Nick van Eck, CEO and co-founder of stablecoin issuer Agora, said in an interview with Coindesk that blockchain-based payment methods will surge in the next decade. He said: "We will see that most cross-border payments will move to stablecoins instead of using Swift as the current banking system does. You will also see a lot of foreign exchange transactions settled on the chain. We are very happy to play an important role in these two growth markets." Nick van Eck also said that the main obstacle facing stablecoins in achieving widespread adoption is regulation. Enterprises are keen to use stablecoins because they are cost-effective and fast, but they need clarity on the legal and compliance framework, such as knowing who is a licensed provider. Stablecoins have gained attention in the crypto-native field, but there is still untapped potential in traditional markets such as cross-border payments and B2B transactions. He said: "I think this is just the beginning of a twenty-year journey to mass adoption."

Asset management firm VanEck published a research report on January 6th stating that Layer-1 blockchain network Hyperliquid has become one of the most valuable blockchains with a market value of approximately $25 billion since issuing HYPE tokens through an airdrop in November. However, VanEck pointed out that Hyperliquid's emerging smart contract platform "has not yet attracted a large number of developers." VanEck warned: "If Hyperliquid fails to meet the growth expectations of its community, the prisoner's dilemma faced by many newly-minted HYPE rich people may quickly collapse." He added: "Once again, we see another Icarus-like story of cryptocurrency hubris." (Icarus is a character in Greek mythology who fell because of flying too high, a metaphor for failure due to arrogance.)

According to CME's "Fed Watch", the probability of the Fed keeping interest rates unchanged in January is 95.2%, and the probability of a 25 basis point rate cut is 4.8%. The probability of maintaining the current interest rate unchanged by March is 60.9%, the probability of a cumulative 25 basis point rate cut is 37.3%, and the probability of a cumulative 50 basis point rate cut is 1.7%.

On January 7, local time, Judge Allen Gesmer of the U.S. Court of Appeals in New York rejected President-elect Trump's latest request to postpone the sentencing process for his "hush money" case. Trump's lawyers said that as the president-elect, Trump enjoys the same immunity from criminal prosecution as the president, but this view was rejected by the court. With less than two weeks until Trump takes office as president, if the sentencing is not completed before the start of his second term on January 20, the presidential immunity may postpone the case until he leaves office. The court's ruling means that Trump's sentencing is still scheduled for January 10. However, Trump and his legal team said they will continue to seek legal means to postpone or cancel the sentencing.

At a press conference at Mar-a-Lago, President-elect Trump made several shocking statements in just one hour and escalated his remarks on sovereignty issues against Canada and other countries. He called for economic means to absorb Canada as part of the United States, and did not rule out the use of force to seize the Panama Canal and Greenland, and asked NATO countries to increase defense spending to 5% of GDP. He also vowed that if Hamas did not release the Israeli hostages before he took office, "the Middle East will be in chaos." In addition, Trump also promised to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the "American Gulf." In addition to threatening to impose tariffs on uncooperative countries (including Denmark), he did not explain how these seemingly impossible promises would be achieved. In response, many parties responded to Trump's remarks. Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau said that Canada could not become a state of the United States, and the country's foreign minister said that it would never back down in the face of threats; the Danish Prime Minister reiterated that Greenland was not for sale; the Panamanian president responded that he would not comment on Trump's remarks on the Panama Canal before Trump took office. Foreign media commented that Trump's remarks are consistent with a bolder stance, that is, Trump believes that he has been authorized (by the people and the electoral college) to speak and act almost as he pleases.

USUAL 코인의 가격이 24시간 동안 약 15% 하락하며 0.837달러를 기록했다. 글로벌 암호화폐 시장의 회복 신호 부족과 주요 코인들의 하락세가 원인으로 분석된다. 투자자들은 장기적 관점의 전략과 신중한 시장 관찰이 필요하다. source: https://inteliview.kr/crypto/article-12792/

Fed's Bostic said officials should be cautious in their decisions given the uneven progress in reducing inflation, erring on the side of keeping interest rates high. Bostic also said in a podcast recorded Dec. 9 and released Tuesday that he expects inflation to continue to gradually fall to the Fed's 2% target this year. He said he expects price pressures to subside, although there may be times when it looks like progress is stalling or that inflation is becoming more aggressive. "I want to make sure we're getting the right signals and that our policy is calibrated to the right signals. If we have to err on the side of good, I'm going to err on the side of good," Bostic said in the podcast. "I want to make sure - certainly make sure - that inflation gets to 2%, and that means we may have to keep our policy rate higher than people expect."

Anthropic, an artificial intelligence startup and rival of Amazon-backed OpenAI, is in advanced talks to raise $2 billion in a deal that would value it at $60 billion. The round is led by venture capital firm Lightspeed Venture Partners, people familiar with the matter said. The deal would make Anthropic the fifth most valuable U.S. startup behind SpaceX, OpenAI, Stripe and Databricks, according to data provider CB Insights. The company was valued at $18 billion last year in a round led by Menlo Ventures.

코인베이스가 미국 SEC와의 소송에서 중간 항소를 승인받아 소송 절차가 중단되었다. 이번 결정은 하위 테스트 해석 차이를 둘러싼 논쟁과 관련돼 있으며, 암호화폐 규제의 미래에 중요한 영향을 미칠 전망이다. source: https://inteliview.kr/crypto/article-12790/

According to an official announcement, social media brand and programmatic marketing solutions company Thumzup Media Corporation (NASDAQ: TZUP) announced that it has purchased 9.783 Bitcoins for approximately $1 million, at an average price of $102,220 per coin. The Coinbase Prime platform acts as a custodian, providing self-custodial wallet services for Thumzup's BTC. The announcement stated that the company's management is requesting authorization from the board of directors to hold up to 90% of liquid assets in the form of Bitcoin in order to continue to purchase Bitcoin, which is part of its treasury asset strategy announced on November 15, 2024. Thumzup expects to begin paying gig-economy workers in BTC in the coming weeks and comply with all applicable laws and regulations.

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