🇨🇴 Colombia's President Gustavo Petro is now a bitcoin Hodler.
Samson Mow offered the Colombian president BTC worth 100,000 sats.
President Petro shared a message stating that the technology behind cryptocurrencies can hold promise for the Colombian people.
He said he would initiate the opening of working groups in public administration and grassroots communities wherever technology is useful for the economy.

👎 Forbes' "Hall Of Shame" ranking of the 30 under 30.
SBF and Caroline Elisson top this list of the top 10 shame.
"Many alumni under the age of 30 have become tech titans, CEOs and even billionaires. A few turned out to be duds, or much worse. Below, from SBF to Martin Shkreli: the choices of the under-30s that we would like to be able to take over."

Swiss asset management firm Pando Asset files application for spot ETF #Bitcoin in the US

🕊️ Charles Munger, Warren Buffett's loyal sidekick for nearly 60 years, has died at the age of 99.
Munger has always expressed his outspoken disapproval of the #Bitcoin et les autres # cryptocurrencies.
He will mark the world of finance as a great investor.

🇪🇺 The EU is calling for the development of the Metaverse to reduce technological dependence on countries outside the European Union.
Lawmakers voted in favour of a report that calls for the development of a #Metaverse strategy that aims to reduce technological dependence on countries outside the EU.
"Europe cannot afford to be left behind in the next digital revolution and neither can we repeat the mistakes of the past"

💬 Vitalik Buterin warns against AI advances.
AI could overtake humans as a "superior species."
"One of the ways AI could make the world worse is the worst possible: it could literally cause the extinction of humanity."
Vitalik cites a 2022 survey of more than 4,270 researchers, which estimated the risk of AI killing humanity at 5-10%.
"Even Mars may not be safe if superintelligent AI turns against humanity."
For Vitalik, AI is "fundamentally different" from other recent inventions because AI can create a new kind of "mind" that can backfire on human interests.
"AI is a new type of mind that i

💬 "Invest in gold, silver, bitcoin now.... Before it's too late."
This is what Robert Kiyosaki urges in a post on X.
He reaffirmed that workers and U.S. dollar savers are losing out.
"Bad news: we've been saying the same thing for 25 years. Don't be a loser. Get out of the counterfeit money system."
He advises investors to abandon fiat money, which he calls "fake money."

💬 Vitalik Buterin plans to rethink staking on Ethereum.
This is what he said at Devconnect in Turkey 🇹🇷.
It hopes to integrate private mempools, ERC-4337, code precompilation, ZK-EVMs, and liquid staking into Ethereum.
Vitalik expressed concern about the increasing concentration of Ethereum's liquid staking.

SBF Switches from Crypto to Mackerel
Incarcerated in Brooklyn, SBF uses mackerel as a bargaining chip in prison. He is said to have traded "macks" for a haircut before his trial. At the same time, it offers crypto advice to custodians.

Hedge funds have just lost $43 billion on the markets in recent days 📉
The reason? Excessive short positions on the US and Europe that have been torn apart by the bull rally at the end of the year.
A well-deserved 😏 backlash

There remains:
🔹Less than 50 days before the SEC's Bitcoin ETF decision deadline
🔹Less than 150 days before halving#Bitcoin
2024 is likely to be a turbulent year for BTC.

❌💻 Kyber Network suffered an exploit, which resulted in a loss of nearly $45 million.
Kyber Network advises all users to withdraw their funds immediately.