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The Fed's big rate decision may trigger swings in Bitcoin’s trajectory, as economic momentum drives market sentiment

A top super political action committee (PAC) backing U.S. Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris known as Future Forward PAC will accept cryptocurrency donations, a Coinbase spokesperson said Wednesday. Future Forward has raised hundreds of millions of dollars to back Harris in the Nov. 5 U.S. election in which she faces Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump. Although Harris has yet to publicly take a stance on crypto, her campaign staff have met with prominent crypto firms, including Coinbase and Ripple, Reuters has previously reported.

Robinhood's crypto-trading subsidiary used to prevent customers from withdrawing the tokens they bought. Though Robinhood Crypto LLC abandoned that policy in 2022, on Wednesday its past practices earned a $3.9 million slap on the wrist from the state of California.

The popular trading app's sunsetted ban on customer crypto withdrawals caught the ire of California's attorney general.

Puffpaw is betting specialty vapes that give tokens to smokers can help them kick nicotine addiction.

A whopping 70% of Trump-backed World Liberty Financial's WLFI tokens will be reserved for the project's insiders, according to a white paper draft obtained by CoinDesk. World Liberty Financial, the new crypto lending platform promoted by former U.S. President Donald Trump and his sons, advertises itself as a way of "putting the power of finance back in the hands of the people" and a solution to the "rigged" traditional finance system. CoinDesk has obtained a draft white paper for the project.

A spokesperson for Coinbase said the Future Forward PAC, which is dedicated to supporting Kamala Harris, is accepting crypto donations, rather than her campaign directly.