| Your Daily Digest of the ๐ฅHottest News in Crypto | | | Today's top stories: ๐ BTC's brief rally is on pause ๐ Beyond Trump: What drove crypto in 2024 ๐ง Is the crypto bull market entering its final stage? ๐ฐ Keep reading to find out more about all of today's top stories | | | | Bitcoin's brief rally to $100K triggers record 5.4K BTC monthly outflow Bitcoin price sold-off today, but heavy demand below $98,000 is prepping the market for the next leg higher. Bitcoin closed a daily candle at $102,180 on Jan. 6 after another round of positive exchange-traded fund (ETF) inflows worth $978.6 million. However, prices dropped sharply on Jan. 7 as traders expected BTC to retest the $100,000 level. Despite these short-term BTC drawdowns, significant investor activity was observed on major exchanges, indicating a bullish urgency.
| | | | | | | | | Meta to scrap fact-checkers in favor of 'free expression' Social media giant Meta, formerly Facebook, plans to replace third-party fact-checkers with a community notes model akin to rival X's to promote "free expression," according to a Jan. 7 announcement. Meta will also lift restrictions on "topics that are part of mainstream discourse" to focus enforcement on "illegal and high-severity violations" and enable users to "take a more personalized approach to political content," Meta said.
| | | | | | | | | | OPINION Beyond Trump: What drove crypto in 2024
| | It's tempting to reduce the narrative of 2024 to Bitcoin's meteoric rise. Even more tempting is attributing this growth to the so-called "Trump bump". | | | | | Anthropic expected to reach $60B valuation after funding deal: WSJ AI firm Anthropic is reportedly in talks to raise $2 billion — a deal that would put the company's valuation at roughly $60 billion. According to a Jan. 7 Wall Street Journal report, Lightspeed Venture Partners is leading a funding round for the OpenAI rival. Anthropic was valued at $18 billion in December 2023, suggesting that the AI firm's valuation could have risen by more than 233% in 12 months. | | | | | | | | Earn crypto for 2025 gaming predictions, 50M monthly gamers incoming: Web3 Gamer | | | | Blockchain gaming execs anticipate a surge in user numbers in 2025, make money from your own predictions, and Yellow Panther launches an AI agent. | | | | | | | 3.5 million people follow us on social media. You should too. | | | | | | | Cointelegraph | 21 W 46th St, New York, NY 10036-4119 USA | | You received this email because you signed up on our website. | | Download our official app: | | | | | | | | | | | |