Today is December 6, 2024.
1. BTC retreats, Trump has new moves? BTC pulls back, AI sector leads the rise OKX market shows that Bitcoin suddenly fell sharply after rising, falling below $90,000 in the morning, and the amplitude exceeded 9% in 1 hour. According to Bloomberg, after Bitcoin broke through $100,000, many traders began to increase the allocation of put options to avoid the risk of pullback. At the same time, the rise of Bitcoin also stimulated the demand for leveraged trading, and the funding rate was close to the historical high.
At the same time, the AI sector continued to strengthen. SoSoValue data shows that in the past 24 hours, the overall increase of the AI sector was close to 12%.
2. Trump appointed "AI and Crypto Tsar"
This morning, Trump announced the appointment of David Sacks as the White House Director of Artificial Intelligence and Cryptocurrency, calling him the "AI and Crypto Tsar". Sacks was an important member of the founding team of PayPal, and the venture capital firm he led has invested in many key projects in the encryption field, including Solana, dYdX and MetaMask. This news seems to have directly boosted market sentiment, with the 0x protocol token (ZRX) soaring by more than 30% in the short term.
3. BTC.Fun One-click Coin Issuance Platform Launched
The Bitcoin ecosystem has welcomed the one-click coin issuance platform BTC.Fun. At present, BTC.Fun has launched its first test token PARTY and launched the first round of airdrops, which are for holders of 20 types of Bitcoin native assets including MERL, NodeMonkes, ORDI, etc., with a total of 630 million PARTY.
4. The Financial Times issued a "reflection" apology letter
Just as Bitcoin broke through $100,000, the Financial Times column "FT Alphaville" issued a controversial apology letter. The column has long been skeptical of Bitcoin, but now it "apologizes" for readers who missed investment opportunities due to its negative reports. However, the article still insists on its criticism of Bitcoin, saying that its price is just a product of hype.