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$BTC

+ BTC dropped to $89K then rebounded to $91K, altcoins declined further

+ Trump's plan to purchase $200B in bonds announced, seen as 'personal QE' to directly inject money into the housing market

+ Tonight at 20:30: December Non-farm employment data
Unemployment rate (Forecast = 4.5%, previous = 4.6%)
Number of new jobs created (Forecast = 66K, previous = 64K)

*** ETF Spot session on 08/01
+ BTC is down -$205.5M, Fidelity sold -$120.5M, BlackRock has no data

+ BTC dropped to $90K, ETH lost the $3K2 mark, altcoins adjusted slightly, the market sentiment index is currently at 28 - "fear"
+ TT Trump stated that Venezuela must use the money obtained from selling oil to the US to buy American products according to the new agreement
+ The ADP private employment report added +41K jobs, the probability of a rate cut in January decreased from 17% to 11%
📝 ETF Spot session 07/01
+ BTC is down -$356.1M, Fidelity sold -$247.6M, BlackRock has no data yet

- BTC continues to rise to $93K, ETH surpasses $3K2, total market capitalization recovers to $3.2T

- Venezuela's Maduro administration is expected to appear in court in New York tomorrow morning (Vietnam time)

- Big4 auditing firm - PwC reverses course and declares it will increase investment in crypto after many years of hesitation

- Saylor reveals he will continue to accumulate more BTC this week, Strategy currently holds 672.497 BTC (~$62.5B)

- Coinbase will temporarily halt buying and selling USDC with peso starting 31/1 in Argentina, while still maintaining the ability to send & receive crypto

+ BTC rises to $90K, ETH $3K1, altcoins in the green

* ETF Spot on 01/02
+ BTC positive +$471.3M, BlackRock earns +$287.4M
+ ETH positive +$174.5M, BlackRock earns +$47.2M
+ Positive SOL +$8.6M

+ Trump again calls on the Supreme Court to allow the continuation of tariffs for the benefit of the United States

+ Tom Lee calls on Bitmine shareholders to approve increasing the share limit from 500M to 50B to facilitate fundraising

+ Bitmine continues to stake an additional 82,560 ETH (~256M), raising the total staking amount to over 544,000 ETH in just one week

- BTC increases slightly around the $88k -$89k range, ETH hits $3K altcoins show some signs of recovery
- TT Trump postpones the tax increase on furniture, kitchens, cabinets... to 30-50% but continues to maintain 25% until 01/01/2027
- The UK along with over 40 countries initiates the CARE framework requiring crypto exchanges to report user tax data and share cross-border from 2027
- Tether accumulates an additional 8.888BTC
- Turkmenistan legalizes mining and trading of crypto
- Iran's defense agency proposes accepting payments in crypto when selling weapons abroad

+ BTC is up to $88K - $89K, ETH is nearing $3K, while altcoins are not showing much improvement as BTC.D also rises

+ The minutes of the FOMC meeting in December showed nothing new, as previously shared by Chairman Powell

* Spot ETF on 30/12
+ BTC is up $211.4M, Ark has gained $109.6M, BlackRock has no data yet
+ ETH is up $67.9M, Grayscale has gained $50.2M, BlackRock has no data yet
+ SOL is up $5.2M

+ The proposal for a new law tightening regulations on unregistered crypto miners, with fines of up to 2.5 million rubles (~$31K) or 5 years in prison

+ Gold and silver adjust after a series of shocking days of increases, BTC returns to $87K, altcoins face the same situation

+ 2h tomorrow morning: Fed 🇺🇸 will release the minutes of the FOMC meeting in December

📝 ETF Spot session on 29/12
+ BTC is down -$11.4M, BlackRock has no data yet
+ ETH is up +$3.7M, BlackRock has no data yet
+ SOL is up +$2.5M

+ Democratic Representative Maxine Waters attacks the crypto policy of SEC Chair Atkins and calls for a hearing

+ BTC surged to $88K - $90k, ETH surpassed $3K, and altcoins showed some signs of recovery

+ TT Trump hinted at the possibility of clarifying the peace roadmap between Russia and Ukraine in the coming weeks, not supporting a temporary ceasefire

+ The top Russian bank 🇷🇺 Sberbank has issued a mortgage loan backed by crypto for the Bitcoin mining company Intelion Data

+ The South Korean financial group 🇰🇷 Mirae Asset is negotiating to acquire the crypto exchange Korbit, valued at around $70M–$100M

+ Saylor revealed plans to continue accumulating BTC this week, Strategy currently holds 671.268 BTC (~$59.5B)

This week there are not many important events because it falls on the New Year week and the US market is closed on Thursday.

🗓️ MONDAY, DECEMBER 29
Pending home sales data in the US

🗓️ TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30
S&P Case Shiller Home Price Index in 20 cities
December FOMC meeting minutes of the Fed

🗓️ WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31
Initial jobless claims in the US

🗓️ THURSDAY, JANUARY 1

+ US markets reopen, BTC is back down to $87K, altcoins still haven't shown much improvement

* ETF Spot session 12/26
+ BTC is down -$83.3M, Fidelity sold -$74.4M, BlackRock has no data yet
+ ETH is down -$16.6M from Grayscale's sales, BlackRock has no data yet
+ SOL has no transactions

+ Japan wants to classify crypto as a financial asset group, separating taxes for spot, derivatives, and ETFs, while staking and NFTs will still be subject to income tax

+ A former customer support employee of Coinbase in India was arrested in connection with a hack causing estimated damages of $400M

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+ Gold and silver continue to break records, American stocks on Christmas holiday, BTC and altcoins dip down and then rise again

+ The two largest exchanges in Russia 🇷🇺 MOEX and SPB are ready to open crypto trading from 2026 when the legal framework takes effect

+ Ethereum outlines roadmap 2026 with 2 major forks: Glamsterdam in the middle of the year and Heze-Bogota at the end of the year

+ Trust Wallet encountered a security vulnerability in version 2.68 that caused many users to lose funds, with damages of at least $6M

According to Rob Hadick, a partner at Dragonfly, Solana and Ethereum will coexist and develop together in the race for asset tokenization, and no blockchain will completely 'defeat' the other blockchain.

Ethereum is currently a hub for many stablecoins and on-chain asset values, suitable for finance and tokenization. Meanwhile, Solana excels in speed and transaction volume, making it suitable for applications that require quick processing such as trading.

$BTC
+ US stocks hit a peak, BTC fluctuating at $87K, altcoins are not showing much improvement, the market is entering the Christmas holiday

+ The number of weekly unemployment claims in the US reached 214K, lower than the forecast of 220K

📝 ETF Spot on 12/24
+ BTC is down -$83.9M, 7 sellers, BlackRock has no data yet
+ ETH is down -$30.5M, Grayscale sold -$33.8M, BlackRock has no data yet
+ positive SOL +$1.5M

+ EU 🇪🇺 brings crypto into the tax system, requires exchanges and crypto services to report user and transaction data from 1/1/2026