Spencer Ventures Daily Newsletter Thursday, January 9th

Daily Market Movers

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News & Current Events

• Crypto Markets Fall To Recent Lows

  Bitcoin falls to lowest price in over a month as crypto majors drop 3-6%

• DOJ Gets Clearance To Sell Silk Road Bitcoin Worth $6.4 Billion

  Fears of sell pressure arise as US government gets approval to sell 69,370 BTC

• Several Memecoin Leaders Experience Major Drawbacks 

  Bigs names like FARTCOIN, POPCAT, GOAT, & FWOG all drop 40% this week

• FTX & Backpack Release New Comments on Recent EU Acquisition

  Backpack provides more details on FTX EU purchase after FTX denies claims

• Oklahoma Senator Looks To Add Bitcoin To State Economy

  The Bitcoin Freedom act will allow BTC to be accepted for salaries & payments

• Standard Chartered To Offer Crypto Services in Europe

  $870B asset manager will now offer crypto services to their clients in Europe

• Crypto ETFs See Largest Outflows in Weeks

  BTC ETFs had -$569M in net outflows yesterday as ETH ETFs saw -$159M

• Bob Lax Uses Presale Funds To Buy Fartcoin

  Wallet holding funds from the Bob Lax presale has now bought $1.5M Fartcoin

• Circle & Google Both Donate $1M To Trump’s Inaugural Fund

  Trump’s inaugural fund receives $1M USDC from Circle & $1M from Google

• CyberKongs Issue Response To SEC Wells Notice

  OG NFT collection shares new statement on recent Wells Notice from the SEC

• Mantra Announces $1B Deal To Tokenize RWAs In Middle East

  Mantra & DAMAC Group partner to tokenize $1B of assets in the Middle East

• Raydium Launches Public Beta For Perpetual Futures on Solana

  Perpetuals are now live on Raydium as public beta opens with 70+ token pairs

• Pudgy Penguins Appear In Viral TikTok Stream

  Pudgy mascot was recently seen on stream with “We Bring The Boom” family

• AI Agents Make Their Way To ApeChain

  Yuga co-founder says all Eliza agents are now enabled on ApeChain by default

• Zerebro Records 8th Straight Red Day Following Binance Perp Listing

  The market retrace continues to hurt $ZEREBRO as it drops 50% in one week

Mints, Claims, Upcoming Events, & More

• U.S. Payrolls Expected Tomorrow With CPI Data Next Week

  Data on U.S. employment releases Friday with inflation data next Wednesday

• Vibes TCG Partners With VanEck For Limited-Edition Promo Card

  Vibes teams up with $118B AUM asset manager for promo card at RWA Paris

• Sam Spratt Sends Out Invitations To The Council of Luci

  Sam Spratt teases latest project and advises players to stand by

• Mad Lads Founder Hints At Secondary Collection

  Armani Ferrante says a secondary collection has always been in the plans

• Playember To Launch Pudgy Penguin Game on Abstract

  Pudgy Life will be developed by Playember & feature licensed Pudgy Penguins

• KaitoAI Now Tracking Animecoin For Rewards System

  Azuki partners with Kaito as Yappers can now earn by talking about animecoin

• $WANDER Token Set To Go Live Tomorrow

  Wanderers token will drop January 10th at 10:00am with claims/trading on Base

• Beezie Introduces Arcade Claw For Gacha Experience

  Users can now earn $FLOW by using Beezie’s new feature for rare collectibles

• Fantasy Top & Moonshot Introduce Coin Rush

  Coin Rush will feature 24-hour simulated trading contests with $5 entry costs

• Pluid Releases Wallet Checker For NFT Stats on 2024 Trading

  Media platform releases 2024 NFT Wrapped for review on trades over the year

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