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Quick Take Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission is considering allowing local bitcoin ETFs to list on local exchanges, according to Bloomberg. The regulator has previously approved a local fund-of-funds that offers institutional investors exposure to overseas bitcoin ETFs.
Quick Take The bitcoin derivatives market shows increased volatility ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s second inauguration, with a notable rise in put options. Ethereum traders anticipate even higher volatility than bitcoin traders, as both markets reflect cautious sentiment in response to the upcoming political transition.
Quick Take Arweave packed encrypted data, stored using synthetic-DNA technology, onto a lunar lander and sent it to the moon, where it is meant to last for thousands of years.
Quick Take The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is likely to look very different under the incoming Trump administration. SEC Commissioners Hester Peirce and Mark Uyeda could begin refitting the agency’s views on crypto as soon as next week, Reuters reported on Wednesday, citing people briefed on the situation.
Quick Take Bitcoin briefly touched the $100,000 mark on Wednesday amid signs of cooling U.S. inflation and renewed optimism for risk assets. Analysts point to easing core CPI and expectations of a less hawkish Fed as key factors boosting market sentiment.
Quick Take The fund would prioritize investments in digital asset-focused companies such as exchanges, crypto payment platforms and mining firms, among others.
Quick Take In a brief filed late on Wednesday, the SEC said it disagreed with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District Court’s earlier ruling that said some sales of XRP to retail investors did not violate securities laws. The SEC accused Ripple of trying to boost XRP’s demand through public statements to “increase demand for XRP to increase XRP’s price.”
- 19:03In the past 24 hours, contracts across the entire network have liquidated $479 million, mainly in long positionsCoinglass data shows that in the past 24 hours, the total liquidation of contracts across the entire cryptocurrency market was $479 million USD, with long positions accounting for $332 million USD and short positions accounting for $148 million USD. The total amount of BTC liquidated was $70.3878 million USD, while ETH liquidations totaled $73.4036 million USD.
- 19:02Vitalik: Currently, a major transformation is being carried out on the leadership structure of the Ethereum FoundationEthereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has stated that a major overhaul of the leadership structure of the Ethereum Foundation is currently underway, and this change has been ongoing for nearly a year. Some of these changes have already been implemented and announced, while some are still in progress. The main goals to be achieved are: - Enhancing the technical expertise level of the Ethereum Foundation's leadership;- Improving two-way communication and connections between the Ethereum Foundation's leadership and both new and old participants in its ecosystem. The responsibilities of the Ethereum Foundation include supporting: users (individuals and institutions), application developers, wallets, L2;- Introducing fresh talent to increase execution ability and speed;- More actively supporting application developers to ensure important values and inalienable rights (especially privacy, open source, resistance to censorship) are realistic for all users including those at the application layer;- Continuing to increase use of decentralized technology, privacy technology as well as usage on Ethereum chain including payments and fund management. Things that will be avoided in future include: - Implementing any kind of ideological/atmospheric shift;- Beginning active lobbying with regulatory bodies or powerful political figures (especially in America but actually anywhere especially big countries), risking damaging Ethereum’s status as a globally neutral platform; -Becoming an arena for vested interests; -Becoming highly centralized organization or even becoming "the protagonist" within Ethereum.
- 19:00Data: After profiting from TRUMP, a certain whale has once again changed positions to swarmsAccording to on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa, 7 hours ago, the address "8HKXH...W4nwA" sold 2.82 million SWARMS at an average price of $0.1217 (approximately $344,000) and used the obtained SOL to buy TRUMP. Two hours ago, this address cleared its inventory for a profit of nearly $172,000. Through a new address, it spent $485,000 in principal profits to buy back swarms at an average price of $0.1215 per coin. Compared with before, the account has increased its holdings by 1.35 million swarms.