1. The seasonally adjusted non-farm payrolls in the United States in December were 256,000, significantly exceeding market expectations.
The seasonally adjusted non-farm payrolls in the United States in December were 256,000, significantly exceeding the market expectation of 160,000, and hitting a new high since March 2024. The U.S. unemployment rate in December was 4.1%, expected to be 4.20%, and the previous value was 4.20%.
2. Curve’s USD0/USD0++ Pool ratio is unbalanced: USD0++ accounts for over 90%, triggering a large number of exchanges
The USD0/USD0++ Pool ratio on Curve, with a TVL of $245 million, has been seriously tilted, with the LP Token price falling to $0.9568, and USD0++ (Staked USD0) accounting for as much as 90.8%. Users are converting USD0++, which is less than $1, into USD0 through Curve. This is related to the latest announcement by Usual, which states that in the case of early release of pledge, USD0++ will be redeemed at a floor price of 0.87 USD0 or USD0 will be redeemed at a ratio of 1:1 by destroying a certain number of USUAL tokens.
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3. Grayscale announces multiple digital assets it is considering for future investment products
Grayscale announced a variety of digital assets that it is considering for future investment products, including but not limited to: KAS, APT, ARB, TIA, HBAR, MNT, SEI, S, STRK, TON, TRX, AERO, BNB, ENA, INJ, JUP, ONDO, PENDLE, RUNE, DOGE, IMX, AKT, FET, AR, EIGEN, HNT, JTO, PYTH, WLD. In addition, Grayscale also listed assets that are being considered but not included in its cryptocurrency segment as of December 31, 2024: HYPE, AI16Z, VIRTUAL, FLOCK, GRASS, Hyperbolic, Prime Intellect, Sentient, Space and Time, Story Protocol.
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4. Senate Banking Committee to establish first cryptocurrency subcommittee
The U.S. Senate Banking Committee will establish its first cryptocurrency subcommittee under the leadership of Senator Tim Scott, which will follow a similar body established by Patrick McHenry on the House Financial Services Committee in 2023. Senate aides confirmed that Cynthia Lummis has been preliminarily selected as the subcommittee chair, and her appointment and the approval of new members are expected to be decided by vote in the coming days.
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5. Russia’s Ministry of Finance will sell Bitcoin assets seized from the Infraud hacking case
The Russian Ministry of Finance will sell the Bitcoin assets seized in the Infraud hacking case. The first batch will be about $10 million worth of Bitcoin from Marat Tambiev, a former investigator of the Infraud Committee. Marat Tambiev previously received a total of 1,032.1 BTC from the Infraud hacker group. Since Marat Tambiev stored Bitcoin in a decentralized manner, law enforcement agencies need to apply for court rulings for different wallets. Currently, the first batch of liquidated assets is stored in a Ledger Nano X hardware wallet.
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