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Blockchains
On Bitcoin’s 16th Birthday, Difficulty and Hashrate Reach All-Time Highs
With bitcoin’s price having more than doubled last year, the effort thrown at mining bitcoins is also growing rapidly, with the hashrate cracking one zetahash on Jan. 2.

DeFi
Solayer Announces Foundation, LAYER Token and Upcoming Airdrop
The launch of a foundation and token are part of its efforts to support the next phase of its journey.

People
AI Memecoin Craze Will End in a Year, Says Dragonfly Capital’s Haseeb Qureshi
The novelty of ‘AI-flavored memecoins’ will die off by 2026, the venture capitalist predicted.

Markets
XRP Overtakes Tether to Become Third-Largest Cryptocurrency
XRP's 13% weekly rally has pushed its market cap to $140 billion.

Markets
AI Token Frenzy Continues
Fear of missing out prevails as traders pile into any new token that has the word “AI” associated with it.

Markets
Memecoins Struggle Amid AI Mania
Established memecoins like PEPE and WIF underperformed in December as attention shifted to AI agents.

NFTs & Web3
Telegram Rolls Out Feature to Turn Digital Gifts into NFTs
The new feature reflects the growing trend of integrating digital assets into mainstream platforms.

DeFi
Tether's Market Cap Sheds $3 Billion as Europe’s MiCA Regulations Take Effect
This is USDT’s sharpest decline since the FTX crash, falling from $140 billion to $137 billion amid growing regulatory pressure in the EU.

People
Vitalik Buterin Calls Elon Musk’s ‘Banhammer’ a Threat to Free Speech
Ethereum’s founder also called on the world’s richest man to tone down the rhetoric after his four-letter defense of special visas for foreign tech workers.

DeFi
Drift Protocol Season 2 Airdrop Scheduled for May 2025
It will be the perpetuals trading platform’s second airdrop, following its token launch in May 2024, where 120 million tokens were distributed.





