✅ Right now Jerome Powell is rocking the markets at his press conference.

Main point: the Fed has probably peaked on the rate, but will only cut it after beating inflation ?

Wednesday's news:

? Fed left rate unchanged at 5.25-5.5%

? Delaware court overturns $55 billion payout to Ilon Musk for running Tesla ? ?

? GameFi project MetaTrace has revealed the mechanics of NFT towns where owners receive a 1% tax on players' earnings within a geolocation

? Bankrupt exchange FTX plans to return funds to all customers, but there will be no relaunch

? Shares of US bank New York Community Bancorp plummet 35% after poor quarterly report

? Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen's wallets hacked for 213 million XRP ($112.5 million)

? PayPal to lay off 9% of employees to optimize costs

? Study: Hackers stole $126 million worth of cryptocurrencies in January

? Hong Kong authorities investigate Worldcoin crypto project ?

? Jack Dorsey's Block company will lay off 1,000 employees

? UK authorities confiscate 61,000 BTC

? Rates:

? Bitcoin - $43,296 (↓0.49%)
? S&P 500 - $4,859 (↓1.33%)
? Gold - $2,032 (↓0.22%)
⚫️ Oil Brent - $80.40 (↓2.37%)

✅ The trading volume of spot BTC ETFs has surpassed $11 billion, except bitcoin itself isn't growing.

What if the Wall Street guys are shorting ?

Thursday's news:

? BlackRock already owns 25,067 BTC to back its ETF

? Donald Trump has promised to prevent CBDC from launching in the US if he wins the presidential election ?

? The SPONGE meme token rose 106% in a month ahead of the launch of an updated version of the token - SPONGE V2

? Hackers hacked the Twitter accounts of crypto projects Rocket Pool, VeChain and Arkham Chapter

? Samsung launches AI smartphone with Google's Gemini technology

? Trader made $1 million in 7 days by buying $300 worth of TROLL meme token

? Media: Chinese scientists create mutated coronavirus with 100% lethality ?

? Tether bought another 8,888 BTC and now holds 66,465 BTC on its balance sheet

? Bitcoin mining uses 54.5% green energy

? Rates:

? Bitcoin - $40,997 (↓3.76%)
? S&P 500 - $4,772 (↑0.70%)
? Gold - $2,020 (↑0.69%)
⚫️ Oil Brent - $79.02 (↑1.29%)

*✅ The market was parroted by big BTC transfers to Coinbase, probably ETF issuers' shenanigans ?***

But it didn't affect the price much, also holding around $43k.

Tuesday's news:

? Stablecoin TUSD with a capitalization of $1.9 billion has decoupled from the dollar

? Ilon Musk has issued an ultimatum to Tesla, he is demanding an increase in his shareholding from 13% to 25% ? ?

? Unknown person paid 4 BTC commission for sending 2.9 BTC

? China's central bank left the medium-term rate unchanged

? Solana team to release second crypto smartphone that will be cheaper than Saga

? Oil company Shell has stopped all shipments through the Red Sea

? Polygon cryptocurrency team suspected of embezzling 400 million MATIC ($340 million) that was supposed to go to a pool for steaking ?

? Courses:

? Bitcoin - $43,099 (↑0.50%)
? S&P 500 - $4,758 (↓0.53%)
? Gold - $2,028 (↓1.27%)
⚫️ Oil Brent - $78.14 (↓0.14%)

*✅ Bitcoin reached $49,000 at the start of bitcoin-ETF trading and then fell 13%.*

According to one version, the fall of BTC is due to the mass exodus of investors from Grayscale Bitcoin Trust ?

Weekly Digest:

*? Cryptocurrencies*

? SEC approves 11 spot bitcoin ETFs

? In the first 2 days, the trading volume of spot BTC ETFs in the U.S. totaled $7.7 billion

? BlackRock now owns 11,439 BTC

? Venezuela shuts down its own oil cryptocurrency Petro: project was a failure ?

? Katie Wood says she has invested 25% of her fortune in bitcoin

? USDC issuer Circle has filed for an IPO

? Near Foundation to lay off 40% of employees

*? Crypto exchanges*

? Binance updated reserve data: all assets are secured and even grew

? Open interest in BTC futures on the regulated CME exchange reached a record $6.2 billion

? Crypto exchanges Binance, Kraken, MEXC, KuCoin, Huobi, Gate io, Bittrex and Bitfinex apps have been removed from the Indian App Store

? FTX creditors are suing the exchange and demanding their funds be returned in cryptocurrency, not dollars at 2022 prices

Financial News

? US authorities have begun preparing for a shutdown amid fresh controversy in Congress ?

? China's exports showed a decline for the first time since 2016

? US inflation rose to 3.4% in December from a forecast of 3.2%

? Saudi Arabia decided to sell oil to the Asian market at a discounted price

? Microsoft has become the world's most valuable company, overtaking Apple

⚙️ Technology

? OpenAI launched artificial intelligence GPT Store

? OpenAI has authorized the use of its developments for military purposes

*? Courses:*

? Bitcoin - $42,594 (↓0.37%)
? S&P 500 - $4,783 (↑0.08%)
? Gold - $2,049 (↑0.99%)
⚫️ Oil Brent - $78.35 (↑0.18%)

✅ It's Christmas and no trading in the States, and BTC has decided to play stablecoin again ?

Monday's news:

? Reuters: the SEC has given investment firms until Dec. 29 for a final update on spot bitcoin-ETF filings

? The Central Bank of Nigeria has lifted the ban on cryptocurrency transactions

? Study: Hackers have stolen $1 billion worth of cryptocurrencies via phishing since 2021

? BTC miners' revenue from commissions increased by 400% during 2023

? Japanese authorities canceled tax for companies on unrealized profits from cryptocurrencies

? Crypto exchange MEXC refutes rumors of wallet blocking and withdrawal problems ?

? The number of active users in Solana network reached a new record - 15.6 million, current rate $122

? DEX KyberSwap laid off 50% of employees after hack

? Courses:

? Bitcoin - $43,476 (↑0.34%)
? S&P 500 - $4,754 (↓0.53%)
? Gold - $2,053 (↑0.36%)
⚫️ Oil Brent - $78.87 (↓0.60%)