Spencer Ventures Daily Newsletter January 28th, 29th, & 30th

Daily Market Movers

News & Current Events

• U.S. Markets See Strong Reaction To Trump’s New Tariffs

  The dollar and U.S. stocks surged today as Mexico & Canada see 25% tariffs

• Interest Rates Remain Unchanged After Recent FOMC Meeting

  Federal Reserve leaves interest rates at 4.25-4.5% after Wednesday’s meeting

• SEC Approves Combined Bitcoin & Ethereum ETF

  Bitwise’s combined ETF gets approved by SEC with exposure to BTC & ETH

• Bitcoin Will Not Be Added To EU Central Bank Reserves

  European Central Bank President slams BTC & says it won’t enter EU reserves

• Parents of Sam Bankman-Fried Look For Trump To Pardon Son

  Parents of the man behind FTX’s collapse are asking Trump for son’s freedom

• 15 U.S. States Introduce Legislation For Strategic Bitcoin Reserves

  South Dakota adds new bill for Bitcoin reserves, joining 14 other U.S. states

• Tesla Continues To Hold Their Bitcoin

  Tesla still holds $1.2B $BTC as recent reports show none was sold in Q4 2024

• Gold Prices Reach New All-Time High

  Risk assets find momentum as gold futures jumps to over $2,800 per ounce

• Kraken Reintroduces Crypto Staking in U.S.

  Kraken users can now stake their crypto as exchange brings back US services

• Coinbase Applies For Futures Trading on Solana

  Coinbase Derivatives has recently filed with the FCTC to list Solana futures

• Trump Media Announces Plans To Invest in Crypto

  More of Trump’s companies look to buy crypto as Trump Media will now invest

• Pudgy Penguins Partner With PEZ For Upcoming Collab

  Pudgy teams up with famous candy brand, PEZ, for upcoming 2025 release

• Coinbase To Launch Crypto Services in Argentina

  Coinbase looks to expand their services after receiving new regulatory approval

• Bitwise Files For $DOGE ETF

  Crypto ETFs are in full swing as Bitwise’s latest filing include ETF for $DOGE

• Grayscale Files For $XRP ETF With NYSE

  Grayscale has now filed an ETF for $XRP following recent filings for SOL & LTC

• More Data Comes Out Regarding Abstract’s Debut

  Current TVL on Abstract sits around $34M while 3-day volume nears $8M

• Doodles Founder & Artist Steps In As New CEO

  Julian Holigan is out as Doodles CEO while original artist takes over brand

• First Investor in Venmo Launches $JELLY Token

  Sam Lessin launches token as way to raise capital for upcoming social platform

• Solana Celebrity Memecoin Meta Continues

  New tokens get created for Cardano founder & famous boxer, Ryan Garcia

• Silk Road Founder Accidentally Loses Millions From Liquidity Error

  Ross Ulbricht gets $12M $ROSS & loses it by wrongly adding to liquidity pool

• Czech Republic To Consider Investing in Bitcoin

  The Czech Republic approves new proposal to consider a national BTC reserve

• Pump Fun Founder Explains How Platform Effectively Burns SOL

  Alon estimates $500M $SOL has been burnt from locked liquidity on tokens

Mints, Claims, Upcoming Events, & More

• Vibes Teases Major Announcement Tomorrow

  Vibes TCG continues hot streak with another big announcement coming Friday

• Pudgy Penguins Update Claims Deadline For $PENGU

  $PENGU claims will now end in 5 days as ~15% of supply is set to be burnt

• $STRIKE Launches on Solana

  $STRIKE is now live for claims as token will power Kanpai Pandas & more

• $ME Stakers To Receive All Unclaimed Tokens

  Users who stake $ME by 2/1 will be eligible for unclaimed $ME from TGE

• Last Chance For Lil Pudgy Holders To Apply For Vibes Licensing

  Tomorrow is the last day to submit applications for Vibes 2nd round of licensing

• Coinbase Announces USDC Auction on Old Pickup Truck

  Users can place USDC bids to own a 1986 Toyota truck being sold by Coinbase

• Rek Tech Releases Wallet Tracker For Memecoin Trading

  Memecoin traders can now enter their wallets & see stats on memecoin trading

• NFT Paris To Take Place February 13th & 14th

  Tickets are now available for the annual NFT event hosted in Paris, France

• Otherside Looks To Break World Record Tomorrow

  Friday at 9:00pm EST, Otherside tries to make record for players in a FPS battle

• $RIFT Airdrop Goes Live From FCHAIN

  $RIFT gets airdropped to users as token hits $250M+ then falls under $50M

• Nifty Island Tease $ISLAND on New Chain

  $ISLAND may soon expand past ETH & Base as company hints at new chain

$PENGU Claims Tracker