Trump Media To Launch New Token

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Crypto News

• ⭐️ Trump Media & Technology Group $DJT to launch & airdrop new token to shareholders; to launch on Crypto[.]com's Cronos $CRO blockchain.

• ⭐️ Tether acquires 8,888 Bitcoin $BTC (~$780M); now holds ~96K BTC (~$8.4B).

• South Korea FIU fines Korbit ₩2.73B (~$2M) for violation of the Specific Financial Information Act; Mirae Asset Group is reportedly in talks to acquire Korbit for ₩100B - ₩140B ($70M - $100M).

• ICYMI Hyperliquid $HYPE Labs unstakes 1.2M HYPE (~$31M); to be distributed to Hyperliquid Labs team members on January 6th; all distributions to take place on the 6th of the month going forward.

• ICYMI Hyper Foundation $HYPE Assistance Fund now formally recognized as burned following a governance vote; the tokens were permanently removed from the circulating and total supply.

• ICYMI Aave $AAVE “brand seizure” proposal fails to pass; ~55% voted against, ~41% voted to abstain, & ~4% voted in favor; a "revote" with a proper process, clear terms, & higher turnout is expected next month.

Alpha

• January 2026 Crypto Calendar by LayerGG.

• ICYMI MegaETH $MEGA launches Frontier mainnet beta for app builders; to launch public mainnet in Q1 2026, potentially in January.

• ICYMI Fogo $FOGO completes first round of snapshots for Flames Season 1.5; snapshot includes Fogo Fishing, Valiant LPing, & USDC transfers; Season 1.5 is still ongoing.

• ICYMI Cascade to raise the pre-allocation cap for Cascade’s Liquidity Strategy (CLS) to $2M on January 6th; eligible users can deposit to earn Cascade Points.

Airdrops

• ⭐️ Lighter $LIT launches airdrop; Lighter Points holders are eligible; tokens automatically distributed to wallets.

• Noble $NOBLE to close Step 1 of the airdrop claim process on December 31st; requires eligible users to link an Ethereum address; Noble Season 1 & Season 2 points participants are eligible.

• ICYMI Brevis $BREV launches airdrop registration; eligibility criteria has yet to be revealed; registration to close on January 3rd.

• ICYMI Mezo $MEZO launches airdrop registration; Mezo Mats (points) holders are eligible.

• ICYMI Fogo $FOGO announces updated tokenomics; allocates 6% of genesis supply for 'Community Airdrop', 1.5% on January 13th & 4.5% for future rewards.

Finance News

• US Federal Reserve releases December FOMC minutes; shows divisions over further rate cuts after third consecutive 25 bps reduction to 3.5%-3.75% range.

• US S&P 500 closes 2025 up +16.6%, marking its 3rd-straight year with double digit gains; over $9T was added to the US stock market in 2025.

• ⭐️ Nvidia $NVDA in advanced talks to acquire AI21 Labs, an Israeli generative AI firm, for $2B to $3B.

• Tariffs: Mexico to raise tariffs on imports from China & India by up to 35% starting this week; China to impose 55% tariffs on some imported beef from the US.

• Strategy $MSTR hits a new 52-week low of ~$152, down ~48% in 2025; currently holds 672,497 BTC (~$58.9B) acquired for ~$50.4B at ~$74,997 per BTC.

• Metaplanet $3350.T bought an additional 4,279 Bitcoin $BTC for $451M at ~$105,412 per BTC; now holds 35,102 BTC (~$3.1B) acquired for ~$3.8B at ~$107,606 per BTC.

• Cypherpunk $CYPH buys an additional 56,418 Zcash $ZEC for $29M at an ~$514 per ZEC; now holds 290,062.67 ZEC (~$148M).

• Prenetics Global $PRE stops Bitcoin $BTC buying strategy; raised $48M for a BTC treasury in October; to retain its existing 510 BTC (~$45M).

Security and Exploits

• Lighter $LIT users were temporarily unable to withdraw funds due to a "Too many L2 Withdrawals” error, though the issue has since been resolved; ~$250M was withdrawn from Lighter 24 hours after its airdrop.

• Zerion's ZERO Network to restart block production by mid-January; block production was halted on December 19th; team says user funds are safe.

• Unleash Protocol exploited for ~$3.9M due to multisig compromise; team advises users to avoid interacting with Unleash Protocol contracts; investigation is still ongoing.

• SlowMist publishes its 2025 Blockchain Security & AML Annual Report; also publishes its 2025 Q4 MistTrack Stolen Funds Analysis.

• ICYMI Trust Wallet $TWT CEO @EowynChen says a leaked Chrome Web Store API key allowed attackers to bypass standard release checks and publish the malicious v2.68 update.

Token Unlocks

• Optimism $OP / ~$8M / DEC 31st
• Sui $SUI / ~$61M / JAN 01st
• EigenCloud $EIGEN / ~$13M / JAN 01st
• Ethena $ENA / ~$8M / JAN 02nd
Sourced from Tokenomist

Funding

• ⭐️ Tron Inc $TRON raises $18M in Strategic funding from Justin Sun.

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