Tether is considering investing over $1.16 billion in German robotics startup Neura Robotics
🔸 Tether is considering leading a $1.16 billion funding round for German tech startup Neura Robotics.
🔸 The deal, if completed, would value Neura Robotics between $9.29 billion and $11.6 billion.
🔸 Tether has been making big profits from USDT issuance and is expanding its portfolio into areas such as AI, data centers, energy and Bitcoin mining. Tether generated over $10 billion in profits in the first three quarters of this year alone.
🔸 Neura Robotics is looking for new funding to prepare for commercialization of its robot maker, initially for industrial customers and later expanding into the consumer market. The company had set a target of producing 5 million devices by 2030, with hopes of creating a “photo-retouching iPhone” in large robots.
Harvard University’s endowment fund just added IBIT to its largest new purchase in Q3 and also its largest position increase.
Endowments like Harvard and Yale rarely invest in ETFs, so the move is seen as a strong endorsement of Bitcoin. While the $500 million represents only about 1 percent of Harvard’s total assets, it is still enough to put Harvard in the top 16 largest IBIT holders. $BTC
Fed officials signal caution – market expectations for December rate cuts continue to fall
📌 Mary Daly – San Francisco Fed President: - “It’s too early to say we’ll see a rate cut in December.” - Inflation (excluding tariffs) is falling but at a slow pace. - Services inflation has not yet fallen at a steady pace. - The labor market is slowing. - The Fed needs to change its approach to the balance sheet.
📌 Loretta Mester/Hammack – Cleveland Fed: - “Inflation remains high.” - Concerns about the extent of labor market weakness. - There is not enough basis to say price pressures have cooled as expected.
📌 Neel Kashkari – Minneapolis Fed: - “Inflation is still around 3%, still too high.” - The economy has mixed signals. - The labor market continues to be under pressure and is weakening.
The market is waiting for the rest of 2025, "Fed continues to cut rates" looks increasingly bumpy. US stocks are also on fire as money leaves tech.$BTC
PRESIDENT TRUMP EXEMPTS MANY FOOD PRODUCTS FROM TAX 🔹 President Trump has exempted tax on coffee, cocoa, bananas, beef, tea, and many fruits to reduce food prices in the US 🔹 The decision was made because supermarket prices have increased sharply due to inflation and import taxes, causing people to complain 🔹 Many items such as beef, coffee, cocoa have increased by 20 to 30 percent in the past year due to reduced supply and high taxes
MARKET UPDATE 🔴 Another red day US stocks, gold, silver and crypto all fell today. 🔹 Mainly macro news, no bad news for crypto 🇺🇸🇨🇭 US-Swiss trade deal — The US and Switzerland have reached an agreement to reduce tariffs to 15 percent. — Switzerland will move more manufacturing to the US, including pharmaceuticals, gold refining and railway equipment. — The deal reverses the 39 percent tariffs announced by President Trump and is aimed at reducing the trade deficit. 🇨🇳 China's Economy Continues to Weaken October data showed a sharp slowdown in China compared to September: — Fixed-asset investment fell 1.7 percent, compared with a 0.5 percent decline in the January-September period — Industrial production rose 4.9 percent, down from 6.5 percent the previous month — Home prices fell 0.5 percent, the sharpest decline since October last year — Weak real estate and falling exports continued to drag the economy down. — Retail sales rose 2.9 percent, slower than September's 3 percent 📉 Notable Stock Moves — StubHub drops 24 percent after missing Q4 guidance — Disney continues to fall after yesterday's 8 percent drop
MoonPay expands into stablecoin infrastructure, competing directly with Fireblocks and many other emerging stablecoin issuers following the GENIUS Act.
🔸 MoonPay launches stablecoin infrastructure toolkit, allowing businesses to self-issue and manage stablecoins on multiple blockchains, thanks to integration with the M0 platform.
🔸 MoonPay moves from a fiat-to-crypto on-ramp platform to a comprehensive stablecoin infrastructure system: including issuance, on/off ramp, swap and settlement.
🔸 The stablecoin infrastructure space is increasingly competitive, especially after the GENIUS Act (USA) was passed in July, creating conditions for many new issuers to enter the market. #MarketPullback
LUXEMBOURG CONFIRMS NATIONAL FUND HAS BUYED BITCOIN
🔹 Luxembourg said its sovereign wealth fund has completed its 1% allocation to Bitcoin and decided to choose BTC over other cryptocurrencies. 🔹 Finance Minister highlights “Luxembourg hodls” and quotes Saylor as saying “There is no second best.” 🔹 He believes more countries will soon follow suit, as Bitcoin becomes increasingly important in global finance. #MarketPullback $BTC
MICHAEL BURRY (THE BIG SHORT) CLOSES HIS HEDGE FUND
🔹 Scion Asset Management has deregistered with the SEC, meaning the fund will no longer accept money from outside investors and will return all capital.
🔹 Michael Burry no longer wants to manage other people's money because he believes the market is mispriced and he wants to invest on his own terms, without pressure or public scrutiny.
🔹 Deregistering also means no more 13F filings, so the public will no longer see his investment positions, including his recent bearish bets on AI stocks like Nvidia and Palantir.
🔹 He plans to focus on managing his own assets, likely moving to a family office model.
🔹 Scion Asset Management manages about $155 million as of March 2025 and has been operating since 2013 after closing its first fund in 2008
SUPREME COURT TO CONSIDER TRUMP'S FILE FOR GOVERNOR LISA COOK
🔹 The US Supreme Court will hear arguments on January 21 to decide whether President Trump has the authority to fire Governor Lisa Cook.
🔹 Mr. Trump announced the firing of Ms. Cook in August, accusing her of involvement in mortgage fraud in two real estate transactions, which she vehemently denies.
🔹 Lower courts have temporarily blocked the firing, saying it violates the Federal Reserve Act, which states that a governor can only be removed “for cause relating to conduct during his or her term of office.”
🔹 The Trump administration argues that the president has the authority to fire if there is “good cause” related to the appointee’s ability or qualities.
🔹 If President Trump is successful, he will appoint 4 of the 7 Fed Governors, helping to increase the White House’s influence on monetary policy and promote a stronger trend of interest rate cuts in the coming time. #down
virrus 😅 Not sure about the upcoming airdrops, but @monad has a project raising $30 million from tier 1 VCs that is currently involved in a sybil attack on 14,000 wallets.
That is the @aPriori project.
According to @bubblemaps, 60% of aPriori's airdrop has been claimed by a cluster of 14,000 wallet addresses controlled by one entity.
These wallets are:
🔸 Recently deposited from Binance
🔸 Received 0.001 $BNB BNB in a short time
🔸 Transferred $APR to other new addresses, creating a second layer of sybil (to avoid being tracked).
And the number doesn't stop at 14,000 wallets but continues to increase, I can't bear it 😂
The Senate voted 60-40 to temporarily approve a budget package to reopen the federal government after a six-week shutdown.
📌 The deal was supported by 52 of the 53 Republicans and eight Democrats, enough to avoid a filibuster.
📌 Democrats failed in their effort to tie the Affordable Care Act (ACA) credit, one of the priorities set to expire at the end of the year.
📌 The new budget restores operations to all federal agencies (which expired on January 10, 2025) and halts the Trump administration's plan to cut federal staff until January 30, 2026.
📌 A House vote is expected (expected in the next few hours) but is also almost certain, given the Republicans' majority.
Republicans have achieved their goal of reopening the government without having to compromise on health care funding, while Democrats have been forced to accept it to avoid prolonging the main restart. #btc
Standard Chartered partners with DCS to launch DeCard credit card that allows spending with stablecoins in Singapore
🔹Standard Chartered Bank has just announced a partnership with DCS Card Centre to launch DeCard – a credit card that allows users to spend stablecoins in real-world transactions, similar to traditional credit cards.
🔹In the initial phase in Singapore, Standard Chartered will provide banking services such as deposit processing, account management, and fiat-stablecoin payments for DeCard users. The two parties said they plan to expand to other major markets in the near future.
🔹DeCard is operated by DCS – a unit with more than 50 years of experience in card issuance (formerly Diners Club Singapore). With the D-Vault system, users can manage balances and pay debts like a regular credit card, but with stablecoins.
🔹Singapore is now a hub for regulated digital asset development, with a clear legal framework for stablecoins issued by MAS. $BTC #newscrypto
$TRUST This is a scam by the Consensys team. I don't expect to make a single penny of profit. I swear, if I can recover my losses, I will sell my 170k tokens this scam gang has issued, leave this place immediately, and never look back.
SOFTBANK SELLS ALL OF NVIDIA STOCKS TO INVEST IN AI
🔸 SoftBank sold all of its $5.83 billion Nvidia shares and part of its $9.17 billion T-Mobile stake
🔸 The proceeds were used to invest $22.5 billion in OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT
🔸 The sale is not due to concerns about Nvidia, but to raise capital for new AI projects
🔸 SoftBank's stake in OpenAI will increase from 4% to 11%
🔸 SoftBank's Vision Fund makes $19 billion profit, helping the company double its quarterly profit and clearly demonstrate its "all-in" strategy for #Aİ
Strategy has bought an additional 487 BTC (~$50 million) at around $102,500
Currently, they are HODLing 641,692 BTC, and with the current BTC price at ~$106,000, these BTC are worth approximately $68 billion. The average price they bought at is around $74,079 per BTC.$BTC
Starting from Friday, the crypto markets finally bounced, showing steady growth over the weekend. Traders recovered from multiple macro shocks, and overall sentiment improved.
Bitcoin: $106,257 +4.5% Ethereum: $3,610 +6%
As for altcoins, privacy coins are still leading, with DCR up 48% in a day, followed by STRK gaining 32% on a protocol upgrade and Bitcoin integration. With improving sentiment, almost all coins are rising.
- U.S. Senators reached an agreement to end the government shutdown. - The total net inflow into the U.S. SOL ETF was $12.69 million, extending its 9-day streak of inflows. - President Trump announced he would pay a “tariff dividend” of at least $2,000 per person.
- Kyo $5M Series A round led by Castrum Capital - Commonware $25M Funding round led by Tempo - Funes Funding round backed by YZi Labs (Prev. Binance Labs) $BTC
EUROPE MOVES TOWARDS DIGITAL EURO AS CASH RESTRICTIONS GET TIGHTER
🔹 Italian banks support the issuance of a digital euro but fear the costs are too high, suggesting it should be phased in over time. 🔹 French and German banks are against it, fearing that a digital wallet issued directly by the ECB would drive deposits out of commercial banks. 🔹 From 2027, cash transactions over $10,000 will be banned across the European Union. Additionally, transactions over $3,000 will require identity verification. 🔹 Many argue that these regulations infringe on privacy, increase the risk of data hacking leading to fraudsters targeting, and the costs outweigh the benefits in combating money laundering and terrorist financing. #ecb #NEW