# Crypto Bull Leading SEC?

*Author: Bankless*
*Published: Oct 7, 2024*
*Source: https://www.bankless.com/fr/crypto-bull-leading-sec*

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    Crypto Bull Leading SEC?
    
  

  
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Crypto Bull Replacing Gary?
  

  

 

[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e4/b7/e4b77544-5a37-4f0b-8824-8440aa348476/content/images/2024/10/Group-14---2024-10-07T172153.406.png)](https://www.bankless.com/dashboard)- 🇺🇸 **Robinhood Exec is Reportedly Top Pick to Lead SEC under Trump. **Robinhood Chief Legal Officer Dan Gallagher [is a leading candidate](https://www.bankless.com/robinhood-sec) to replace Gary Gensler if Trump wins, Politico reports.
- **🟠 Supreme Court Clears Path for $4.4B Silk Road Bitcoin Sale.** The U.S. government is [one step closer](https://www.bankless.com/silk-road-supreme-court) to selling billions in BTC holdings.
- 📧 **$5.5M EIGEN Token Heist Caused by Email Breach. **An early sale of EigenLayer's native token seemed to [catch everyone off-guard](https://www.bankless.com/email-breach-causes-eigenlayers-5-5m-token-heist).

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New Meme Wave
  
   
     
   
     
    
 

**📸 Daily Market Snapshot: **There are some new dog and cat coins working their way into the top 100 tokens by market cap this week as crypto investors get bullish on fast-rising memecoins, with NEIRO (up 43% today), MEW (up 26% today), and MOG (up 13% today) among the market's top climbers.

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  **Crypto**
   
          $2.19T
       

  
    
    ↗ 0.9%
    
  

   
    
    ↘ 2.7%
    
  

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  **BTC**
   
          $63,280
       

  
    
    ↗ 1.3%
    
  

   
    
    ↘ 0.6%
    
  

       ![](https://banklesspublic.b-cdn.net/eth.png)
    

  **ETH**
   
          $2,449
       

  
    
    ↗ 1.0%
    
  

   
    
    ↘ 6.1%
  

       ![](https://s2.coinmarketcap.com/static/img/coins/64x64/24268.png)
    

  **THL**
   
          $0.517
       

  
    
    ↘ 3.1%
    
  

   
    
    ↗ 19.3%

    
  

  

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Where to Get Started with Coinbase's cbBTC

  
  
   
     
     Bankless Author: 
     
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        William M. Peaster](https://x.com/wmpeaster)
     
    
 

[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e4/b7/e4b77544-5a37-4f0b-8824-8440aa348476/content/images/2024/10/image---2024-10-07T133117.754.png)](https://www.bankless.com/where-to-get-started-with-coinbases-cbbtc)Last month, Coinbase made waves by [launching Coinbase Wrapped Bitcoin](https://www.coinbase.com/en-gb/blog/coinbase-wrapped-btc-cbbtc-is-now-live) (cbBTC). 

When Coinbase users send BTC to an Ethereum or Base address, it’s automatically wrapped into cbBTC at a 1:1 ratio. This approach lets people readily engage with DeFi apps in the Ethereum ecosystem using their Bitcoin holdings *without *selling them.

*So let’s say you’re looking for some affordable opportunities with your newfound cbBTC—**where should you begin?**** ***👇

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