Plus: Why the latest DC news sparked a crypto buying spree

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GM. Crypto headlines pop up faster than seeds in a watermelon, and some pack more punch than you'd expect.

Here's today's pick:

🍍 Crypto market perks up as shutdown ends;

🌍 One sandbox, two countries;

🍋 Kiyosaki hedges with crypto and metals, stablecoins may lower US rates + more

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🍍 Market flavor today

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Name		Price	24H	7D
Crypto Market Cap: $3.57T 2.2% (24H)
	Bitcoin BTC	$105,457.61	2.06%	-2.00%
	Ethereum ETH	$3,557.98	0.92%	-4.08%
	XRP XRP	$2.53	9.84%	4.92%
	BNB BNB	$990.39	-0.11%	-2.62%
	Solana SOL	$167.09	3.54%	-4.69%

Prices as of 11:00 AM EST. Click here to see live data.

Ever been stuck in a painfully slow coffee shop line? You're half-asleep, phone out, waiting for that first caffeine hit, watching the barista move in slow motion...

And then suddenly - BAM! A second barista clocks in. Orders start flying, people smile again, and life feels normal.

That's crypto right now.

For weeks, markets have been dead quiet - barely any volume, traders bored out of their minds.

Then news hit: Congress finally looks ready to pass a deal to end the government shutdown.

This is when the espresso kicked in ☕ Bitcoin's up again, Ethereum and Solana are tagging along. Not a super wild rally, but it still feels nice after the last few weeks.

Bitcoin price chart from BitDegree, 11-10

Source: BitDegree

Now, why did this matter so much?

A government shutdown means a frozen economy - agencies close, workers don't get paid, and everything from small business loans to economic data releases (like inflation reports) gets frozen.

That uncertainty doesn't just mess with DC - it spooks Wall Street too. Investors pull back, traders go risk-off, and liquidity dries up.

But with news that Washington might start moving again soon, the confidence of traders came back.

Traders started buying, and shorts (people betting prices would drop) got wrecked - hundreds of millions in liquidations over 12 hours.

That short squeeze pushed prices even higher.

So, for now, calm in Washington means calm in markets - and calm gives traders permission to take risks again.

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🌍 One sandbox, two countries

Trying to launch a crypto project across the US and UK today is kinda like trying to stream your favorite show on vacation abroad - just when it feels like you've got the VPN working, something changes and you're locked out again.

But that might change soon: those on both sides of the Atlantic are trying to fix this mess with a transatlantic crypto sandbox.

(Before you say anything - no, not the kind with sand and plastic trucks.)

Meme about the UK and the US playing in a sanbox

Lisa Cameron, former UK MP and now head of the UK‑US Crypto Alliance, dropped the news during talks at the UN City offices in Copenhagen.

She says both governments are cooking up a shared regulatory sandbox - a controlled test space where crypto companies can launch across both countries using the same rulebook.

Cynthia Lummis' tweet about UK-US sandbox

Source: @SenLummis

And this is actually pretty bullish for crypto innovation.

If governments are syncing up instead of contradicting each other, it means startups can focus on building cool stuff, not compliance paperwork.

If the sandbox works, the biggest winner is creativity: less time wasted on frameworks, more time launching features that actually matter 🚀

For once, it feels like regulation is trying to help - not just slow us down.

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💸 Robert Kiyosaki's loading up on Bitcoin, Ethereum, gold, and silver since he figures they'll hold up if the economy crashes. He's going for backup just in case things get rough.

📉 Stephen Miran from the Fed thinks stablecoins tied to the dollar could help push US interest rates even lower. He says they're getting more people outside the US to grab Treasury bills.

🔐 Ledger, the French crypto wallet maker, might go public in New York. After $2.2B in crypto thefts, people and companies are all about locking down their digital assets with Ledger.

🤔 Changpeng Zhao said he didn't see Trump's pardon coming and has zero business ties to Trump or his family. He also said they've never met or spoken, even after the pardon in October.

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