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Here's a quick preview of today’s content: Fake police hold French couple at knifepoint in $1M Bitcoin robbery, Senators try to unlock stalled Clarity Act with compromise, Elon Musk's X Money app nears public launch, Trump meme coin down -96% as president's approval ratings sink, Goldman Sachs emerges as top XRP ETF holder, and so much more

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Market Snapshot

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• Bitcoin tops $71,000 as oil drops under $80 and Iran conflict fears wane with Trump signaling war nearing end

  • BTC ETFs add $167M while SOL ETFs attracted $540M in Q4

  • Traders snap up 600K BTC during dip as stablecoin market hits $312B

  • Total crypto market cap rises +3% to $2.49T as ETH, SOL, and XRP jump higher

• Dollar and oil weaken following Trump's amplified Iran threats, though Fed rate cut chances fall near zero

Prediction Markets

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Headline Roundup
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• Lawmakers probe Trump family firm over Chinese stock scams (CT)

• Polymarket taps Palantir for sports betting AI monitoring tool (DC)

• Trump meme coin down -96% as president's approval ratings sink (DC)

• Nasdaq moves closer to 'always on' with tokenization plan (BBG)

• Senators try to unlock stalled Clarity Act with compromise (CD)

• Trump's DOJ seeks retrial for Tornado Cash developer (DC)

• Goldman Sachs emerges as top XRP ETF holder (TB)

• Netflix censors Bitcoin sponsors during Jake Paul fight (BM)

• Elon Musk's X Money app nears public launch (DC)

• A single crypto trader sits on $194M Bitcoin and Ether bet (CD)

• Bitwise CIO reiterates bitcoin price could reach $1M (TB)

• Winklevoss twins move $130M in Bitcoin to hot wallets (DC)

• Aave sees rare $27M liquidations after a price glitch (CD)

• Vitalik Buterin pushes to simplify Ethereum validator setup (CD)

• Babylon and Ledger target use of bitcoin as DeFi collateral (TB)

• Amazon wins court order blocking Perplexity shopping agent (DC)

• South Korean prosecutors sell $21.5M in seized bitcoin (TB)

• Bitmine moves $19.5M in ETH to Coinbase Prime (CD)

• Blackstone-owned AirTrunk secures $1.24B loan for data center (CT)

• Survey finds consumers support stablecoin yield limits tied to banking risk (TB)

• Basketball.fun processes refunds as Tristan Thompson departs (DC)

• BitGo provides custody for StableX’s $100M stablecoin plan (CT)

M&A Announcements

• Meta acquires Moltbook, a social network designed for AI agents (DC)

Launches

• Kraken's tokenized stock venue starts points program (CD)

• Circle launches nanopayments on testnet (TD)

• Societe Generale launches EURCV stablecoin on Stellar (CT)

• Starknet deploys framework for privacy stablecoins (TB)

• Trust Wallet launches scam address checks for users (TB)

• Blockstream’s hardware wallet adds lightning network support (BM)

Regulation

• Congress gets closer to permanently banning Fed CBDC (TB)

• CFTC chair backs blockchain-based prediction markets (CT)

• Treasury report identifies technology to counter crypto crime (TD)

• Kalshi suffers court loss in Ohio over sports betting lawsuit (CT)

• UK fraud strategy paints crypto as growing risk (DC)

Cybersecurity

• Fake police hold French couple at knifepoint in $1M Bitcoin robbery (DC)

• Crypto hack losses fall -87% as scammers shift to phishing (FM)

• Thailand crypto platforms freeze 10K accounts in AML crackdown (CT)

Extra Reads

• Without privacy, the industry is fundamentally mismatched with its audience and stalling mass adoption - Here’s why crypto’s privacy problem is a dealbreaker for users

• Bitcoin can hit a price of $1M per coin even with "reasonably conservative assumptions" - Here’s why Bitcoin is on a path to $1M

Chart of the Day

Ethereum addresses, transfers, and smart contract activity are at all-time highs

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