Bitcoin hits $45K 🌋, Mickey Mouse tops OpenSea 🐹, AI boosts BTC to $100K by 2024 ⏫

📌 Daily Crypto, Blockchain & Web3 Update 2024-01-02

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Early Mickey Mouse version no longer belongs to Disney, becomes top NFT on OpenSea (2 min read)

An earlier version of Walt Disney Company’s Mickey Mouse mascot has become the number 1 trending nonfungible token (NFT) at the OpenSea marketplace after it entered the public domain for the first time. 

Orbit Bridge hack pushes December crypto theft to nearly $100M (3 min read)

The Orbit Bridge exploit on New Year’s Eve pushed December’s total crypto losses to hackers, scammers, and exploiters to almost $100 million.

Bitcoin price breaks above $45K, days ahead of potential ETF approval (3 min read)

Bitcoin is trading above $45,000 for the first time in nearly two years as the market gears up for the potential approval of the first spot Bitcoin ETF in the United States.

ChatGPT explains how AI can help Bitcoin reach $100K in 2024 (3 min read)

The chatbot said AI could play a role in pushing Bitcoin’s price up through its influence on market analysis, trading strategies and blockchain tech development.

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New year rings in with 11% shrinkage in installed Bitcoin ATMs (3 min read)

The number of installed Bitcoin ATMs is roughly 11.1% less than at the start of 2023, bucking a 10-year trend that saw the tally increase at the start of every year.

Crypto stocks tumbling at year-end was a ‘healthy’ pullback: Analyst (3 min read)

Major crypto and Bitcoin mining-related stocks, which tumbled as much as 17% on the last day of trading in 2023, were simply part of a “healthy pull back,” says a Bitcoin analyst.

Tellor altcoin’s bizarre 150% pump then fall spark concerns of manipulation (5 min read)

A wild day of trading of Tellor (TRB) on Dec. 31 wiped more than $68 million worth of leveraged positions, while a $2.4 million transfer from the Tellor team to Coinbase has sparked further concern.

Crypto betting firm Stake secures naming rights to Sauber’s F1 Team (2 min read)

Sauber has been rebranded as Stake F1 Team after the crypto betting and casino platform secured naming rights for 2024 and 2025.