- Bitcoin held support at $17,000. Revenues drop drastically for Bitcoin miners, to the point that some let go by unplugging their machines. Therefore the mining difficulty decreases.

- The $USDC Circle issuer refused to list on the stock exchange.

- Cardano ($ADA) remains the most active crypto with 18% more developers than Polkadot (DOT).

- The Gnosis Chain migrates to Proof of Stake and becomes the 3rd most decentralized blockchain.

- MetaMask has added a function to buy crypto via PayPal in the United States.

- Crypto. com reveals its proof of reserves and proves the overcollateralisation of its assets.

- The Banque de France is experimenting with blockchain for digital identities.

- A Swiss computer scientist has implanted a chip to pay in cryptocurrency. Meanwhile, in Lugano, Switzerland, crypto payments are being used in droves.

- FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has been arrested in the Bahamas. He is notably accused by the American authorities of wire fraud, securities fraud and money laundering.

NB: Exactly 12 years ago (December 13, 2010), Satoshi Nakamoto posted his last message on the forum "Bitcointalk". The next day, he logged off forever, never to return.