Crypto Canary: Your Daily Crypto Rundown 🚀

January 21, 2025

🟢 Alpha Offerings

  • Nomadz Early Users Onboarding Form
    Potential: $500-$700.
    Submit HERE.

  • Multipli Season 2
    Potential: $700-$1000.
    Testnet access: HERE.
    Introduction to Multipli: HERE.

⚖️ Hall of Fame / Hall of Shame

  • Hall of Fame: Money launderers exploiting crypto exchange loopholes ordered to repay £23M 💀.
    Read more HERE.

  • Hall of Shame: Crypto exchange operator jailed for taking BTC to spy for North Korea.
    Read more HERE.

📊 What Moved in the Crypto World Today

  • SEC Commissioner Mark Uyeda named acting chair as Gensler departs.
    Read more HERE.

  • Vivek Ramaswamy steps down from DOGE leadership role.
    Read more HERE.

  • El Salvador buys 12 more Bitcoin for national reserves despite IMF deal.
    Read more HERE.

🔧 Project Updates

  • Coinbase and Binance plan to list Trump Token after phenomenal debut.
    Read more HERE.

  • BNB Chain launches no-code meme solution.
    Read more HERE.

  • Mountain Protocol’s USDM deploys natively on ZKsync Era.
    Read more HERE.

💼 Funding Announcements

  • Merit Systems: Decentralized merit recognition platform raised $10M in a Seed round led by a16z Crypto and Blockchain Capital.
    Read more HERE.

  • Tapestry: Unified social graph protocol raised $5.75M in Series A led by Union Square Ventures and Fabric Ventures.
    Read more HERE.

  • EarnOS: XION native app raised $5M in Seed funding led by Escape Velocity.
    Read more HERE.

🐋 Whale Movements

  • Whale GV9kv spent 8.062M USDC to buy 237,757 TRUMPM at $33.91.
    More details HERE.

  • Whale 0x655 swapped 1,512 WETH ($4.95M) for 2.70M LDO after a year of inactivity.
    More details HERE.

🔓 Token Unlocks

  • Jumbo Blockchain (JNFTC): $652.66K.

  • The Root Network (ROOT): $652.06K.

🎙️ Coinversation Street

  • Pantera Capital: 2025 crypto forecast.
    Read more HERE.

  • @jeg6322 shares insights about Animoca SOL farming scam.
    Check it out HERE.

📅 Upcoming Events

  • Sats 'N' Facts 2025: Feb 08–10, 2025, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
    Buy tickets HERE.

  • Consensus Hong Kong 2025: Feb 18–20, 2025, Hong Kong.
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