US markets rallied after CPI showed a 2.7 percent year-on-year rise in November but Moneta's Aoifinn Devitt says the figure could be higher next time as the reading was based on limited data due to the government shutdown

Whatever your opinion is on the Trump Venezuela takeover, that's some gangster shit right there...

SEC’s sole Democratic Commissioner Caroline Crenshaw departs agency, leaving all-Republican panel

UPDATE: 🇺🇸 Tether Co-Founder Brock Pierce says "Michael Saylor has been one of the greatest torchbearers the industry has ever had." $BTC

$ETH $3.3K is the key level to break for the bulls to get a high timeframe reversal going. On the downside, the november low at $2.6K is the main support. Simply don't get chopped up during this range and see which opportunities the market might present to you.

UPDATE: 🇺🇸 Tether Co-Founder Brock Pierce says "GENIUS and CLARITY from an investor perspective are a big deal—with the US regulatory stance now positive, foreign governments and legislation are following, and every major financial institution is in, from BlackRock to Vanguard."

🇰🇷 INSIGHT: South Korea’s exchange is ready for Bitcoin ETFs, but regulators are still dragging their feet.

UPDATE: 🇺🇸 Tether Co-Founder Brock Pierce highlights "Bitcoin's scarcity. There's 21 million BTC, a limited supply. As demand and adoption increase for Bitcoin, it's inevitable that the price should go higher." $BTC, $XRP, $ADA, and $NIGHT have a limited supply.

UPDATE: 🇺🇸 Tether Co-Founder Brock Pierce says "I continue to be bullish on Bitcoin, there's a number of major events that led to that all-time high. We have a crypto President, Vice President, a Cabinet, Regulators. $BTC is in a very different situation than ever before."

Trump: The US will run Venezuela until a proper transition can take place. US oil companies will enter and start making money for the country.