compromised version of Ledger software prompted a warning for crypto users to avoid interacting with dapps. JPMorgan analysts are cautious about the crypto markets next year. And, a closer look at why the Solana-based meme coin BONK is rallying.

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Markets

Crypto Trader Turns $1K Into $100K on Solana’s Newest Memecoin, Dogwifhat

Like it or not, dog tokens are driving big business in the crypto markets.

The dogwifhat meme (Know your meme)

Markets

Meme Coin BONK Spikes 40% on Coinbase Listing

Prices reversed nearly all losses from last week following the announcement. BONK traded at $0.000014 on Thursday morning, with a trading volume of over $235 million.

Coinbase (Alpha Photo/Flickr)

Tech

Ethereum's Buterin Floats Prospect of Taking Some Layer-2 Functions Back on Main Chain

Vitalik Buterin, a member of the Ethereum Foundation's executive board, once pushed "layer-2" networks as a way to provide faster and cheaper transactions. Now he's got ideas for "enshrining" some of those functions on the main chain.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin (Bradley Keoun/modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Jito's Token Launch Pushed Competitor Marinade's MNDE to All-Time Highs

Marinade's market cap is dwarfed by Jito, though, despite being a bigger crypto ecosystem.

cartoon of Marinade Finance's logo

Markets

Ether, Solana Hit 19-Month Highs as Bitcoin Rally Halts with Traders Fearing 'Bull Trap'

BitMex founder Arthur Hayes speculated about SOL hitting near $100 in a bullish weekend for altcoins.

Solana price (CoinDesk)

Finance

Solana Protocol Kamino Eyes Airdrop Following Jito Token Launch

Solana's SOL token has more than tripled since mid-October as DeFi traders return to the ecosystem's on-chain trading, borrowing, lending and yield-generating projects, most notably Kamino.

Solana party in Lisbon (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Markets

Even Small-Time Jito Airdroppers Are Getting Thousands of Dollars in JTO Tokens

The governance token was airdropped to users of Jito's liquid staking token protocol.

Arbitrum airdrop goes live. (Pexel/Pixabay)

Tech

Future of Solana's Hyped Saga Phone Is 'Under Internal Discussion' as Sales Figures Fail to Wow

Yakovenko emphasizes the importance of reaching a user base of 25-50K to sustain the Solana phone's development in an interview with Laura Shin.

The Saga smartphone. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)