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🚨 LATEST: US spot Bitcoin ETFs bought around 49,591 $BTC in December while only around 13,500 were mined on average.
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🚨 LATEST: Crypto mining firm Blockware forecasts Bitcoin may reach $150K or $400K in 2025, based on Donald Trump’s Strategic Bitcoin Reserve plan and Fed rates.
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🔥 BULLISH: MicroStrategy has bought nearly 200,000 Bitcoin just in Q4 2024.
Will it close 2024 with more $BTC buy on Monday? 👀
❤️ - Yes, absolutely!
👎 - No
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🚨 LATEST: Blockchain Association sues IRS over crypto broker rules.
Kristin Smith, the CEO of the Blockchain Association, announced in an X post on Dec. 28: “Today we’re taking action, filing a lawsuit that argues today’s broker rulemaking violates the Administrative Procedure Act and is unconstitutional.”
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🔥 BULLISH: Galaxy Research predicts Bitcoin is set to surpass $150K in H1 2025, potentially hitting $185K by Q4, driven by institutional, corporate, and nation-state adoption, with its market cap reaching 20% of gold’s.
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🚨 NEW: US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded nearly $36 billion in net inflows since launch.
These net inflows smashed an earlier $14 billion first-year estimate from Galaxy Digital’s research head Alex Thorn.
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🇺🇸 ERIC TRUMP: "I am confident that Bitcoin is going to hit $1 million."
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🚨 LATEST: VolatilityShares has filed for a futures-based Solana ETF.
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🇺🇸 JUST IN: The IRS has finalized rules requiring brokers to report digital asset transactions, including activity on decentralized exchanges.
Starting in 2027, brokers must disclose gross proceeds from crypto sales and provide details about the taxpayers involved.
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🔥 JUST IN: Metaplanet CEO Simon Gerovich says they’re “just getting started” stacking Bitcoin, after buying nearly 620 $BTC under $100K.
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📈 BULLISH: Parcl hits $100M in daily trading volume, marking a new ATH as Solana’s RWA sector gains momentum for 2025.
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🗞 Catch up on the news over the last 24 hours!
🚨 Animoca Brands CEO Yat Siu and 14 Others Hacked, Including Profiles from Kick and Cursor
🎮 Survey: Blockchain gaming’s top perks are Asset Ownership, Player Rewards, and New Revenue Models
⚡ Legal fight underway to Recover $773M Bitcoin from a Landfill
📜 Vivek Ramaswamy’s Strive Files for Bitcoin Bond ETF with SEC
🌊 Solana’s Jito Staking Pool Surpasses $100M in Monthly Tips
🪙 Bitcoin ETFs Now Outpace Gold ETFs in Assets Under Management
🔄 Bitcoin Dominance at 60%; Traders Eye Altcoins for Accumulation
💡 Ethiopian Electric Power Generates 18% of Revenue From Bitcoin Mining
🚀 MetaMask’s Gas Station Lets Users Pay Gas Fees Without Native Tokens
🇪🇺 EU Enforces ID Checks for Crypto Transactions Above €1,000 Starting Dec. 30
📉 KRW Hits 15-Year Low; South Koreans Flock to BTC and USDT
🇰🇭 Cambodia Greenlights Crypto Services for Banks and Payment Firms
🔥 Bitcoin Could Hit $1M if the US Creates a Strategic BTC Reserve, Per Bitwise CIO
🔥 BULLISH: #Bitcoin could reach $1 million if the U.S. creates a strategic BTC reserve, according to Bitwise CIO.
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🇰🇷 JUST IN: The KRW/USD exchange rate has hit a 15-year low, prompting South Koreans to convert KRW into BTC and USDT on Upbit, where a 3–5% premium is observed.
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🔥 JUST IN: MetaMask has introduced the Gas Station feature, enabling users to cover gas fees even with insufficient native assets.
Initially available on Ethereum, it supports tokens like $USDT, $USDC, $DAI, $ETH, $wBTC, and $wSOL.
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🔥 BULLISH: El Salvador now holds 6,000 Bitcoin worth $569.3 million!
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🔥 TRUMP: “Instead of attacking industries of the future, we will embrace them including making America the world capital for crypto and Bitcoin.”
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🚨 INSIGHT: Over 70 public companies hold Bitcoin on their balance sheet this year with a total of 591,726 $BTC.
Which company will join the list next? 👀
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🚨 Bitgo CEO Mike Belshe says, “If we’re gonna continue to see monetary supply go up, Bitcoin is the perfect hedge against that.”
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🚨 LATEST: BlackRock and Fidelity spot Ethereum ETFs bought a total of about 101,390 $ETH worth $342.2M this week.
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🚨 LATEST: Galaxy Digital’s research division predicts that the United States government will not buy any Bitcoin in 2025 but will safeguard its existing supply.
Galaxy Research head of research Alex Thorn said, "There will be some movement within the departments and agencies to examine an expanded Bitcoin reserve policy."
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🇺🇸 ETF FLOWS: Around 3,010 $BTC were sold and 14,310 $ETH were bought on Dec. 28
BTC ETFs saw $287.9M in net outflows.
ETH ETFs saw $47.7M in net inflows.
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🚨 LATEST: Over 60 publicly traded companies collectively hold 591,368 $BTC!
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🇮🇳 REPORT: Dogecoin ranks as the most-held token in India, while Shiba Inu takes the lead as the most traded.
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🚨 LATEST: Montenegro approves Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon’s extradition to the US following appeal rejection.
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⚡️ NEW: Solana-based DEX aggregator Jupiter has announced its second airdrop, set for January 2025.
The team plans to distribute 700 million $JUP tokens to 2.3 million wallets.
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📊 UPDATE: #Bitcoin rebound imminent?
$BTC buy volume rose from less than $5B (Dec. 1) to almost $6B (Dec. 25), mirroring patterns before #Bitcoin's 90% rally in early 2024.
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🇰🇭 JUST IN: Cambodia’s central bank has approved commercial banks and payment institutions to offer crypto-related services.
This comes after the country previously blocked access to 16 crypto exchange websites, including Binance, Coinbase, and OKX. ❌
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🇪🇺 NEW: Starting December 30, crypto exchanges in the EU will require additional identity verification for transactions exceeding €1,000.
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🔥 NOW: Ethiopian Electric Power now earns 18% of its revenue from #Bitcoin mining, utilizing excess energy from the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.
With $1 billion invested this year, Ethiopia aims to become a top-five global mining hub.
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