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Happy New Year, friends! 🎄
May everything go according to plan in the new year: profitable deals, stable cash flow, and reports without surprises.
We wish you growth, peace of mind, and that your business brings not only income but also enjoyment.
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US Macroeconomic Data
Unemployment Claims.
• Actual: 199K
• Forecast: 219K
• Previous: 214K
🚀Positive for the market.
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⚠️ David Beckham's Company Abandons Bitcoin Strategy
The management of Prenetics Global, a healthcare research company, announced the cessation of regular Bitcoin purchases.
✏️ However, in August of this year, the company declared its intention to acquire 1 BTC daily. It is likely that its decision was influenced by the lagging performance of cryptocurrency prices compared to traditional financial assets.
Instead, the saved funds are planned to be used for expanding the business in various countries.
One of the company's investors is former England national football team captain David Beckham.

💻 In China, interest on e-CNY deposits has been permitted
Starting January 1, 2026, Chinese residents will be able to earn interest on digital yuan deposits.
⚠️ According to regulators, in addition to being a unit of account, e-CNY will serve as a "deposit currency."
Thus, the authorities hope to accelerate the adoption of CBDC by the population.
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📌 How much would you have accumulated if you had bought BTC at $50 every month over the past 10 years
Strategy: DCA, purchasing on the 1st of each month from January 2016 to December 2025.
Total invested: $6,000.
Results for Bitcoin:
• accumulated ≈ 0.43 BTC
• at a price of ~$88,000, this is $37,000–38,000
• growth of more than 6 times
For comparison, the same with gold:
• invested the same $6,000
• accumulated ≈ 3.4 ounces
• current value $14,500–15,000
• growth of about 2 times
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OpenAI intensifies AI risk preparedness
Sam Altman announced the search for a Preparedness Lead who will handle issues related to AI misuse, cybersecurity, and self-improving systems.
The position involves working from the office and offers a compensation of over half a million dollars per year.
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Bitcoin Outperforms Gold in Returns Over the Last 10 Years
Bitcoin, with a price of $87 000, has surpassed gold and silver by several orders of magnitude in returns since 2015, showing a growth of 27,701%.
🥇 According to analyst Adam Livingston, during the same period, silver increased by 405%, and gold by 283%.
Debates about the best asset are becoming more frequent amid rising precious metal prices, stagnating BTC, and a weakening dollar.
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🔷 Bitmine launches the Made in America validator network
📈 After a record staking of 408,627 ETH worth $1.2 billion, Bitmine's Tom Lee announced testing the MAVAN (Made in America Validator Network) validator network.
➡️ The goal of this network is to stake as much ETH owned by the company as possible, which has reached 4.11 million.
If all this ETH were staked, Bitmine would earn an annual income of $374 million.
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The prediction market has reached a weekly volume of $2 billion.
Although some states in the US, such as Texas and New York, still face regulatory challenges, trading volume on leading platforms like Polymarket, Kalshi, Limitless, and Myriad has already exceeded $2 billion per week.
Analysts draw parallels between the current state of the prediction market and the early stages of decentralized finance (DeFi) development.
They claim that by 2035, the prediction market could reach $95.5 billion with an average annual growth rate of 47%.

Trump's wealth has nearly tripled thanks to cryptocurrency
Since taking office as president, the value of his assets has increased from $2.3 billion to $6.3 billion (+273%).
Experts believe that the main growth is related to cryptocurrency projects, some of which, according to them, may be financed by foreign governments, posing corruption risks.
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🔹 The Ethereum staking queue has reached a six-month high
Currently, 746,000 ETH are in the staking queue, while the exit queue stands at 361,000 ETH. This is the first such imbalance in the past six months.
The last time a similar situation occurred, it was accompanied by a strong increase in the ETH price — at that time, the rate doubled.
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The Central Bank of Russia has updated the list of signs of fraudulent operations with bank cards.
• Transferring funds via the Faster Payments System (SBP) for amounts over 200,000 rubles from a personal account in one bank to an account in another bank, followed by transferring these funds to a third party within 24 hours.
• Attempting to deposit cash into a person's account using a digital card through an ATM.
• Signs of fraudulent transfers also include changing the phone number for authorization in online banking services or on "Gosuslugi" less than 48 hours before executing the transfer.

Aptos ranked 6th in transaction volume and the number of active wallets in 2025
In 2025, the Aptos blockchain entered the top 6 networks by key activity metrics.
Key data:
· Active wallets: 82 million (growth of 146% year-over-year).
· Number of transactions: 1.88 billion (growth of 6%).
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Results of major assets over the year. Spoiler: cryptocurrencies performed the worst
Silver: +152.3%
Gold: +66.59%
Copper: +35.45%
Nasdaq: +19.70%
Russell 2000: +12.53%
BTC: -5.75%
ETH: -11.58%
Altcoins: -42.27%
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Poverty increases the risk of death by 60%, and a heart attack by only 10%, — a study
Scientists from Mayo Clinic analyzed 300,000 ECGs using AI.
If you constantly think about where to get money and how to pay bills, your "engine" wears out faster than that of diabetics and hypertensive patients. Chronic stress keeps stress hormones at a peak, provokes inflammation, and literally accelerates organ aging.
The most unpleasant thing is that medications, apart from "getting rich," do not help. Chronic financial stress limits access precisely to what can help — healthy food, regular doctor visits,

The story of an early Bitcoin enthusiast
In 2010, Chinese teenager Zhao Tong invested just $10 in Bitcoin.
Later, he founded one of the first margin crypto exchanges, but due to security issues and outages, he lost 99,000 BTC, which is approximately $9 billion today.
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💥 The SEC hints at easing cryptocurrency regulation
The US SEC signals a possible easing of cryptocurrency regulation, reducing market uncertainty.
👉 Regulators may shift from a punitive approach to clearer and more predictable rules.
The market anticipates increased institutional investments and strengthening of the US position in the crypto industry.
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