📺 Mining Bitcoin with stolen robot heads featured on Futurama.

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💎 TON is preparing to enter the US market, anticipating favorable regulatory conditions under Donald Trump's administration.

Manuel Stotz, the founder of Kingsway Capital Partners, has been appointed as the new head of the TON Foundation, replacing Steve Yun, who remains on the board of directors.

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🐸 SEC Chair Gary Gensler says "Bitcoin is a highly speculative asset, but 7 billion people want to trade it. Just like we had gold for 10 000 years, we have Bitcoin".

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🕵️‍♂️ Elliptic Analysts Identify Huione Guarantee as the Largest Illegal Online Marketplace in History:

🔴 The platform's transaction volume has surpassed $24 billion, with over 900 000 users.

🔴 In July 2024, Elliptic accused Huione Guarantee of involvement in money laundering and cybercrime activities.

🔴 In September, Huione launched USDH, a stablecoin designed to bypass regulations and asset freezes. This followed the freezing of their USDT account due to alleged connections with the Lazarus Group.

🔴 Huione introduced Xone Chain blockchain, a decentralized exchange, and a messenger app to reduce reliance on third-party platforms like Telegram.

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🪙 The head of Bitwise reported that the company is advising the U.S. government on converting a portion of government bonds into Bitcoin.

Meanwhile, Texas, yet another U.S. state, has introduced a bill to establish a strategic Bitcoin reserve.

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❌ South Korea's largest cryptocurrency exchange, Upbit, known for the sharp price increases of coins after their listing, is facing regulatory issues. The platform risks being suspended for up to 6 months.

The reason cited is alleged violations of anti-money laundering (AML) regulations and know-your-customer (KYC) procedures. According to the regulator, there are approximately 700 000 potential violations.

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📊 Cryptocurrency exchanges and their market share across different regions of the world — data by CryptoQuant.

Binance leads the market in all parts of the world except North America.

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🪙 The mining company Marathon embedded a portrait of Donald Trump into a Bitcoin block in honor of his upcoming inauguration.

Marathon currently holds over 56 000 BTC.

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🪙 Ethereum developers plan to launch the Pectra upgrade in March 2025. The update includes simplifying user interaction with the network, support for account abstraction, increasing the validator stake limit from 32 to 2 048 ETH, and updating staking mechanisms.

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