✅ BTC gained 5% over the week and, despite Trump's new antics, remains above the important level of $95k.
However, the S&P 500 has not been able to rise above 7,000 points, as investors are concerned about FUD regarding the Fed's rate and the future of the regulator 😳
Weekly digest:
💎 Cryptocurrencies
🔸 Interactive Brokers has started accepting account top-ups in stablecoins 24/7
🔸 The CLARITY Act did not pass hearings in the Senate Banking Committee 😱
🔸 Strategy purchased 13,627 BTC ($1.25 billion) – current balance 687,410 BTC
🔸 Visa and BVNK launched payments in stablecoins
🔸 The company Bitmine invested $200 million in the top YouTuber MrBeast
🔸 MetaMask added support for the TRON network
🪙 Financial news
🔸 Trump announced 10% tariffs against NATO countries that oppose the American annexation of Greenland
🔸 Apple regained its global leadership in the smartphone market by the end of 2025 – 20%
🔸 Inflation in the USA for December was 2.7%, exactly hitting the forecast
🔸 The USA completed its first sale of Venezuelan oil worth $500 million
🔸 Assets under management by BlackRock reached a record $14 trillion
⚖️ Regulation
🔸 The US Department of Justice issued a summons to the Federal Reserve for misappropriating funds during renovations at Jerome Powell's main office
🔸 Dubai banned anonymous cryptocurrencies and privacy services
🔸 Ukrainian authorities equated Polymarket to a casino and blocked access to the site
🔸 The SEC completed its investigation against the Zcash Foundation and did not file charges
🔸 Belarus adopted a law on crypto banks – they can now be launched if all conditions are met
⚙️ Technology
🔸 Apple chose Gemini from Google as its main AI service
🔸 Elon Musk restricted the Grok function for creating explicit images 🍑
🔸 OpenAI launched the ChatGPT Translate translator, which is positioned as a Google Translate killer
🔷 Rates:
🌐 Bitcoin - $95,294 (↓0.11%)
📉 S&P 500 - 6,940 (↓0.06%)
🇷🇺 USD/RUB - 78.00 (↓0.32%)
🇺🇦 USD/UAH - 43.31 (↓0.51%)
🌕 Gold - $4,596 (↓0.43%)
⚫️ Oil Brent - $64.21 (↑0.52%)