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Crypto weak, Silk Road BTC approved for sale, market top worries

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Crypto

• BTC: 92.1k (-4%), ETH: 3250 (-3%), SOL: 187 (-6%)

• Top Gainers: MKR, KAS, SAND

• BTC ETFs: -$569mn, ETH ETFs: -$159mn

• BTC continues to fall, many altcoins down 10%+

• US approved to sell $6.5bn Silk road BTC

• BTC ETFs see second biggest outflow ever

• 75% chance of market top: Ansem

• Kraken, a16z execs in running for CFTC chair

• Oklahoma senator introduces BTC Freedom Act

• Outgoing CFTC chair still pushing crypto regulation

• XRP CEO Garlinghouse meets Trump

• XRP’s RLUSD to list on more exchanges soon

• SOL pushes validators to test Firedancer upgrade

• Do Kwon’s trial set for Jan 2026

• ETH foundation sells 100 ETH

• FTX bankruptcy managers accused of misspending

• FTX bankruptcy estate disputes sale of FTX EU

• Thailand to pilot crypto payments in Phuket

• Kazakhstan liquidated 36 illegal crypto exchanges

• Bhutan to adopt crypto in strategic reserve

Macro & General

• NASDAQ: 19.5k (0%), Gold: 2679 (0%)

• Stocks broadly stable despite FOMC worries

• US stock market holiday today, bonds rise

• China CPI data stokes deflation worries

• PBOC to issue record $8.2bn bills in Hong Kong

• China steps up RMB defence against shorts

• UK assets fall on budget deficit worries

• Biden plans AI chip export limits, will hit Nvidia

• Garland plans to release Jan 6 report

• Trump asks Supreme Court to block sentencing

• LA fires continue to spread, could be $50b damage

• Port strike averted on East and Gulf coasts

• Biden to announce $500m Ukraine aid

• Musk agrees we’ve exhausted AI training data

• Getty Images and Shutterstock to merge

• Meta tests eBay listings on FB marketplace

Left-Curve Corner

• Hot coins: LLM, SOLA, BUILD, SENTAI, PIPPIN

• Hot NFTs: Kaito Genesis, onchain gaias, Neverland Ranch

• AI agent market cap returns to $13bn

• LLM hits $100m after drama with Fatcoin

• SOLA $10m, new AI voice assistant on SOL

• PIPPIN $80m, AI meme returns to ATH

• AIMONICA partners with Mocaverse

• Holoworld creates launchpool for AVA stakers

• Bubblemaps announces airdrop

• Trump launches new NFT on BTC Ordinals

• Yuga confirms Otherside coming in June

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