Winners and losers of 2024: A year of all-time highs, hacks and hodling
    30 Dec 2024
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    In another rollercoaster year for crypto, 2024 delivered monumental wins for Bitcoin hodlers, crypto ETF issuers and memecoin creators, particularly as Bitcoin soared past the $100,000 milestone in December. But not all was rosy. Scams and hacks cost victims $2.2 billion this year, and failed celebrity memecoin ventures drew the ire of disgruntled investors and…

    Ethereum long-term holders climbed in 2024 as Bitcoin holders fell
    30 Dec 2024
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    The number of long-term Ether holders steadily increased throughout 2024, while the number of Bitcoin holders fell over the last year amid rising confidence in ETH heading into the new year. In a Dec. 30 post to X, citing data from its platform, IntoTheBlock shared that the total percentage of Ether who had held their tokens for the long haul had…

    Centralization and the authoritarian threat to privacy — Web3 exec
    30 Dec 2024
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    David Holtzman — a former military intelligence professional, author, White House advisor, and chief strategy officer of the Naoris decentralized security protocol — recently told Cointelegraph that centralized data systems invite abuse from state and corporate actors due to their single point of control. “The whole problem with centralized systems is that there’s a center,”…

    3 major developments that spurred crypto adoption in 2024
    29 Dec 2024
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    In 2024, global cryptocurrency adoption surged as Bitcoin broke price records and governments began integrating crypto into their financial frameworks. From Bitcoin’s historic milestones to Europe’s regulatory strides, 2024 set the stage for crypto’s mainstream integration. Cointelegraph has put together some of the most significant events that bolstered mainstream cryptocurrency adoption in 2024, from a…

    Ethereum prepped for 2025 rally as monthly Ether ETFs inflows double
    29 Dec 2024
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    Ether exchange-traded funds (ETFs) hit a new monthly record in December despite the holiday illiquidity, bolstering analyst expectations of an incoming rally. The United States spot Ether exchange-traded funds (ETFs) reached a new monthly record, surpassing $2.1 billion worth of cumulative net inflows during December. December’s $2.1 billion worth of inflows is nearly double that…

    Crypto Biz: The Year of Bitcoin
    28 Dec 2024
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    Bitcoin has had such a historic year! Nearly 16 years after its network debuted, cryptocurrency solidified its status as a mainstream financial instrument with the approval of 11 exchange-traded funds in January. The ETFs’ launch marked one of the most successful debuts in history thanks to institutional demand, with Bitcoin-focused funds attracting over $113.5 billion by the…