Recent Hot Events in the Crypto World:

• $BTC - MicroStrategy has purchased an additional 15,350 BTC at an average price of $100,386 per coin (approximately $1.5 billion). $BTC.

• FTX has announced that it will begin repaying debts to customers in early January 2025 according to the court-approved restructuring plan and will collaborate with BitGo and Kraken to distribute assets.

• $PENGU $CAT - Binance will list $CAT and $PENGU at 9 AM (UTC) and 2 PM (UTC) on December 17, respectively. $PENGU claims will start being accepted at 1 PM (UTC).

• $USUAL - Binance announced that pre-trading for $USUAL will end at 9 AM (UTC) on December 17, and spot trading for $USUAL will begin at 11 AM (UTC).

• $ETHFI - The http://Ether.fi Foundation has released a proposal to use 5% of the protocol's revenue to repurchase $ETHFI monthly and distribute it to $ETHFI stakers.

• $ZEN - Grayscale has launched a new crypto fund for $ZEN, available to qualified investors.

• Monad has announced the establishment of the Monad Foundation.

• $ENA - Ethena Labs has launched $USDtb, a stablecoin supported by BlackRock's BUIDL fund. Ethena's risk committee has approved a proposal to allow $USDtb to serve as a supporting asset for USDe during periods of negative financing rates.

• $AVAX - Avalanche has announced that Avalanche9000 is now live on the mainnet.

• $XRP - Ripple has launched $RLUSD, a stablecoin that was delayed due to approval issues. $RLUSD will be listed on global exchanges starting December 17.

• $AUCTION - Bounce tweeted that its own Perps exchange, BounceX, is coming soon.