JUST IN: 🇲🇼 Bondo, a cluster of villages in a remote region of Malawi, is supplied with electricityfor the first time thanks to Bitcoin mining ⚡️

3 micro-hydro turbines were installed, taking advantage of the region’s rainfall to supply 1,800 homes with their own mini-grid 💪

🟠 The Bitcoin squad is out on the streets spreading awareness about the future of finance 👨‍🎨

By Street CYBER

NEW: 🟠 Eric Balchunas, senior ETF analyst at Bloomberg, expects Bitcoin spot ETFs to launch on January 11th 👀

NEW: 📊 The homepage of Better Markets, a non-profit endorsed by Elizabeth Warren, currently features a last-minute plea urging the SEC to block the Bitcoin ETF 🤣

🟠 All 11 spot Bitcoin ETF issuers have amended their 19b-4 filings by the deadline 🙌

They're set for the upcoming SEC commissioners' vote next week 👀

JUST IN: 🟠 "You may think an Omega candle is impossible, but it’s very real," says nation-state Bitcoin advisor and JAN3 CEO Samson Mow 🔥

🟠 Bitcoin art 👨‍🎨

🗞️ Bitcoin Perception launches a new dashboard for analyzing media sentiments about Bitcoin, offering in-depth insights and fostering informed discussions.

Kudos to Fernando Nikolic 👏

https://www.btctimes.com/news/bitcoin-perception-introduces-dashboard-to-track-media-sentiments-on-bitcoin

ICYMI: 🟠 Someone tipped Satoshi Nakamoto's wallet with 26.9 $BTC 👀

🇺🇸 Visualizing $1 trillion in cash and then realizing the US is $34T in debt. This is why Bitcoin is winning 💪

🇦🇷 Michael Saylor shares his keynote address from Argentina’s premiere Bitcoin conference, LaBitConf 🙌

🟠 A reminder by Hal Finney ⚡️

🟠 This morning was wild for Bitcoin ETF filers. Here's the state of play on the fee war front. Lowest long term fee is Bitwise Invest at 0.24% followed closely by VanEck at 0.25%. But we also have fee waivers on 3 for 6 months down to 0.0%. Plus BlackRock waiver to 0.20% 👀

By James Seyffart

"ARK just dropped their fee to 0.25% in an S-1 filed 20 minutes after BlackRock’s. Told y’all the fee war would break out bf they even launched. And this is w out Vanguard on the mix. Damn."

- Eric Balchunas

🎙 Steve Weiss: "I don't believe in Bitcoin. I still see no use case other than speculation"

Weiss sold half his position of Bitcoin before the run-up because he believes the ETF news is priced in 🤦‍♂️

NEW: 🟠 Multinational bank Standard Chartered calling for $50b-$100b of inflows into spot Bitcoin ETFs in 2024 🔥

CNBC: 📺 Trading of spot Bitcoin ETFs could begin Thursday or Friday❗️

Not that CNBC is at all a reliable source lol but we're close