🇺🇸👀 Crypto #ETF Flows Today:
#BTC-ETFs:
NetFlow: -2,152 BTC ($201.21M) 🔴
Fidelity outflows 2,752 BTC ($257.26M) and currently holds 205,488 BTC ($19.21B);
#ETH-ETFs:
NetFlow: -45,684 ETH ($148.11M) 🔴
Fidelity outflows 44,998 ETH ($145.88M) and currently holds 415,503 ETH ($1.35B).

📊👀 #BTC Visa published research showing the Bitcoin blockchain processing almost as much transaction volume as its payment network and surpassed PayPal.

🔮📈 Arthur Hayes: #BTC could rise to $250,000 by the end of the year.
He expects the “global printing press” to turn on and the devaluation of national currencies, as a result of which people will begin to seek refuge in cryptocurrency and gold.

🇺🇸🥳 #BTC New Hampshire State Rep Keith Ammon introduces bill to create a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.

🤖🙋‍♂️ #USDT Tether wants to hire #AI-filmmakers: Bloomberg

📊🗽 #BTC C.Q.: Currently, the STH Realized Price stands at $86.8K. If demand persists until Trump's inauguration, the STH RP could rise to $90K. Should the president fulfill even some of the promises made to voters in the early days of his term, this could serve as a strong bullish trigger.

🔎 #COIN Coinbase Trading Volume in 2024

#XRP is showing massive trading volume, nearly matching that of #ETH. Considering that Ripple's surge began in the last two months, a significant number of speculators have jumped in.

🍿 #USUAL: There is no reason to doubt the reliability of the protocol mechanism or the transparency of smart contracts.

Also activated an income switch, promising weekly payouts to USUALX holders

🇺🇸🍿 The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau today announced a new proposed interpretation of the rule, which will give it the power to regulate digital asset wallets as financial institutions offering electronic funds transfers. This will allow the Bureau to hold wallet providers such as MetaMask and Phantom accountable for fraudulent or erroneous “unauthorized” transactions.

🎢🤔 #BTC Willy Woo: Bitcoiners, sentiment seems uber bullish but I say take a cautious approach in the months ahead.

Risk is peaking for the first time in this cycle and there's a ton of profit in coins that have been selling and plenty more profit-taking to go before we are properly reset.

📝👀 Fidelity's Big Crypto Review for 2025

🗽🤔 #BTC Senator Lummis's proposal to purchase 1 million Bitcoins (4.7% of the total supply) for a strategic Bitcoin reserve mirrors the gold market, where the U.S. government holds approximately 4% of the world's reserves.

🕵🐳 Whales bought roughly ~1 billion #XRP in the last 48 hours

🖼 Top #NFT projects by development. Directional indicators represent each project's ranking rise or fall since last month: #MANA, #FLOW, #MPLX, #ENJ, #FET, #OGN, #IMX, #AXS, #TNSR and #DYP.

🗓 Major Blockchain Events in Q1 2025

In Q1 2025, more than 26 events will take place across 17+ countries. February will be packed with events, including Consensus 2025 and ETH Denver.

👀 Messari is laying off about 15% of employees amid industry-wide cuts, CEO Turner confirms theblock.com

🥳🆕 Bithumb listed #IOTA

🇺🇸 #BTC North Dakota is considering creating a cryptocurrency reserve. decrypt.comm

Nasdaq-listed liquor company Heritage Distilling plans to create a reserve of BTC and accept it as payment. decrypt.comm

🏴‍☠️ Wolf Capital co-founder pleaded guilty to $9.4 million fraud by promising 547% profits. cointelegraph

📊 Santiment: The cryptocurrency disappointed traders and we saw higher than usual selling mentions. As we saw throughout the fourth quarter rally, when the crowd starts to get too bearish, higher prices become much more likely.