<div class="ml-rte-text"></div> <div class="ml-rte-text"><strong>Hello CryptoBriefers!</strong></div> <div class="ml-rte-text"> <p style="margin-top: 15px;">Here are the biggest headlines from this week.</p> </div> <div class="ml-rte-text"> <p style="margin-top: 15px;">The big tech race to seize the AI market could rocket FTX’s AI investments and provide sufficient funds to make customers whole.</p> </div> <div class="ml-rte-text"> <p style="margin-top: 15px;">As the SBF trial kicked off this week, his co-founder took the stand to reveal details about the commingling of customer deposits carried out by SBF's associates.</p> </div> <div class="ml-rte-text"> <p style="margin-top: 15px;">After a muted debut of Ethereum futures ETFs, crypto analysts suggest rotating into Bitcoin.</p> </div> <div class="ml-rte-text"> <p style="margin-top: 15px;">Let's get right to it.</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>FTX customers may get full payout thanks to Google & Amazon.</li> <li>FTC CTO testifies against SBF, admits Alameda used customer funds.</li> <li>Time to rotate back from Ethereum to Bitcoin says new research report.<span style="color: #ffffff;">a</span></li> </ul> </div> <div class="ml-rte-text"> <span style="color: #ffffff;">a</span> <h2 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></h2> </div> <table id="tableBlock-40" 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: #008000;">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: #008000;">3.9%</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;">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: #008000;">1.8%</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;">-1%</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: #008000;">0.5%</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: #008000;">2.4%</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;">-0.1%</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: #28a745;">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;">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: #008000;">0.1%</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;">-0.4%</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;">Neutral (50)</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 (48)</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 style="color: #808080;" 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"> <span style="color: #ffffff;">a</span> <h2 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></h2> </div> <div class="ml-rte-text"> <p style="margin-top: 15px;"><span style="font-size: 12px; margin-top: 15px; color: #808080;">EXCHANGES</span></p> </div> <div class="ml-rte-text"> <p style="margin-top: 15px;"><b><span style="font-size: 20px;">FTX customers may get full payout thanks to Google & Amazon</span></b></p> </div> <div class="ml-rte-text"> <p style="margin-top: 15px;">FTX's early investment in AI startup Anthropic may allow FTX customers to eventually recover lost funds.</p> </div> <div class="ml-rte-text"> <p style="margin-top: 15px;">With Google and Amazon now investing billions in Anthropic amid the AI gold rush, FTX's stake could be worth up to $4.5 billion. [<span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><a style="color: #000000; text-decoration: none;" href="https://cryptobriefing.com/ftx-customers-full-payout-thanks-google-amazon/" data-link-id="101318891948475431"><u>link</u></a></span>]</p> </div> <div class="ml-rte-text"> <p style="margin-top: 15px;"><span style="color: #7f8c8d;"><span style="font-size: 12.000001px;">EXCHANGES</span></span></p> </div> <div class="ml-rte-text"> <p style="margin-top: 15px;"><strong><span style="font-size: 20px;">FTX CTO testifies against SBF, admits Alameda used customer funds</span></strong></p> </div> <div class="ml-rte-text"> <p style="margin-top: 15px;">Former FTX CTO Gary Wang testified against Sam Bankman-Fried, admitting he helped enable Alameda Research to secretly access FTX customer deposits.</p> </div> <div class="ml-rte-text"> <p style="margin-top: 15px;">Wang's confession supports prosecutors' charges that SBF misused billions in client money to support Alameda's trading. <a style="color: #000000; text-decoration: none;" title="Remove">[</a><a style="color: #000000; text-decoration: none;" href="https://cryptobriefing.com/ftx-cto-admits-alameda-access-customer-deposits/" data-link-id="101318891953718312"><u>link</u></a>]</p> </div> <div class="ml-rte-text"> <p style="margin-top: 15px;"><span style="font-size: 12px; color: #808080;"> MARKETS</span></p> </div> <div class="ml-rte-text"> <p style="margin-top: 15px;"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><b>Time to rotate back from Ethereum to Bitcoin says new research report</b></span></p> </div> <div class="ml-rte-text"> <p style="margin-top: 15px;">A new report from K33 Research recommends rotating from Ethereum into Bitcoin after the recent Ether futures ETF launch saw weak trading volumes.</p> </div> <div class="ml-rte-text"> <p style="margin-top: 15px;">With institutions not yet demonstrating major unsatiated demand for Ethereum, the report suggests reducing elevated ETH exposures and rotating back into BTC until broader sentiment improves. [<u><a style="color: #000000; text-decoration: none;" href="https://cryptobriefing.com/rotate-from-ethereum-to-bitcoin-k33/" data-link-id="101318891963155499"><u>link</u></a></u>]</p> <span style="color: #ffffff;">a</span> </div> <div class="ml-rte-text"> <h2 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;">Other News</span></strong></h2> </div> <div class="ml-rte-text"> <p style="margin-top: 15px;"><span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><a style="color: #000000; text-decoration: none;" href="https://cryptobriefing.com/ftx-hackers-move-millions-bitcoin-after-thorswap-halt/" data-link-id="101318891980981294"><u>FTX hackers move $124 million to Bitcoin after THORSwap halt.</u></a></span></p> </div> <div class="ml-rte-text"> <p style="margin-top: 15px;"><u><span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><u><span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><u><span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><u><a style="color: #000000; text-decoration: none;" href="https://decrypt.co/200129/ex-blackrock-director-says-sec-will-approve-bitcoin-etf-3-6-months" data-link-id="101318891985175599">Ex-BlackRock Director says SEC will approve a Bitcoin ETF in '3 to 6 months'. [decrypt]</a></u></span> </span></span></span></span></u></span></span></span></u></span></u></p> </div> <div class="ml-rte-text"> <p style="margin-top: 15px;"><u><span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><u><span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><u><span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><u><a style="color: #000000; text-decoration: none;" href="https://cryptobriefing.com/ftx-fired-exec-exposing-alamedas-backdoor/" data-link-id="101318891989369904">FTX fired exec who exposed Alameda's secret backdoor.</a></u></span></span></span></u></span></span></span></u></span></u></p> </div> <div class="ml-rte-text"> <p style="margin-top: 15px;"><u><span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><u><span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><u><span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><a style="color: #000000; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.theblock.co/post/255116/jpmorgan-ethereum-more-centralized-staking" data-link-id="101318891993564209"><u>JPMorgan says Ethereum has become 'more centralized' with staking surge. [theblock]</u></a></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></u></span></span></span></u></span></u></p> </div> <div class="ml-rte-text"> <p style="margin-top: 15px;"><u><span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><u><span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><u><span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><u><a style="color: #000000; text-decoration: none;" href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/alameda-sent-4-billion-dollar-ftt-tokens-to-ftx-nansen-report" data-link-id="101318891997758514">Alameda sent $4.1B of FTT tokens to FTX before crash: Nansen report. [cointelegraph]</a></u></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></u></span></span></span></u></span></u></p> </div> <div class="ml-rte-text"> <p style="margin-top: 15px;"><u><span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><u><span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><u><span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper">R<span class="ml-rte-link-wrapper"><u><a style="color: #000000; text-decoration: none;" href="https://cryptobriefing.com/ripple-secures-payments-singapore-apac/" data-link-id="101318892005098547">ipple secures crypto payments license in Singapore, eyes APAC growth</a></u></span> </span></span></span></u></span></span></span></u></span></u></p> </div> <div class="ml-rte-text"> <p style="margin-top: 15px;"></p> </div>