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2024 was a landmark year for crypto:
• Bitcoin and Ether ETFs launched, expanding access to traditional investors.
• SBF was sentenced to 25 years in prison with $11 billion in fines.
• Bitcoin Halving impacted supply and price.
• American elections influenced crypto regulations.
• Bitcoin hit $100,000.
• Gary Gensler announced to step down on Jan 20.
• XRP hit a 7-year high, fueled by legal developments.
A year of growth, challenges, and major shifts in the crypto space.
What’s next? 🔥
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🇪🇸 Spotted: Bitcoin Store & ATM in Castelldefels, Spain!
Have you seen similar setups in your area?
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🕵️♂️ NOW: The hacker behind one of the biggest Ethereum heists has moved 51,000 $ETH ($171M) for the first time in two years.
Funds were transferred from 10 wallets to a multisig address.
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🚨 ALERT: Elon Musk has changed his profile picture and name on Twitter.
Get ready for a flood of scam tokens with the same name.
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🚨 BREAKING: #Bitcoin targets $120K in January as stablecoin reserves near a record $45B, signaling potential buying pressure and a bullish start to 2025.
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📉 LATEST: MicroStrategy shares plunge 8% after its end-of-year #Bitcoin buy
MSTR slumped over the last trading day after disclosing its latest Bitcoin purchase, with some market observers raising concern over leverage.
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⚡️ LATEST: ai16z is exploring launching its own Layer-1.
They discussed launching a platform like pump․fun for AI agents and "Positioning ai16z as an L1 blockchain for AI."
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🔥 NEW: The Ton Foundation is partnering with Jupiter to launch a liquidity aggregator on the $TON blockchain.
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🔎 INSIGHT: Bitcoin is leaving exchanges.
The drop signals a shift to holding Bitcoin in personal wallets.
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🗞 Catch up on the news over the last 24 hours!
💰 BlackRock's Spot Ethereum ETF Now Holds Over $3.5B Worth of ETH
💸 Ethereum Long-Term Holders Climbed in 2024 as Bitcoin Holders Fell
🧠 Bitcoin Greed Falls to October Levels as BTC Fizzles Toward Year-End
📊 History Shows ETH Could Pump in Q1, But Analysts Are Still Debating
🆕 Grayscale Research Updates Its Top 20 Crypto Assets for Q1 2025, Adding $HYPE, $ENA, $VIRTUAL, $JUP, $JTO, and $GRASS
💼 Former German Finance Minister Christian Lindner Calls for #Bitcoin to Be Added to ECB and Bundesbank Reserves
🇭🇰 Hong Kong Legislator Proposes Adding #Bitcoin to National Reserves, Leveraging the “One Country, Two Systems” Framework to Boost Financial Stability and Attract Investment
💼 MicroStrategy Has Purchased an Additional 2,138 $BTC
💳 MoonPay Secures MiCA Approval from Dutch Regulators
💪 Enthusiast Raises $1M for Brain Cancer Treatment Through Meme Coin
📉 Monthly Trading Volume on Decentralized Exchanges Reached a Record $326 Billion
💹 Analysts Report That Investors Are Shifting Assets from Bitcoin ETFs to Ethereum ETFs
🔓 A Dormant Bitcoin Address Holding 357 $BTC Has Been Reactivated After 11 Years of Inactivity
🇺🇸 NEW: Analysts report that some investors are shifting assets from Bitcoin ETFs to Ethereum ETFs.
Last week, Bitcoin ETFs saw a net outflow of $387.5 million, while Ethereum ETFs experienced an inflow of $349 million.
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💊 JUST IN: Enthusiast Raises $1M for Brain Cancer Treatment Through Meme Coin
Siqi Chen, founder of the Runway app, launched the Mira (MIRA) meme coin to fund research for his daughter’s brain tumor, a rare condition with no prior research. So far, over $250,000 of the $300,000 goal has been raised through GoFundMe, while the community also donated $1 million in Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana.
The initiative boosted MIRA’s token value from $400,000 to over $18 million, with positive community response.
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🔥 BULLISH: Microstrategy has purchased an additional 2,138 $BTC.
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🔥 JUST IN: Former German Finance Minister Christian Lindner calls for #Bitcoin to be added to ECB and Bundesbank reserves.
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⚡📊 INSIGHT: History shows ETH could pump in Q1, but analysts are still debating
Net inflows into spot Ether ETFs were positive in 22 of the last 24 trading days in 2024 and one analyst expects flows to increase even more under the Trump administration.
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🗞 Catch up on the news over the last 24 hours!
🇸🇻 El Salvador Now Holds Over 6,001 $BTC
📤 Bitcoin Is Leaving Exchanges
🏦 BlackRock And MicroStrategy Nearly Hold A Combined Total Of 1,000,000 Bitcoin
🤝 The Ton Foundation Partners With Jupiter To Launch A Liquidity Aggregator On The $TON Blockchain
🛠️ A16z Is Exploring Launching Its Own Layer-1
💼 Tether Shifts $780M In Bitcoin To Reserve — Its Biggest Move In 9 Months
📉 MicroStrategy Shares Plunge 8% After Its End-Of-Year Bitcoin Buy
🔮 Franklin Templeton Predicts Global Bitcoin Reserves To Grow In 2025, With Hong Kong And Germany Signaling Interest In Adopting $BTC As A Strategic Asset
💰 Bitcoin Targets $120K In January As Stablecoin Reserves Near A Record $45B
🇨🇭 Switzerland Considers Creating A Bitcoin Reserve
🖼️ Elon Musk Changes His Profile Picture And Name On X
📊 Bitcoin Bear Cycles Historically Start When Monthly RSI Hits 92
💸 Hacker Behind One Of The Biggest Ethereum Heists Moves 51,000 $ETH ($171M) For The First Time In Two Years
🔥 JUST IN: Solana-based AI memecoin $AI16Z has surged past a $2 billion market cap.
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📊 NOW: #Bitcoin bear cycles historically start when the monthly RSI hits 92, but it’s currently around 75, says analyst Ali Martinez.
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🇨🇭 Switzerland is considering creating a #Bitcoin reserve, with a petition underway to urge the Central Bank to start buying $BTC.
The proposal aims to enshrine Bitcoin as part of the country’s Constitution.
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⚡️ JUST IN: Franklin Templeton predicts global #Bitcoin reserves to grow in 2025, with Hong Kong and Germany signaling interest in adopting $BTC as a strategic asset.
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⚡️ LATEST: Tether shifts $780M in Bitcoin to reserve — its biggest move in 9 months
Stablecoin issuer Tether has moved over 8,400 #Bitcoin to its reserve in its biggest move since March.
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🔥 VanEck CEO Jan van Eck predicts Bitcoin can hit $300K, overtaking half the value of gold.
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🚨 NEW: BlackRock and MicroStrategy nearly hold a combined total of 1,000,000 Bitcoin.
BlackRock: 552.5K $BTC
MicroStrategy: 446.4K $BTC
Total: 998.9K $BTC
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🇸🇻 LATEST: El Salvador now holds over 6,001 $BTC after adding 52 $BTC in the past 30 days.
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🔥 NOW: A dormant Bitcoin address holding 357 $BTC ($34 million) has been reactivated after 11 years of inactivity.
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📊 JUST IN: Monthly trading volume on decentralized exchanges reached a record $326 billion, surpassing the previous high by 9%.
Uniswap and PancakeSwap led the market with $105.1 billion and $72.3 billion in volume, respectively.
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🚨 LATEST: MoonPay secures MiCA approval from Dutch regulators, paving the way for compliant crypto payment services across Europe under the EU's new digital asset framework.
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🔥 BULLISH: Hong Kong legislator proposes adding #Bitcoin to national reserves, leveraging the “one country, two systems” framework to boost financial stability and attract investment.
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📊 UPDATE: Grayscale Research updates its top 20 crypto assets for Q1 2025, adding $HYPE, $ENA, $VIRTUAL, $JUP, $JTO, and $GRASS.
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⚡ LATEST: Bitcoin greed falls to October levels as BTC fizzles toward year end
Bitcoin has retreated 13.7% in the last 12 days, leading to the Crypto Fear & Greed Index recording its lowest score since Oct. 15.
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