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Solana transaction volume has reached a yearly high of almost $40 billion, according to The Block’s Data Dashboard.

This means there is now a 5.6 day wait for validators to exit the Ethereum blockchain.

VanEck has pledged 5% of its potential profits from its spot bitcoin ETF, if it gets approved, to Bitcoin core developers at Brink.

ETC Group thinks there is substantial evidence supporting the possible approval of a spot bitcoin ETF in January.

The decentralized crypto exchange (DEX) is facing “inquiries” in the United States stemming from an October 2022 heist, according to posts in the project’s Discord server. Now the DEX’s governing body, called MangoDAO, is voting on whether to appoint a representative who can triage “U.S. regulatory matters” on its behalf.

COIN constitutes a 10.34% weighting of ARK’s Innovation ETF, a stake worth over $872.5 million.

North Korea-affiliated actors were behind a third of all crypto hacks in 2023, making off with some $600 million in funds, a new TRM Labs study said.

This week marked the 15th year since the genesis block was mined on Bitcoin and for 10 of those years industry stalwarts pleaded with the SEC to approve a spot bitcoin ETF. So far, the SEC has rejected every spot ETF application, but that may be about to change.

The latest price moves in bitcoin [BTC] and crypto markets in context for Jan. 5, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.

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