✅ BTC gained 5% over the week and, despite Trump's new antics, remains above the important level of $95k.

However, the S&P 500 has not been able to rise above 7,000 points, as investors are concerned about FUD regarding the Fed's rate and the future of the regulator 😳

Weekly digest:

💎 Cryptocurrencies

🔸 Interactive Brokers has started accepting account top-ups in stablecoins 24/7

🔸 The CLARITY Act did not pass hearings in the Senate Banking Committee 😱

🔸 Strategy purchased 13,627 BTC ($1.25 billion) – current balance 687,410 BTC

🔸 Visa and BVNK launched payments in stablecoins

🔸 The company Bitmine invested $200 million in the top YouTuber MrBeast

🔸 MetaMask added support for the TRON network

🪙 Financial news

🔸 Trump announced 10% tariffs against NATO countries that oppose the American annexation of Greenland

🔸 Apple regained its global leadership in the smartphone market by the end of 2025 – 20%

🔸 Inflation in the USA for December was 2.7%, exactly hitting the forecast

🔸 The USA completed its first sale of Venezuelan oil worth $500 million

🔸 Assets under management by BlackRock reached a record $14 trillion

⚖️ Regulation

🔸 The US Department of Justice issued a summons to the Federal Reserve for misappropriating funds during renovations at Jerome Powell's main office

🔸 Dubai banned anonymous cryptocurrencies and privacy services

🔸 Ukrainian authorities equated Polymarket to a casino and blocked access to the site

🔸 The SEC completed its investigation against the Zcash Foundation and did not file charges

🔸 Belarus adopted a law on crypto banks – they can now be launched if all conditions are met

⚙️ Technology

🔸 Apple chose Gemini from Google as its main AI service

🔸 Elon Musk restricted the Grok function for creating explicit images 🍑

🔸 OpenAI launched the ChatGPT Translate translator, which is positioned as a Google Translate killer

🔷 Rates:

🌐 Bitcoin - $95,294 (↓0.11%)

📉 S&P 500 - 6,940 (↓0.06%)

🇷🇺 USD/RUB - 78.00 (↓0.32%)

🇺🇦 USD/UAH - 43.31 (↓0.51%)

🌕 Gold - $4,596 (↓0.43%)

⚫️ Oil Brent - $64.21 (↑0.52%)