📉Crypto Markets Dip on Upbeat US Payrolls

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Crypto markets dip as strong U.S. jobs data dims rate cut hopes
Fidelity Digital Assets says stablecoins will evolve into crypto’s killer app
AI-run companies are coming in 2025: Multicoin
South Korea set to ease corporate crypto rules
InfiniGods game to airdrop GOD tokens
Bhutanese city plans to accumulate BTC, ETH and BNB
BlackRock’s BUIDL enables advanced yield strategies
Centaurus pivots from oil to crypto
Gensler and Behnam look back at crypto regulation
Bitwise survey finds financial advisors embracing crypto

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📉Cryptocurrency Market Extends Losses as Upbeat U.S Payrolls Data Dampens Investor Sentiment

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported Friday that the U.S. added 256,000 jobs in December, exceeding market expectations of 160,000. The report also revealed that the unemployment rate edged down to 4.1% from 4.2%.

Stronger-than-expected payroll data could pressure the crypto market, as a resilient labor market may prompt the Federal Reserve to maintain high interest rates.

🏦Crypto’s Mainstreaming Will Take Many Forms in 2025: Fidelity Digital Assets

In its 2025 Look Ahead report, Fidelity Digital Assets foresees National Bitcoin reserves, stablecoins evolving, and tokenization becoming the next ‘killer app.’

🤖Zero-employee AI Companies are Coming in 2025: Multicoin Capital

Zero-employee companies run by artificial intelligence are coming soon, according to Kyle Samani, managing partner of venture capital firm Multicoin Capital. Those companies may be managed and run by an AI agent, but their governance will likely be overseen by a DAO.

☯️South Korea to Ease Rules Allowing Financial Holding Companies to Acquire Digital Assets

South Korea's Financial Services Commission (FSC) has announced plans to ease regulations, allowing financial holding companies to gradually acquire digital assets.

🪂Crypto Game InfiniGods Prepares for GOD Token Airdrop

InfiniGods, a mobile crypto game with over 2.2 million cumulative downloads, is preparing to launch its native token, GOD. InfiniPass holders and vaults will get 17% of the airdrop.

💰Bhutan's Gelephu Mindfulness City Plans to Create Strategic Crypto Reserve

Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC), Bhutan’s newly established Special Administration Region, has revealed plans to establish a strategic reserve using digital assets such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Binance Coin.

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💱BlackRock’s BUIDL Enabled as Collateral for Enhanced Yield Strategies

Blackrock’s BUIDL fund was used as collateral in a derivatives trade for the first time, opening up more ways to use the on-chain fund, according to QCP Group, a trading and market-making firm in Singapore.

🛢️Centaurus Energy Shifts Focus From Oil and Gas to Crypto and Commodities Investments

Centaurus Energy, a Calgary-based oil and gas company, has announced a major strategic pivot from energy operations to cryptocurrency investments, including assets like Ethereum and Solana.

⚖️Gensler and Behnam Look Back at Crypto Regulation and the Difference Shows

On Jan. 8, the outgoing chairmen of the SEC and CFTC looked back over their tenures and commented on what they felt was left to do. The difference could not have been more stark.

📝Survey Finds Financial Advisors Warming to Crypto

A survey of 430 financial advisors found that more than half were more likely to invest in crypto as a result of Donald Trump’s victory. The “Bitwise/VettaFi 2025 Benchmark Survey of Financial Advisor Attitudes Toward Crypto Assets” also found that 99% of advisors who already have clients with crypto holdings intend to maintain or increase their allocations.

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