CME's basis has dropped significantly this week due to lethargic and risk-averse market conditions. Trading volumes are at pre-election levels, ETF flows are minimal, and volatility is absent — link

Brazil set to launch world’s first spot XRP ETF — link | tl;dr

SEC acknowledges 21Shares' proposal to permit staking on Ethereum ETF — link | tl;dr

Crypto custody firms BitGo and Copper deliver off-exchange settlement for Deribit — link | tl;dr

ECB wants to establish blockchain-based payment system — link | archive

SEC launches Cyber and Emerging Technologies Unit, it will combat fraud in crypto among other areas — link

Stablecoins supply hits >$215 billion — link

SEC agreed to dismiss Coinbase lawsuit, subject to approval — link | tl;dr | blog

Sources confirm Bybit facing security incident: ZachXBT — link

Bybit Hot wallet, Warm wallet and all other cold wallets are fine. The only cold wallet that was hacked was ETH cold wallet. ALL withdraws are NORMAL — link

Bybit is Solvent even if this hack loss is not recovered, all of clients assets are 1 to 1 backed, we can cover the loss — link

North Korea's Lazarus Group responsible for ByBit hack resulting in losses of over $1.5 billion: Arkham — link | tl;dr

Bybit offers 10% bounty to anyone who assists in recovering funds from $1.4 billion hack — link | tl;dr

Bybit CEO says exchange has closed shortfall in ETH reserves, plans to release audited POR report — link | tl;dr

Digital asset investment products saw outflows totalling $508m as investors exercise caution following the US Presidential inauguration and the consequent uncertainty around trade tariffs, inflation and monetary policy — link

SEC closes investigation into Robinhood Crypto with no action — link

Strategy has acquired 20,356 BTC for ~$1.99B at ~$97,514 per Bitcoin — link

USDC and EURC become first stablecoins recognized by Dubai International Financial Centre — link

DekaBank rolls out crypto trading, custody services for institutions — link | tl;dr

Citadel Securities plots jump into crypto trading after Trump’s embrace — link

OKX resolves DOJ investigation with $84m penalty, pays over $500M penalty and forfeiture — okx blog

new ฿ yearly low: $87,629