<div class="ml-rte-text"></div> <div class="ml-rte-text"> <p style="text-align: left;" data-redactor-style-cache="text-align: center;"><strong>Hello CryptoBriefers!</strong></p> </div> <div class="ml-rte-text"> <p style="margin-top: 15px;">Here's a recap of the stories we are watching:</p> </div> <div class="ml-rte-text"> <p style="margin-top: 15px;">Bloomberg analysts say there's a 90% chance of a Bitcoin spot ETF approval as the SEC works with issuers.</p> </div> <div class="ml-rte-text"> <p style="margin-top: 15px;">Mastercard trials CBDC transactions on Ethereum connecting traditional finance with the open crypto world.</p> </div> <div class="ml-rte-text"> <p style="margin-top: 15px;">MetaMask & Stripe add one-click dollar trading, bringing crypto closer to mainstream adoption.</p> </div> <div class="ml-rte-text"> <p style="margin-top: 15px;">Let's dive in.</p> <span style="color: #ffffff;">a</span> </div> <div class="ml-rte-text"> <p style="margin-top: 15px;"><strong>Today's Newsletter</strong></p> </div> <div class="ml-rte-text"> <ul> <li>Bitcoin spot ETF 90% shot at approval in January 2024</li> <li>Mastercard tests CBDCs on Ethereum in Australia pilot</li> <li>MetaMask & Stripe launch US fiat on-ramps</li> </ul> <span style="color: #ffffff;">a</span> </div> <div class="ml-rte-text"> <p style="margin-top: 15px;"><span style="font-size: 28px; margin-top: 15px;" data-redactor-span="true" data-redactor-style-cache="font-size: 28px; display: block; margin-top: 15px;"><strong>Markets</strong></span></p> </div> <table id="tableBlock-42" role="presentation" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="ml-rte-table" style="padding: 0 0 20px 0;" align="center"> <div class="table-responsive" style="width: 100%;"> <table class="mlContentTable" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 1px solid #eeeeee;" role="presentation" border="1" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <tbody> <tr> <th style="padding: 10px 20px; padding-top: 10; padding-bottom: 10; border-color: #eeeeee;" align="left" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 14px; margin: 0;">Ticker</p> </th> <th style="padding: 10px 20px; padding-top: 10; padding-bottom: 10; border-color: #eeeeee;" align="left" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 14px; margin: 0; text-align: center;">24hr</p> </th> <th style="padding: 10px 20px; padding-top: 10; padding-bottom: 10; border-color: #eeeeee;" align="left" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 14px; margin: 0; text-align: center;">7d</p> </th> </tr> <tr class=""> <td style="padding: 10px 20px; padding-top: 10; padding-bottom: 10; border-color: #eeeeee;" width="33.333333333333336%"> <p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 14px; margin: 0;">Bitcoin</p> </td> <td style="padding: 10px 20px; padding-top: 10; padding-bottom: 10; border-color: #eeeeee;" width="33.333333333333336%"> <p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 14px; margin: 0; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #993300;">-0.3%</span></p> </td> <td style="padding: 10px 20px; padding-top: 10; padding-bottom: 10; border-color: #eeeeee;" width="33.333333333333336%"> <p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 14px; margin: 0; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #993300;">-4.2%</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr class=""> <td style="padding: 10px 20px; padding-top: 10; padding-bottom: 10; border-color: #eeeeee;" width="33.333333333333336%"> <p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 14px; margin: 0;">Ethereum</p> </td> <td style="padding: 10px 20px; padding-top: 10; padding-bottom: 10; border-color: #eeeeee;" width="33.333333333333336%"> <p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 14px; margin: 0; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #993300;">-0.2%</span></p> </td> <td style="padding: 10px 20px; padding-top: 10; padding-bottom: 10; border-color: #eeeeee;" width="33.333333333333336%"> <p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 14px; margin: 0; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a52834;">-5.8%</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr class=""> <td style="padding: 10px 20px; padding-top: 10; padding-bottom: 10; border-color: #eeeeee;" width="33.333333333333336%"> <p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 14px; margin: 0;">L1s</p> </td> <td style="padding: 10px 20px; padding-top: 10; padding-bottom: 10; border-color: #eeeeee;" width="33.333333333333336%"> <p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 14px; margin: 0; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #993300;">-0.4%</span></p> </td> <td style="padding: 10px 20px; padding-top: 10; padding-bottom: 10; border-color: #eeeeee;" width="33.333333333333336%"> <p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 14px; margin: 0; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #993300;">-2.7%</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr class=""> <td style="padding: 10px 20px; padding-top: 10; padding-bottom: 10; border-color: #eeeeee;" width="33.333333333333336%"> <p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 14px; margin: 0;">L2s</p> </td> <td style="padding: 10px 20px; padding-top: 10; padding-bottom: 10; border-color: #eeeeee;" width="33.333333333333336%"> <p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 14px; margin: 0; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #993300;">-1.5%</span></p> </td> <td style="padding: 10px 20px; padding-top: 10; padding-bottom: 10; border-color: #eeeeee;" width="33.333333333333336%"> <p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 14px; margin: 0; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #993300;">-7.9%</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr class=""> <td style="padding: 10px 20px; padding-top: 10; padding-bottom: 10; border-color: #eeeeee;" width="33.333333333333336%"> <p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 14px; margin: 0;">DeFi</p> </td> <td style="padding: 10px 20px; padding-top: 10; padding-bottom: 10; border-color: #eeeeee;" width="33.333333333333336%"> <p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 14px; margin: 0; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #993300;">-1.1%</span></p> </td> <td style="padding: 10px 20px; padding-top: 10; padding-bottom: 10; border-color: #eeeeee;" width="33.333333333333336%"> <p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 14px; margin: 0; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #993300;">-5.3%</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr class=""> <td style="padding: 10px 20px; padding-top: 10; padding-bottom: 10; border-color: #eeeeee;" width="33.333333333333336%"> <p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 14px; margin: 0;">Fear & Greed Index</p> </td> <td style="padding: 10px 20px; padding-top: 10; padding-bottom: 10; border-color: #eeeeee;" width="33.333333333333336%"> <p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 14px; margin: 0; text-align: center;">Fear (45)</p> </td> <td style="padding: 10px 20px; padding-top: 10; padding-bottom: 10; border-color: #eeeeee;" width="33.333333333333336%"> <p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 14px; margin: 0; text-align: center;">Neutral (50)</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div class="ml-rte-text"> <p style="text-align: right;" data-redactor-style-cache="text-align: right;"><span data-redactor-span="true" data-redactor-style-cache="color: rgb(127, 140, 141);"><span style="font-size: 12px;" data-redactor-span="true" data-redactor-style-cache="font-size: 12px;">Data powered by CoinGecko.</span></span></p> </div> <div class="ml-rte-text"> <p style="margin-top: 15px;"><strong><span style="font-size: 28px; margin-top: 15px;" data-redactor-span="true" data-redactor-style-cache="font-size: 28px; display: block; margin-top: 15px;"><span style="color: #ffffff;">a</span></span></strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 15px;"><strong><span style="font-size: 28px; margin-top: 15px;" data-redactor-span="true" data-redactor-style-cache="font-size: 28px; display: block; margin-top: 15px;">Top Stories</span></strong></p> </div> <div class="ml-rte-text"> <p style="margin-top: 15px;"><span style="font-size: 12px; color: #808080;" data-redactor-span="true" data-redactor-style-cache="caret-color: rgb(127, 140, 141); font-size: 12.000001px; color: rgb(127, 140, 141);"> BITCOIN</span></p> </div> <div class="ml-rte-text"> <p style="margin-top: 15px;"><strong><span style="font-size: 20px;" data-redactor-span="true" data-redactor-style-cache="font-size: 20px;"><strong>Bitcoin spot ETF 90% shot at approval in January 2024</strong> </span></strong></p> </div> <div class="ml-rte-text"> <p style="margin-top: 15px;">Bloomberg ETF experts say there's a 90% chance we will see a Bitcoin spot ETF approved within three months.</p> </div> <div class="ml-rte-text"> <p style="margin-top: 15px;">Bernstein, a multi-billion dollar fund, thinks a Bitcoin ETF could unlock $600B in new demand and Grayscale says that 77% of Americans would be more likely to invest in BTC if they could buy it via a spot ETF. <a style="color: #000000; text-decoration: none;" title="Remove">[</a><a style="color: #000000; text-decoration: none;" href="https://cryptobriefing.com/bitcoin-etf-90-shot-approval-2024-bloomberg/" data-link-id="101966786829747548"><u>link</u></a>]</p> </div> <div class="ml-rte-text"> <p style="margin-top: 15px;"><span style="font-size: 12px; color: #808080;" data-redactor-span="true" data-redactor-style-cache="caret-color: rgb(127, 140, 141); font-size: 12.000001px;">ADOPTION</span></p> </div> <div class="ml-rte-text"> <p style="margin-top: 15px;"><strong><span style="font-size: 20px;" data-redactor-span="true" data-redactor-style-cache="font-size: 20px;">Mastercard tests CBDCs on Ethereum in Australia pilot</span></strong></p> </div> <div class="ml-rte-text"> <p style="margin-top: 15px;">The payments giant's CBDC experiment on private and public blockchains was deemed successful.</p> </div> <div class="ml-rte-text"> <p style="margin-top: 15px;">After CBDCs were limited to centralized chains, Mastercard now expands to decentralized crypto and interacts with Ethereum. [<u><a style="color: #000000; text-decoration: none;" href="https://cryptobriefing.com/mastercard-tests-cbdcs-ethereum-australia/" data-link-id="101966786834990430">link</a>]</u></p> </div> <div class="ml-rte-text"> <p style="margin-top: 15px;"><span style="font-size: 12.000001px;" data-redactor-span="true" data-redactor-style-cache="caret-color: rgb(127, 140, 141); font-size: 12.000001px; color: rgb(127, 140, 141);"> <span style="color: #808080;">ADOPTION</span></span></p> </div> <div class="ml-rte-text"> <p style="margin-top: 15px;"><span style="font-size: 20px;" data-redactor-span="true" data-redactor-style-cache="font-size: 20px;"><strong>MetaMask & Stripe launch US fiat on-ramps</strong></span></p> </div> <div class="ml-rte-text"> <p style="margin-top: 15px;">Leading crypto wallet MetaMask partners with Stripe to allow 30M users to buy crypto with one click using US dollars.</p> </div> <div class="ml-rte-text"> <p style="margin-top: 15px;">Reputable fiat channels that simplify crypto purchasing are key to mainstream adoption. 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