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📍 Do Kwon, founder of Terra, has pleaded not guilty to US charges related to the collapse of Terra's LUNA and UST cryptocurrencies. 📍 Northern Data, a provider of high-performance computing infrastructure, has been given a buy rating and 60 euro price target by broker Canaccord Genuity due to its potential to benefit from the growing demand for artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC) services. 📍 The US crypto ETF market is expected to continue growing in 2025, with new ETF filings and approvals anticipated, including spot ETFs for cryptocurrencies beyond bitcoin and Ether, and innovative products such as ESG-focused and options-based ETFs.

📍 Bitcoin price has recovered from its tax harvesting year-end drop, trading around $97,000 after gaining over 3.4% in the last 24 hours, with experts attributing the downturn to end-of-year tax-loss harvesting by investors. 📍 Experts predict a sea change in the U.S. regulatory environment in 2025, with a collective global shift in the same direction, potentially leading to increased adoption of Bitcoin and Ethereum, and a boom in stablecoin payments and decentralized finance (DeFi). 📍 Major altcoins, including Solana and XRP, have surged by at least 10% in the past 24 hours, with Bitcoin and Dogecoin touching weekly highs, driven by the market-leading coin's rebound and potentially indicating a positive start to the year for the crypto market.

📍 Tron's T3 Financial Crime Fighting Unit has frozen $100 million in USDT used by illicit actors, targeting money laundering, investment scams, and other crimes on the blockchain. 📍 The US dollar has strengthened over 3% since the US presidential election, mirroring its trajectory after Donald Trump's 2016 win, which may weigh on bitcoin's performance in the coming months. 📍 Crypto markets have started the new year with a bullish bang, led by an 11% surge in XRP, as anticipation builds for a more crypto-friendly administration under Donald Trump and the Bitcoin halving event's historical impact on the market.

Web3 startup The Grid is building a system to structure and verify blockchain data, making it more accessible to users. The Grid's system, compared to Google Maps, aims to provide more information about blockchain offerings, enabling users to make informed decisions. The Grid has partnered with Solana and indexed its projects and metadata, with plans to integrate with other platforms on a larger scale. Crypto industry leaders have made significant gains in wealth after the 2024 US elections, with Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong's net worth increasing by $2 billion. Armstrong and other crypto leaders, including Ripple Labs CEO Brad Garlinghouse, invested heavily in the elections through the Fairshake PAC, supporting pro-crypto candidates. The crypto market surged after the elections, with XRP's price tripling and Bitcoin reaching $100,000. AI agents are expected to transform the crypto industry in 2025, with emerging applications in finance, gaming, and decentralized social platforms. AI agents can learn and make decisions autonomously, driving innovation and scaling human capabilities in the on-chain economy. The crypto ecosystem provides the ideal infrastructure for AI agent development, with permissionless and frictionless financial rails, enabling agents to transact and send funds autonomously.