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Crypto has strong start to 2025, SOL outperforms, Fartcoin enters top 100

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Crypto

• BTC: 96.5k (+4%), ETH: 3465 (+4%), SOL: 208 (+10%)

• Top Gainers: FARTCOIN, BRETT, TAO, XLM, VIRTUAL

• BTC ETFs: +$5mn, ETH ETFs: +$36mn

• Crypto soars to start the year, SOL outperforms

• Coinbase BTC premium at 12-month lows

• SOL adds $1bn worth of stablecoins in Dec

• PumpFun move to sell $22m SOL

• AAVE net deposits surpasses 2021 levels

• ETH ETFs get record monthly inflows in Dec

• IRS delays crypto cost-basis reporting rules

• Swiss legislator wants BTC reserve vote

• China tightens grip on crypto with new FX rules

• Jordan introduces new blockchain policy

• Celsius appeals $2bn claim rejection against FTX

• MEXC unveils 300x leverage on Futures pairs

• 2025 will be crypto’s best year ever: Steno Research

• Franklin Templeton to launch more ETFs in 2025

• BTC between $80-150k this year: CoinShares

• BBVA to provide crypto trading services

• Binance gets license in Brazil

Macro & General

• NASDAQ: 19.3k (-1%), Gold: 2625 (0%)

• Stocks have biggest 2-year gain since 1998

• Yields lower, futures higher with jobs data today

• China stocks fall 3% to start the year

• Terror attack in New Orleans kills 15

• Linked explosion in Vegas kills 1

• Russian gas stops flowing through Ukraine

• Putin orders AI partnership between Russia, China

• Chinese hackers targeted treasury’s sanctions office

• Macron admits snap elections were a mistake

• S. Korea eases FX trading rules to attract capital

• X aiming for ‘Super App’ status in 2025

• Musk’s pro-Trump critics claim censorship on X

• Google unveils Gemini powered mariner AI agent

• Google Chrome has 67% market share

• Apple to halt Vision Pro

• VC numbers falling, tier 1s dominating

Left-Curve Corner

• Hot coins: Fartcoin, Dsync, NOS, ALCH, Swarms, AVA

• Hot NFTs: Azuki, Mad Lads, 2049, Parallel Avatars

• Memecoins will keep losing to AI coins: Dragonfly

• Many AI coins keep hitting new ATHs

• AI mindshare in crypto up 117% in 2024

• Fartcoin $1.4bn, hits ATH and enters top 100 coins

• AI16Z, GRIFFAIN, ZEREBRO fall after Binance perps

• TAOCAT, swarms, degenAI on Binance Alpha list

• VVAIFU $140m, announces “phase 2” of platform

• Aimonica announces investment DAO launch

• AIXBT falls after it trashes VIRTUAL token

• ALCH, AVA, Swarms lead AI coins sub $200m

• FLOKI approves ETP funding in Europe

• KEKIUS falls 70% after Elon changes username

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