Uniswap Hits $100 Billion in Trading Volume
https://decrypt.co/57769/uniswap-hits-100-billion-in-trading-volume

The decentralized exchange has come a long way since it launched in May 2020.

Just Five Services Launder Half of All Illicit Crypto: New study
https://decrypt.co/57778/just-five-services-launder-half-of-all-illicit-crypto-new-study

A new Chainalysis report finds more than half of all ill-gotten crypto flows through just a few hundred addresses and a handful of services

Graphic Designer David Rudnick Sells NFT for $20,000
https://decrypt.co/57782/david-rudnick-nft

The sale was through Zora, an NFT marketplace.

Pornhub Favorite Verge Token ‘Loses’ 200 Days of Transactions
https://decrypt.co/57815/pornhub-favorite-verge-token-loses-200-days-of-transactions

Was it a 51% attack, a failed block reorganization, and/or FUD?

Cardano Market Cap Has Doubled to $28 Billion in 2 Weeks
https://decrypt.co/57807/cardano-market-cap-has-doubled-to-28-billion-in-2-weeks

With recent gains, Cardano (ADA) can start to solidify itself as a top-5 cryptocurrency.

Bitcoin Briefly Trades Above $50,000 As Investors Await Another Surge
https://decrypt.co/57831/bitcoin-briefly-trades-above-50000-as-investors-await-another-surge

With US and Chinese markets closed for the holidays all eyes were on Bitcoin’s break above $50k.

Binance Smart Chain's Pancakeswap Is Now One of the Top DEXs
https://decrypt.co/57834/binance-chains-pancakeswap-is-now-one-of-the-top-dexs

Pancakeswap traded over $400 million in daily volume yesterday and briefly became the world’s second-largest DEX service.

Justin Sun Denies Paying Celebrities to Promote Tron
https://decrypt.co/57846/justin-sun-denies-paying-celebrities-to-promote-tron

A “Tron partner” is reportedly offering celebrities to participate in the paid promotion of Tron without disclosing it. Tron founder Justin Sun says he’s not involved.

Bitcoin Mining Pool BTC.com Has Been Sold to 500.com
https://decrypt.co/57860/bitcoin-mining-pool-btc-com-has-been-sold-to-500-com

500.com has entered into a shared exchange agreement with the Bitcoin mining pool.

Bitcoin Price Breaks $50,000 Barrier on MicroStrategy's Plan to Buy More BTC
https://decrypt.co/57271/bitcoin-price-breaks-50000-barrier-to-record-yet-another-all-time-high

Not long after Elon Musk’s Tesla invested $1.5 billion into Bitcoin, the cryptocurrency has notched up yet another record price.

Craig Wright's Sister Predicts Bitcoin's Price Will Hit $142,000
https://decrypt.co/57865/craig-wrights-sister-predicts-bitcoins-price-will-hit-142000

Lisa Edwards has a bullish outlook on Bitcoin—which her brother claims to have invented but now refers to as a Ponzi scheme.

Christie’s to Auction Ethereum NFT by Crypto Artist Beeple
https://decrypt.co/57869/christies-to-auction-ethereum-nft-by-crypto-artist-beeple

NFT marketplace MakersPlace has teamed up with Christie’s for the auction house’s first ever sale of a purely digital artwork.

VC Firms Invest $2.7 Million in DeFi Insurer Nexus Mutual
https://decrypt.co/57844/vc-firms-invest-2-7-million-in-defi-insurer-nexus-mutual

Multiple venture capital funds are contributing $2.7 million to Nexus Mutual’s Foundation treasury.

California Charter Schools Adopt Blockchain COVID-tracking App
https://decrypt.co/57808/california-charter-schools-adopt-blockchain-covid-tracking-app

The privacy-protecting, symptom-tracking platform is designed to aid in the controlled return to schools.

Filecoin Now Has a Global Capacity of 2.5 Billion Gigabytes
https://decrypt.co/57871/filecoin-now-has-a-global-capacity-of-2-5-billion-gigabytes

The Filecoin network continues to grow—now its storage capacity equals thousands of copies of Wikipedia and tens of copies of the Internet Archive.

Decrypt Gets a New Editor-in-Chief, an Executive Editor and a Publisher
https://decrypt.co/57829/decrypt-gets-a-new-editor-in-chief-an-executive-editor-and-a-publisher

Daniel Roberts of Yahoo Finance signs on as Editor-in-Chief, Jeff John Roberts joins as Executive Editor and Alanna Roazzi-Laforet is named Decrypt's first Publisher.

Six Crypto Trends to Watch in 2021: China’s Year of the Ox
https://decrypt.co/57793/six-crypto-trends-to-watch-in-2021-chinas-year-of-the-ox

The last Year of the Ox was pretty grim. But this one is off to a bullish start. Da bing calls out some trends that could define crypto in China in the coming months.

Why Litecoin’s Charlie Lee Hates to Be Compared to Elon Musk
https://decrypt.co/57876/why-litecoins-charlie-lee-hates-to-be-compared-to-elon-musk

Litecoin’s founder explains the cryptocurrency’s controversial new privacy features, and the real story of his cashing out. 

Coinbase Opens Waitlist for Ethereum 2.0 Staking Rewards
https://decrypt.co/57827/coinbase-opens-waitlist-for-ethereum-2-0-staking-rewards

Coinbase is offering up to 7.5% APR in rewards on Ethereum staked.

Only 5% of Financial Execs Would Hold Bitcoin: Survey
https://decrypt.co/57903/only-5-of-financial-execs-would-hold-bitcoin-survey

Consultant Gartner polled 77 financial executives. Only 5% said they would hold Bitcoin this year.

A Second Bitcoin ETF Gets Approved in Canada
https://decrypt.co/57887/a-second-bitcoin-etf-gets-approved-in-canada

Evolve Funds Group’s ETF will offer institutional investors in Canada another way to get exposure to Bitcoin.