1. The Federal Reserve will welcome a new round of voting members in 2025, and a hawkish tilt may lead to more decision-making divergences. There will be 8 meetings in 2025, and the market expects a reduction in future rate cut forecasts.
2. The US Congress certified Trump’s victory in the 2024 election, and Ripple CEO stated, 'The Trump bull market is real.'
3. MicroStrategy founder Michael Saylor released Bitcoin Tracker information for the ninth consecutive week, suggesting he may increase his Bitcoin holdings again.
MicroStrategy founder Michael Saylor released Bitcoin Tracker-related information for the ninth consecutive week, but this time it differs from previous releases, as he stated: 'Some parts of the website are not quite accurate.' (Note: Previously, each time MicroStrategy bought BTC, a green dot would be marked on the corresponding date on the website, while the BTC price trend line was shown in blue.) According to past patterns, MicroStrategy always increased its Bitcoin holdings the day after relevant news is released. -Original text
4. Next week on January 11, APT tokens worth $110 million will be unlocked, accounting for 1.131% of the total supply.
Next week, five cryptocurrency projects will undergo token unlocking, releasing a total value of approximately $210 million. On January 6, KAS will unlock approximately 180 million tokens (around $22.97 million), accounting for 0.635% of the total supply; on January 7, NEON will unlock approximately 53.9 million tokens (around $22.37 million), accounting for 5.391% of the total supply; on January 10, BGB will unlock approximately 5.37 million tokens (around $3.27 million), accounting for 0.269% of the total supply; on January 10, ADA will unlock approximately 18.52 million tokens (around $2.02 million), accounting for 0.041% of the total supply; on January 11, APT will unlock approximately 11.3 million tokens (around $110 million), accounting for 1.131% of the total supply. -Original text
5. Hong Kong police have dismantled a scam group that used deepfake technology to lure others into investing in virtual currencies, involving approximately 34 million yuan.
Recently, the Hong Kong police dismantled a scam group that used deepfake technology to lure others into investing in virtual currencies through social platforms, involving approximately 34 million yuan. The Hong Kong police's commercial crime unit arrested 31 individuals, aged between 20 and 34, some of whom were reported as students and unemployed, involved in the same scam group, and seized their pre-prepared 'scripts.' The Hong Kong police stated that the group would recruit young people looking to 'make quick money' to join, training them to use fake identities to open accounts on dating platforms, pretending to have good looks and a luxurious lifestyle, meeting people from overseas including Taiwan and East Asia, chatting according to the 'script.' After understanding the other party's background, they would cater to their interests and develop into online lovers, even conducting video calls using deepfake technology, then luring the other party to invest in virtual currencies, claiming substantial returns, and requesting deposits into fake platforms. Once the group received the virtual currencies, they would immediately transfer them away and sever contact with the victims. The police stated that this scam group has been operating for at least a year, with criminal profits exceeding 34 million yuan. Acting Senior Superintendent of the Hong Kong Commercial Crime Bureau, Kong Hing-Hun, stated: 'They rented two scam centers located in adjacent industrial buildings in Kowloon Bay to disperse risks and increase confidentiality. Most importantly, we noted that these two scam centers operated in two shifts to continuously attract more victims. One should never think that being involved in some criminal group's work is a small matter; even if one is only arranged to meet victims online and has no direct contact with virtual currency investment work, it is still illegal.' The Hong Kong police remind that conspiracy to commit fraud is a serious crime, and upon conviction, the maximum penalty can be 14 years of imprisonment. Some victims are located overseas, and the scam platforms are not based in Hong Kong, and they will cooperate with overseas law enforcement agencies to continue investigations. Reports indicate that the mastermind of the scam group, the central person in charge, and key members totaling five have been charged with conspiracy to commit fraud and money laundering and were presented in the Eastern District Court on Monday. -Original text
6. Solana developers have created a quantum-resistant Vault to address potential threats from quantum computers, protecting user funds.
Solana developers have created a quantum-resistant Vault on the Solana blockchain to protect user funds from potential threats posed by quantum computers. Solana's quantum-resistant features are currently offered as an optional add-on rather than a full network security upgrade. This means Solana users must choose to store funds in the Winternitz Vault instead of the regular Solana wallet to ensure their assets are protected from potential quantum threats. -Original text
7. Bitcoin miner MARA announced that 16% of its Bitcoin reserves have been lent to third parties for 'modest' returns.
Bitcoin miner MARA recently stated that it has used 16% of its held BTC (worth nearly $730 million, or 7,377 BTC) for short-term third-party loans to gain 'modest single-digit returns.' MARA also announced that its hash rate exceeded the target of 50 EH/s in December, and including loans, its total holdings increased to 44,893 BTC. -Original text
8. Grayscale is starting recruitment for multiple positions, including digital asset traders and product managers.
Grayscale announced on X platform that it is starting recruitment for positions including: analyst, tax specialist, digital asset trader, portfolio manager, ETF product senior assistant, product manager, and engineering lead. -Original text
9. Aave and MakerDAO have performed well, with DeFi revenue returning to 2021 highs driven by new entrants.
From the rapid rise of Ethena to MakerDAO's record December, let's take a closer look at the return year of DeFi. Below are excerpts from The Block's data and insights newsletter. -Original text
10. GSR Markets deposited 6 million FLOCK tokens into CEX for market making, accounting for 4.65% of the total circulation.
GSR Markets is a market maker for the AI infrastructure project $FLOCK. Five days ago (the first day of the token launch), the GSR address 0x113…2320b received 6 million FLOCK tokens distributed by the project’s multi-signature address for market making, accounting for 4.65% of the circulating total (0.6% of the total token amount), and all tokens have been deposited into Gate / MEXC / Bybit exchanges. -Original text
11. Interactive Brokers has taken action to significantly reduce its risk exposure to MicroStrategy by raising margin requirements to a minimum of 50%.
Interactive Brokers is tightening its risk exposure to MicroStrategy (stock code MSTR), gradually raising margin requirements, which will increase to a minimum of 50% by January 13, 2025. This clearly indicates that they are preparing for significant volatility ahead. -Original text
12. A bizarre case of a cryptocurrency trader being kidnapped in a police car occurred in Pakistan, involving an amount of $340,000.
A bizarre case of a cryptocurrency trader being kidnapped in a police car occurred in Pakistan, where the cryptocurrency trader was kidnapped by five men in a police car and forced to transfer $340,000 from his phone at gunpoint. The assailants claimed to be police officers, and the local police have filed a case and handed it over to the Anti-Violence Crime Unit (AVCC) for further investigation. The victim claimed that the suspects had contacted him previously for cryptocurrency trading, but he refused. According to police sources, evidence regarding the police phone and the officers involved has been collected. -Original text
13. Bio Protocol launched BioDAO governance, allowing BIO token holders to participate in Launchpad and governance liquidity management.
Bio Protocol officially stated that with the launch of the current BioDAO, BIO token holders will be able to participate in Launchpad, including: supporting the new BioDAO by binding BIO tokens; being whitelisted for the new BioDAO; managing BioDAO liquidity and milestone-based incentives. The release of BioDAO will become autonomous and community-managed, allowing more BioDAOs to flow into the Bio Protocol ecosystem. -Original text
14. Insight: ETH remains strong within an upward channel, on-chain analyst Ali Martinez indicates a target of $6,000.
According to on-chain analyst Ali Martinez, despite significant market volatility, Ethereum remains strong within an upward parallel channel, targeting $6,000. -Original text
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