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🗣 Bitcoin retreats from record high of $108,000 just before the Federal Reserve meeting

⏺ The Fed is expected to implement another quarter-point rate cut on today's meeting, but there is less clarity on the policy outlook next year due to robust US economic growth and inflation risks from Trump's wider agenda.

⏺ Despite the dip, demand remains strong, with Bitcoin whales accumulating $7.28 billion worth of BTC over the past two days.

⏺ Major altcoins, including BNB, Solana, Dogecoin, Cardano, Tron, Avalanche, Chainlink, and Shiba Inu, registered losses of up to 6%.


Strong institutional demand will cause short-lived Bitcoin price dips in 2025, according to Bitfinex analysts

⏺ With ideal conditions, they expect Bitcoin's price to double by June 2025, with a minimum of $145,000 by mid-2025 and a peak of $200,000.

⏺ Though Q1 2025 is expected to be volatile for Bitcoin, the trend is upward. Institutional and global adoption has increased, and spot Bitcoin ETF inflows have continued.

⏺ Bitcoin could increase in value by nearly nine times from $105,360. If Bitcoin mirrors 2021, it may reach up to $339,000. The US Bitcoin reserve could change the market narrative, according to crypto experts.


🗣 Senator Tim Scott and his Representative French Hill have both promised to address cryptocurrency legislation

⏺ A stablecoin bill and the Financial Innovation & Technology for the 21st Century Act (FIT21) are set to be passed. The bipartisan deal was nearly broken but hit a few roadblocks.

⏺ Despite his history of being an anti-crypto opponent, Scott is optimistic about the industry's prospects and has begun to initiate discussions about crypto policy.

⏺ Given the tight Republican-Democratic split in the Senate, it is imperative that members of both parties participate in any significant endeavour.


RLUSD, a U.S. dollar stablecoin, will launch on the XRP Ledger and Ethereum blockchain on December 17

⏺ New York Department of Financial Services approves launch. RLUSD adoption should increase as the US moves toward more transparent regulations.

⏺ The liquidity and transaction bridge between digital asset markets and traditional finance is stablecoins, a stable-price blockchain asset for web3-native and real-world settlements.

⏺ Tether and Circle, worth over $200 billion, may compete with XRP's operator during the launch. Due to demand-driven price volatility, Ripple CTO DVID Schwartz advised investors against buying RLUSD for FOMO.


Ethereum whale wallet holdings have reached an all-time high, representing 57% of Ether in circulation

⏺ Santiment, an onchain analytics platform, reports 104 "whale wallets" with over 100,000 Ether, worth $333 billion. Whale buying may indicate a bullish future.

⏺ Analysts expect Ether's value to rise after December's eight-month wallet address high. It currently costs $4,007. Ethereum's price reached $4,000 for the first time since March on December 7.

⏺ Analysts believe Ether's value may rise above its all-time high in the first quarter of 2025 due to this month's cryptocurrency market deleveraging.


🗣 Customers of the now-defunct FTX cryptocurrency exchange can be repaid starting January 3, 2025

⏺ With certain conditions met, the first group of claimants can anticipate repayments no later than 60 days after January 3, 2025.

⏺ The recovery distribution process for FTX users will be aided by crypto firms Kraken and BitGo. Debtors can repay almost 119% of their claimed account value, or 98% of users, once the plan takes effect.

⏺ Convenience class users (claiming $50,000 or less) will be repaid first. At publication, the third distributor will remain anonymous.

FTX filed for bankruptcy in November 2022 after a liquidity crisis and CEO Sam Bankman-Fried's resignation.


In the last ten weeks, crypto ETPs have received $20.3 billion, or 45 percent of all 2024 inflows

⏺ In the trading week of Dec. 9-13, crypto investment firm CoinShares reported that digital asset investment products saw an additional $3.2 billion inflow. The previous period saw record inflows of $3.85 billion, bringing the total for 2024 to $44.5 billion.

⏺ Total inflows since the US presidential election have reached $11.5 billion, with $2 billion going towards Bitcoin products.

⏺ Inflows of $1 billion were recorded by Ethereum ETPs, continuing a streak of seven weeks of inflows totalling $3.7 billion in various Ether-based ETPs during the period.


Bitcoin's price rose nearly 5% on December 15 amid speculation that it could become a US reserve asset, reaching $106,000

⏺ CK Zheng, ZK Square's chief investment officer, predicts $125,000 for Bitcoin in early 2025. He also predicted a 30% correction, saying most bullish news about the incoming Trump administration is "priced in."

⏺ Strike CEO and founder Jack Mallers believes US President-Elect Donald Trump may designate Bitcoin as a reserve asset on January 20 by executive order.

⏺ Satoshi Action Fund CEO Dennis Porter expects at least ten states to introduce Bitcoin reserve bills, with a third in the works.


🗣 World Liberty Financial, a DeFi project led by Donald Trump, has been on a massive crypto buying spree in December, now nearing a total spend of $45 million

⏺ The project has previously purchased $30 million worth of Ether and $10 million worth of Coinbase Wrapped BTC. The most recent purchase was for $250,000 worth of Ondo, a token for a decentralized exchange.

⏺ In September, World Liberty Financial launched as a decentralized cryptocurrency trading platform. Family-affiliated companies can take 75% of profits.

⏺ Its token purchases may increase trust or project value by highlighting these assets. The World Liberty Financial token has struggled to sell enough to meet its goal.


🗣 Since the Bitcoin network was created, miners have made over $70 billion, with users paying them $71.49 billion

⏺ Bitcoin's market cap is $2 trillion, but earnings are only 3.6%. Miners earned $71.49 billion for their computational efforts from $67.31 billion in block subsidies and $4.18 billion in user-paid transaction fees.

⏺ Although there was a fantastic return on investment for the input security budget, this only accounts for 3.57 percent of Bitcoin's $2 trillion peak.

⏺ With filtered transfer volume at $11.63 trillion—just 8.86% of the total—the Bitcoin network has processed $131.25 trillion in volume. Hut 8 and MARA Holdings are two examples of the rapidly expanding Bitcoin mining firms.


European Supervisory Authorities published MiCAR crypto-asset categorization guidelines

⏺ Standardized testing and templates for market participants to utilize when communicating crypto-asset classification are included in the guidelines.

⏺ The objectives of the guidelines are to increase consumer and investor protection, create a level playing field, reduce regulatory arbitrage risks, and ensure that MiCAR is consistently applied across the European Union.

⏺ The ESA websites will feature the translated guidelines into the official languages of the European Union.


🗣 Data from DefiLlama shows that Binance received deposits totaling more than $24 billion in 2024

⏺ As a result of regulatory victories, historic price milestones, and the launch of Bitcoin exchange-traded funds in major markets, there has been a surge in the global adoption of digital assets, which is driving this growth.

⏺ Bybit and OKX are the next two exchanges in terms of inflows, with $8.2 billion and $5.3 billion, respectively. The following exchanges have witnessed net inflows of the largest amounts: BitMEX, Robinhood, and HTX.

⏺ In contrast, Bitstamp, Bitfinex, and Crypto.com have witnessed outflows of $2.75 billion, $1.77 billion, and $358.1 million, respectively.

⏺ When Binance's trading volume surpassed $100 trillion, it became the first centralized exchange (CEX) to do so.


BlackRock and Fidelity, the two largest ETF issuers, have purchased over $500 million in Ethereum in the past two days

⏺ Following the SEC's approval in May, BlackRock and Fidelity increased their portfolio activity through a Coinbase Prime transaction.

⏺ The biggest issuer, BlackRock's iShares Ethereum Trust ETF (ETHA), has the potential to receive $2.93 billion in total inflow.

⏺ Once the commission is filled out, BlackRock intends to begin offering spot trading options for Ether ETFs.


🗣 European cryptocurrency exchanges are preparing to delist locally noncompliant stablecoins as crypto laws near enforcement

⏺ As of December 13, Coinbase Europe, Coinbase Germany, and Coinbase Custody International will remove USDt, one of five stablecoins from Tether, from their platforms.

⏺ Both USD Coin and the EURC stablecoin, which is pegged to the euro and managed by Coinbase and Circle, a US crypto company, will remain supported by Coinbase.

⏺ Among the world's top three exchanges in terms of trading volume, Coinbase has a sizable portion of the USDT market.

⏺ No formal claim has been made by the European Securities and Markets Authority that the stablecoin does not comply with MiCA.

⏺ While developing a tech-based solution for the European market, Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino has publicly criticized certain parts of the MiCA regulations.


🎚 Alipay, China's biggest payment system, has apparently been showing ads for users in mainland China on Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies

⏺ The commercials encourage crypto investments and point viewers to Huabao Overseas Technology C, which indirectly owns Coinbase stock and the ARK 21Shares Bitcoin ETF.

⏺ Currently limited to buying a maximum of 1,000 Chinese yuan ($137) of the fund's shares daily, users must minimum invest 10 yuan.

⏺ Maintaining its anti-crypto posture, the Chinese government is imposing an interdepartmental crackdown on cryptocurrencies by 2021. China's authorities have declared, in spite of the ban, that crypto assets are legal properties safeguarded under law.


To satisfy the expanding global crypto market, Hong Kong is thinking about speeding changes to its crypto rules

⏺ Joseph Chan, acting Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, underlined Hong Kong's dedication to international standards while noting the complexity of the virtual assets market.

⏺ A more all-encompassing approach has drawn criticism from some legislators, who also speculate about creating a specialized department or commissioner to monitor crypto rules.

⏺ Whether cryptocurrencies ought to be part of Hong Kong's fiscal reserves is still up for debate. Right now, Hong Kong's Exchange Fund targets neither crypto-assets.


🗣 In November, venture capital (VC) funds invested nearly $800 million in crypto startups, marking a 31% growth in funding

⏺ The blockchain gaming sector raised $71 million, while general web3 projects secured $8.2 million.

⏺ Crypto-related infrastructure saw the highest funding over $583 million, with Zero Gravity Labs raising $40 million and Canaan Creative raising $30 million.

⏺ The DeFi ecosystem saw 31% monthly funding growth, reaching $128.2 million.

⏺ USDX Money conducted the largest funding round, while World Financial Liberty raised the second-largest amount through a token sale.


🎚 Restaking has the potential to revitalize blockchain assets

⏺ In 2025, the crypto bull market is expected to experience a vicious cycle of diminishing returns and ecosystem bloat due to ecosystem saturation.

⏺ Restaking, a strategy to reshape assets and network security, may revive chains by increasing security, utility, and yield.

⏺ Ethereum's proposal to lower the validator staking threshold could attract new validators.

⏺ Technical challenges include building trust networks, minimizing fee value loss, and addressing fragmented trust security concerns. Future blockchain development should aim to maximize value across all chains.


Based on a fractal against gold, Bitcoin is expected to drop sharply in the coming days

⏺ The Bitcoin-to-Gold ratio has climbed into a key resistance zone between 34 and 37, a level historically associated with local market tops. The ratio's weekly relative strength index (RSI) has breached the overbought threshold of 70, signaling potential overextension.

⏺ This pattern has previously aligned with sharp price declines in Bitcoin's USD pair (BTC/USD). The fractal reflects a tendency among traders to treat Bitcoin as a high-risk, speculative asset and gold as a safer hedge during bear markets.

⏺ If the correction occurs, BTC/USD's possibility of reaching $65,000-69,000 aligns with its 50-week EMA and 1.00 Fib line, resulting in a 30-35% correction by March 2025.


🗣 According to Bitwise, five "crypto unicorns" are anticipated to go public in 2025, marking the first crypto IPO

⏺ Rising demand from investors, widespread adoption by institutions, and a favorable macro environment form the basis of the prediction.

⏺ According to predictions, Bitcoin could reach $200,000 by 2025, which could put it ahead of gold's $18 trillion market cap by 2029.

⏺ It is predicted that Ether will make a comeback, Coinbase will surpass all others as the most valuable brokerage platform, and the market for memecoins could potentially double to $400 billion.

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