【Policy News】
1. The probability of the Federal Reserve not raising interest rates in December is 98.8% (next decision time: December 14, 2:00 a.m.)
2. U.S. lawmakers are still working to include cryptocurrency-related provisions in the year-end bill
3. US judge warns SEC of "false and misleading" requests in crypto cases;
4. British lawmakers question whether a digital pound called “Britcoin” is needed;
【Macro News】
1. The U.S. ISM manufacturing PMI index remained below 50 for the 13th consecutive month, setting a record for the longest time in more than 20 years.
2. Federal Reserve Chairman Powell: Committed to maintaining tight policies until inflation is on track to 2%; it is too early to speculate when policies will be relaxed; will act cautiously; ready to further tighten monetary policy if the time is right.
3. CEO of Petrobras: Brazil will join OPEC+ as an observer and is expected to formally accept the invitation in June.
4. The ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas expires, and military operations resume. Alarms are sounded again in many places in southern, northern and central Israel.
【Coin Circle News】
1. In November, NFT sales on the Bitcoin chain exceeded US$375 million, setting a record for the highest single month so far
2. The total assets under management of the 14 Bitcoin spot ETF applicants are $14 trillion
3. The balance of Binance Bitcoin wallet fell below 500,000 Bitcoins, with a decrease of more than 9,300 Bitcoins in the past week (more than 37,000 Bitcoins were withdrawn from the exchange since November 17)
4. The SEC announced the postponement of the resolution on Franklin Templeton and Hashdex spot Bitcoin ETFs in the Federal Register. The window period for potential ETF approval is January 5 to 10, 2024.
5. Starknet Foundation: plans are being made to distribute tokens to certain users and contributors (and Starknet has already taken a snapshot in advance)
6. Grayscale's new managing director: Investing in BTC since 2013. Grayscale: After GBTC becomes an ETF and is listed, it will release about $1.89 billion in value
7. Coinbase CEO: No plans to launch tokens for L2 network Base, Coinbase plans to integrate Solana
8. Ethereum will stop supporting its Goerli testnet, and Dencun upgrade will be its final implementation
Greed and Fear Index: 74 (Moderately Greedy)
Nine Gods Index (Ahr999): 0.79 (fixed investment period)