Bitcoin Heads to $90K as Crypto Selloff Gathers Steam Strong economic data and a slumping bond market have called into question the idea of any rate cuts this year.

Polymarket’s Customer Data Sought by CFTC Subpoena of Coinbase, Source Says The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission is said to be seeking information about customers’ interactions with the prediction market site Polymarket.

Crypto for Advisors: 2025 Outlook The outlook for crypto adoption in 2025 is overwhelmingly positive, but not without challenges. Regulatory clarity, institutional participation, and technological innovation will be the pillars of growth.

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: RNDR Falls 5.1% as Nearly All Assets Trade Lower Litecoin (LTC) was the lone gainer, rising 1.9% from Wednesday.

Bitcoin Gives Up Gains Post New Year-Spiral, But $120K Bets Still Remain Hot Macro jitters have pushed back BTC to where it was a week ago. Still, bullish bets in options market remain as popular as ever.

MANTRA Blockchain to Tokenize $1B of Real-World Assets for UAE-Based Property Firm DAMAC The deal will allow token-based financing of DAMAC’s wide range of portfolio companies that includes real estate development, hospitality and data centers.

The Protocol: Hyperliquid Responds to Decentralization Criticism Also: Ripple’s Chainlink deal; Pyth partners with Revolut

FTX Bankruptcy Estate Hits Out Over ‘Unauthorized’ Sale of FTX EU to Backpack Exchange Backpack, which announced its acquisition of the European arm of bankrupt exchange FTX on Monday, has not been authorized by FTX to make any distributions to any FTX customers or other creditors, the FTX bankruptcy estate said.

XRP May Surge 40% as ‘Trump Effect’ Boosts Ripple Sentiment A “descending triangle” pattern in technical analysis points to bigger gains for the top-performing major token.

Bitcoin ETFs Suffer $582M Net Outflow, Second-Highest Tally Ever The ETFs bleed money as renewed U.S. inflation fears dent Fed rate cuts and boost bond market volatility

Cardano’s ADA Slumps 8% as Traders Await Trump Catalyst for Bitcoin Gains BTC, ADA Price News: Bitcoin Slumps Further as Traders Await Friday Data

Crypto Daybook Americas: Turmoil Across The Pond as Bitcoin Defends $93K After $300B Wipeout Your day-ahead look for Jan. 9, 2025

Market Fears of Potential Selling Pressure From Possible Silk Road Sale is Overblown: Van Straten Since September, the market has absorbed over 1 million bitcoins, while the price has gone from around $60,000 to over $100,000.

Gemini Appoints New Leadership Team in Europe to Boost Expansion Mark Jennings has joined the firm as its new European head and Daniel Slutzkin as head of the U.K., the crypto exchange said.

Dogecoin Slumps 10% Amid Bitcoin’s Slide to $96K, $560M Long Positions Liquidated “History shows these dips often pave the way for bigger bullish movements, especially with where we are in the market cycle now,” one market watcher said, as some foresee a shaky period in January.

Arbitrum Deepens Ties with South Korea’s Lotte Group Lotte’s Caliverse, an AI-driven entertainment experience, is coming to the layer-2 network, allowing web3 users to pay for services with crypto.

Trusted Autonomy: Why Human-Machine Teams Will Run on Crypto Networks Blockchains and smart contracts enable autonomous machines to team with humans in healthcare, education, manufacturing, and defense. Those teams will require secure communications, mutual trust, transparent rules, and crypto-economic incentives to set and complete tasks, says Jan Liphardt, founder of OpenMind.

Coinbase Granted Significant Advance in Court Clash With Gensler’s SEC A U.S. judge halted the case in which the exchange and SEC are duking it out over an enforcement matter, and will let Coinbase chase a higher-court appeal.

Arbitrum Awards Biggest-Ever Foundation Grant to Lotte, the South Korean Megacorp Lotte’s Caliverse, an AI-driven entertainment experience, is coming to the layer-2 network, allowing web3 users to pay for services with crypto.

Bitcoin Dips Below $98K as Strong U.S. Economic Data Leads to $300M of Crypto Liquidations Stronger-than-expected job openings and ISM Services PMI rolled back investor expectations for further rate cuts for this year.