A year worth remembering! A look back at the historic moments of crypto in 2024

As 2025 approaches, reflecting on the developments in crypto throughout 2024 reveals many historic moments that deserve to be documented.

Organizer: Fairy, ChainCatcher

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"What important events happened in the past 24 hours?"

Binance Alpha announces the 6th batch of project tokens

The official page shows that Binance Alpha has announced the 6th batch of project tokens, totaling 5 project tokens: YNE, GOUT, GEL, UFD, GAME.

Data: Mt.Gox has transferred over 3,600 bitcoins worth $364 million to B2C2 Group in December

According to Lookonchain monitoring, since December 5, Mt.Gox has transferred 200 to 300 bitcoins to B2C2 Group every business day. So far, Mt.Gox has transferred a total of 3,631.87 bitcoins to B2C2 Group, worth approximately $364 million.

Bithumb will launch PENGU KRW trading pair

Bithumb has added the Pudgy Penguins (PENGU) KRW trading pair.

Upbit will delist BTG

According to the official announcement, Upbit has announced that it will terminate trading support for BTG at 14:30 local time on January 23, 2025.

Philippines releases comprehensive regulations for crypto assets, covering disclosure, public offerings, trading, and marketing activities

The Philippines Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has introduced extensive regulations for crypto asset management, covering disclosure, public offerings, trading, and marketing activities. These regulations aim to enhance investor protection and promote transparency in the burgeoning digital asset market.

According to the new guidelines, crypto asset issuers must submit disclosure documents to the SEC at least 30 days before any marketing activities or public sales. The document must detail the provider, issuer, key features, risks, and underlying technology of the crypto asset, as well as clearly state potential risks, including value loss and limited transferability.

Crypto assets classified as securities need to obtain SEC-approved registration statements for public issuance. Entities issuing or trading crypto assets must comply with anti-money laundering (AML) laws and SEC reporting requirements. It emphasizes that non-compliance may result in fines, suspension, or revocation of licenses. (Crowdfund Insider)

Hong Kong police: Losses from crypto-related cases exceed 3.1 billion this year, with a single highest loss of 1.6 billion

According to Hong Kong media Wen Wei Po, the Hong Kong police reported that last year they received over 3,400 cases related to cryptocurrencies, with losses exceeding 4.3 billion. In the first 10 months of this year, there were over 2,100 cases, with losses exceeding 3.1 billion.

Among the related cases, the single highest loss amount is approximately 1.6 billion. Legislative Council member Wu Jiezhuang stated that besides strengthening regulation and public education, citizens should also enhance their understanding of cryptocurrencies, recognize investment risks, avoid being greedy for small gains, choose licensed trading platforms, and invest within their means.

MicroStrategy will hold a special shareholder meeting to vote on key proposals including accelerating the 21/21 plan

According to Bitcoin News, MicroStrategy has announced that it will hold a special shareholder meeting to vote on key proposals aimed at accelerating the 21/21 plan, simplifying financing processes, and aligning director compensation with the company's bitcoin-centric strategy. Major proposals include:

Previous news indicated that MicroStrategy proposed the "21/21 plan," intending to conduct $21 billion in equity financing and $21 billion in bond issuance over the next three years, using additional capital to purchase more BTC as a financial reserve asset to achieve higher BTC returns.

Robinhood CEO: The company has discussed the issue of establishing a bitcoin reserve internally

Robinhood CEO Vladimir Tenev stated during an appearance on Anthony Pompliano's podcast that the company has discussed the issue of holding bitcoin internally, but there are no plans to maintain a BTC reserve.

He said, "We do not rule out this possibility. So far, we haven't done this, and we are not in the investment management business." The CEO continued to state that although Robinhood has not followed in the footsteps of companies like MicroStrategy and Tesla to include bitcoin on its balance sheet, the company's stock price "has been highly correlated with bitcoin even without us including bitcoin in our inventory." Robinhood's stock (ticker: HOOD) has risen 202% this year, while bitcoin's return this year has been 110%.

Grayscale submits Grayscale Horizen Trust (ZEN) 8-K form to SEC

The SEC's official website shows that Grayscale has submitted the Grayscale Horizen Trust (ZEN) 8-K form to it.

MoonPay is negotiating to acquire crypto payment platform Helio for $150 million

According to