In crypto news today, CZ was pardoned by Trump after a lobbying effort involving $450,000 to Trump-associated lobbyists and $290,000 to former SEC chair candidate Teresa Goody Guillén, while Kyrgyzstan launches a stablecoin and announces CBDC rollout with the assistance of Changpeng Zhao.

In the meantime, competition in the #Bitcoin $BTC mining sector is getting fiercer, with smaller miners closing in on larger competitors in achieved hash rate.