ZKFair Airdrop Opens for Claims | Cryptocurrency Trends

1. Mainstream Exchange Trends:

2. Cryptocurrency Trends:

• UniSat Marketplace adds support for ARC-20 asset trading. Subsequent updates will enable bulk purchases and UTXO splitting for BRC-20 and ARC-20 assets.
• BlackRock, Invesco US, Fidelity, Grayscale, Galaxy Digital, WisdomTree, and other firms with BTC ETF applications appoint authorized participants for their respective spot Bitcoin ETFs.
• Bitwise spot Bitcoin ETF to receive a $200 million "seed fund." No authorized participant or fee details have been announced yet.
• TRB falls by over 70% after hitting an all-time high of $714.50, with $57.78 million in liquidations over a 24-hour period.
• Orbit Chain's cross-chain bridge suffers a $81.5 million exploit, with the hacker's address receiving $50 million in stablecoins, 231 wBTC, and 9500 ETH. In an update, Orbit Chain says that the team has asked major crypto exchanges around the world to freeze the stolen assets.
• Tether withdraws 8888.88 BTC from Bitfinex to become the 10th largest BTC-holding address. Tether now holds a total of 66,465.2 BTC ($2.82 billion) at a cost of around $25,176 per coin.
• The ZKFair airdrop opens for claims through to January 11. ZKFair is an L2 network based on Polygon ZK and Celestial DA, with a TVL that reached up to $123 million after its mainnet launch.

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4. Regulatory Trends:

• According to Bloomberg, the U.S. government has dropped six additional charges against SBF, including campaign finance violations, conspiracy to commit bribery, conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business, substantive securities fraud, and commodities fraud.
• According to a Fox Business report, BlackRock sources say that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) may not approve the company's Bitcoin spot ETF until the end of the week.
• A U.S. court once again denies Changpeng Zhao's (CZ) request to travel to the United Arab Emirates (UAE).