New Year, New Airdrops

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Keeping it short this week and will likely be making some changes to the format of this newsletter for the new year.

In the meantime, you might want to check if you're eligible for these new airdrops:

• Dymension

• $LFG

Onwards...

- @nuconomist

Why the Bitcoin price will rise or fall on the SECs Spot ETF Ruling - Bitcoin Magazine

This article provides some potential outcomes if the ETF is approved or denied and provides historical context of what has happened with prior events. As someone around through the previous applications, this one feels much noisier with a lot of bureaucracy steps taken. I share a few of my thoughts here.

$LFG Airdrop Brings 50k ETH Users to Solana - NFT Now

An anonymous team launched a memecoin targeting Ethereum users that had spent a lot on gas fees since 2016. More specifically, those that had spent more than $4269 USD. It appears to be safe to claim according to a breakdown from X user @0xQuit so if you're a big spender, you may want to see if you qualify.

NFT Market Cap (ETH): Ξ 7 Million 🔼 | $15.39 Billion (+0.9%)

Weekly NFT Volume (ETH): 63801 🔼 +14.47%

Weekly NFT Traders: 58373 🔼 +12.93%

Outstanding Debt (USD): $127.7 Million

Pudgy Penguins: Floor: 11.45 ETH 🔽 | Volume: 16000 ETH 🔼

NFT Now's 10 Moments That Defined Web3 in 2023 - NFT Now

This is a good roundup of key events throughout 2023, from the Open Editions that kept everyone busy through the Bear through to rise of Ordinals on Bitcoin which has kick-started a wave of innovation on the original blockchain.

Micky Mouse Tokens Trend as "Steamboat Willie" enters public domain - NFT Now

One of the Goblin Town founders opportunistically launched an NFT collection based on the original Mickey Mouse and it quickly generated over 600 ETH of volume. Unlike some more questionable projects associating with cartoons, this one in theory, benefitted from the fact that the original cartoon is no longer protected by copyright.

As bullish momentum starts to pick up on the timeline, it is important to remember that there is more to life than number go up. At the core, crypto is about escaping false limitations and building a better world with the freedom to have more meaningful connections. This clip is from the Bankless podcast.

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