Ethereum ETF Decision Delayed

️ On today's Top Picks:

Crypto News

• ⭐️ SEC delays decision on Fidelity's spot Ethereum ETF to March.

• ⭐️ Binance v. SEC court date delayed to next due to snowstorm.

• US Treasury officials call on policymakers to regulate crypto before next crisis.

• Donald Trumps states he will "never allow" a central bank digital currency (CBDC) if elected.

• Kyber opens registration for their Treasury Grant Program for victims of past exploit.

• Public Goods Network to wind down over the next 6 months

• Conflux $CFX unveils an EVM-compatible Bitcoin Layer 2.

Alpha

• ⭐️ EtherFi posts, "deVampire is coming." on X.

• Taiko launches Katla A6 Testnet campaign on Galxe.

• Caldera partners with Decent and launches free Calderascope NFT.

• Dymension $DYM price prediction by mztacat.

• Namada posts Shielded Expedition Genesis Time on X.

• Jumper featured in Galxe's New Year Festival campaign.

• Snapshot posts, "cooking something that you might like, more info soon 👀" on X.

• Gitcoin Passport updates Ethereum stamp.

Airdrops

• Pixels play-to-airdrop campaigns ends as $PIXEL airdrop awaits.

• WOOFi posts, "🪂🔜" on X.

• Element airdrops $MANTA to Manta Girl NFT holders.

• Three Airdrops In One by Crypto Snooper.

Finance News

• US & Chinese finance officials meet to discuss financial stability and capital markets issues.

• US home sales in 2023 lowest tally since since 1995.

• ⭐️ Reddit plans to launch IPO in March.

• Apple $AAPL Watch ban resumes amid patent dispute

• Spirit Airlines $SAVE to potentially refinance debt amid blocked $3.8B merger with JetBlue Airways $JBLU.

• Wayfair $W to lay off 13% of its workforce as it streamlines its business and cuts layers of management.

• Ola Electric to go public with an IPO at an $8B valuation.

Security and Exploits

• BasketDAO exploited for ~$100K due to approval bug.

• ⭐️ SatoshiVM $SAVM top 4 holders were funded by the same wallet according to Bubblemaps.

Token Unlocks

• Injective / 3.67M $INJ / ~$143.2M / JAN 20
• Space ID / 31.82M $ID / ~$10.9M / JAN 21

Funding

• Flowdesk, a digital asset trading firm; raises $50M in Series B funding led by Cathay Innovation.

• Kiln, an enterprise-grade staking firm; raises $17M in funding led by 1kx.

• Agrotoken, a tokenization infrastructure for agrocommodities; raises $12.5M in funding.

• Root Protocol, a portal to Web3; raises $10M in funding led by Animoca Brands.

• WOO X, a digital asset exchange; raises $9M in funding.

• Army of Fortune Metaverse raises $3M in funding led by Anomica Ventures.

• Fetcch, a a pull payments layer for blockchain; raises $1.5M in Pre-Seed funding led by HashKey Capital & AppWorks.

The Degen Farmer