- Montenegro's Minister of Justice, Bojan Božović, said in a statement he approved the Terraform founder's extradition to the U.S. rather than South Korea.
- Multiple filings came in yesterday for bitcoin bond ETFs, one being to invest in MicroStrategy convertible securities.
- Buterin’s $300,000 donation will support the Khao Kheow Open Zoo operations and the development of a dedicated exhibit for Moo Deng and her family.
- The South Korean won hit the lowest level against the dollar since March 2009.
- A profit opportunity led to nearly $100 million in trading volumes for a charity-themed memecoin. While some speculators lost money, the effort bore fruit for the original cause.
- Crypto's original killer use case was decentralized capital formation. In 2025 ICOs will make a major return, but this time with very different characteristics.
- Aptos joined Hedera as a top underperformer, declining 7.4% from Wednesday.
- The fake MOCA token on Solana exploited Animoca's links to Mocaverse and the Moca Network.
- Interest rates were a tailwind to prices for much of 2024, but now may have become a headwind.
- The Israel Securities Authority approval was granted last week, Calcalist reported.
- A Floki exchange-traded product is set to go live in Europe in early 2025, a project developer told CoinDesk.
- Brian Armstrong, the Coinbase boss, already cleared an extra $129 million in personal stock sales over the pre-election price, and his stake in the company is up over $2 billion.
- An AI agent helped drive a memecoin to a billion-dollar market cap this year, but the real crypto x AI innovations are coming in 2025.
- GEM will receive tokens in exchange, while Trrue looks to develop blockchain technology with a focus on sustainability and regulatory compliance.
- Japanese police and U.S. agencies said the attack was "affiliated" with TraderTraitor, which is characterized by social engineering.
- The pattern has its roots in the behavioral aspects of trading and often sets the stage for bigger bull runs.
- Temporary bans may be imposed in other regions during peak energy demand, Tass reported
- Options expiry looks to stir things up in a market that appears highly leveraged to the upside, Deribit said.
- High volatility can be good for option buyers because it increases the chance that the option will be “in-the-money” (profitable) at some point before expiry — creating profit for buyers.
- Also in this issue: Aptos Labs' leadership shift and Sonic's airdrop to TikTok users.