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Actions by Germany's BayLDA against the decentralized identification project World, co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, reveal the state’s push to monopolize the collection and storage of personal data, particularly sensitive biometric information.

The crypto market saw massive liquidations in the last 24 hours. According to CoinGlass data, 563,432 traders were liquidated, with the total liquidation amount exceeding $1.7 billion.

Pro-crypto candidates now hold a majority in both the U.S. House and Senate, according to data from Stand With Crypto, a public initiative backed by Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong.

Bitcoin’s mining difficulty increased by 3.9%, reaching a new all-time high. According to Mempool data, the seven-day moving average of the network hashrate also reached a record level.

Google has signed the world’s first corporate agreement to purchase nuclear energy from several small modular reactors (SMRs) developed by Kairos Power.

Google Trends data shows that searches for "Bitcoin" have dropped to a 12-month low, scoring just 27 out of 100. The search interest peaked (100 points) in March 2024.

On October 10, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released the inflation data for September, with the year-over-year Consumer Price Index (CPI) dropping from 2.5% to 2.4%, moving closer to the Federal Reserve’s target of 2%.

December 11 brought news from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics: November’s CPI rose to 2.7%, a 0.1% increase over October’s figure. The data met expectations, and Bitcoin reflected the sentiment with its response.

Crypto data analytics platform Dune announced the acquisition of smlXL, another blockchain data provider.

Defunct crypto exchange Mt. Gox transferred over 32,000 Bitcoins valued at around $2.2 billion to unknown wallets, data from blockchain analysis platform Arkham Intelligence shows.

Based on on-chain data from Arkham Intelligence, around $20 million was stolen from U.S. government crypto wallets. On October 24, the platform published an analysis on their X account.

Fidelity, the issuer of one of the Bitcoin ETFs (FBTC), has officially confirmed a data breach that compromised the personal information of more than 77,000 clients. While the company has not disclosed many details about the incident, it assured clients that the hackers did not gain access to their accounts. The breach occurred between August 17 and August 19, 2024.

According to data from the analytical platform LayerHub, only 13.2% of users on the crypto betting platform Polymarket have made a profit from their bets. Out of 176,000 gamblers, only 23,000 earned a profit, with just 8.7% of them making more than $1,000.