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🇺🇸 UPDATE: Bloomberg reports that after the unemployment report, traders no longer anticipate two Fed rate cuts this year.
Markets now expect only one rate cut, likely no earlier than June, driving the current market reaction.
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🇺🇸 #Bitcoin dips below $92K as the US preps to sell $6.5B in $BTC before Trump takes office.
Market shock incoming?
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⚡️ JUST IN: US Senate eyes crypto subcommittee as Trump considers pro-crypto Summer Mersinger as CFTC chair ahead of inauguration.
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🇺🇸 JUST IN: The US Senate Banking Committee led by Senator Tim Scott is set to launch its first-ever subcommittee on digital assets, according to reports.
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🚨 LATEST: The UK Treasury has amended finance laws to clarify that crypto staking which is necessary for proof-of-stake blockchains such as Ethereum and Solana isn’t a collective investment scheme, which is typically heavily regulated.
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🚨 JUST IN: Bitwise’s latest survey reveals 56% of advisors said they’re more likely to invest in crypto in 2025 after Trump’s win.
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🚨 JUST IN: Philadelphia Fed President Patrick Harker expects interest rate cuts in the future but says there’s no rush right now, as the Fed needs to see more economic data before making a move.
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⚡️ NOW: SEC Chair Gary Gensler, set to depart on January 20, 2025, stressed the importance of regulating altcoins and digital asset intermediaries, pointing to inadequate disclosures and “bad actors” in the crypto market.
Could his departure pave the way for more crypto-friendly policies?
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🔥 BULLISH: Michael Saylor stated that the first country to print its national currency to buy #Bitcoin will gain a significant advantage.
He compared this to MicroStrategy’s strategy of issuing its shares to invest in $BTC.
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🚨 Rise’n’Crypto: $7B HYPE Airdrop Shocks Crypto
HyperLiquid’s HYPE token airdrop is now worth $7B, the most successful in history.
🟠 No VCs, just early users
🟠 $1M daily buybacks fueling FOMO
🟠 Early users scored 28% of the supply
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📊 INSIGHT: A decline in crowd sentiment around memecoin $DOGE could signal a buying opportunity for traders, according to crypto analysis firm Santiment.
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🇭🇰 JUST IN: Hong Kong Monetary Authority has launched its “Supervisory Incubator for Distributed Ledger Technology” initiative to assist banks in adopting distributed ledger technology.
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🔥 INSIGHT: Bitcoin whales have accumulated over 34,000 Bitcoin since the huge December dump, providing buying pressure for the current recovery in Bitcoin, says Blocktrends head of research.
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🇺🇸 JUST IN: President-elect Trump launches new official Trump Bitcoin Trading Cards on Ordinals.
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🎙️ Bitcoin Spot ETF: 1 Year Later 🎙️
What’s changed since the SEC approved Bitcoin spot ETFs? How have they shaped the market? What's next in 2025? 🚀
Join host Savannah Fortis and a powerhouse panel from Bloomberg, CoinShares, and Cointelegraph as they break it all down in this must-hear episode.
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📈 JUST IN: CryptoQuant has detected a “buy the dip” signal.
Analysts note the capitulation of speculators near $92,000, with panic selling often signaling a local bottom, as large investors (whales) increase their purchases.
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🔥 JUST IN: #Bitcoin hits 14 consecutive green hourly candles, marking its longest streak since 2017, with prices rising from $91,771 to $95,283.
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🔥 BULLISH: US Bitcoin miner CleanSpark now holds 10,097 $BTC in its treasury, becoming the fourth public-listed mining firm to currently hold more than 10,000 Bitcoin!
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🚨 NEW: VanEck Head of Digital Assets Research Matthew Sigel says Block Inc. could be the first firm with an explicit Bitcoin strategy to be listed in the S&P 500.
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🚨 LATEST: $XRP price preps for ‘powerful move' above $2.90 as sentiment metrics signal optimism, suggesting that it’s gearing up for a run to new all-time highs.
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🔥 PREDICTION: #Bitcoin is predicted to reach $1.5 million by 2035, according to Timothy Peterson, who bases his forecast on network growth and Metcalfe’s Law.
Peterson’s prior accurate predictions include the 2024 bounce and the $10,000 $BTC price floor.
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🗞 Catch up on the news over the last 24 hours!
⚡️ Aave turns 5. Here’s what they’ve accomplished
🔥 El Salvador just bought another 11 Bitcoin worth over $1M to its strategic reserve!
🇺🇸 President-elect Trump launches new official Trump Bitcoin Trading Cards on Ordinals.
🔥 Bitcoin whales have accumulated over 34,000 Bitcoin since the huge December dump, providing buying pressure for the current recovery in Bitcoin, says Blocktrends head of research.
🚨 NEW: FTX says the acquisition of its European arm FTX EU by Backpack has not been approved by the bankruptcy court.
🇭🇰 JUST IN: Hong Kong Monetary Authority has launched its “Supervisory Incubator for Distributed Ledger Technology” initiative to assist banks in adopting distributed ledger technology.
🇺🇸 ETF FLOWS: Around 5,870 BTC and 47,170 ETH were sold on Jan. 8.
📊 A decline in crowd sentiment around memecoin $DOGE could signal a buying opportunity for traders, according to crypto analysis firm Santiment.
🇺🇸 Oklahoma senator introduces the Bitcoin Freedom Act, enabling salaries and payments to be made in $BTC.
🚨 Rise’n’Crypto: $7B HYPE Airdrop Shocks Crypto
🇺🇸 Donald Trump is currently holding over $10,000,000 in crypto.
🔥 Michael Saylor stated that the first country to print its national currency to buy Bitcoin will gain a significant advantage.
🇬🇧 UK court has rejected James Howells’ lawsuit seeking permission to excavate a landfill in Newport.
🇬🇧 JUST IN: UK court has rejected James Howells’ lawsuit seeking permission to excavate a landfill in Newport.
Howells had hoped to recover a hard drive containing 7,500 $BTC, which he accidentally discarded in 2013.
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🇺🇸 INSIGHT: Donald Trump is currently holding over $10,000,000 in crypto.
How much will it be worth on Inauguration Day?
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🇺🇸 BULLISH: Oklahoma senator introduces the #Bitcoin Freedom Act, enabling salaries and payments to be made in $BTC.
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🇺🇸 ETF FLOWS: Around 5,870 BTC and 47,170 ETH were sold on Jan. 8.
BTC ETFs saw $568.8M in net outflows.
ETH ETFs saw $159.4M in net outflows.
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🚨 NEW: FTX says the acquisition of its European arm FTX EU by Backpack has not been approved by the bankruptcy court.
FTX also noted that Backpack has not been given authority to manage creditor repayments.
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🚨 LATEST: SEC Chair Gary Gensler says crypto is rife with bad actors, adds that there’s still work to be done in regulating altcoins and intermediaries in the crypto market.
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🔥 JUST IN: El Salvador just bought another 11 Bitcoin worth over $1M to its strategic reserve!
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