Donald Trump cashes out $2.4M profit from NFTs, copyright-expired version of Mickey tops OpenSea: Nifty NewsletterNFT collections featuring the version of Mickey Mouse depicted in the 1928 film “Steamboat Willie” have topped the charts on OpenSea.Jan 3, 2024Ezra Reguerra
Price analysis 1/3: BTC, ETH, BNB, SOL, XRP, ADA, AVAX, DOGE, DOT, MATICBitcoin’s sharp fall on Jan. 3 suggests that market participants are nervous ahead of the SEC’s long-awaited decision on the spot Bitcoin ETF applications.Jan 3, 2024Rakesh Upadhyay
ECB issues vendor call, progress report on digital euro rulebookThe eurozone monetary authority is in the preparatory stage for the launch of a central bank digital currency.Jan 3, 2024Derek Andersen
Orbit hacker may have also performed Coinspaid, Coinex hacks - onchain expertsThe Orbit attacker used SWFT, Avalanche Bridge, Sinbad mixer, implying that it may be associated with Lazarus.Jan 3, 2024Tom Blackstone
The right to a self-hosted wallet? Crypto laws Congress should pass in 2024From amending the definition of “legal tender” to codifying a right to own self-hosted wallets, there is a lot of action Congress could take on crypto in 2024.Jan 3, 2024Nicholas Anthony
UK terrorism tsar says new laws needed to prosecute people who train extremist AI botsThe request comes after the U.K.’s top terrorism legislation advisor was “recruited” by AI chatbots posing as terrorists on the Character.AI platform.Jan 3, 2024Tristan Greene
‘Likely rejection’ or smooth sailing? Experts weigh in on potential spot Bitcoin ETFThe SEC has not decided on multiple pending spot Bitcoin ETF applications, with many in the space split on how the commission will handle the investment vehicle.Jan 3, 2024Turner Wright
Matrixport founder says dissemination of Bitcoin ETF report was ‘beyond our control’The crypto market sell-off on Jan. 3 coincided with the release of a skeptical report by Matrixport analysts on approving a spot Bitcoin ETF.Jan 3, 2024Zhiyuan Sun
Korean gaming firm Wemade owes $41M in taxes after launching $100M Web3 fund The unpaid taxes and penalty relate to the issuance of Wemix tokens from 2019 to 2022.Jan 3, 2024Zhiyuan Sun
Crypto investment products saw $2.2B total inflows in 2023 — CoinSharesWhen viewed year-to-year, cryptocurrency investment products experienced more inflows in 2023, with BTC having over $1.9 billion, representing 86% of the total.Jan 3, 2024Amaka Nwaokocha
Which gaming guild positioned itself best for the bull market?Blockchain gaming guilds are embracing reputation building tools after pivoting their huge treasuries during the bear marketJan 3, 2024Max Parasol
BlackRock expected to seed ETF with $10M worth of BTC BlackRock is reportedly planning to acquire $10 million worth of BTC as initial funding for its potential spot Bitcoin ETF, still currently under review for approval from the SEC.Jan 3, 2024Savannah Fortis
Bitcoin ETF denial report did not cause 8% BTC price crash — AnalysisA report claiming that the SEC “will reject” the spot Bitcoin ETF is not what is behind the BTC price crash below $42,000, one lawyer says.Jan 3, 2024William Suberg
2023 recap: The yin and yang crypto yearA potential Bitcoin bull market awaits in 2024 after the previous year brought both joy and fear to crypto, teaching the valuable lesson, “To understand the present, you must understand the past.”Jan 3, 2024Daniel Ramirez-Escudero
NFT projects begin to give away ‘free’ company equity to holders Azuki’s researcher in residence, Waleswoosh, believes this is legal under certain circumstances.Jan 3, 2024Ezra Reguerra
Bitcoin plunges $3K in just 2 hours on 15th anniversary of genesis day Bitcoin plummeted to as low as $40,700 from the intraday high of $45,600, according to data from CoinMarketCap.Jan 3, 2024Helen Partz
Peter Schiff says spot Bitcoin ETF could crash BTC priceGold bug Peter Schiff warned that spot Bitcoin ETF approval could collapse the BTC market, while Matrixport says SEC greenlight is unlikely before Q2 despite general optimism.Jan 3, 2024Prashant Jha
15 years, 90K ‘Bitcoinaires’ — Bitcoin millionaire wallets jump 300%Bitcoin is creating millionaires thick and fast, while those with a whole BTC are also past the 1 million mark.Jan 3, 2024William Suberg
Bitcoin ETF race will push issuers to disclose addresses — Samson MowA situation where a spot Bitcoin ETF issuer fakes the underlying BTC volumes is hypothetically possible in case an issuer violates the rules, Samson Mow said.Jan 3, 2024Helen Partz
Bitcoin Birthday: 15 years after Satoshi Nakamoto mined genesis blockFifteen years after the first block of Bitcoin was mined, the original cryptocurrency has battled critics, haters and agitators, and emerged victorious - and is now ranked as one of the top ten most valuable assets in the world.Jan 3, 2024Arijit Sarkar
Etherscan acquires Solana block explorer Solscan amid SOL rallyEtherscan said its Solscan acquisition was a “collaborative merging” to help the firm expand its blockchain data services across multiple networks.Jan 3, 2024Helen Partz
Spot Bitcoin ETF will pave the way for pension fund investment: CBOE CBOE Digital president John Palmer is confident that a new wave of institutional investment will follow spot Bitcoin ETF approvals.Jan 3, 2024Martin Young
Radiant Capital halts Arbitrum markets after reported $4.5M flash loan attackBlockchain security firms said the issue was caused by a “known rounding issue” in the codebase.Jan 3, 2024Felix Ng
Michael Saylor begins selling $216M in MicroStrategy stocks for more BitcoinSaylor previously said the move would allow him to address his “personal obligations” and, of course, buy more Bitcoin.Jan 3, 2024Tom Mitchelhill
Spot Bitcoin ETFs could be rejected if the SEC wants ‘more time’ — AnalystBloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas says while it’s unlikely, there’s still a slim chance that the SEC could hand down the “rug pull of a decade.”Jan 3, 2024Tom Mitchelhill
Bitcoin miner CleanSpark to launch in-house trading desk: Report“It just makes financial sense to do it in-house,” said CleanSpark’s CEO Zach Bradford.Jan 3, 2024Brayden Lindrea
CME Bitcoin futures held $1.6K premium as spot BTC price traded above $45K — Why? 2024 is off to a great start according to CME Bitcoin futures data, but not every derivatives market supports the current bullishness.Jan 2, 2024Marcel Pechman
IRS rules require reporting data from $10k crypto transactions in 2024According to Coin Center executive director Jerry Brito, it’s “unclear how one can comply” with the crypto tax reporting guidelines in 2024.Jan 2, 2024Turner Wright
Key elements to watch on the Ethereum network roadmap2024 is shaping up to be an action-packed year for the Ethereum network, starting with the Dencun hard fork.Jan 2, 2024Nancy Lubale
AI experiment involving ‘temporal validity’ could have significant implications for fintechTeaching AI to understand the importance of timeliness could lead to better prediction models.Jan 2, 2024Tristan Greene