Ripple President says spot $XRP ETF is likely to be approved next after Bitcoin and Ethereum ones 🤑

Yesterday, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse met with President-elect Trump 👀

Donald Trump gave his first rambling press conference of the new year at Mar-a-Lago, and here are the key things he said 👇

• Pledged to cut taxes, reduce regulations, raise wages, and boost incomes faster than ever before.

• Vowed to revoke Biden’s ban on offshore oil and gas drilling on day one.

• Declared that interest rates and inflation are too high.

• Threatened Denmark with tariffs unless it relinquishes Greenland, proposing a vote on independence or US statehood.

• Refused to rule out military or economic coercion to gain control of Greenland 👀

• Declined to guarantee no military or economic force would be used regarding the Panama Canal.

• Raised the possibility of using “economic force” to make Canada the 51st state.

• Threatened steep tariffs on Mexico and Canada if they don’t curb undocumented immigration.

• Proposed renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, calling it “beautiful” and “appropriate.”

Changes in the world's most powerful country affect the entire world and certainly the markets, so it is very important to follow American politics 🇺🇸

The top AI DeFi projects you should be watching 🤖

AI has exploded everywhere, from art and code generation to advanced analytics — so it’s no surprise the crypto world is tapping into it, too 🤖

Projects are fusing AI with DeFi to automate trades, optimize yields, and simplify user experiences. With more people and capital flocking to these AI-driven protocols, it’s a good idea to pay attention now 👇

• $GRIFFAIN, Griffain is built by an OG dev. It helps you complete on-chain tasks using plain language. You can copytrade wallets, create tokens, and auto-take profits.

• $ANON, Hey Anon just launched on Sonic. They focus on natural language transactions, autonomous DeFi agents, and research. Public beta is opening soon. The founder previously created billion-dollar protocols.

• $GRIFT, Orbit has cross-chain AI tools for interacting with multiple protocols. Built by the SphereOne team, it supports over a hundred chains to simplify crypto actions.

• $NEUR, Neur is open-source and focuses on Solana. You can handle on-chain actions with everyday language. It’s in beta and needs a small fee for early access.

• $ASYM, ASYM uses AI-driven trading agents, aiming to outperform the market. Profits cycle back into its token, and it tracks on-chain and social data to spot trends.

• $GEKKO, Gekko AI is a trading agent created by the Axal team. It integrates with Autopilot for bold crypto strategies. Axal itself is working to bring autonomous agents into daily life tasks.

California is on fire 🔥

The massive wildfires have ripped through thousands of acres of land in Los Angeles, destroying thousands of homes.

A state of emergency has been declared in California. Insurance companies knew fires were likely, but since it's illegal to raise insurance rates in CA, they just dropped their customers instead.

State Farm, one of California's largest insurers, canceled 72,000 homeowners policies in areas now ravaged by devastating wildfires 😔

The market continues to fall on news that the U.S. government has been given the green light to liquidate 69,000 BTC ($6.5 billion) seized from Silk Road 🔽

The situation is very interesting and the issue seems to be political

The fact is that there are less than 2 weeks left before the new presidential administration, which did not want to sell these assets 🇺🇸😐

Yesterday, spot BTC ETFs had their second worst day of negative outflows since launching 📉

🔍 There were $568 million dollars worth of BTC sold through spot ETFs. This happened a day before the news that Silk Road BTC may be sold soon.

Definitely not insider trading 🤦‍♀️

That's probably the dumbest trader in the world 👇

⛽️ This person paid 1068 SOL worth $208,675 as a transaction fee on the Solana network (usually fees on this network do not exceed $0.01).

He did this to be the first to buy an "ai deborah" meme coin worth 500 SOL ($95.5k) 🛒

Just three minutes after the purchase, the trader sold all his coins and got back only 40 SOL ($7.6k) 😐

Thus, he lost $296.5k in just a few minutes

Safe yield sources for your stables 🤑

Earning yield in crypto doesn’t always mean taking high risks. Here are four reliable platforms where you can earn safe yields even during market downturns using your stablecoins 👇

💵 Staked USDE stablecoin by Ethena offers a 12% APR along with Season 3 Ethena points. Billions of $ are already locked in this project, it generates yield by shorting ETH while holding ETH on spot, which is called delta-neutral strategy.

💵 RLP by Resolv provides an impressive 26.5% APR plus Resolv points. RLP is a Resolv Liquidity Pool, a liquid insurance pool designed to keep USR overcollateralized, holders of RLP receive profit from staking Ether and funding fees from hedging.

💵 HLP vault by Hyperliquid delivers a 19.48% APR by providing liquidity to through multiple market making strategies, performing liquidations, and accruing platform fees. Hyperliquid may additionally reward vault depositors in the future with HYPE tokens.

💵 sDAI Leveraged stablecoin Farm by Ariadne Finance offers a 20.63% APR. It employs leveraged farming strategies to enhance yields while maintaining stability. Strategy is simple: This vault leverages sDAI by supplying it and borrowing xDai on Aave.

Bitcoin hourly chart looks pretty interesting 🤣

Thirteen green candles in a row, a rare sight 📶

This is the longest such streak since 2017

In the entire existence of ETH, this has only happened once 🤑

On the 4-hour chart of Ethereum, something that has only happened once before occurred: 11 red candles to a row 🌡

The last time this happened was in December 2017, and it marked the pico-bottom for ETH, after which the price rose very quickly by 242% 🔼

Will something similar happen this time?

🚫 One of the biggest CEXs, Bybit, is restricting trading and most services for Indian users starting Jan 12 due to regulatory compliance 👮‍♂️

What is Wall of Worry? 😨

A bull market is not a peaceful place. When times are good, investors are constantly on edge, wondering how long it will last.

👉 This term refers to a sustained rise in the market despite concerns or bad news. It shows that investor confidence can drive prices higher even during economic downturns or political instability. Sometimes it's caused by a herd mentality of those who "buy on bad news."

Even when financial markets are growing at a healthy pace, there are always reasons for investors to worry. Market pundits do their part by warning of everything that can go wrong 😱

It is very important to try to be objective about the situation and remember the fact that there will always be people who want to see the price go down, who like to spread FUD. In these moments it is important to learn how to "climb a wall of worry".

#FAQ

The Crypto Asset Sentiment Index declined to its lowest level since September 2024 🗓

This is a good thing as the deteriorating sentiment with BTC still trading above $90,000 suggests that overleveraged late-longers and 'tourists' are gone 🔍📊

Weak hands sold, strong hands bought. Low sentiment with a stable price = bullish sign

The state has every reason to deceive the population by deliberately understating the official inflation rate 🔍

The trillions of dollars printed during the Covid epidemic was one of the greatest redistributions of wealth in human history 😒

The people were left with worthless fiat money, with their purchasing power cut by 20% while rich assets owners only got richer ☹️

🇰🇪 Kenya will legalize Bitcoin and crypto

Kenya’s Treasury Cabinet Secretary has said the country is preparing to legalize crypto.

This marks a shift from the government’s previous warnings against the industry 👍

Very concerning: The average American spent 2.5 months on their phone in 2024 🤨

• According to a recent survey, the average American checks their phone an average of 205 times a day. This marks a 42.3% increase from last year.

• 80.6% of Americans check their phones within the first 10 minutes of waking up. 65.7% use their phones while in the bathroom.

• Despite the high usage, self-reported phone addiction has actually dropped by 24% compared to last year 🤦

• Nearly 40% experience anxiety when their battery falls below 20%. And 48% have never gone a full day without their phone.

The USA is just one of the countries where the sociology is advanced, phone addiction is actually a global problem and in some countries the situation is even worse 🙁

People are trading focus and real connection for endless scrolls and dopamine hits

🇧🇹 Bhutan’s Gelephu bets big on crypto

Bhutan’s Gelephu Mindfulness City is adding Bitcoin, Ethereum, and BNB to its strategic reserves.

This move makes it one of the first regions to integrate crypto into its economic framework. The focus is on high-cap, liquid assets to ensure stability and easy trading.

Could this be the start of nations embracing crypto reserves? 😮

Imagine, dozens of indicators collected in one place and helping to analyze if we have reached the top of the market 😨

Thanks to Coinglass, we don't have to imagine, because they have created this publicly available checklist with 30 indicators, each of which helps to determine the stage of the market cycle 📊📊

The page has a handy scale from 1 to 100, where 1 means that the BTC market top is not even close and 100 means that we have reached the macro top 📉

Right now the scale shows 1, which is "100% Hold" — bullish

Trump will nominate Scott Bessent for Treasury Secretary position, not many people know he disclosed owning up to $500,000 BTC through BlackRock's spot ETF 😨

Think about it, the person who formulates economic policy, manages federal finances, and advises President on fiscal matters is openly longing Bitcoin 🤑

Crypto sell-off 📉

Many top 100 MC alts are down >25% in the last 7 days, billions of dollars in leveraged longs have been liquidated and Bitcoin dominance is on the rise again🔽

🤑 BTC is down 8.4%

🤑 ETH is down 16.00%