Daily Cryptocurrency Update (2024-12-20)

1. IMF: A comprehensive assessment will be conducted when Trump's U.S. strategy for Bitcoin reserves is implemented.

2. Jefferies Report: Bitcoin miners are expected to be profitable in December.

3. Bitwise CIO: This pullback in BTC is merely a temporary fluctuation and does not change the long-term bullish trend of the crypto market.

4. IMF applies financial pressure, and 'Bitcoin Nation' El Salvador makes a compromise.

5. Metaplanet issues 5 billion yen in ordinary bonds to accelerate Bitcoin purchases.

6. Blockaid Report: Over half of new crypto tokens in 2024 are associated with malicious activity, with fraud losses reaching $1.4 billion.

7. The U.S. SEC has accepted the submission of Franklin Crypto Index ETF amendment.

8. Data: The number of active cryptocurrency users in Hong Kong is currently estimated at only about 100,000.

9. The U.S. SEC approves Hashdex to launch the Nasdaq Bitcoin and Ethereum Crypto Index ETF.

10. Binance User Survey: 23.89% of respondents believe AI tokens will dominate market growth in 2025, while 16.1% hold Meme coins.

11. Japanese listed company Metaplanet announces the issuance of the fifth phase of 5 billion yen bonds to accelerate Bitcoin purchases.

12. Chainalysis: North Korean hackers stole $1.3 billion worth of cryptocurrency in 2024.

13. German regulators order Worldcoin to delete biometric data of human eyeballs.