United Kingdom (U.K.) Prime Minister Keir Starmer now finds himself in the crosshairs of his own party’s more zealous members, who demand a full ban on cryptocurrency donations to political parties. This, they claim, is to thwart the nefarious schemes of foreign powers, who, it seems, are now using crypto and AI to play a game of political hide-and-seek with our electoral system. 🤖💸
The paper coyly points out that our ever-so-helpful government agencies are the primary maestros of this clandestine symphony of U.S. debanking. The charming unsung victims, of course, are the crypto companies, who endure such coercion with the grace of actors on a poorly rehearsed stage.
They’re lookin’ to scrape together around two hundred million, sellin’ off eleven million shares. Fifteen to seventeen bucks a pop. Seems like a fair price if you believe in magic beans… or, you know, digital coins. 🤷
The U.S. Senate has done what it does best: postponed a meaningful decision. This time, it’s the Digital Asset Market Structure CLARITY Act – a mouthful so long it probably needs its own comma – getting kicked into the icy winds of late January.
So, the crypto market’s having a little upward spa day, and SEI’s like, “Yeah, I’ll take that resistance level to go, thanks.” 🥂 Several altcoins are breaking above key levels, and SEI’s not one to miss the party. 🎉
Outflows appear to have bottomed in late December, and BTC is now trading below miners’ costs-the point where selling usually sighs, yawns, and goes home for tea. Meanwhile, Trump’s latest proposal promises to haul a bigger crowd into BTC, like a dragon handing out free loot at dawn.
While the firm’s appetite for Ethereum is no secret, their recent staking spree-$340 million in 24 hours!-has left the crypto world clutching their chandeliers in sheer bewilderment. 💰💨
In a missive published most recently (Monday, to be precise), the estimable Fitch Ratings did issue a warning most dire: Bitcoin-backed securities are fraught with peril enough to make even a seasoned financier clutch his pearls. 📜💀
Technical charts, those modern-day tea leaves, whisper of Ethereum’s shadow looming large, while exchange-traded products flutter like moths around the flame of liquidity. Yet, as Tolstoy might sigh: “All markets are alike in their delusions; each crashes in its own way.” 📊
Total crypto market capitalization, now $3.1 trillion, felt the warm breath of CoinMarketCap’s gaze-but sentiment remains as neutral as a politician’s smile. Bulls and bears? Both are currently napping, dreaming of better days. 🛌