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Until recently, DeFi tokens have been largely labelled as "useless governance tokens", tokens which serve no value other than voting on protocol changes via governance voting rights.
In a Cointelegraph article, Charlie Sherry, Head of Finance at BTC Markets, explained how DeFi tokens surged over 30% as traders anticipate the Trump administration boosting the "investment appeal" of holding "utility" tokens, according to industry analysts.
Bitcoin ETFs have surged, attracting nearly US$900 million in one day, led by BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust, which claimed US$872 million. Meanwhile, Tether reported Q3 profits of US$2.5 billion, driven by U.S. Treasury yields and gold prices, amid a stabilising global economy.
After a six-month hiatus, central banks are once again flooding the markets with liquidity as leverage and expectations reset, setting the stage for the next wave of the crypto bull market.
If you’re trading crypto in Australia, you might have missed that the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) refreshed its guidance on decentralised finance (DeFi) in November 2023.
In the latest update from Jamie Coutts, Chief Crypto Analyst at Real Vision, Sui's outperformance is highlighted, triggering momentum buy signals against BTC and SOL. Active addresses have surged from 20,000 to 1.2 million YTD. With US$767 million in net flows and low transaction costs, Sui is positioned as a scalable Layer-1 blockchain.