News
The SEC delayed its decision on Fidelity's proposed spot Ethereum ETF until March 5th 2024. Bloomberg analyst James Seyffart anticipated this delay, predicting approval might come by late May. Link
Options data for Jan. 19 shows 22,000 BTC options nearing expiration with a Put Call Ratio of 1.1, a Maxpain point at $44,000 and a notional value of $890 million. Additionally, 211,000 ETH options are set to expire with a Put Call Ratio of 0.55, a Maxpain point at $2,500 and a notional value of $520 million. Link
Recently, 12,865 BTC ($529 million) moved from the Grayscale Trust to Coinbase Prime. Over five trading days starting January 12, during US stock market hours, the Grayscale Trust has shifted a total of 54,343 BTC ($2.313 billion) to Coinbase Prime. Link
The Federal judge presiding over the SEC's lawsuit against Binance has mandated a court examination to determine if digital assets qualify as securities. She will consider arguments from both the SEC and Binance US on the status of digital assets and staking products. Link
Projects
$NEAR - Now collaborating with Polygon CDK. Link
$DYM - Offers an in-depth look at their tokenomics. Link
$ARB - Launches the Arbitrum Orbit expansion program. Link
$SAVM - The "Satoshi" Twitter account erased all its posts, then tweeted "Hello World," coinciding with SatoshiVM's announcement to forego its launchpad plans. Instead, it introduced its token on Uniswap, aiming to leverage the current excitement. ZachXBT wrote a thread on this. Link
$CFX - Announces Testnet launch for February/March 2024. Link
Paxos - Expands to the Solana Blockchain. Link
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