Montenegro Hands Terraform Co-Founder Do Kwon to U.S. Authorities
The December 31, 2024 transfer ended a prolonged extradition contest and moved the criminal case arising from Terraform’s collapse into U.S. custody.
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366 source-dated archive files document the cryptocurrency record for 2024. Each article displays its historical event date and separate actual publication time.
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MiCA’s remaining rules became applicable across the European Union
The legal milestone introduced common requirements for crypto-asset service providers, token disclosures and market conduct, although national transition periods prevented an immediate uniform licensing switch.
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Bitcoin slid below $94,000 as the year-end rally lost momentum
A 1.73% decline on the December 29 UTC candle left bitcoin 13.61% below its December peak, although fragmented spot markets and holiday trading limit causal conclusions.
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Solana Led a Holiday-Weekend Crypto Rebound
SOL gained 6.08% in CoinMarketCap’s historical snapshot as bitcoin returned above $95,000, although fragmented markets limit claims about a universal close or the cause.
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Montenegro Chooses U.S. Extradition for Terraform Co-Founder Do Kwon
Justice Minister Bojan Božović approved the U.S. request and rejected South Korea’s competing claim, advancing the criminal case arising from Terra’s collapse.
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KULR Disclosed a $21 Million Bitcoin Treasury Purchase
The energy-management company reported acquiring 217.18 BTC while separately preserving access to another $50 million of at-the-market common-stock issuance.
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Russia says firms are using Bitcoin in foreign trade
Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said Russian companies had begun settling international transactions with Bitcoin and other digital currencies under an experimental legal regime.
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Russia published multi-year cryptocurrency mining bans across power-constrained regions
Decree No. 1869 prohibited mining across ten listed regions and imposed seasonal restrictions in parts of three others, turning electricity constraints into a boundary on Russia’s newly regulated mining industry.
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MicroStrategy entered the Nasdaq-100 with 444,262 bitcoin
The index addition brought a bitcoin-heavy corporate balance sheet into a major equity benchmark as the company disclosed another $561 million purchase financed through stock sales.
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Trump named Bo Hines to lead a planned White House crypto council
The president-elect assigned Hines to run a proposed digital-assets advisory group under incoming AI and crypto policy chief David Sacks.
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Bitcoin rebounded toward $100,000 after post-Fed selloff
Bitcoin reached approximately $99,500 on Bitstamp after falling near $92,000, even as U.S. spot bitcoin funds recorded a second consecutive session of net outflows.
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Tether agreed to invest $775 million in Rumble
The USDT issuer’s investment arm agreed to buy 103.3 million Rumble shares, directing $250 million toward growth and $525 million toward a shareholder tender offer.
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SEC approved exchange rules for two bitcoin-ether index ETFs
Nasdaq and Cboe BZX received approval to list proposed Hashdex and Franklin funds combining spot bitcoin and ether, although neither product was cleared to begin trading solely by the order.
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Bitcoin slid toward $101,000 as Fed signaled slower 2025 cuts
A quarter-point rate cut was overshadowed by higher inflation projections and a policy path implying only two additional quarter-point reductions during 2025.
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Ripple USD enters the stablecoin market on XRP Ledger and Ethereum
RLUSD reached its first distribution platforms under New York oversight, giving Ripple a dollar-denominated settlement asset distinct from XRP—but leaving adoption, liquidity and reserve performance unproven.
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FCA outlined UK crypto disclosure and market-abuse framework
The December 16 discussion paper proposed due diligence, inside-information disclosures and cross-platform surveillance while leaving binding rules for a later consultation.
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Bitcoin Crossed $105,000 in December 15 UTC Trading
The record extended bitcoin’s post-election rally while MicroStrategy’s planned Nasdaq-100 admission strengthened the market’s connection to mainstream index capital.
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Bitcoin held a $2 trillion valuation as large-cap crypto weakened
The December 14 UTC snapshot showed bitcoin nearly unchanged above $101,000 while ether, XRP, solana and other large non-stablecoin assets lost more ground.
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Coinbase restricted six stablecoins for European retail customers
The exchange curtailed services for USDT, PAX, PYUSD, GUSD, GYEN and DAI as Europe’s MiCA framework began reshaping product access.
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Australian Court Imposed A$8 Million Penalty on Kraken Operator
The judgment applied Australia’s product-design rules to a crypto margin service and marked ASIC’s first penalty for failing to make a target market determination.
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Coincheck’s Nasdaq debut linked Japanese crypto trading to U.S. public markets
Coincheck Group shares began trading under CNCK on December 11, 2024 after a SPAC combination, giving U.S. public-market investors an equity route into a regulated Japanese crypto-exchange business.
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Microsoft Shareholders Rejected a Bitcoin Investment Assessment
The vote did not order or reject a Bitcoin purchase. It rejected a request for a dedicated board assessment while Microsoft said its treasury team already considered cryptocurrencies.
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MicroStrategy Used $2.13 Billion of Share Sales to Buy Bitcoin
The company disclosed on December 9, 2024 that it had acquired 21,550 BTC, demonstrating how demand for its shares was being converted into a larger corporate bitcoin reserve.
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Bitcoin Logged Its First UTC Daily and Weekly Close Above $100,000
Coinbase’s BTC-USD market ended December 8 at $101,174.99, converting bitcoin’s earlier intraday breach into its first completed UTC day and week above six figures.
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Ether held $4,000 as U.S. fund inflows reached a 10-session streak
Ether traded above $4,000 on December 7, 2024 as newly completed U.S. market data showed spot ether products attracting an estimated $836.8 million over five sessions.
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FDIC pause letters exposed barriers to banks’ crypto plans
A court exhibit revealed 23 supervisory communications asking banks to pause or defer digital-asset activities, while heavy redactions limited broader claims about a coordinated campaign.
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Bitcoin crossed $100,000 for the first time
The six-figure milestone arrived during a post-election rally supported by heavy U.S. spot-bitcoin fund inflows, but bitcoin had already retreated below the threshold by the U.S. market close.
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Trump said he would nominate Paul Atkins to lead the SEC
The president-elect’s selection of a former commissioner with digital-asset policy experience signaled a possible change in SEC priorities, but it was not yet a formal nomination or a change in law.
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South Korea’s martial-law declaration jolted won crypto markets
Bitcoin and other digital assets fell sharply on Korean exchanges as a constitutional crisis exposed the limits of venue liquidity and continuous trading during a national emergency.
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MicroStrategy’s Bitcoin Holdings Crossed 400,000 BTC
The company sold $1.48 billion of stock and used equity-offering proceeds to acquire 15,400 bitcoin, demonstrating the scale of its capital-markets-driven treasury strategy.