🔔 MARKET MOVING NEWS! (02/01/25)
1️⃣ Illegal Crypto Ads Prevail In UK Despite FCA Warning
According to a Financial Times report, illegal crypto ads continue to appear in the United Kingdom (U.K.) despite the fact that the U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is asking crypto projects to remove their advertisements targeting the country. The report states that only 54% of the 1,702 alerts issued by the FCA between October 2023 and October 2024 ended in illegal crypto ads being taken down. The FCA has yet to penalise the remaining companies that failed to remove crypto ads violating its rules.
2️⃣ Elon Musk’s Bizarre Name Change On X Turns Trader’s $66 Into $3M Profit 🕯
According to blockchain analytics firm Lookonchain, one lucky memecoin trader managed to turn $66 into almost $3 million in just 18 days after they bought a meme based on Tesla founder Elon Musk’s brief name change on X to “Kekius Maximus” — a reference to a Pepe-Gladiator meme. Specifically, onchain data shows that the trader bought 10.17 million Kekius Maximus (KEKIUS) tokens on Dec. 14. They then sold 2.81 million KEKIUS tokens for 60.3 ETH on Jan. 1 while holding the rest, making an eye-popping 45,900-fold paper gain.
3️⃣ Celsius To Appeal Order That Disallowed Its $444M Claim Against FTX 🔍
Defunct crypto lending platform Celsius has reportedly filed a notice of appeal against a court order that disallowed its claims for damages from FTX as part of its ongoing bankruptcy case. For context, Celsius had filed two claims that sought to claw back hundreds of millions from FTX. The first claim sought $2 billion in damages over alleged “disparaging statements” that FTX officers made against Celsius that accelerated its fall. The second claim, which was a revised version of the first claim, sought damages of $444 million by focusing on “preferential transfers” that gave special treatment to some creditors and not others. However, Judge John T. Dorsey disallowed both claims in December, finding that Celsius’ original proofs of claim were insufficient to preserve their preference claims. The appeal now seeks to reverse Judge John T. Dorsey’s order.
4️⃣ Floki DAO Approves ETP Funding In Unanimous Vote ‼️
According to a Cointelegraph report, the Floki DAO has unanimously voted to use a portion of the FLOKI tokens present in its community buyback wallet as liquidity for the upcoming Floki exchange-traded product (ETP) in Europe. The ETP will reportedly go live on the SIX Swiss Exchange in the first quarter of 2025. Notably, the SIX Swiss Exchange is the largest stock exchange in Switzerland and the third largest stock exchange in Europe. A spokesperson for Floki said the ETP listing would add legitimacy to the community-driven memecoin.
5️⃣ Uniswap Teases V4 Is ‘Coming Soon’ After Missing Its Q3 Target Last Year ❓
Decentralised exchange Uniswap reportedly posted an image teasing the imminent release of Uniswap v4. Specifically, the image made with unicode showed the year 2025 with the caption “v4 is coming soon.” However, it didn’t indicate when it will be launched this year. Notably, this “teaser” comes after the DEX missed its earlier target of Q3 2024 for the launch of v4.
Uniswap v4 is expected to introduce new key features such as Hooks, which will allow developers to execute custom code before and after swaps. This will enable additional functionality like limit orders, custom oracles, fee management and automated liquidity management. It will also include dynamic fees, gas savings, flash accounting, native ETH support and multiple pool types.
6️⃣ Memecoin Launcher Pump.Fun's Deposits To Crypto Exchange Kraken Surpass $300 Million ☄️
According to onchain analytics firm Lookonchain, the memecoin launchpad Pump.fun moved 120,000 SOL (worth about $15 million) to crypto exchange Kraken on Jan. 1st. The latest deposit brings pump.fun’s total deposits to Kraken at 1,500,893 SOL (worth over $300 million). The post noted that pump.fun has sold 264,373 SOL for 41.64 million USDC. Lookonchain also reported that the memecoin launchpad has earned 2,016,391 SOL tokens to date, pushing its total revenue to nearly $398 million.