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Wall Street’s biggest banks are finally backing Trump’s pro-crypto agenda after his new executive order cleared regulatory hurdles. Trump stacked his administration with crypto advocates, like SEC pick Paul Atkins and Treasury nominee Scott Bessent, to drive his plans. The SEC scrapped its restrictive accounting rule, SAB 121, letting banks hold crypto without the crushing capital requirements.
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Major token unlock events are scheduled next week for Optimism and other projects, releasing previously blocked tokens under fundraising terms. These events can lead to price volatility based on market conditions and investor reactions.
Quick Take This is an excerpt from the 20th edition of The Funding sent to our subscribers on Jan. 26. The Funding is a fortnightly newsletter written by Yogita Khatri, The Block’s longest-serving editorial member. To subscribe to the free newsletter, click here.
Quick Take The Metropolitan Museum of Art has launched a new blockchain-powered game in conjunction with TRLab that rewards players for finding connections between different works of art with NFT badges and a chance to win one of 500 Met-related prizes. The Met’s first foray into blockchain and NFT technology has the goal of deepening audience engagement with the museum’s works.
- 16:43Data: Today's U.S. Bitcoin ETF saw a net inflow of 1,272 BTC, while the Ether ETF saw a net outflow of 22,457 ETH.According to Lookonchain, 10 US Bitcoin ETFs saw a net inflow of 1,272 BTC ($115.06 million) today, including an inflow of 2,096 BTC ($189.63 million) from Fidelity, which now holds 20,534 BTC; 9 Ether ETFs had net outflows of 22457 ETH ($51.36 million), of which BlackRock had outflows of 13626 ETH ($31.16 million), and currently holds 1292489 ETH ($2.96 billion).
- 16:42Bitcoin L2 Network BOB Has Integrated With Crypto Hosting Platform FireblocksBitcoin Layer-2 network BOB (Build on Bitcoin) has announced that it has integrated with crypto-hosting platform Fireblocks, with the goal of making Bitcoin the underlying network for DeFi by bridging to other blockchains and using Bitcoin as a settlement network to complete transactions.