1,000,000,000 USDT (1,001,200,000 USD) minted at Tether Treasury.

https://x.com/whale_alert/status/1742935389776826410

OpenAI is planning to launch its “GPT store” next week.

The store would allow customers of the AI model developer to share and sell OpenAI-powered chatbots customized for different purposes.

https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/openai-to-launch-chatbot-store-next-week

Celsius will unstake a large amount of ETH in the coming days to offset certain costs incurred throughout the restructuring process.

https://x.com/celsiusnetwork/status/1743023399201362256

Blogger Logan Paul promises to refund money to CryptoZoo holders if they don't sue him.

In an X (formerly Twitter) post on Thursday, Paul announced that he is “personally committing” more than $2.3 million to buy back NFTs purchased through CryptoZoo.

https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/04/logan-paul-cryptozoo-nft-buy-back-class-action-lawsuit/

Certik's official X account was compromised.

https://x.com/certikalert/status/1743202025771327740

Later today, Binance will convert collateral assets of Binance-Peg BUSD to FDUSD at a 1:1 conversion rate.

https://x.com/binance/status/1743152934089625674

⚡️ Top Funding Rounds In the Last Week

👉 https://dropstab.com/insights/latest-fundraising-rounds

Manta Network has revealed the Into the Blue Campaign, an airdrop of 50,000,000 MANTA tokens, equivalent to 5% of the total supply.

Into the Blue Details

The rewards from Into the Blue are divided into two categories:

▫️Airdrop Rewards: 30,000,000 MANTA (3% of total supply) is allocated for airdrop rewards to supporters and users in the Manta ecosystem on both Manta Atlantic and Manta Pacific.
▫️Airdrop Bonus Rewards — The Great Treasure Hunt: 20,000,000 MANTA (2% of total supply) will be allocated as bonus rewards that can be obtained by supporters and users in the Manta ecosystem.
▫️Participants from the United States and other restricted regions are not eligible to participate
▫️The airdrop claim period will last for a total of 180 days.

https://mantanetwork.medium.com/into-the-blue-the-official-manta-airdrop-59dc9f938575

Bounce has announced PORT3 launch on Bounce Launchpad by Port3 Network.

Details:
Total Raise: $100K
Start Time: Jan 7, 14:00 UTC
Token Release Time: Jan 8, 8:00 UTC
Blockchain: Ethereum
Token Supply: 2M PORT3

PORT3 will be listed on Bybit, KuCoin, Gate, CoinEx simultaneously at 8:00 UTC on Jan 8.

https://x.com/bounce_finance/status/1743449125767782899

Bloomberg: SEC staff said to have no more feedback on several key filings.

SEC commissioners plan vote on exchange-rule filings next week.

The issuers need the SEC to sign-off on the final versions of their S-1 filings, which are the prospectus documents for the ETFs. The SEC gave issuers a deadline of Monday at 8 a.m. Washington time to file updated S-1s, one of the people said. SEC approval of the 19b-4 and S-1 forms may or may not happen at the same time, though typically the S-1s are approved after the 19b-4s.

A representative for the SEC declined to comment.

Should both approvals be obtained, the ETFs could start trading as soon as the next business day.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-05/bitcoin-btc-etf-issuers-clear-major-hurdle-for-sec-approval

Rumours: BlackRock has $2 billion of capital lined up from existing bitcoin holders that want to rotate into spot bitcoin ETFs in week one.

https://x.com/timccopeland/status/1743358421540208655

An unknown user bought 27 BTC on Binance and sent them to Satoshi Nakamoto's address.

https://mempool.space/tx/d7db4f96a4059c8906b953677ce533493d7b9da0f854a21b99f5772910dd0a31

Bloomberg analyst Eric Balchunas said that the approval process for the Bitcoin spot ETF is basically complete. The U.S. SEC is working hard to prepare all applicants for the January 11 launch finally.

https://x.com/wublockchain/status/1743455049488162931

BlackRock is going to lay off 600 employees (3% of its global workforce).

https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/blackrock-layoffs-coming-firm-matures-esg-pullback-bitcoin-etf-approval

Bounce Brand is gearing up to integrate Binance Web3 Wallet.

https://x.com/bounce_finance/status/1743866732698038437

Rumors: BlackRock is expecting approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission for its new Bitcoin "spot" ETF on January 10.

https://x.com/eleanorterrett/status/1743720554308231523

A proposal to restrict BTC Innoscriptions failed and was closed.

https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/28408

Vitalik Buterin gave 4 financial advices:

▫️Diversification is good.
▫️Save. Get to the point where you have enough to cover multiple years of expenses. Financial safety is freedom.
▫️Be boring with most of your portfolio.
▫️Don't use >2x leverage. Just don't.

https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin/status/1743991285214527532

Friend.tech TVL is down nearly ~50% compared to ATH in October.

https://defillama.com/protocol/friend.tech?denomination=ETH

Top 100 losers in 24 hours: MANA (-18%), ASTR (-17%), ICP (-14%), AXS (-13%).

https://dropstab.com/insights/top-performance

Crypto Market Daily Review ☀️

The market is down. Market cap is $1.66T. Bitcoin is trading at $44K

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