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What’s Interesting Today: Bloomberg's ETF analyst James Seyffart reports that trading of spot Bitcoin ETFs is expected to start as soon as January 11, following the SEC’s green light for 11 of these ETFs. The effective status of S-1 prospectuses indicates they are ready for immediate

What’s Interesting Today: The Twitter account of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was recently compromised, leading to an incorrect announcement about the approval of a Bitcoin ETF. SEC Chair Gary Gensler corrected the situation, stating on his personal account that the SEC had not authorized any

What’s Interesting Today: Grayscale, managing $27 billion in assets, has announced a reduction in its management fee from 2% to 1.5% for its upcoming spot bitcoin ETF, as per their latest S3 filing. The company also introduced Jane Street, Virtu, Macquarie Capital, and ABN AMRO Clearing as new

What’s Interesting Today: Celsius Network, a bankrupt cryptocurrency lender, plans to unstake its Ethereum holdings to provide liquidity for creditor asset distribution. This significant unstaking event will occur soon, helping to offset costs from the company's restructuring process. Celsius had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in July

What’s Interesting Today: The value of the ENS token increased significantly, reaching a 72% rise, following commendation from Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum's co-founder, for the Ethereum Name Service (ENS). Buterin highlighted the importance of ENS's integration with second-layer networks like Optimism, Arbitrum, and Polygon, emphasizing its

What’s Interesting Today: Dymension, a blockchain built on the Cosmos framework, is launching a significant token airdrop, distributing its DYM tokens to over one million cryptocurrency enthusiasts across networks like Solana, Ethereum, and Cosmos. This event, termed as the "genesis rolldrop," is making available 70 million DYM

What’s Interesting Today: Bitcoin's price showed bullish momentum at the start of the year, partly due to expectations of a spot Bitcoin ETF approval in the U.S. On January 1, 2023, BTC's price rose to over $45,000, driven by trader and investor optimism

What’s Interesting Today: Blast, an Ethereum layer-2 scaling solution, has secured over $1.1 billion in user deposits ahead of its launch and an anticipated token airdrop. Despite controversy around its rollout, including criticism from backer Paradigm for launching a bridge prior to the network and prohibiting withdrawals until

What’s Interesting Today: Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin proposed a significant change to Ethereum's Proof-of-Stake (PoS) system in a recent blog post. Aimed at post-Shanghai upgrade, the strategy involves reducing the number of required validator signatures from the current tens of thousands to 8,192. This change is

What’s Interesting Today: Solana's DeFi sector has experienced a significant surge in trading volumes, particularly on its decentralized exchanges (DEXs), following two major airdrops from Pyth and Jito, valued at approximately $87 million and $228 million respectively. This increase in activity has narrowed the gap with Ethereum&