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Quick Take Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission is considering allowing local bitcoin ETFs to list on local exchanges, according to Bloomberg. The regulator has previously approved a local fund-of-funds that offers institutional investors exposure to overseas bitcoin ETFs.
Quick Take The bitcoin derivatives market shows increased volatility ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s second inauguration, with a notable rise in put options. Ethereum traders anticipate even higher volatility than bitcoin traders, as both markets reflect cautious sentiment in response to the upcoming political transition.
Quick Take Arweave packed encrypted data, stored using synthetic-DNA technology, onto a lunar lander and sent it to the moon, where it is meant to last for thousands of years.
Quick Take The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is likely to look very different under the incoming Trump administration. SEC Commissioners Hester Peirce and Mark Uyeda could begin refitting the agency’s views on crypto as soon as next week, Reuters reported on Wednesday, citing people briefed on the situation.
Quick Take Bitcoin briefly touched the $100,000 mark on Wednesday amid signs of cooling U.S. inflation and renewed optimism for risk assets. Analysts point to easing core CPI and expectations of a less hawkish Fed as key factors boosting market sentiment.
Quick Take The fund would prioritize investments in digital asset-focused companies such as exchanges, crypto payment platforms and mining firms, among others.
Quick Take In a brief filed late on Wednesday, the SEC said it disagreed with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District Court’s earlier ruling that said some sales of XRP to retail investors did not violate securities laws. The SEC accused Ripple of trying to boost XRP’s demand through public statements to “increase demand for XRP to increase XRP’s price.”
- 11:43Microsoft suspends approximately 3,000 Outlook and Hotmail accounts created by North Korean IT workersOdaily Planet Daily – Microsoft has announced that it has eliminated thousands of accounts created by North Korean IT workers, as part of its efforts to combat global fraud schemes. In recent years, these IT workers have infiltrated hundreds of Fortune 500 companies, and law enforcement agencies have collaborated with cybersecurity experts to help identify and neutralize this threat. Microsoft has suspended approximately 3,000 known Outlook and Hotmail accounts created by these workers, as part of its comprehensive crackdown on North Korean IT worker scams. (Fortune) Previously, crypto investigator ZachXBT posted on X that his investigation found that since January 1, 2025, over $16.58 million in payments have flowed to North Korean IT personnel hired as developers by various projects and companies, averaging $2.76 million per month. Based on monthly compensation of $3,000–$8,000 per person, this suggests that at least 345 to 920 positions have been infiltrated.
- 11:31Hilbert Group Invites Four Blockchain Industry Experts to Join Syntetika Advisory BoardChainCatcher reports that, according to Cointelegraph, Swedish-listed company Hilbert Group (Nasdaq: HILB B) has announced the establishment of the Syntetika Advisory Board, bringing on board four blockchain industry experts: Max Rabinovitch, Chief Strategy Officer of Chiliz; Vladimir Maslyakov, CTO of Blum; Chirdeep Chhabra, former Head of Tokenization at Citi; and John Lilic, Advisor to Polygon. Syntetika is a compliant tokenized asset platform launched by Hilbert, with its first phase set to tokenize its BTC-denominated funds and integrate DeFi traffic, aiming to build institutional-grade infrastructure for structured asset issuance. Previous reports indicated that Swedish-listed company Hilbert Group launched a strategic cryptocurrency financial plan with Bitcoin as its primary reserve asset
- 11:22USDC Treasury minted an additional 5.5 billion USDC on the Solana blockchain in the second quarterAccording to a report by Jinse Finance, SolanaFloor statistics show that in the second quarter, the USDC Treasury minted a total of 5.5 billion USDC on the Solana blockchain.