World’s first Bitcoin bonds receive regulatory approval in El Salvador — link

U.S. CPI in 30 mins

Forecast:

CPI y/y: 3.1%
CPI m/m: 0.0%

Core CPI y/y: 4.0%
Core CPI m/m: 0.3%

Please note: CPI bot is still in the test mode.

CPI y/y: 3.1%
CPI m/m: 0.1%

Core y/y: 4.0%
Core m/m: 0.3%

KuCoin to pay $22 million, exit NY market to resolve crypto suit — link

As Bitcoin's price rises at the fastest pace in years, open interest has surged even amidst large liquidation events.

Open interest hit $10.2bn last week for perpetual futures contracts on Binance, Bybit, OKX, and Deribit, its highest level since March 2022 — link

Three Arrows’ Su Zhu probed in Singapore court as liquidators step up hunt for assets — link | archive

Coinbase to offer spot crypto trading outside US in global expansion — link | archive

First US crypto accounting rules to capture token highs, lows — link | the block

BTC 60-day correlation with the Nasdaq turned negative in December — link

FOMC in 10 min, consensus: no change in rates.

FED: no changes in rates.

SEC delays Invesco & Galaxy spot Ethereum ETF — link

U.S. CFTC approves Bitcoin Futures platform Bitnomial's derivatives clearing application — link

Invesco & Galaxy filed an updated version of its spot Bitcoin ETF s-1 application

Bitwise Bitcoin ETF added to the DTCC website

Cumulative price changes during US and Asian business hours suggest that demand for Bitcoin is coming from both the West and the East — link

Valkyrie filed an updated version of its spot Bitcoin ETF S-1 application — link

In November, stablecoins drove more onchain value transfer than ETH and BTC. That month, there was ~$914B of Stablecoin transfer volume, ~$869B of BTC transfer volume, and ~$155B of ETH transfer volume — link

SEC denies petition for rulemaking filed on behalf of Coinbase — link

BlackRock met again with the SEC yesterday —this time, with Gensler's people/staff — link