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Analyst and founder of MN Trading, Michael van de Poppe, stated that in January 2025, the cryptocurrency Ethereum could surpass Bitcoin, which would trigger an altcoin rally in the Ethereum ecosystem. He shared this on social media.

The altcoin XRP became one of the most popular assets on the global cryptocurrency exchange Binance in December 2024. This was reported by CryptoQuant analyst Jay Ar Maartunn, according to Investing.com.

A raid was conducted on a mining farm in the Irkutsk region, resulting in its shutdown due to its lack of registration in the Federal Tax Service's register. This was reported by the press service of the Irkutsk Electric Grid Company.

The Russian government has approved a list of regions in the country where cryptocurrency mining and participation in mining pools are prohibited from January 1, 2025, to March 15, 2031. This was reported by TASS.

In the coming weeks, the value of Bitcoin may decrease due to a change in investor sentiment regarding risks. This was stated by André Dragosh, head of Bitwise's research department in Europe, in an interview with the CoinDesk portal.

Police arrested 792 cryptocurrency scammers in Nigeria who were stealing digital assets and fiat currency from people around the world. This was reported by the portal Forklog.

The Italian Data Protection Authority (DPA) has fined the American company OpenAI €15 million for a data leak involving user information. This was reported by the regulator's press service.

The Ministry of Justice of Uzbekistan has registered a document from the National Agency for Perspective Projects (NAPP), which establishes the state duty rates for issuing licenses to operate cryptocurrency exchanges, exchange offices, and mining pools.

The government of El Salvador took advantage of the situation during the decline in Bitcoin's price and purchased BTC, thereby increasing its cryptocurrency reserves.

On Thursday, December 19, it became known that investors have filed a lawsuit against the HAWK token team, accusing them of selling unregistered securities. This was reported by the Forklog portal.