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🔥 TODAY: Metaplanet to issue ¥5B in bonds to buy more Bitcoin. @Cointelegraph

🚨 JUST IN: El Salvador adds 11 Bitcoin worth $1 million to their Strategic Bitcoin Reserve. The country now holds a total of 5980 $BTC! @Cointelegraph

🇺🇸 JUST IN: SEC approves Hashdex Nasdaq Bitcoin & Ethereum ETF and Franklin Cboe Crypto Index ETF "on an accelerated basis." @Cointelegraph

📊 UPDATE: US #Bitcoin ETFs record 15 consecutive days of inflows. @Cointelegraph

🇺🇸 NEW: MetaMask has expanded its U.S. pilot program for a crypto payment card, allowing users to pay directly from their wallet. The card is available in the EU, UK, U.S., and parts of South America, with a waitlist o…

🇺🇸 JUST IN: Binance.US plans to resume USD services in early 2025, anticipating changes in U.S. crypto regulations. The exchange halted fiat operations in 2023 due to regulatory pressure and SEC claims. @Cointelegraph

🔥TODAY: BlackRock’s spot Ethereum ETF (ETHA) now holds over 1 million $ETH. @Cointelegraph

NEW: El Salvador is scaling back Bitcoin efforts as part of a $1.4 billion IMF deal. This The agreement makes Bitcoin acceptance voluntary for businesses and restricts its use in the public sector. @Cointelegraph

🎙️ Rise’n’Crypto: Powell’s Impact on Crypto Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s surprise announcements rocked both crypto and the S&P 500. Bitcoin briefly dropped below six figures, but quickly bounced back. 🎧 Tune in as we expl…

⚡️ LATEST: 10% of Ethereum validators signal support for raising the gas limit, potentially reducing transaction fees by 15-33%. @Coingelegraph

🇺🇸 NEW: MARA acquired 15,574 $BTC for $1.53 billion, at an average price of $98,529 per Bitcoin. @Cointelegraph

🇺🇸 JUST IN: Binance.US plans to resume USD services in early 2025, anticipating changes in U.S. crypto regulations. The exchange halted fiat operations in 2023 due to regulatory pressure and SEC claims. @Cointelegraph

⚡ JUST IN: $SOL captures 53% of global crypto users in November, surpassing all other chains combined. @Cointelegraph

🔥 BULLISH: #Bitcoin’s market cap hits 14% of gold’s, a new all-time high in the race against the precious metal. @Cointelegraph

🇺🇸 LATEST: The Digital Chamber’s Token Alliance urges SEC to rethink crypto probes and lawsuits from ‘day one’ of the new Trump administration. @Cointelegraph

🇺🇸 ETF FLOWS: Around 642 ETH and 2,570 BTC were bought on Dec. 18 ETH ETFs saw $2.5M in net inflows. BTC ETFs saw $275.3M in net inflows. @Cointelegraph

🔥 BULLISH: BlackRock’s $IBIT bought $359.6M worth of Bitcoin on Dec. 18. @Cointelegraph

🚨LATEST: DeFi lending platform Sky, formerly Maker, is looking to speed up the migration from MKR to SKY in the new year, following on from a massive rebrand in August. Sky co-founder Rune Christensen said in a Dec. 18…

⚡ NEW: BlackRock sparks Bitcoin 21M debate, as their recent Bitcoin explainer video includes a disclaimer saying ‘no guarantee’ it won’t change. Whether Bitcoin’s supply cap can be changed or not depends on how one defin…

🚨 JUST IN: Japan’s Metaplanet to commence trading on OTCQX Market in the U.S starting December 19. CEO Simon Gerovich says, “This marks a key step in expanding access for global investors to join our journey as Asia’s f…

🔥 BULLISH: A #Bitcoin family sold their $300,000 house for 100 $BTC in 2017, and today, they could buy it back for just 4 $BTC (considering inflation). "If we had kept $300,000 in a bank account since 2017, we wouldn't…

🇺🇸 BREAKING: The Federal Reserve has cut interest rates by 25bps.

🇯🇵 JUST IN: Shares of publicly traded Metaplanet fell nearly 14% after the company announced that #Bitcoin operations would become its primary focus. @Cointelegraph

🇨🇳 JUST IN: NEW: Cango Inc, a Chinese NYSE-listed auto trading platform, has quietly transformed into a top Bitcoin miner. The company purchased 32 EH/s of Antminer ASICs for $256M and plans to add another 18 EH/s, bri…

⚡️ NOW: Coinbase is under fire for delisting WBTC, citing risks linked to Justin Sun without providing technical justification. Critics note the irony, as Coinbase itself faces numerous regulatory investigations. @Cointe…

🎙 Rise'n'Crypto: Trump, Crypto.com, and a U.S. Bitcoin Reserve Donald Trump isn’t in office yet, but he’s already shaking up crypto! This week, he met Crypto.com’s CEO to discuss a U.S. Bitcoin reserve—and on the same d…

🇩🇪 NEW: German financial giant Deutsche Bank is launching its own Layer 2 network based on ZKsync technology. @Cointelegraph