Crypto Canary: Your Daily Crypto Rundown 🚀

January 06, 2025

🟢 Alpha Offerings

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⚖️ Hall of Fame / Hall of Shame

  • Hall of Fame: Vietnamese police arrest four suspects in cryptocurrency mining scam stealing 4 billion VND 💀. Read more here.

  • Hall of Shame: Local Pakistani crypto trader abducted and forced to transfer $340K 🛡️. Read more here.

📊 What Moved in the Crypto World Today

  • UAE’s Bitcoin mining firm Phoenix Group expands in the US ahead of Nasdaq listing. Read more here.

  • Crypto trading firm GSR receives approval from the UK's Financial Conduct Authority. Read more here.

  • South Korea’s Jeju Islands to introduce NFT tourism cards with perks. Read more here.

🔧 Project Updates

  • Crypto wallet Phantom quashes airdrop rumors after launching social features and Sui support. Read more here.

  • Ethena plans expansion with Telegram payments and institution-focused iUSDe token. Read more here.

💼 Funding Announcements

  • Fold: Bitcoin rewards platform closed a $20M convertible note financing led by ATW Partners. Read more here.

  • Hyperfluid: Aptos hybrid DEX closed a Pre-seed funding round (amount undisclosed) led by Ankaa and BlockBooster. Read more here.

  • ZKcandy: Gaming Layer 2 blockchain raised $4M from Wemix, Animoca Ventures, and others. Read more here.

🐋 Whale Movements

  • Whale 0x687 unstaked and deposited 4.958M ENA ($6.08M) to Binance 🐳. Txn details here.

  • Whale 0x97d deposited 19,001 AAVE ($6.5M) to Binance. Txn details here.

🔓 Token Unlocks

  • Everclear (NEXT): $2.34M

  • Laika AI (LKI): $1.19M

🎙️ Coinversation Street

  • @glxyresearch: 2025 predictions for crypto 🔥. Check it out here.

  • CMT_Digital: 2025 themes to watch 🧐. Read more here.

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