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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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📈 INSIGHT: Bitcoin ETFs, MicroStrategy, whales spur 3X jump in private BTC txs: Analyst
CryptoQuant’s CEO Ki Young Ju dismissed the idea that private CoinJoin transactions are mostly used by hackers to launder stolen funds.
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⚡️ BULLISH: US Bitcoin ETFs now have more assets under management than gold ETFs.
Spot Bitcoin ETFs have been on the market in the US for less than a year 🔥
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🇺🇸 TRUMP: “The future of crypto and the future of #Bitcoin will be made in the USA.”
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🇺🇸 JUST IN: Vivek Ramaswamy’s Strive Asset Management has filed for a “Strive Bitcoin Bond ETF” with the SEC.
The fund aims to offer exposure to MicroStrategy's convertible bonds, among others.
🎮 NEW: According to a Blockchain Game Alliance survey, the top 3 benefits of blockchain gaming are:
🥇 Asset ownership
🥈 Player reward models
🥉 New revenue models
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🚨 UPDATE: Animoca Brands CEO Yat Siu was hacked, along with 14 others, including profiles from Kick, Cursor, Alex Blania, and more.
Investigator ZachXBT linked the attacks to a single token creator’s address.
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🚨 NEW: Former FTX executive Ryan Salame has had over a year reduced from his prison sentence and is now scheduled for release on March 1, 2031.
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🚨 JUST IN: Brazil’s central bank has proposed banning stablecoin transfers to self-custodial wallets like MetaMask and Trezor.
Industry experts believe this move could inadvertently accelerate the shift toward decentralization.
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🔥 NOW: Publicly traded company KULR has purchased 217 BTC for $21 million as part of its strategic #Bitcoin reserve, with the purchase price set at $96,556 per $BTC.
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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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🚨 BREAKING: Bitwise files for #Bitcoin Standard Corporations ETF.
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📊 INSIGHT: With Bitcoin dominance creeping back up to nearly 60% amid a price stall in the last few days of 2024, there’s a growing belief among traders it could be time to switch their accumulation strategy toward altcoins.
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🚨 LATEST: Bitwise has filed for a Bitcoin Standard Corporations ETF with the SEC.
The fund aims to offer exposure to stocks of the companies that have adopted the #Bitcoin standard with at least 1,000 $BTC in its corporate treasury.
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🔥 LATEST: Solana's Jito staking pool has surpassed $100M in monthly tips according to Kairos Research.
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⚡️ LATEST: Man in Legal Fight to Recover $773M in Bitcoin from Landfill.
James Howell is trying to locate his 8,000 $BTC mistakenly disposed of in a landfill, aiming to retrieve the hard drive while complying with legal and environmental regulations.
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🔥 SAYLOR: “The most important thing in the world today is Bitcoin.”
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🗞 Catch up on the news over the last 24 hours!
🔥 RFK JR: "I'm a huge supporter of Bitcoin.”
⚡️ Chief analyst at Bitget Research predicts "the expected trading range for $BTC this week is $94K - $105K."
☕️ Solana-based Agridex completed its first on-chain coffee trade.
💰 Ether ETFs have seen over $2.5B in inflows.
🙌 In 2024, nearly $15 billion was distributed through airdrops.
🗣️ Larry Fink says tokenizing assets and securities could revolutionize finance.
📈 Bitcoin and Solana hit all-time highs in monthly trading volume last month.
🍾 Redemption arcs of 2024 — Ripple’s victory, memecoins’ rise, RWA growth.
🚨 SAYLOR: “I bought Bitcoin, my goal is to buy more Bitcoin.”
📊 Binance Bitcoin reserves hit January levels — months before BTC jumped 90%.
🤑 Solana's DEX volume was 83.7% larger than Ethereum's in November.
🔥 Analysts believe Bitcoin is closer to the $1,000,000 mark than it seems.
🇯🇵 Japan's PM Shigeru Ishiba said the government lacks sufficient information to consider a Bitcoin strategic reserve.
❗️ Publicly traded company KULR has purchased 217 BTC for $21 million as part of its strategic Bitcoin reserve.
🦛 Vitalik Buterin donated $290,000 to the Khao Kheow Zoo, sparking a surge in the Moodeng token.
🇧🇷 Brazil’s central bank has proposed banning stablecoin transfers to self-custodial wallets like MetaMask and Trezor.
🇺🇸 US Congress is expected to prioritize crypto legislation in 2025.
👀 Former FTX executive Ryan Salame has had over a year reduced from his prison sentence.
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🇺🇸 NEW: The U.S. Congress is expected to prioritize crypto legislation in 2025, focusing on key issues like stablecoins and the FIT21 Act.
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📈 NEW: Vitalik Buterin donated $290,000 to the Khao Kheow Zoo, sparking a surge in the Moodeng token.
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🇯🇵 Japan's PM Shigeru Ishiba said the government lacks sufficient information to consider a Bitcoin strategic reserve.
This comes as the U.S. and Brazil explore similar initiatives.
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