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The open interest in bitcoin futures reached an annual high of $12 billion. This indicates a notable increase in liquidity, which is a vital factor for the markets. Also, trading volumes on decentralized exchanges hit all-time highs over the past 16 months.

Justin Sun, co-founder of the Huobi exchange, expressed his delight at China's decision to levy a tax on cryptocurrency transactions. He believes that this is a sure sign that China is ready to accept the existence of digital assets and ease the pressure on crypto projects. Even the fact that fiscal authorities require crypto-markets to register users who invest in cryptocurrencies did not dim his joy. At the same time, he claims that Huobi is registered in the Seychelles and thus is not required to provide customer information. And Justin Sun dreams that the TRON blockchain will be adopted in China at the national level. What else is there to say? Justin Sun is like Jean-Claude Van Damme, but for crypto.

The Stellar Development Foundation has announced that it joins an advisory committee of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Blockchain company Stellar will join representatives of traditional financial markets such as J.P. Morgan, Goldman Sachs, and BlackRock and get a say in institutional-level issues. SDF representatives noted that they will primarily focus on the use of Layer 1 protocols in government agencies and bank transfers in stablecoins.