- Bitcoin price is trading around $42,000. 

- The SEC has asked spot Bitcoin ETF applicants to finalize their filing updates by December 29, 2023 if they want to be part of the first wave of approval. Note that for its spot Bitcoin ETF, BlackRock officially names JP Morgan and Jane Street as authorized participants.

- Vitalik Buterin suggests 3 ways to simplify Ethereum proof of stake design.

- Polkadot announces partnership with Parity Technologies and Unity Games.

- Binance exceeds 170 million users worldwide. By the way, $BNB is back ahead of $SOL in terms of total marketcap.

- In 2023, Spain will see a 56% increase in the number of registered crypto companies, or 30 companies.

- El Salvador passes a law to grant citizenship to foreigners, having invested a million dollars in Bitcoin in the country's economy.

- Nigeria's central bank withdraws ban on cryptocurrency trading.

NB: Regarding AIRDROPS, I realized that certain underestimated projects largely remunerated early users (for example JITO) unlike very widely publicized projects, so I will add here every week at least one project which seems interesting without of course any certainty of result on a potential airdrop. This week focus some projects on SOLANA network  :

- Parcl : Stake your USDC for 30 days, https://app.parcl.co  (Enter code BEFORE invest to receive 5% boost : codeparcl)

- Marginfi : Lend / Borrow , Stake , Bridge , https://www.mfi.gg/

- Kamino : Lend / Borrow ( add liquidity) and more , https://app.kamino.finance/ 

- Zetamarket : Trade with leverage (max X10) , https://dex.zeta.markets/trade/ 

- Drift:  Lend / Borrow and more , https://app.drift.trade/ 

- Birdeye : Swap and Bridge with Mayan, https://birdeye.so/bridge 

- Tensor : Trade on this NFT marketplace,  https://www.tensor.trade/