What happened in the cryptocurrency space in the past 12 hours:
• $BTC - Strive Asset Management, led by Vivek Ramaswamy, has submitted an application for the "Strive Bitcoin Bond ETF" to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), providing investors the opportunity to invest in MicroStrategy's convertible bonds.
• $MOODENG - Vitalik Buterin donated over $293,000 to a Thai zoo to adopt Moo Deng. Vitalik Buterin has become the "foster parent" of the pygmy hippopotamus Moo Deng.
• The South Korean dollar to won exchange rate continues to rise, reaching its highest level in nearly 16 years since the financial crisis erupted, with the Kimchi Premium rate hovering around 2%.
• $JUP - Jupiter announced the Jupuary distribution plan, which will conduct a $7 million $JUP airdrop in January, with $5 million $JUP allocated to users who exchange $1,000 or more, as well as $JUP stakers.
• $FXS - Frax Finance has initiated a governance vote to add Blackrock's $BUIDL as a supporting asset for the Frax USD (frxUSD) stablecoin.
• $BGB $BWB - Bitget announced that $BWB will merge with $BGB to create a single ecosystem token for cryptocurrency exchanges and the Bitget wallet. The exchange rate is approximately 11.68 $BWB for 1 $BGB.
• $BONK - Bonk Dao burned 1.69T $BONK (about $52 million) for BURNmas.
• $VET - VeChain CEO @sunshinelu24 tweeted that the $VET tokenomics will be enhanced in 2025.
