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* MicroStrategy (MSTR) will join the Nasdaq 100 on December 23, and the official announcement is scheduled for Friday.
* Rootdata has accounted for the fifteen most important cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence projects by market value.
* The Trump-backed Crypto platform, World Liberty Financial, has just INVESTED $5,000,000 in $ETH
* According to Blockspace, DCG is splitting its Foundry Digital mining business into two entities.
* Coinbase announced that it will include Peanut the Squirrel (PNUT) in its listing roadmap.
* $XRP rises more than 20% after the news of the exit of its Stablecoin.
* Tevaera is testing a new framework to develop its airdrop program publicly with the community.
* Binance Labs has invested in Quine Co., the main collaborator of Perena, the first stablecoin infrastructure protocol on Solana.
* CEO of Ripple XRP when asked about Trump's CHANGE in stance: "Trump SUPPORTS cryptocurrencies and cryptos SUPPORT Trump."
* Andrew Sorrell, the state auditor general of Alabama in the United States, proposed the creation of a strategic reserve of Bitcoins.
* Former CFTC chairman Chris Giancarlo explains why Bitcoin is EATING the financial world.
The CFTC (Commodity Futures Trading Commission) is a regulatory body in the US that oversees futures, options, and financial derivatives markets.
"Bitcoin is akin to DIGITAL GOLD."
"1 in 4 dollars in circulation was ISSUED in the last 5 years, we are actively DEGRADING our currency."
"Bitcoin has SCHEDULED its scarcity, the DOLLAR is depreciating and the $BTC APPRECIATING."
Considering that the CFTC is responsible for ENSURING the stability of the FINANCIAL SYSTEM, it is key to see these people on national television.
* The United States published the core annual CPI for November (not seasonally adjusted) at 3.3%, in line with the forecast of 3.3% and the previous value of 3.3%.
* Inflation in the US has risen to 2.7%, exactly the expected figure.
* The cryptocurrency exchange platform Bitget has announced that it is exploring the possibility of establishing its European regional hub in Lithuania.
* Binance and Circle have announced a strategic alliance.
* Today Trump will ring the bell on Wall Street signaling the OPENING of the New York STOCK EXCHANGE.
His visit comes at a time when markets are recovering in light of his promises of TAX CUTS and DEREGULATION.
* Solana announced the official launch of the first global online hackathon on AI, which will take place from December 10 to 23.
* According to DefiLlama, USDa, the world's first Bitcoin-backed stablecoin issued by Avalon Labs, has become the second largest CDP project in the world.
* The "FUNDING RATES" are turning NEGATIVE again, indicating that there are more traders leveraged to the downside, which may generate a "short squeeze."
The last time funding rates turned negative, the price ROSE SHARPLY for SEVERAL days, from $75K to over $100K.
