- The holiday mood is deteriorating with the price of BTC dropping sharply below $ 46,000, dragging the rest of the market with it.

- Decentralized exchanges recorded more than $ 1 trillion in volume in 2021 (the Chinese did not give up cryptocurrencies and switched to decentralized exchange platforms).

- Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson announced the launch of a platform for building decentralized applications in 2022.

- Billy Markus, co-founder of Dogecoin, reportedly only owns 220,000 DOGE, or around $ 40,000.

- Kraken plans to allow its users to use their NFTs as collateral to borrow money. (Bloomberg)

- Binance has repurchased all of the outstanding shares of Swipe, issuer of Visa cards and will ultimately be able to continue operating in Canada

- The luxury marketplace UNXD, a virtual reality platform based on the Polygon and Decentraland networks, will present its first Metaverse Fashion Week from March 24 to 27, 2022. In particular, it will allow users to purchase outfits for their avatars. (CoinDesk)

- Baidu, the Chinese Google, is stepping into the metaverse by launching an app that lets you create a digital character and interact with other users. (Business Insider)

- Google searches for the term "NFT" now exceed those for the word "crypto" and Google Trends Data shows Bitcoin ends year at lowest popularity level. (Google Trends)

- MicroStrategy CEO announces that he bought an additional 1,914 bitcoins for $ 94.2 million. The company now holds 124,391 bitcoins with an average purchase price of $ 30,159.

- A Bitcoin wallet dating from 2010 and containing 500 BTC was reactivated  Wednesday, December 29. Its value rose from 8,400 to over $ 23.67 million.

- Mexico plans to launch national cryptocurrency by 2024, government confirms.

- Abu Dhabi plans to become the Middle East's crypto hub. Indeed, the president of the ministry wishes to attract companies focused on cryptocurrencies while simplifying the procedures for exchange platforms.

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