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Welcome to Thursday Folks! The overall Crypto market is climbing but CPI numbers come out today, will it create crazy volatility? Possible so buckle up!
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- Bitcoin and Ether hits two-month high ahead of US CPI; market breadth remains weak. Bitcoin surges above $18K to cap 8-day winning streak; $20K next for $BTC? Short traders suffer $200M in losses as Bitcoin, Ether, and Cardano lead Crypto majors' gains.(7)
- Polygon ($MATIC) price could be due another leg up soon thanks to a new $3M grant and Polygon eyes hard fork in January to address reorgs and gas fee spikes.(5)
- Miss Universe contestant represents El Salvador with Bitcoin-inspired costume.(5)
Global crypto market cap targets $1 trillion after $20 billion influx in a day. Advisors are warned by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards (CFP Board) and the Chartered Financial Analyst Institute (CFA Institute) to look before they leap. Congress may be ‘ungovernable,’ but US could see crypto legislation in 2023. Cryptosat and DoraHacks complete ZK proof experiment on space station. Rising recession concerns could dampen Crypto market recovery and huge Crypto dump incoming as FTX plans to sell Altcoins worth $4.6B.(2) Illicit crypto transactions reached all-time highs in 2022. However, investment in Crypto has been growing in popularity among Millennials over the last several years. Hong Kong to allow retail investors to invest only in ‘highly liquid’ Crypto assets. Copy-pasting Crypto wallet addresses no longer 100% safe warns MetaMask.
Enhanced Bitcoin volatility as US CPI numbers clock in at 6.5%; $BTC remains above $18K.Bullish or Bearish?(4) 13% of BTC supply returns to profit as Bitcoin sees 'massive' accumulation.(2) Bitcoin price fails to seal fresh CPI gains as $18K support hangs in balance. Bitcoin extends longest rally since 2020 Pandemic; More BTC upside ahead? Peter Schiff urges Bitcoin hodlers to sell ahead of CPI release. Remembering Hal Finney on the 14th Anniversary of the first Bitcoin transaction.
Samsung investment arm to launch Bitcoin Futures ETF in Hong Kong amid rising crypto interest.(3) Bitcoin mining ETF tops equity ETF market in new year’s performance charts.
Oregon weighing Crypto miner carbon crackdown. Bitcoin miner Iris Energy revenue falls 27% in December.
Ethereum tops $1,400 as $ETH accumulation accelerates; climbs 5% to take out hurdles. Number of Staked $ETH passes 16M. Dogecoin creator Billy Markus dumps ‘a bunch’ of his Ethereum holdings to pay taxes.
$XRP price jumps 28% as address activity and social dominance spikes in $XRP.(3) $XRP can't be confiscated by government, says Ex-Ripple director Matt Hamilton. Ripple CTO David Schwartz advises selling Flare ($FLR) tokens, raises serious allegations.(2) Hundreds of millions of $XRP on move, 262 million in single lump.
Cardano ($ADA) trading volumes on centralizes exchanges hit record lows and second largest drawdown in history last year.(2) First-ever Cardano smart contract on Python revealed. Litecoin ($LTC) could rally to new all-time high next year, data suggests. Solana revival gathers momentum as on-chain activity increases.(2)
Unstoppable Domains, Ready Player Me to connect metaverse avatars with domain names. (2)
BlockFi increased some executives' salaries after wipeout of equity stakes.(2) Crypto brokerage Blockchain.com lays off 28% of workforce as industry's cruel winter continues.(5) Decision in Grayscale Bitcoin spot ETF lawsuit vs. SEC not before fall 2023.
Unemployed and under house arrest, Sam Bankman-Fried faces enormous legal bills; FTX insolvent.(2) ‘FTX was not crypto’ — DeFi Dad sets the record straight. Sam Bankman-Fried: 'I didn’t steal funds, and I certainly didn’t stash billions away;' pledges personal assets to FTX customers.(6) Bankman-Fried blames Binance CZ’s ‘fateful tweet’ for FTX collapse.(2) Squid Game crypto token scammer tracked down.
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