Spencer Ventures Daily Newsletter Wednesday, January 8th

Daily Market Movers

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News & Current Events

• Crypto Prices Continue To Slide

  Bitcoin is back at $95k as markets retrace following new-year rally

• Anti-Crypto CFTC Chair Set To Resign

  CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam to now resign alongside Gary Genlser on Jan. 20th

• Pump Fun Sells More Solana As ETH Foundation Sells More ETH

  Pump Fun deposits $20m to Kraken as ETH foundation swaps $340k ETH

• LLM (Large Language Model) Reaches $70M In 6 Hours

  A new memecoin being called “the fartcoin of ai16z” quickly jumps over $70m

• Coinbase Wallet Allows Users To Deposit Funds & Earn USDC

  Users can deposit funds on Coinbase Wallet & start earning 4% on their USDC

• Judge Pauses SEC’s Lawsuit Against Coinbase

  A lawsuit against Coinbase is now paused over conflicts with current regulations

• Blast Mobile Platform To Launch Later This Month

  Blast’s long-awaited mobile app will go live with an update to Blast tokenomics

• Abstract Reveals List of Upcoming Gaming Projects

  Abstract dev sends tweet with long list of games coming soon to Abstract

• Berachain Pre-Deposits Officially Reach $1B

  One of the most hyped upcoming L1s reaches $1B in pre-launch deposits

• Illuvium & Avarik Saga Look To Integrate AI Through Virtuals Protocol

  Gaming projects are now finding ways to integrate ai into their roadmaps

• Fidelity Says Nation-States & Governments Will Buy Bitcoin in 2025

  In new research, Fidelity says significant investors may add Bitcoin to portfolios

• Xterio Faces Criticism Over Recent Token Launch

  Community gives thoughts on $XTER as holders claims miss expectations

• Holoworld Introduces Launchpad For AI Innovation

  Holoworld will provide exclusive access to upcoming tokens for stakers of $AVA

• Do Kwon Goes To Trial in 2026 For Criminal Charges

  The founder behind a $40B collapse will go to trial in 2026 for fraud

• Hyperliquid Responds To Concerns Over Validator Security

  Hyperliquid releases statement after community voices concerns on validators

Mints, Claims, Upcoming Events, & More

• Donald Trump’s Team Launches Bitcoin Ordinals Collection

  Claims are now live as holders of 100 Mugshot Edition NFTs are eligible

• $JUP Airdrop Checker Coming Next Week

  Jupiter Exchange users can finally check their allocations starting next week

• Bubblemaps Announces Upcoming Airdrop

  Blockchain data platform opens waitlist for active V2 users to earn rewards

• Mocaverse Acquires Over 5% of Aimonica Supply For Community

  Tier 1 $MOCA stakers are set to receive 1/5 of acquired $AC tokens

• Otherside To Open Persistent Metaverse Starting in June

  Ongoing Otherside access starts in June with Koda 3D files coming this month

• Animecoin To Be Integrated With Kaito AI

  Yaps x Anime is coming soon as both teams post about new partnership

• Another Licensing Opportunity Appears For Pudgy Penguins

  The second licensing deal in two days is now on Overpass featuring Happy Ape

• Mintify Releases Info For Upcoming Mint on Abstract

  Abstract Keys will be a collection of 12,000 pieces priced at $19.00 and $30.00

• 0N1 Force Previews Token-Like Symbol During New Video

  Many people are now wondering if a token may soon be coming to 0N1 Force

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