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Trump Vows to Make US AI, Crypto Leader and Manufacturing Superpower
President Donald Trump, speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, announced his intention to position the United States as the global leader in artificial intelligence (AI) and cryptocurrency

NFTs & Web3
Kaito Launches Kaito Connect, Allowing Yappers to Vote on Pre-TGE Projects for Leaderboard
Kaito, a platform focused on community engagement, has launched Kaito Connect, a new feature that allows users, known as 'yappers,' to vote on which pre-token generation event (TGE) projects will receive their own leaderboard

People
Coinbase Traces 430 BTC Worth $47 Million to Ross Ulbricht, Untouched for Over 13 Years
Coinbase's Conor Grogan has identified 430 bitcoins associated with Ross Ulbricht, the Silk Road founder, which have remained untouched for over 13 years

TradFi & Fintech
Goldman Sachs CEO Affirms U.S. Dollar's Strength, Calls Bitcoin a Speculative Asset
Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon has stated that he does not view Bitcoin as a threat to the dollar.

People
Ethereum Core Developer Eric Conner Exits After 11-Year Affiliation Amid Leadership Concerns, Shifts Focus to AI with Freysa•ai
Eric Conner, a prominent core developer of Ethereum, has departed from the project after nearly 11 years, citing dissatisfaction with Vitalik Buterin's control over the Ethereum Foundation (EF)

TradFi & Fintech
BlackRock CEO Fink Predicts $700,000 Bitcoin; Sovereign Funds May Allocate 2–5%
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink has expressed strong support for Bitcoin

CeFi
Coinbase CEO Predicts Bitcoin Will Reach Multiple Millions, Sees It as New Gold Standard
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has expressed a bullish outlook on Bitcoin, predicting that the cryptocurrency will eventually reach a price range in the millions, and potentially multiple millions

TradFi & Fintech
Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan Signals Readiness for Crypto Payments at Davos
Bank of America, with a valuation of $1.6 trillion, is poised to embrace cryptocurrencies for payments if regulators approve, according to CEO Brian Moynihan.

CeFi
Circle Acquires $1.3 Billion USYC Issuer Hashnote at Davos, Plans USDC Integration on Canton Network
Circle, the issuer of the $48 billion USDC stablecoin, has acquired Hashnote, a firm specializing in tokenized real-world assets (RWA)

Blockchains
Telegram Partners Exclusively With TON for Mini Apps, Serving 950 Million Users Via TON Connect
Telegram has entered into an exclusivity agreement with The Open Network (TON) Foundation, designating TON as the sole blockchain infrastructure for its mini-app platform





