Overview of Important Developments on November 19th at Noon

8:00-12:00 Keywords: California, Strategic Reserve, McDonald's, Bitcoin 

1. McDonald's updated its official Twitter homepage background to a Doodles theme; 

2. Trump urges senators to confirm Matt Gaetz as Attorney General; 

3. Wall Street giants are heavily buying MicroStrategy stock; 

4. Bitcoin mining difficulty increased by 0.63% to 102.29 T this morning, setting a new high; 

5. BIT Mining pays $4 million to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for allegedly bribing Japanese officials; 

6. Former Acting Comptroller of the Currency Brian Brooks is considering a "financial institution position other than the CFTC".