● Four of the top 10 best performing stocks on Wall Street in 2023 are Bitcoin mining companies
Four Bitcoin mining companies are among Wall Street’s top 10 best-performing stocks this year, CryptoPotato reported. The outperformance is evidence of the growing interest of mainstream investors in cryptocurrencies.
● Bitcoin will rise by more than 150% in 2023, ahead of gold and major stock indexes
According to CryptoPotato, after the downturn in 2022, Bitcoin performed strongly in 2023, with an annual increase of between 150% and 160%, far exceeding other traditional financial assets.
● Crypto advertising returns to the spotlight, and ETF competition intensifies
According to Blockworks, as Bitwise, Hashdex, and VanEck scramble to prepare for Bitcoin ETFs to gain better positioning, crypto advertising has become popular again. In the past two weeks, all three companies have released advertising videos.
● Grayscale recruits ETF product experts to maintain relationships with institutional investors
According to Planet Daily, Grayscale is recruiting an ETF product specialist whose responsibilities will include leveraging and maintaining relationships with institutional investors.
● Cross-chain bridge protocol Orbit Chain was suspected of being hacked, and $81.5 million in cryptocurrency was abnormally outflowed
According to The Block, the cross-chain bridge protocol Orbit Chain was suspected to have been hacked, with an abnormal outflow of cryptocurrencies worth $81.5 million.
● Cryptocurrency security incidents in December totaled $33.5 million in losses
According to the Daily Planet, CertiK statistics show that security incidents in the crypto space in December have caused a total loss of $33.5 million. Among them, exit scams caused about $3.2 million in losses, flash loan attacks caused about $2.4 million in losses, and vulnerability exploits caused about $27.8 million in losses.
● Hong Kong Police Force releases annual review of major events: JPEX case has frozen assets worth about HK$240 million
According to Hong Kong 01, the Hong Kong Police Force released a review video of the annual major events at the end of 2023, specifically pointing out that in September this year, the police received a referral from the Securities and Futures Commission, suspecting that the operating methods of a virtual asset trading platform called JPEX involved fraud, and its entities were not licensed by the Securities and Futures Commission. As of November this year, the police have arrested 67 people and frozen assets involved in the case worth about HK$240 million.
