FIMA Crypto

🔥 The crypto market ended the year with a combined valuation of $3.26 trillion. 2024 featured shifting momentum across Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other assets, influenced by Bitcoin spot ETF approval, the US election, and evolving crypto regulation. 🔝 The top 10 coins and tokens on Jan. 1, 2025, include the majority of the same ones present a year previous. Avalanche dropped out and was replaced by TRON, while others like BNB and XRP traded places. 🔸 Bitcoin surpassed $100,000 for the first time in December, drawing attention after the November election in the United States, which resulted in a dramatic price surge. That rally pushed Bitcoin’s peak above $108,000 before a retracement brought it closer to $93,000 as the year concluded. 🔸 Ethereum maintained its place as the second-largest asset and traded near $3,300 in late December, holding a market cap of around $400 billion. 🔸 Bitcoin dominance approached 57%, while Ethereum’s share fell to around 12%. Tether retained its position as the top stablecoin globally, with a record-high market cap of $137 billion. 📌 The year closed with traders watching for new highs after Bitcoin’s fluctuation between $100,000 and $92,000. Ethereum remained the leading smart contract platform by market cap, and stablecoin demand highlighted ongoing reliance on liquidity pairs. Full article: https://lnkd.in/ge3gCSeM Source: CryptoSlate #cryptomarkets #Bitcoin #Ethereum #Altcoins #BitcoinETF #cryptoregulation #USellections

🔸 KULR Technology Group has become the latest company to adopt a Bitcoin treasury strategy, announcing the acquisition of 217.18 Bitcoin (BTC) for approximately $21 million. 🔸 In the statement, KULR also noted that it has partnered with Coinbase Prime to receive institutional and self-custodial wallet services for its BTC and to be supplied with USDC. The firm first announced its Bitcoin treasury strategy on December 4, outlining plans to allocate up to 90% of its surplus cash into the cryptocurrency. 📢 KULR Chairman and CEO Michael Mo highlighted the company’s belief in Bitcoin’s long-term potential describing it as a safeguard against inflationary, geopolitical, and macroeconomic challenges while offering long-term appreciation. 🔸 KULR’s Bitcoin acquisition is part of a broader trend of companies embracing crypto as a key component of their financial strategies. 🔸 Other companies, including Semler Scientific and Japan’s Metaplanet, have expanded their holdings to leverage Bitcoin as a strategic reserve asset. MicroStrategy, which pioneered the strategy, remains the largest holder of the asset among publicly traded companies, with its stash of 444,262 BTC worth an estimated $42.8 billion at current prices. 📈 KULR Technology (KULR) stocks are up more than 100% last week alone, and more than 300% in last 30 days. #Bitcoin #crypto #KULR #BTCStrategy #Microstrategy #MSTR 

📉 US Bitcoin spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have faced four consecutive days of withdrawals, ending with notable outflows on Christmas Eve. Data from SoSovalue on Dec. 24 shows that ETFs saw recorded combined outflows of $338.4 million on Christmas Eve. 🔸 BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin ETF led this decline, suffering its largest single-day outflow of $188.7 million. Fidelity’s Bitcoin ETF followed with $83 million in withdrawals, while Ark and 21Shares’ Bitcoin ETF posted net outflows of $75 million. 🔸 Meanwhile, the outflows mark a notable reversal after an extended streak of positive flows. Over the past four trading days, Bitcoin ETFs have seen cumulative outflows of over $1.5 billion, representing their most significant downturn since the November elections that returned Donald Trump to the White House. 🔸 Despite the current trend, the ETFs have a cumulative flow of $35.49 billion and hold $110 billion worth of digital assets. While Bitcoin ETFs struggled in the past few days, Ethereum-focused spot ETFs continued to attract investor interest. 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦: 𝘊𝘳𝘺𝘱𝘵𝘰𝘚𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 #BitcoinETF #EthereumETF #crypto #Bitcoin #Ethereum #BlackRock https://lnkd.in/gaGc2wWC

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🔸 According to multiple sources, the leading tech giants, NVIDIA and Intel will likely integrate Hedera blockchain (or hashgraph) in all of their chip manufacturing in the coming years to comply with EU AI regulations. 🤝 EQTY Lab, in collaboration with Intel and NVIDIA, has introduced Verifiable Compute, a hardware-based solution designed to enhance trust and verification in AI systems. 🔸 Verifiable Compute will use secure hardware infrastructure to generate cryptographic certificates that govern and audit AI workflows. These certificates will be anchored on the Hedera network, creating an immutable ledger of AI computations. 🔸 The collaboration aligns with emerging global AI regulations, including AI the EU AI Act. It also enables organizations to automate AI auditing and enforce governance policies in line with jurisdictional requirements. #Nvidia #HederaHashgraph #blockchain #AI #AIregulations #Intel  https://lnkd.in/d52ev77t

📈 Bitcoin postavlja nove rekorde iz tjedna u tjedan. U ponedjeljak navečer dosegnuo je novu najvišu razinu na 107.857,79 dolara (Coinbase). Preko vikenda i u ponedjeljak je nastavio nadmašivati ostatak tržišta kriptovaluta pa je s toga i bitcoin dominacija (BTC.D) ponovno u porastu na 57,5%. 🔸 MicroStrategy, najveći korporativni vlasnik Bitcoina, dodao je 15.350 BTC-a u svoje zalihe, potrošivši oko 1,5 milijardi dolara. It tvrtke su objavili da se kupovalo između 9. i 15. prosinca, dok je kupnja obavljena je po prosječnoj cijeni od 100.386 dolara po BTC-u. 🔸 Akvizicijom se ukupni posjed Bitcoina MicroStrategyja popeo na 439.000 BTC-a (vrijednih 45,6 milijardi dolara), kupljenih za ukupno 27,1 milijardu dolara ili po prosječnoj cijeni od 61.725 dolara po BTC-u. 📰 Ostale vijesti koje smo izdvojili za vas iz kripto svijeta možete pročitati u 82. izdanju FIMA Crypto newslettera ⤵️ https://lnkd.in/dKfB7v8p #cryptonews #Bitcoin #crypto #Microstrategy #bitcoindominance #altcoins

🤝 Binance and Circle announced a strategic partnership to promote USDC, a stablecoin jointly owned by Circle and Coinbase. The collaboration comes as stablecoins gain traction in mainstream finance and competitors seek to challenge the dominance of market leader Tether. 🔸 The partnership aims to expand the worldwide adoption of USDC. Binance will incorporate USDC into its full suite of products and services, offering its 240 million global users access to the stablecoin for trading, saving, and payment applications. 🔸 As part of the agreement, Binance will adopt USDC as a core component of its corporate treasury. On the other hand, Circle will support Binance by providing the necessary technology, liquidity, and tools to enable user access to USDC while also working to strengthen relationships across global finance and commerce. 📊 The stablecoin market is currently dominated by Tether, which holds a $138 billion market cap, significantly ahead of USDC at $40 billion. Source: CryptoPotato #Binance #Circle #USDC #Tether #stablecoins #partnership #collaboration

❌ Microsoft ⌛ Amazon 🔸 Microsoft shareholders have rejected proposal to invest in Bitcoin as part of the company’s portfolio diversification strategy (𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘫𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘳𝘥, 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 “𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘬𝘴” 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘳𝘺𝘱𝘵𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴). - Microsoft chose caution, opting to avoid crypto’s volatility. 🔸 In contrast, Amazon appears to be more open to cryptocurrency - group of Amazon shareholders proposed allocating a portion of the company’s assets to Bitcoin (𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 $88 𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘮𝘢𝘻𝘰𝘯’𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘉𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘰𝘪𝘯, 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺). 📊 Bitcoin’s price briefly dipped to $94,000 but rebounded to $98,000. Entrepreneur Anthony Pompliano commented that while Bitcoin remains indifferent to Microsoft’s stance, the tech giant may eventually reconsider its position. #bitcoinstrategy #crypto #Microsoft #Amazon #adoption #diversification 

🔸 Microsoft shareholders are set to decide on the firm’s Bitcoin investment stance (𝘪𝘧 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘥𝘥 𝘉𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘰𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘵) on December 10, Tuesday. 🔸 However, the board members are against the proposal, noting that the firm already has several assets it can invest in as part of its broader strategy, which includes Bitcoin. 🔸 Microsoft’s Bitcoin proposal, “Assessment of Investing in Bitcoin,” was submitted to the National Center for Public Policy Research, a think tank that advocates for Bitcoin. According to the think tank, Bitcoin is the best hedge for individuals and entities against inflation. 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦: 𝘤𝘳𝘺𝘱𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘯.𝘤𝘰𝘮 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬: https://lnkd.in/dyHhRC6v #Bitcoin #Microsoft #MicroStrategy #bitcoinstrategy #investing

💥 Bitcoin hit $100,000 for the first time in history!🔥🔥 🔸 Today +4% 🔸 Last week +7,3% 🔸 Last month +51,5% 🔸 YTD +143% 📌 After two weeks of sideways price action, Bitcoin finally hit $100,000, and set new ATH at $104,000. The run for a new ATH was probably triggered by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell acknowledging BTC’s role as “digital gold”. #Bitcoin #BTC100K #alltimehigh #crypto #bullrun