Markets

• Bitcoin Price Targets $50,000 on BTC ETF Approval, Traders Say - CoinDesk
• FirstFT: Bitcoin surges on hopes for ETF approval - FT
• Crypto inflows tripled to $2.2B in 2023 - Blockworks
• Ferdinando Ametrano - X

Regulation - Bitcoin ETF

• Will 2024 Be the Year of the Bitcoin ETF? - CoinDesk
• Goldman Sachs Eyeing Bitcoin ETF Role Via BlackRock, Grayscale - CoinDesk
• Grayscale in Talks With JPMorgan, Goldman Over Bitcoin ETF Role - Bloomberg
• Fee war takes off in US spot bitcoin ETF applications - FT
• Fees, or Expense Ratios, Will Help Differentiate Spot BTC ETFs - CoinDesk
• Hashdex ETF commercial - YouTube
• Bitwise ETF commercial - YouTube
• VanEck ETF commercial - YouTube
• Matrixport: SEC to Reject Spot Bitcoin ETF Proposals in January - CoinDesk
• Why the SEC will REJECT Bitcoin Spot ETFs again - Matrixport
• Why Bitcoin Price Flash Crashed to $40K? Here’s What Crypto Analysts Say - CoinDesk
• Jacquelyn Melinek - X

Ecosystem - Coinbase

• Coinbase valuation rests on bitcoin ETF approval - FT
• Cathie Wood’s Investment Firm Sells $25M of COIN Stock - CoinDesk

Ecosystem - Microstrategy

• Michael Saylor to Sell $216M Worth of MicroStrategy (MSTR) Stock, Will Buy More Bitcoin - CoinDesk
• MicroStrategy’s (MSTR) Michael Saylor Sells $216 Million in Bitcoin Holder - Bloomberg

Ecosystem - Goverments and Bitcoin

• Happy New Year: US government now holds more than $8B in bitcoin - Blockworks
• Erdogan Appoints Crypto Lecturer to Central Bank Rate-Setting Board - Bloomberg

Regulation - SEC

• SEC wants to leverage partial Terraform court victory in cases against Coinbase, Binance - The Block

Ecosystem - Binance and CZ

• Crypto exchange Binance.US hires new chief compliance officer - The Block
• Binance’s CZ Denied Permission to Travel by U.S. Judge for the Second Time - CoinDesk

Ecosystem - Brock Pierce

• Tether founder Brock Pierce defaults, loses hotel, sues partner - Protos

Ecosystem - Etherscan acquires Solscan

• Etherscan Expands Blockchain Data Services with Solscan Acquisition - Etherscan
• Etherscan acquires Solscan to expand blockchain data services - The Block

Reports - 2023

• New Year’s Retrospective - Coinbase

CAL2024

• CAL2024 Conference - Crypto Asset Lab