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Crypto News

• ⭐️ Nasdaq files updated forms for Bitcoin ETF's hinting at upcoming SEC approval.

• ⭐️ Celsius to unstake $466M Ethereum in preparation for asset distribution.

• Digital Currency Group pays off all short-term loans from Genesis.

• Binance may delist $ANT, $FIRO, $KP3R, $MDX, $MOB, $REEF, $VAI, $XMR, $ZEC and $ZEN as they no longer meet the listing criteria.

• Goldman Sachs talks with Blackrock & Grayscale to be an authorized participant for Bitcoin ETF.

• Visa announces Web3 loyalty rewards program in partnership with SmartMedia Technologies.

• Huobi Korea shuts down citing difficult business environment.

• South Korea proposes ban on purchasing cryptocurrency with credit cards.

• Spain central bank selects partners for central bank digital currency (CBDC) testing.

• Nigeria Central Bank releases guidelines on digital assets for banks.

• Cannan sells 17K Bitcoin mining rigs to Cipher Mining & Stronghold Digital Mining.

• Arbitrum Foundation Grant Program phase 2 begins.

Alpha

• Linea issuing 150 LXP to holders of People’s Alliance Inscription.

• Taiko posts, "Gonna be a big week 👀," on X.

• Monad posts, "Devnet soon," on X.

• EtherFi launches DeBank page and offers 1K loyalty points to followers.

• Braavos Pro Score Quest Campaign is live on Starknet Quest.

• Aevo token $AEVO confirmed to drop in January.

• Slingshot posts, "The first wave of invites has been sent out," alluding to Slingshot 2.0 invites.

Airdrops

• ⭐️ Manta airdrop #1 is live for Manta Atlantic & Manta Pacific users.

• Saga unveils airdrop eligibility criteria for $SAGA airdrop.

• Namada identifies bug with $NAM airdrop claims for Cosmos & Osmosis stakers and advises users to re-check.

• Sleepless $AI airdrop is live.

• ODOS protocol airdrop strategy by Crypto Snooper.

Finance News

• Cathie Wood sells ~$29M of Coinbase $COIN shares.

• Microsoft $MSFT & OpenAI sued by book authors for copyright infringement.

• ASML $ASML export license to China partially revoked by the Netherlands.

• Tesla $TSLA "recalls" 1.6M cars in China to fix autopilot & lock issues.

• Vanguard & Pimco invest in Turkey amid high interest rates.

Security and Exploits

• Gamma exploited for ~$5M due to flashloan attack.

• AAVE temporarily disables new supply & borrows for AVAX, WMATIC, & MaticX to mitigate a potential technical issue.

• ⭐️ CertiK's X account temporarily compromised after phishing attack.

• Polychain Capital founder's X account compromised until further notice.

• ACE cryptocurrency exchange investigated for suspected fraud.

• dYdX publishes post-mortem on $9M November attack.

• Consensys receives ISO27001 security certification.

Token Unlocks

• Hashflow / 13.62M $HFT / ~$5.06M / JAN 06

Funding

• Bracket Labs, a platform offering leveraged volatility products; raises $2M in Pre-Seed funding.

• Memecoin $MEME raises an undisclosed amount in funding from Binance Labs.

• Gelato Network, a rollup-as-a-service platform; raises an undisclosed amount in funding led by IOSG Ventures.

• Nubit, a Bitcoin data availability layer; raises an undisclosed amount in funding.

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