🌟 A Bold Start of the New Year!

While the year has just begun, the crypto world has already witnessed significant movements and trends. From new investments and groundbreaking projects to crucial developments in blockchain technology, the end of 2024 and the first week of 2025 have already set the stage for the upcoming year.

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We've carefully selected and compiled the key moments from this period to keep you informed and ahead of the curve. Stay tuned for more updates as we continue to track these pivotal events and trends shaping the future of crypto.

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We wish you all a prosperous and exciting 2025!


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🌻HyperLiquid native staking. Link.

Stakers will secure the network and accrue rewards.

Author: Coindesk

#review


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💵 The later stages of the current bull cycle. Link.

Quote: “The long-term trend remains downward, which suggests that the market is likely to reach its cycle peak by Q1 2025, or at the latest by Q2 2025”

Author: CryptoQuant

#forecast


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🎒Thoughts on airdrops. Link.

8 tips that will help you reach your goals in 2025.

Author: Punkmonke.sol

#tips


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🛍 DePIN 2024 fundraising. Link.

Multicoin, Framework, a16z, and EV3 were among the highest conviction backers of DePINs.

Author: Messari

#VC


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🔑 The biggest upcoming unlocks. Link.

Calendar for the Q1 of 2025.

Author: DropsTab

#unlocks


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🌐 DEX to CEX spot trading volume (%). Link.

For the first time in history, the share of decentralized crypto exchanges (DEX) in the total volume of crypto trading on the spot exceeded 20%

Author: Silvio
Chart: The Block

#trends


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🔑 Top 10 upcoming unlocks. Link.

$7.2B worth of tokens to be unlocked in January.

Great addition to this posts:

• Note 1
• Note 2

Author: CryptoRank

#unlocks


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🚘 Tokenization in 2025. Link.

Navigating the new frontier of Real-World Assets.

Remainder: Refresh your memory with this post.

Author: The Defiant
Chart: RWA.xyz

#research


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Daily Dose of News 💿
January 08, Wednesday


General:

• Bhutan economic hub to set up strategic crypto reserve. Link.

• South Korea seeks to lift ban on institutional trading of cryptocurrencies. Link.

• Kazakhstan shut down 36 illegal crypto exchanges in 2024 crackdown. Link.

Release:

• New Solana proposal aims to fix scalability issues with ‘lattice’ system. Link.

• A new Launchpool Sonic SVM has been launched on Bitget. Link.

• Starknet releases SN Stack for appchain development. Link.

Listing:

• Bithumb will list DEEP. Link.

• Binance Futures to launch futures on COOKIE, ALCH, SWARMS. Link.

• Binance Futures to launch futures on SONIC. Link.

Fundraising:

• Movement Labs close to finalizing $100M Series B funding round. Link.

• SoSoValue, a financial research platform tailored for crypto investors, has raised $15M. Link.


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💬 Top trending tokens in crypto. Link.

Crypto markets are correcting, but social media conversations continue to focus on opportunities in altcoins.

Note: Two of them have seen a significant increase in discussions: SOL and UFD.

Author: Santiment

#trends


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📣 Crypto’s waning ambition. Link.

A big part of why there seem to be fewer ambitious crypto projects now is that talented founders who would have gone into crypto 5 years ago are founding AI startups instead.

Author: Ignas | DeFi

#research


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Protocol in focus: Mantle. Link.

What can we expect in 2025?

Author: Stacy Muur

#research #forecast


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🎦 Understanding Quai network. Link.

A comprehensive overview.

Author: Messari

#review


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💵 The $94K level formed a double bottom. Link.

This level could be a significant support in BTC as a lot of bitcoins has been bought by whales there.

Author: whalemap

#TA


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📣 Nvidia CEO forecasts. Link.

AI Agents and Autonomous Vehicles as multi-trillion dollar industry at CES 2025.

Author: The Defiant
Chart: DropsTab

#forecast


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🤑 Ethereum Foundation’s ETH Sales in 2024. Link.

Ethereum Foundation completed its first sale of 100 $ETH in 2025.

Note: often such sales preceding sharp price declines.

Author: CryptoRank

#sentiment


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🕶 Trending searches. Link.

This time we advise you to pay attention to those projects that we haven't talked about yet.

Author: CryptoDep
Data: CoinGecko

#trends


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Daily Dose of News 🎧
January 09, Thursday


General:

• Hong Kong Monetary Authority has launched its “Supervisory Incubator for Distributed Ledger Technology”. Link.

• Oklahoma senator introduces Bitcoin Freedom Act for BTC payments. Link.

• FTX says Backpack acquisition of EU arm has not been approved by court. Link.

Product updates:

• MANTRA Blockchain tokenizes $1B in assets for UAE-based real estate company DAMAC. Link.

• Ronin Network integrates Transak for fiat-to-crypto and NFT payments. Link.

Release:

• Avalon Labs has officially announced that they will launch their token AVL. Link.

• FetchAi launches $10M accelerator for AI agent startups. Link.

Listing:

• Binance Alpha announced another batch of projects: VERTAI, FAI and VADER. Link.

Fundraising:

• Verifiable AI firm Rena Labs raises $3.3M in pre-seed funding. Link.

• Novastro Chain, an L2 RWA chain powered by Movement, has raised $1.2M in a Seed round. Link.

• Yiedl, an AI-driven marketplace, has raised $735K in a Funding round. Link.


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