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AI Agents in 2024: A Recap
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The AI agent ecosystem exploded in 2024, starting with Truth Terminal's viral success and Virtuals pioneering agent tokenization, which lead to early innovations in entertainment, finance, and infrastructure agents.
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SocialFi-focused L2 blockchain
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Avara's Lens has secured $31 million in funding to develop its SocialFi-focused Layer 2 blockchain, set to launch on Ethereum in early 2025.
cointelegraph.com/news/lens-ra...
El Salvador makes Bitcoin payments voluntary
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El Salvador has agreed to make Bitcoin acceptance voluntary, scale back its Chivo wallet initiative, and limit public sector involvement in Bitcoin projects as part of a $1.4 billion loan deal with the IMF.
cointelegraph.com/news/el-salv...
Deutsche Bank to Build a L2 Blockchain
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Deutsche Bank is building an Ethereum l2 using ZKsync as part of Project Dama 2.
watcher.guru/news/deutsch...
South Korean lawmaker allegedly hid crypto
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South Korean lawmaker Kim Nam-kuk faces a proposed six-month prison sentence for allegedly concealing cryptocurrency holdings worth millions, which he failed to report as required by law.
cointelegraph.com/news/south-k...
Thoughts on DeSci
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Thought leader Tarun Chitra shares his thoughts on where genuine value in DeSci lies, acknowledging that a lot of the space is filled with scams.
x.com/tarunchitra/...
Stablecoins will see explosive growth in 2025
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Key drivers include the EU's MiCA framework, growing financial institution involvement, and an expanding role for non-dollar stablecoins.
cointelegraph.com/news/stablec...
Coinbase 2025 Crypto Market Outlook
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The expansion of stablecoins, which saw 48% growth in 2024, a more friendly regulatory environment, and the potential Bitcoin Strategic Reserve, promise to make 2025 a watershed year.
www.coinbase.com/pt-pt/instit...
Build your own crypto AI agent
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AI agents are shaking up the crypto world by trading, analyzing trends, and even launching tokens like pros. This guide dives into what AI agents are and walks readers through building one using the Eliza toolkit - no advanced coding required.
x.com/SuhailKakar/...
Kraken's Ink L2 is Live on Mainnet
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Months ahead of schedule, Kraken has launched its L2 built on Optimism Superchain technology. Kraken's testnet was a resounding success with millions of transactions, pressuring the company to release while interest was high.
'We're not allowed to own bitcoin,'
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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell stated that the central bank is prohibited from owning Bitcoin and is not seeking legislative changes to alter this restriction.
www.theblock.co/post/331561/...
No to CBDC, yes to Bitcoin'
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European Parliament member Sarah Knafo has called for the EU to establish a strategic Bitcoin reserve while opposing the EU Central Bank's digital euro initiative, characterizing the CBDC project as having "totalitarian temptations."
cointelegraph.com/news/europea...
Polygon Founder Speaks on Aave Controversy
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The Polygon community has largely opposed the "Stake the Bridge" (STB) pre-proposal due to unresolved concerns, while allegations of anti-competitive tactics by Aave leadership have sparked criticism.
Web3 Startups raise over $5.4B through Q3'24
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As Web3 startups have raised over $5.4B since Q3 of this year, Cointelegraph accelerator participants will look to pitch their startups (DeFi, Payments, etc.).
Privacy Concerns Over $PENGU Airdrop Claim
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Claiming $PENGU tokens may compromise anonymity, as the public API reveals linked Ethereum wallets for Solana claims.
api.clusters.xyz/v0.1/airdrop...
Towards Trusted Autonomy: Robotics, AI, and Blockchain
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An industry report from OpenMind explores how the convergence of robotics, AI, and blockchain technologies could enable truly autonomous, trustworthy machines, with blockchain serving as the infrastructure layer.
x.com/openmind_agi...
The Cryptopreneur's Dilemma
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Crypto entrepreneurs must choose between adhering to blockchain's original cypherpunk principles (decentralization, privacy, self-sovereignty) and adopting conventional business practices to achieve success and regulatory compliance.
www.placeholder.vc/blog/2024/12...
Stanford lab partners with βai16z'
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Eliza Labs, the team behind the popular Eliza framework and ai16z agent, has partnered with Stanford's Future of Digital Currency Initiative for $250,000 to research trust mechanisms and governance for AI agents.
blockworks.co/news/stanfor...
Seamless Cross-Chain Transfers
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Relay Protocol has launched "Relay Deposit Addresses," enabling users to easily bridge funds across chains by sending them to a designated address - no wallet connection required.
www.relay.link
US imposes sanctions on North Korea's crypto
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The U.S. Treasury Department has sanctioned two Chinese nationals and a UAE-based front company for laundering crypto on behalf of North Korea. NK reportedly earns 50% of its currency through such activities.
www.theblock.co/post/331334/...
Ethereum Headed to $5K?
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Crypto analysts predict Ethereum could reach $5,000, driven by strong institutional demand evidenced by $2 billion in cumulative ETF inflows and increased network activity averaging 6.5-7.5 million daily transactions.
www.coindesk.com/markets/2024...
Grayscale launches Lido, Optimism investment funds
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Grayscale Investments has launched two new single-asset funds for Lido's LDO and Optimism's OP tokens, offering exposure to ETH's largest liquid staking protocol (LDO) and a popular layer-2 scaling solution (OP).
cointelegraph.com/news/graysca...
Royco Mainnet Beta is Live
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Royco Protocol has introduced a new DeFi primitive called Incentivized Action Markets (IAMs), designed to create efficient markets for onchain transactions by allowing anyone to offer and negotiate incentives for specific blockchain actions.
www.royco.org
Cow swap launching on Base
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CoW DAO has launched its main product, CoW Swap, on Base, bringing gasless trading, MEV protection, and advanced order types to Base users while seamlessly integrating with its existing ecosystem.
cow.fi/learn/cow-da...
6th Annual Crypto Developer Report
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The Electric Capital Developer Report reveals shifts in patterns in 2024 with global monthly active developers down 7% to 23,613 and showing major geographic redistribution as Asia became the leading continent.
threadreaderapp.com/thread/18672...
Primer on ETH gas limit raise
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Recently, core developers signaled support for raising the limit to 36m gas as a safe first step, with client updates facilitating the change, but there is frustration over the small increase and discussion about implementing adjustments in future.
The Cypherpunk Endgame & Real World Ethereum
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Author predicts significant involvement from traditional financial institutions but warns of potential compromises to crypto's core values of permissionlessness and decentralization.
daimo.com/blog/real-wo...
Bull market top signals
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This post outlines potential signals of a bull market top, including increased public interest in crypto, excessive displays of wealth, market structure breaks, bullish sentiment across retail and media, suggesting caution as markets may become overheated.
Circle and Binance enter strategic partnership
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Circle and Binance have announced a strategic partnership to drive global adoption of USDC and crypto. Binance will integrate USDC across its products (reaching over 240M users) and adopt it for corporate treasury operations.
Bitwise predicts 2025 as year for crypto IPO
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Bitwise's predictions forecast that major crypto firms including Circle, Kraken, and Anchorage Digital will go public, while speculating that Bitcoin could reach $200,000-$500,000 and Ethereum to hit $7,000.
cointelegraph.com/news/bitwise...
