📈Bitcoin ETFs Attract Highest Inflows since November

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Bitcoin ETFs raked in $908 million on Jan 3
Stablecoin protocol Resolv has grown ten-fold in a month
MicroStrategy buys another 1,070 BTC
Phantom wallet quashes airdrop speculation
Daniele Sesta’s HeyAnon AI soars 600% in a week
Hyperfy brings AI Agents to its metaverse
Global crypto funds attracted a record $44B in 2024
FDIC letters show Operation Chokepoint in action

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🚀Bitcoin ETFs Post Highest Inflows Since November

Bitcoin ETFs drew in $908 million on Jan. 3, the highest single-day inflows since Nov. 21, 2024. Since their launch in January 2024, BTC ETFs have accumulated a total of $36 billion in inflows, with total net assets reaching $111 billion.

🪙Stablecoin Protocol Resolv’s TVL Soars Above $400 Million

Decentralized stablecoin protocol Resolv has been on a tear over the last month, with its total value locked (TVL) growing from $37.4 million on Dec. 1 to $448 million on Jan. 6.

🛒MicroStrategy Buys Another $100 Million of Bitcoin

MicroStrategy has acquired another 1,070 BTC for about $101 million, or about $94,000 apiece. The company now holds 447,470 BTC purchased for almost $28 billion.

👻Phantom Dismisses Airdrop Rumors On X

“We've seen some speculation about an airdrop tied to this feature, so to clarify: we do not have any plans to launch a token. But we're incredibly excited about social discovery on Phantom and are actively working on ways to make it something everyone loves,” the Phantom account wrote on X.

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🤖Daniele Sesta’s AI Project Goes Parabolic, Coins the Term “DeFAI”

The AI-agent project built on the Layer 1 blockchain Sonic, seeks to pioneer the “DeFAI” space, which blends decentralized finance (DeFi) with automated and optimized actions performed or enhanced by artificial intelligence (AI). ANON, the project's native token, is now trading at a $118 million market capitalization.

🌐Hyperfy Launch Revives Metaverse Narrative with AI Agent Integration

Hyperfy, a metaverse platform launched in 2022, unveiled its AI-agent-focused v2 iteration along with a surprise token launch and airdrop on Jan. 5. The official token, HYPER, opened at a $3 million market capitalization before quickly surging nearly a hundred-fold to $275 million in less than 24 hours.

🏦Global Crypto Funds Shatter Inflow Records with $44.2 Billion in 2024

Digital asset investment products recorded an unprecedented $44.2 billion in global net inflows in 2024, shattering the previous annual record of $10.5 billion set in 2021. The 2024 total marks a nearly 20x increase from the $2.4 billion inflows recorded in 2023, according to a new CoinShares report.

⚖️Newly Released FDIC Letters Show Operation Choke Point 2.0 In Action

Another piece of Operation Choke Point 2.0 came into view as Coinbase Chief Legal Officer Paul Grewal released a trove of letters showing just how the government shut down 25 attempts by banks to offer bitcoin and blockchain services in 2022 and 2023.