EU tightens regulation of cryptocurrencies: Tether Removal

Crypto exchanges in EU must delist Tether’s USDT by Dec. 30. This requirement is due to the Markets in Cryptoassets regime.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-20/tether-mica-exit-puts-europe-at-risk-of-missing-crypto-boom-usdt

MetaMask integration is now live on EOS.

https://x.com/eosnetworkfdn/status/1870066592048177275

MANTRA has introduced a new updated OM tokenomics proposal

Proposal: https://snapshot.box/#/s:mantra-dao.eth/proposal/0x3bfdc09dbf1c1065e5077f267f03fd7ee3509a8c7d5ed14d1612a01edf8b28c0

https://x.com/MANTRA_Chain/status/1870078174396031186

The crypto market is neutral
BTC Dominance - 56.52%

Market Cap - $3.41T
BTC - $97,416.7 (+0.42%)
ETH - $3,465.07 (+1.75%)
XRP - $2.28 (-1.79%)
BNB - $680.22 (+0.78%)
SOL - $193.88 (-1.05%)
INJ - $22.06 (-1.08%)
TON - $5.51 (+4.2%)

https://dropstab.com

OpenSea Foundation has launched its official X account

https://x.com/openseafdn

Binance Futures has launched USDⓈ-Margined AIXBTUSDT, FARTCOINUSDT, KMNOUSDT and CGPTUSDT Perpetual Contracts with up to 75x Leverage.

https://www.binance.com/en/support/announcement/binance-futures-will-launch-usd%E2%93%A2-margined-aixbtusdt-fartcoinusdt-kmnousdt-and-cgptusdt-perpetual-contracts-with-up-to-75x-leverage-804bea6cf51a4edc9079962ff77bb3b1

The HBAR Foundation announces that Charles Adkins will be resigning as President of the Hedera Council to become the HBAR Foundation’s CEO and oversee its launch as Hedera Foundation in early 2025.

https://hedera.com/blog/hedera-ecosystem-leadership-changes

EigenLayer has introduced Slashing - Testnet Launch

Testnet Launch: Slashing will deploy on Holesky testnet on December 19th
Mainnet Launch: Mainnet deployment proposed in late Q1 2025

https://www.blog.eigenlayer.xyz/introducing-slashing/

Tether to make $775 million 'strategic investment' in Rumble, shares rally 44.6%.

https://www.theblock.co/post/332081/tether-to-make-775-million-strategic-investment-in-rumble-shares-rally-44-6

The Block co-founder Mike Dudas is stepping down as an advisor to Aptos.

https://x.com/mdudas/status/1870244782674718991

Spot ETF Flow on 20.12: BTC-ETF -$276.93M, ETH-ETF -$75.12M

https://sosovalue.com/assets/etf/us-btc-spot

Unichain will launch its mainnet by early 2025

https://www.unichain.org/blog/wen-unichain-mainnet

Tether aims to debut an artificial intelligence platform in Q1 2025, CEO Paolo Ardoino said in an X post on Friday.

https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/12/20/tether-ceo-paolo-ardoino-teases-ai-platform-targeting-early-2025-debut

The crypto market correction
BTC Dominance - 57.15%

Market Cap - $3.36T
BTC - $96,803.45 (-0.92%)
ETH - $3,346.34 (-4.03%)
XRP - $2.23 (-3.56%)
BNB - $660.64 (-3.91%)
SOL - $182.37 (-7.46%)
INJ - $20.47 (-8.99%)
TON - $5.32 (-3.92%)

https://dropstab.com

Microstrategy added 3 members to its board of directors, bringing the total membership from 6 to 9.

The new members include Brian Brooks, the former CEO of Binance.US and former chief legal officer of Coinbase, Jane Dietze, chief investment officer of Brown University and a board member of Galaxy Digital, and Gregg Winiarski, the chief legal officer of sports apparel and collectibles company Fanatics. 

https://www.theblock.co/post/332102/microstrategy-names-former-binance-us-ceo-brian-brooks-two-others-to-board-of-directors

CZ: “The United Arab Emirates (UAE) holds $40 billion in Bitcoin.”

https://x.com/cz_binance/status/1870792041288118677

The Wormhole DAO will go live in Q1 2025.

https://x.com/wormhole/status/1870548700784935212