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DeFi
Stablecoin Protocol Resolv’s TVL Soars Above $400 Million
The Resolv stablecoin USR has jumped to a market cap of $387 million from $13.7 million on Dec. 1.

Regulation & Politics
Newly Released FDIC Letters Show Operation Choke Point 2.0 In Action
Coinbase released a trove of letters showing the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) ‘suggesting’ that banks stop any involvement with crypto and blockchain.

Markets
Bitcoin ETFs Post Highest Inflows Since November
After a turbulent December, Bitcoin ETFs recorded $908 million in inflows, signaling a rebound in market sentiment.

DeFi
Phantom Dismisses Airdrop Rumors On X
Users began speculating over an upcoming airdrop after the wallet launched new social features.

Markets
MicroStrategy Buys Another $100 Million of Bitcoin
Michael Saylor disclosed the ninth consecutive weekly purchase of 1,070 BTC and that plans for a $2 billion stock offering are underway.

Podcast
Scroll's Path Forward Amid Airdrop Controversy: Sandy Peng on the Scroll Open Initiative
Sandy Peng, co-founder of Scroll, tells us the journey of building one of the most anticipated Ethereum Layer 2s, their focus on ZK rollups for scalability, and the unique value proposition of high security, decentralization, and low costs.

DeFi
Ethena’s ENA Spikes on 2025 Roadmap Release
Plans are afoot to integrate the staked USDe stablecoin yield into TradFi’s fixed-income market and payments tool for Telegram’s 900 million users.

Security
Virtuals Protocol Patches Bug Flagged By Security Researcher
The AI agent launchpad also announced that it plans to launch a bug bounty program soon.

Markets
Memecoin Rally Driven by Dogecoin, Fartcoin, and Bonk Sparks 15% Market Surge
The memecoin market outperformed the broader cryptocurrency sector on Jan. 3, reaching a total capitalization of $127 billion.

TradFi & Fintech
BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF Suffers Largest Single-Day Outflow of $333 Million
The Nasdaq-listed IBIT ETF faced its largest outflows since launch, as Bitcoin spot ETFs experienced overall outflows of $242 million on Jan. 2.





