Elon Musk offered praise for Pierre Poilievre, a Bitcoin advocate and contender for Canadian PM, who wants to cut government spending. source: https://decrypt.co/299917/pro-bitcoin-canadian-pm-contender-nod-elon-musk

Massive Japanese financial and biotech conglomerate SBI Group has signed an agreement with Solana Superteam Japan, a community promoting the growth of the trending blockchain in the country, to give out an exclusive NFT (non-fungible token) to SBI Web3 Wallet customers. Solana-based NFTs are currently dipping as of 7:00 a.m., January 8 (JST) with general […] source: https://www.cryptopolitan.com/financial-giant-sbi-group-to-back-solana-nft-campaign-in-japan/

Mad Lads NFTs continued their recent price surge Tuesday after their creator acquired the remains of the collapsed FTX Europe. source: https://decrypt.co/299906/mad-lads-solana-nfts-gain-backpack-ftx-europe

District Judge Katherine Polk Failla of the United States District Court Southern District of New York granted a Coinbase motion for an interlocutory appeal in their lawsuit against the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on a Jan. 7 ruling. Judge Failla claimed that the parties seek clarity on an “important legal issue,” although they […] The post Coinbase secures important win in... source: https://cryptoslate.com/coinbase-secures-important-win-in-legal-dispute-against-the-sec-crypto-community-cheers/

Backpack Exchange, a crypto trading platform founded by former FTX and Alameda Research employees, is acquiring FTX EU for $32 million. According to a new announcement from the European-based crypto exchange and wallet Backpack, the exchange has bought out the European arm of FTX. “Backpack has acquired FTX EU and its MiFID (Markets in Financial […] The post Crypto Exchange and Wallet Backpack... source: https://dailyhodl.com/2025/01/07/crypto-exchange-and-wallet-backpack-acquires-ftxs-european-arm-for-32000000/

Jensen Huang unveiled the company's most ambitious consumer tech lineup, including personal AI computers, agent frameworks, media tools, and the new GeForce RTX 5000 Series GPUs. source: https://decrypt.co/299926/what-you-need-to-know-about-nvidias-ai-announcements-at-ces-2025

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."

Coinbase can now seek guidance from the Second Circuit Court of Appeals to determine if the SEC’s complaints against it are valid The SEC first filed a complaint against Coinbase in 2023, arguing that it operated as an unregistered brokerage in violation of federal securities laws Coinbase has been granted an interlocutory appeal, temporarily pausing […] The post US court grants Coinbase... source: https://coinjournal.net/news/us-court-grants-coinbase-interlocutory-appeal-in-case-against-the-sec/

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.)

Former FTX and Alameda employees buy back the EU arm of the defunct exchange. source: https://www.bankless.com/read/backpack-exchange-acquires-ftx-eu

SHIB, Meme, the next Dogecoin and SHIB? A brief discussion of Murad's SPX and GIGA Golden Finance, can SPX and GIGA get on board?

Golden Finance launches Golden Web3.0 Daily to provide you with the latest and fastest news on games, DeFi, DAO, NFT and Metaverse industries.

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BTC and the cryptocurrency market are generally bullish, the era of AI+MEME craze has arrived, and Trump's official inauguration on January 20 is worthy of special attention.

MEME trading is not only a test of innovation and risk tolerance, but also fully demonstrates the potential of cutting-edge concepts such as AI Agent in technological breakthroughs and decentralized narratives.

Over the past year, disputes over "deglobalization" have continued in the physical world. In the digital world, a new model of globalization is gradually emerging.

A Canadian man, who remains unidentified, says he has moved several times with his family to escape suspected kidnappers who allegedly tried to force him to surrender his Bitcoin.

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Microsoft announced a $3 billion investment to expand its cloud and AI infrastructure in India, including setting up new data centers and training 10 million people in AI skills by 2030.

Although stablecoins are already used by millions of people and trillions of dollars in value have been traded, the definition and understanding of the category remains fuzzy.