Recap of 2023 top news
• US judge rules XRP is not a security.
• $10 trillion asset manager BlackRock officially files for a Spot #Bitcoin & Ethereum ETF.
• BlackRock CEO says crypto is digital gold and "Bitcoin is an international asset."
• Sam Bankman-Fried found guilty on all charges.
• Elon Musk tells advertisers who are trying to blackmail him to "go fu*k yourself."
• Russia to use Chinese yuan instead of US dollars to settle trade with Asia, Africa, & Latin America.
• FED Chair Jerome Powell says "crypto appears to have staying power as an asset class."
• Changpeng Zhao (CZ) resigns as Binance CEO.
• Coinbase relists Ripple XRP.
• Chinese Yuan overtakes US dollar as most-used currency in China's cross-border transactions for the first time in history.
• Saudi Arabia enters trade alliance with China, Russia, India, Pakistan, and four Central Asian nations to step further away from reliance on the US dollar.
• Argentina President Javier Milei plans to replace the peso with the US Dollar and shut down the central bank.
• Turkish crypto exchange CEO sentenced to 11,196 years in prison for stealing $2 billion in customer funds.
• SEC drops lawsuit against Ripple XRP executives.
• Crypto asset manager Grayscale wins lawsuit against SEC.
• Coinbase sues the SEC, seeking regulatory clarity for the crypto industry.
• El Salvador President officially signs bill eliminating all taxes on income, property, and capital gains for technology innovations.
• Hong Kong court recognizes cryptocurrencies as property.
• Chinese property giant Evergrande files for bankruptcy.
• Terra founder Do Kwon arrested in Montenegro.
• US Government arrests SafeMoon founders John Karony, Kyle Nagy & Thomas Smith.
• BlackRock names JPMorgan as an authorized participant for its Spot Bitcoin ETF.
• UK Government plans to establish new digital asset legislation and make the country a crypto hub.
Here are a couple of dates in January of 2024 you should pay attention to…
Know your Crypto events and prepare
2 Jan -$BAKE - $BICA Launchpad
3 Jan -$RON - Play-to-Airdrop ($PIXEL)
3 Jan - $GMT - "Gas Hero" Official release
4 Jan -$AI - Binance Trading starts
5 Jan - $ALEX - $ORDG Launchpad
8 Jan - $JOE - $MOE TGE bridging
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9 Jan - Coinbase - Delist $BSV
Jan 10 - #BTC Spot ETF Approval (Prospective)
10 Jan - StarkNet - Mainnet V0.13.0
11 Jan - U.S. - CPI (Dec)
12 Jan -$APT - $245 million worth of tokens Unlock
15 Jan - $FET - Mainnet Upgrade to a new integration
15 Jan - $ENJ - Governance Rewards Begin
17 Jan - $ETH - Dencun (Goerli) a new data storage known as "proto-danksharding."
17 Jan - Coinbase - Dismissal Hearing
18 Jan - $FIRO - Lelantus Spark Launch
21 Jan - $INJ - $130M Unlock
22 Jan - $MINA - Testnet ends
23 Jan - $AVAX - Web wallet transition
25 Jan - $FLUX - Mainnet Upgrade
29 Jan - Evergrande - Liquidation Hearing
29 Jan - Google - Allow crypto (ETF) ads
30 Jan - 🇺🇸U.S. Fed Interest Rate Decision
30 Jan - $XLM - Protocol 20 Mainnet Vote
31 Jan - $ETC - Spiral network upgrade
🪂 Potential Airdrop
$STRK - Mainnet V0.13.0
$BLAST - Testnet + Developer Airdrop
$FT - http://Friend.Tech V2
$ZRO - LayerZero V2
$NAMADA - Incentivized Testnet
$JUP - TGE (Airdrop)
$MANTA - Campaign Ends
🌟Other undated Events
$SEI - V2 Mainnet
$ALPACA - "Immortal Wars" Alpha
$SHRAP - Early Access
$WAVES - Wave 2.0
$ACS - V2 Launch
$FXS - Frax chain & Airdrop
$INJ - Mainnet
$IMX - zkEVM Mainnet
The Potential Downside Risks
$BTC - Bitcoin ETF "Sell the news event (50/50)
Coinbase - Dismissal Hearing
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