Crypto falls on macro wobble, Yen fears. OI wiped in BTC drop to $56k, funding negative. Altcoins down 13% YTD, stablecoin supply up 30%. BTC mining profitability at record low: JP Morgan. FBI says North Korea targeting BTC ETF issuers. Trump family to launch DeFi project on ETH. Trump project linked to AVAX’s Dough Finance. Trump family members hacked during launch. AI coins underperform after Nvidia investigation. MATIC upgrade to POL begins. TON falls as Telegram faces issues in many countries. VC funding & BTC correlation breaks down. We have entered crypto’s ‘corporate phase’. Gensler will leave regardless of election: Ripple CEO. Harris campaign has asked Coinbase for advice. Penpie DeFi project hacked for $27m. Galois Capital settles with SEC over FTX custody.

OI continues to rise as BTC stabilises. BTC still best performing assets class this year. FTX to distribute $16bn to creditors starting in Q4. Qatar introduces regulatory framework for crypto. ETH L1s fees down 90%, L2 activity ATH. Base hits 14m monthly users, many may be Sybil. ETH is in death spiral: Krueger. SOL to see significant unlocks in Q1. Japan considers dropping crypto tax to 20%. Rate cuts won’t help BTC: Hayes. BTC should double after rate cuts: Tapiero. Mr 100 linked back to Upbit wallet. WazirX hacker moves funds to Tornado. SUI to launch handheld gaming device. Sony & PYTH announce collaboration.

BTC weekly volatility returns to multi-year lows. BlackRock BTC ETF sees first outflow in months. ETH dominance hits 4-year low. Vitalik linked wallet sells $2m ETH. Bukele talks up BTC impact in Time interview. CBoE files for ETH & BTC ETF options. Elon & Tesla win DOGE manipulation lawsuit. Macron denies inviting Durov to France. Trump promises to make US the ‘crypto capital’. Trump advertises Liberty Financial DeFi project. DeFi mindshare continues to grow.

BTC: 59.7k (0%), ETH: 2545 (0%), SOL: 146 (-1%). Top Gainers: HNT, IMX, ICP, ADA, KCS. BTC ETFs: -$105m, ETH ETFs: +$6m. Bitcoin in tight liquidation range, ETH outperforms. ETH ETF sees first in flow in 10 days. Funding rates all turn negative. Mr 100 buys 500 BTC in dip. France formally charges Durov, can’t leave country. TON jumps 6% after Durov release. TON faces another outage related to DOGS. AI coins fall after Nvidia earnings. Crypto payments about to soar: Armstrong. Binance denies freezing Palestinian accounts. CryptoCom & Standard Chartered partner.

BTC hits $58k after ETF outflows, then bounces. BTC sees largest exchange outflow in a year. Divergence between BTC & stocks grows. TON stops producing blocks briefly, price bounces. TON outage linked to DOGS launch. Maker DAO rebrands as Sky. USDS upgrade from DAI will have freezing function. Robinhood readds SOL support. SEC charges 2 brothers with $60m crypto scam. Nasdaq pitches options on BTC ETFs. Full-time open source devs under 8k in crypto. Crypto owners more likely to be ‘psychopaths’.

BlackRock ETF sees biggest inflow in 35 days. BTC ETFs have 12 straight days of inflows. ETH ETFs have 8 straight days of outflows. ETH/BTC ratio continues to hit new lows. Russia to start using crypto for trade this week. Stablecoin TVL hits ATH of $168bn. Durov faces several serious charges in France. Telegram also under investigation in India. TRX flips TON, enters top 10 crypto coins. Crypto is the currency of AI: Naval. 84k new crypto millionaires created this year. SEC lawsuit against Kraken to proceed to trial. Aave proposes integration with BlackRock BUIDL. Celsius has repaid $2.5bn in assets so far.

AI tokens lead ahead of Nvidia earnings. Crypto funds saw $533m inflows last week. BTC ‘bull market’ back on in IFP index. BTC close to ‘parabolic zone’ soon. Many coins ‘flipping back to bullish’ indicators. Open Interest begins to creep back up again. Binance Labs to focus on AI investments. 51 L2s now built on OP stack alone. Some exchanges rejected for Hong Kong license. Vitalik questions DeFi yields in crypto. New malware steals crypto on MacOS. Avalanche Discord hacked after Polygon.

BTC ETFs: +$65m, ETH ETFs: -$1m. Crypto stays range-bound ahead of Powell speech. Russia plans stablecoins of BRICS countries. El Salvador buys 162 BTC with daily buys. AVAX up 15% as Grayscale launches trust. Tron removes 12k BTC from USDD reserves. Trump promotes crypto DeFi project. Crypto half of corporate political donations. Tether abandons plan to launch its own blockchain. Sony backed L2 set to launch in weeks. Babylon launches BTC staking. CZ leaves prison for ‘halfway house’. PayPal & Anchorage partner for bank crypto rewards. Bitcoin mining market worth $74bn: JP Morgan. Bitfarms buys Stronghold in ‘strategic defence’.

BTC ETFs: +$40m, ETH ETFs: -$18m. BTC breaks channel, ripe for ‘short squeeze’. BTC OI rises $1.3bn post Fed minutes. Kamala ‘supports crypto policies’ says advisor. Vitalik ‘bull posts’ ETH. Story Protocol raises $80m for L1. WazirX halts open orders after problems with Rupee. Coinbase & Ripple lead political donations. Salame claims government reneged on plea deal. EigenLayer team claimed coins despite being in US.

BTC ETFs: +$88m, ETH ETFs: -$7m. BTC funding negative in ‘short squeeze’ setup. BTC dominance up 18% in 2 years. TRX leads L1s as memecoin activity soars. Chance of SOL ETF is zero in 2024: Bloomberg. Another SOL ETF approved in Brazil. Binance & CZ face new class action lawsuit. Tether to launch UAE-Dirham stablecoin. Mt Gox moves $700m in BTC. CRV founder faces backlash on DAO proposal.