BTC miners cash $5M on Ordinals, Reddit NFTs get botting backlash and more
Bitcoin transaction fees from Ordinals inscriptions have exploded by 240% over the last month.
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Ethereum's Shapella hard fork executed on mainnet
After months of delays, Ethereum validators can finally withdraw their staked Ether and rewards from the Ethereum Mainnet.
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Blockchain Retail Market Size to Top Over $2 Billion by 2028 — Study
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Gemini Co-Founder Accuses Digital Currency Group of Misrepresentation, Demands CEO Resignation

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Biggest Movers: SHIB Surges to 5-Week High, APE up for Fifth Straight Day

Bitcoin analyst reveals new key levels as Ethereum price nears 3-week high
Fresh Bitcoin support and resistance levels crystalize amid an "extremely tight" trading range while ETH price action sets multi-week highs.

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World Economic Forum Believes Crypto Will Remain Key Technology

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Ancient Bitcoin Block Rewards See Decrease in Spending After Record Activity in 2020 and 2021

#XRP
Today’s move could spell more downside for the price. The recent rejection at the key $0.37 resistance is likely to play a role in this. On the upside, it would be of significant importance for investors if XRP recaptures the level at $0.343 relatively soon.

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There is one event that often comes into the focus of XRP investors on the first of the month, the unlocking of 1 billion XRP from Ripple’s escrow account which happened yesterday, Sunday. Under normal circumstances, this is unlikely to have caused the sudden sell off. 

#NFTs
NFTs are cryptographic assets on a blockchain with unique identification codes and metadata that distinguish them from each other.
Unlike cryptocurrencies, they cannot be traded or exchanged at equivalency. This differs from fungible tokens like cryptocurrencies

#NFTS
People can buy and trade NFTs just like any other property in the digital realm, but they don’t come in a physical form. Digital tokens can be thought ownership certificates for any material or virtual object.
Virtual worlds account for around 20% of the NFT market. 

#BTC
Three reasons why Bitcoin is likely heading below $16,000
Reasons for bearishness include U.S. Federal Reserve tightening, the absence of leverage buyers’ demand, and fearful BTC options traders.
December will likely be remembered by Bitcoin’s fake breakout above  $18,000,

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Among popular traders, various theories call for a much deeper bear market bottom than current spot prices, this potentially coming in at $10,000 or lower
As a potential silver lining Q1 2023 should see the start of a recovery, with $22,000 even acting as a magnet for bulls.

#ETH
The Ethereum network has been operating under its proof of stake (PoS) consensus algorithm for more than three months and since then, 4,790.45 ethereum or $5.7 million in value has been added to the supply. Ethereum’s current issuance rate of new coins per annum is 0.014%.

#BTC Bitcoin has jumped from the low 170 exahash per second recorded this week, to above the 300 exahash range after a number of bitcoin mining operations from Texas temporarily went offline on Dec. 25, 2022. two mining pools command more than 50% of the global hashrate

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Microstrategy Buys More Bitcoin Company’s Crypto Holdings Grow to 132,500 BTC
Microstrategy is now holding approximately 132,500 bitcoin following its most recent purchases. This year, the world’s largest cryptocurrency has emerged as “the institutional-grade digital asset,

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Onchain Sleuths Discover Funds Linked to Alameda Swapped for ETH, USDT, BTC by a Mysterious Entity

On December 27, 2022, a number of onchain researchers noticed that funds connected to Alameda Research and FTX have moved and have been swapped for other tokens.

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MicroStrategy Bitcoin purchase divides the crypto community
Many praised the move, while others brought up some potential negative effects of one entity holding a lot of Bitcoin.
Many commended the move, while some brought up some potential negative effects.

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Bitcoin price made another attempt to clear the $17,000 resistance zone. However, Bitcoin struggled to gain pace for a clear move above the $17,000 level.
A high was formed near $16,962 before the price started a fresh decline.