NiftyNoon: Another Day, Another Saylor Bitcoin Scam Pump

A pattern has emerged where $MSTR purchases Bitcoin to lead it to a short-lived rally that quickly retraces; for sustained momentum, other large institutions must also purchase BTC (January 7, 2025)

Highlighted News:

• MicroStrategy has acquired another 1,070 BTC for ~$101 million at ~$94,004 per bitcoin:

  

  https://x.com/saylor/status/1876253178100117907?s=46

• KULR expands its Bitcoin Treasury to $42M with 430.61 $BTC acquired at a $97,391 avg price:

  

  https://x.com/kulrtech/status/1876295311632785410?s=46

• Big night for PENGU, reaching new all-time highs:

  

  https://x.com/tyler_did_it/status/1876236212954128391?s=46

• Solana developer claims the chain has achieved quantum resistance:

  

  https://x.com/deanmlittle/status/1875136565456109891?s=46

Project and Community News:

• Strive Asset Management co-founded by Vivek Ramaswamy files to launch a "Bitcoin Bond" ETF: https://x.com/swan/status/1876272051474038981?s=46

• Magic Eden teases day 1 support of Abstract NFTs: https://x.com/magiceden/status/1876336852464218225?s=46

• Penguins at 25.39 ETH; 1.7 Million $PENGU at .044 cents = 20 ETH - If you held the current FMV is 45 ETH: https://x.com/the_bogfather/status/1876353142436298977?s=46

• Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin is liquidating millions of dollars worth of memecoins to fund his Kanro charity: https://x.com/theblock__/status/1876297239594770723?s=46

• JPMorgan’s Evolving Relationship with Bitcoin: https://x.com/cointelegraph/status/1876362086042816756?s=46

• Gemini Trust Co. has agreed to pay $5 million to settle allegations by the U.S. CFTC: https://x.com/wublockchain/status/1876339197092745714?s=46

• ARC and Eliza Labs Announce Strategic Partnership to Accelerate AI Agent Innovation Towards AGI: https://x.com/ARCAgents/status/1876299900251729939

• Four companies have secured MiCA licenses in the Netherlands, allowing them to operate across the European Union: https://x.com/solanafloor/status/1876253669932605580?s=46

• $DOG will never pay listing fees even if it is in our own best interest to: https://x.com/leonidasnft/status/1876264392137867619?s=46

• The bridge to @HyperliquidX is now live, powered by @MayanFinance and

  @wormhole: https://x.com/mayanfinance/status/1876314021928071592?s=46

• Introducing - Byte; The first A.i agent to deliver food to your doorstep - paid seamlessly with any crypto: https://x.com/byte__ai/status/1876297683335585998?s=46

• 3BC @3BerasCapital_ will be fundraising via @daosdotworld this week and is one of the most highly anticipated WLs to collect: https://x.com/resaang/status/1876487125891535327?s=46

• The @9dccxyz Black Box can now be revealed: https://x.com/9dccxyz/status/1876312836999455168?s=46

• This price increase is causing a creepy feeling for Altcoin holders. Bitcoin is rising strongly but Altcoins do not seem to be rising: https://x.com/0xoliverwong31/status/1876289528325198107?s=46

• AI, Crypto, and America. A new framework to match new realities: https://x.com/derekedws/status/1876285879322595497?s=46

• 15 Grifters Sales in the past 7 days. Only third time this has been the case in the past year: https://x.com/punk9059/status/1876062232741883947?s=46

Quick Stats:

• 👾 Blur ETH Daily Volume: 3,983 ETH (▲ 63.90%)

• 🌊 OpenSea ETH Daily Volume: 1,258 ETH (▲ 45.71%)

• 🟠 BTC : $100,745.19 (▲ 1.39%)

• 🔷 ETH: $3,638.55 (▼ 0.13%)

• 🟣 Solana: $214.21 (▼ 1.92%)

• 🟪 Polygon: $0.51 (▼ 0.58%)

Top NFT Sales:

• CryptoPunks #4757: 125.00 ETH

• CryptoPunks #6489: 53.00 ETH

• Pudgy Penguins #6162: 52.00 ETH

NFT Daily Winners:

• 😡 Mad Lads: 87.00 SOL (▲ 18.78%)

• 🐧 Pudgy Penguins: 28.40 ETH (▲ 17.36%)

• 👾 Tensorians: 6.62 SOL (▲ 3.49%)

• ⛩ Azuki: 12.67 ETH (▲ 2.63%)

• 🏴‍☠ Captainz: 2.28 ETH (▲ 2.24%)

• 🐱 Quantum Cats: 0.34 BTC (▲ 1.13%)

• 🏳‍🌈 Chromie Squiggles: 4.90 ETH (► 0.00%)

NFT Daily Losers:

• 🍭 Mocaverse: 3.29 ETH (▼ 0.22%)

• 👩🏻 Milady Maker: 3.96 ETH (▼ 0.45%)

• 🦧 Bored Ape Yacht Club: 16.39 ETH (▼ 0.61%)

• 🚬 CryptoPunks: 36.99 ETH (▼ 1.99%)

• 🐵 NodeMonkes: 0.11 BTC (▼ 4.84%)

• 💼 Ordinal Maxi Biz: 0.16 BTC (▼ 7.99%)

• 🧦 Bitcoin Puppets: 0.13 BTC (▼ 9.25%)

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