2nd January — 9th January
▫️ BlackRock anticipates approval for a spot Bitcoin ETF this week.
▫️ In-person businesses accepting Bitcoin nearly tripled in 2023.
▫️ An individual sent $1.2 million in Bitcoin to the Genesis wallet mined by Satoshi Nakamoto.
▫️ Japan’s e-commerce giant Mercari plans to accept Bitcoin payments.
▫️ South Korea proposes a ban on credit card payments for crypto.
▫️ Coinbase plans an acquisition to expand derivatives offerings in the EU.
▫️ Visa announces a web3 loyalty rewards partnership with SmartMedia Technologies.
▫️ Changes in the US tax code: Receipt of $10k+ in crypto for trade/business to be reported to the IRS within 15 days.
▫️ The Department of Justice drops the second trial against SBF, including charges for unlawful campaign contributions.
▫️ Logan Paul’s CryptoZoo buyback after the game was not delivered, in exchange for waiving claims.
▫️ UK users of centralized exchanges are required to complete an investor declaration.
▫️ Orbit Bridge faces an $81 million hack.
▫️ The founder of the major Taiwanese crypto exchange ACE is arrested for alleged fraud.
▫️ Exploits on Arbitrum: Gamma (liquidity management) $4.5 million, Radiant (Aave v2 fork) $4.5 million.
▫️ Ark Invest, led by Cathie Wood, sells $25 million worth of Coinbase shares.
▫️ Arbitrum Orbit chains can now use select ERC-20 tokens for transaction fees.
▫️ Starknet opens up delegated vote for moving STRK fee payment upgrade from testnet to mainnet.
▫️ Daimo bundle compression reduces the cost of ERC4337 transactions on L2.
▫️ Vitalik Buterin calls for L2 CCIP resolvers for low-cost ENS subdomains.
▫️ Devcon is scheduled to be held in Bangkok from November 12–15.
