Episode 487
📍 Telegram's popular game "Zoo" has started its airdrop claim period for its ZOO token on The Open Network (TON), allowing users to claim their earned tokens without fees until February 25.
📍 Bitcoin's price may be volatile, but institutional investors are still investing heavily, with $38.7 billion worth of spot bitcoin ETFs purchased in the fourth quarter of 2024, a threefold increase from the previous quarter.
📍 The crypto industry is urging Congress to repeal the IRS's DeFi broker rule, which could jeopardize decentralized finance technology by imposing information-reporting demands on DeFi brokers similar to those faced by securities brokers and exchanges.
📍 Bitcoin's demand and network activity have faltered, risking a deeper pullback to $86,000, according to CryptoQuant analysts, who cited waning demand, faltering blockchain activity, and lack of liquidity inflows as contributing factors.
📍 Story Protocol has launched its intellectual property-focused blockchain and associated IP token, aiming to provide a way for users to register their IP and track how others use it, with a total funding of $140 million.
