Crypto Canary: Your Daily Crypto Rundown 🚀

December 26, 2024

🟢 Alpha Offerings

  • Chainbase: Seize your chance to earn $400-$700 by completing new tasks. Start here

  • Caldera NFT: Claim the AlienX Edition NFT #3! Potential: $500-$1000. You must have at least 3 Ethereum mainnet transactions before Dec 22, 2024. Claim here

⚖️ Hall of Fame / Hall of Shame

  • Hall of Fame: South Korea sanctions DPRK hackers behind crypto attacks 💀. Read more here

  • Hall of Shame: Animoca Brands co-founder Yat Siu’s X account hacked to promote a fake crypto token 🛡️. Read more here

📊 What Moved in the Crypto World Today

  • Turkey tightens crypto AML rules, mandating user info for transactions by 2025. Read more here

  • Japanese government says no to Bitcoin reserve. Read more here

  • Montenegro court rejects Do Kwon’s extradition appeal. Read more here

🔧 Project Updates

  • Sonic Labs launches FTM to S token swaps via Gateway. Read more here

  • Binance introduces USUAL as a new flexible lending asset. Read more here

  • Aave and Lido surpass $70 billion in net deposits. Read more here

💼 Funding Announcements

  • Swan Chain (ex FilSwan): Raised $2M for decentralized AI infrastructure, led by DWF Labs, Optimism Foundation, and Promontory Technologies. Read more here

  • MelosBoom: AI-powered DePIN music platform closed Series B funding (amount undisclosed). Read more here

  • Silentberry: Strategic investment from CKB Eco Fund to support the RGB protocol. Amount undisclosed. Read more here

🐋 Whale Movements

  • An Ethereum ICO whale deposited 4,160 ETH ($14.5M) to Kraken 🐳. More details here

  • Smart trader 0x880 bridged an additional 3.7M USDC to Hyperliquid. More details here

🔓 Token Unlocks

  • ARPA (ARPA): $482.61K

  • VAIOT (VAI): $302.74K

🎙️ Coinversation Street

  • @Archetypevc thread on 10 crypto x AI categories to watch in 2025 🔥. Check it out here

  • @OuroborosCap8 shares insights on Usual Money 🧐. Check it out here

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