SEC Chair Gary Gensler on Crypto: ‘It’s Unlikely This Stuff is Gonna Be a Currency’ - CoinDesk

Bitcoin Dips Below $61K, Ether Slips 3% as Some PlusToken China Ponzi-Related Coins Moved to Exchanges - CoinDesk

FBI created fake crypto token called ‘NextFundAI’ to take down market manipulators - Fortune

Axe throws and crypto wizards: Permissionless III is underway - Blockworks

Trump-connected World Liberty Financial formally proposes launching on Aave’s Ethereum mainnet instance - The Block

Protocol Village: Nexus Launches 'World's First Open Prover Network' in Beta - CoinDesk

$16 million worth of ether from PlusToken ponzi moves to exchanges, analyst expects full $1.3 billion sale to follow - The Block

US charges 3 cryptocurrency firms and 15 people, including 2 with Hong Kong ties, with fraud - SCMP

Optimism rolls out fifth airdrop, allocates 10.3 million OP tokens to 54,000 Superchain users - The Block

Uptrend in Bitcoin's Dominance Rate Threatened by Fed Rate Cut Cycle, Crypto Asset Manager Says - CoinDesk

Almost Half of Traditional Hedge Funds Are Dabbling in Crypto - Bloomberg ($)

Mango Labs accuses two Mango DAO leaders of embezzling $10m during Eisenberg trial - DL News

Ripple launches crypto storage services for banks in bid to diversify - CNBC

South Korea to review lifting ban on spot crypto ETFs: report - The Block

Bitcoin, Ether Nurse Losses as Dollar Strengthens Ahead of U.S. Inflation Report - CoinDesk

Liquid restaking and rollup platform Puffer introduces token along with community airdrop - The Block

Stripe reinstates crypto payments for US businesses via USDC on Ethereum, Solana and Polygon - The Block

Stablecoins and RWAs are onboarding TradFi to crypto, says Fireblocks CEO - The Block

Bitcoin options show post-US election bullish bets and heightened volatility, analysts say - The Block

Dubai's VARA Fines, Issues Cease-and-Desist Orders Against 7 Crypto Entities - CoinDesk

Trump-linked World Liberty Financial to raise $300 million at $1.5 billion valuation: Roadmap - The Block