Delayed Crenshaw vote increases odds of all-Republican SEC early next year 

Next year, the Securities and Exchange Commission could become entirely Republican-controlled. At least for a little while.

The Senate Banking Committee on Wednesday delayed its vote to confirm SEC Caroline Crenshaw, whose term ended in June. After the vote — which was scheduled to take place Wednesday morning — was pushed to later in the afternoon, Senate Republicans were able to block it as late-in-the-day votes require unanimous approval. The vote has not yet been rescheduled. 

Should Crenshaw not be confirmed before the Senate adjourns for the session next week, President-elect Donald Trump will have the opportunity to nominate a replacement, although no more than three…

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Bitcoin, XRP, Dogecoin Move Down, Ethereum The Best Of The Bunch: ‘Expecting True Breakout Before Christmas,’ Announces Trader

Cryptocurrency markets are trading lower on Thursday as President-elect Donald Trump rang the bell at the New York Stock Exchange.

CryptocurrencyPrice    Gains +/-Bitcoin BTC/USD$99,666.97-1.7%Ethereum ETH/USD$3,882.77+1.8%Solana SOL/USD$228.16-0.9%XRP XRP/USD$2.36-3.2%Dogecoin DOGE/USD$0.404-3.2%Shiba Inu SHIB/USD$0.00002804-4%

Notable Statistics:

IntoTheBlock data shows large transaction volume increasing by 5.3% and daily active addresses falling by 11.9%. Transactions greater than $100,000 remained relatively flat while exchanges netflows are up by 308.9%.

Coinglass data reports 100,126 traders were liquidated in the past 24 hours for $290.48 million.

Notable…

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