Governance
Politics
Trump involved in Bitcoin transaction in New York’s PubKey bar
Former President Trump assisted in completing a Lightning transaction to buy burgers for fans.
Crime
The Bitcoin SoftWar begins as US Major highlights new PoW security solution making hacks unprofitable
AuthLN introduces cost prohibitive proof-of-work authentication via Lightning to combat cybercrime.
Bitcoin
Bitcoin should be at $83,883 by 2020 standards, $696k scaled to 2012 growth
Bitcoin's price lags significantly behind past halving cycle levels.
ETFs
Fidelity spearheads $186 million surge in Bitcoin ETF inflows, Ethereum ETFs face $15 million outflow
Significant outflow for Grayscale’s ETHE as Bitcoin ETFs attract new funds.
DeFi
Trump’s new DeFi project World Liberty Financial aims at SEC reversal on crypto
With backing from the Trump family, World Liberty Financial aims to challenge financial intermediaries and traditional banking barriers.
Legal
The SEC ‘regrets confusion’ it may have invited stating some tokens are securities
Chief legal officer at Coinbase questions SEC's historical stance on tokens as securities.
Bitcoin
Bitcoin is the best asset to protect against Brazil’s 13% yearly currency depreciation
Bitcoin's decade-long performance shields Brazilian investors from currency loss.
Bitcoin
Odds of 50bps Fed rate cut surge as Bitcoin remains stable at $58k
Federal Reserve rate cut odds leap to 41% amid strong market performance.
AI
OpenAI launches next gen LLM model o1 using reasoning tokens to plan outputs
OpenAI's o1 models solve 83% of problems in International Mathematics Olympiad qualifiers, significantly surpassing GPT-4's 13%.
Mining
Bitcoin mining CEOs agree on $250k price target for 2028 halving
Top Bitcoin mining CEOs discuss future and energy solutions at HC Wainwright panel.
Macro
US housing demand shoots up as population grows, influencing core inflation
Bianco Research highlights demographic factors in rising Owners' Equivalent Rent .
Ethereum
Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs experience net outflows, led by $54 million in Ark
Fidelity's $12.6 million inflow mitigated Bitcoin ETF losses slightly.
