BTC tops US$40,000 for the first time in 19 months. Microstrategy bought more BTC in November. Standard Chartered Bank to join trials for China’s CBDC.

Inflows to BTC investment products YTD have reached ~$1.5 billion, $750M in tokens to be unlocked in December, Grayscale meets with the SEC

DeGods NFT trading surged after a series of announcements from its creator. Azuki DAO rebrands to ‘Bean’ to shift towards a meme-inspired project.
Rari Foundation launches a blockchain testnet.

Blast skyrockets with nearly US$600M in TVL days after launch. dYdX completes mainnet migration, rolls out a $20M launch incentive program. Cosmos founder calls for chain split to create AtomOne.

Cosmos Hub to decrease max. inflation rate of ATOM. South Korea to pilot CBDC with 100K citizens in 2024. Santander Private Bank to offer BTC and ETH trading.

$100 billion is waiting for BTC ETF approval, Tether’s US$500 million mining investment, and Fidelity applies for Ether ETF

Pacman from Blur launches a new L2 network dubbed Blast. Nike collaborates with RTFKT to release NFT-infused sneakers. Ubisoft unveils an NFT giveaway for its new game.

Circle launches ‘bridged USDC standard’ for deployment on new networks. Aave Companies rebrands to Avara, acquires crypto wallet Family. Eigenlayer plans to launch second phase of its mainnet in H1 2024.