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 🌲25th Dec🌲: Blockchain DXB Podcast🎅🏻
🎅🏻7 Santas, 7 👿Grinches 🚨Russia 6yr Ban on Crypto Mining 📊CoinGecko report Memecoins dominate 🏦 Crypto.com's US institutional custody
🎅🏻 Cointelegraph article here https://shorturl.at/II4vZ highlights 7 Santas, 7 Grinches: The heroes and villains of 2024. Advocates and Detractors in the space
🎅🏻 The Santas: Pro-crypto fundamentalists
- President Donald Trump 45th & 47th
- El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele
- Hester Peirce "Crypto Mom,” U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Exchange Commission Commissioner
- Brian Armstrong CEO of Coinbase
- Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum co-founder
- Senator Cynthia Lummis
- Michael Saylor MicroStrategy founder
👿 The Grinches: Hamstringing and Hindering Crypto
- The SEC
- Financial Conduct Authority (UK)
- Sahil Arora ( Memecoin Mastermind, Scammer from Dxb)
- Joe Biden admin’s “Operation Chokepoint 2.0”
- Dark Angels ransomware group
- Pig butchering scammers
- State-sponsored cybercrime
🎙️ Check out Blockchain DXB's episode we share our commentary and mention more names such as Metaplanet, Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority [VARA] Peter Schiff & more as Santas & Grinches
‼️ Russia has imposed a six-year ban on crypto mining in 10 regions, effective January 1, 2025, to address high energy consumption. Regions like Dagestan and Chechnya were chosen based on energy demand, with adjustments possible. The ban includes mining pools and considers electricity subsidies, with temporary restrictions in other areas during peak demand. While crypto mining was legalized in 2024, Russia prohibits domestic crypto payments but allows cross-border use to evade sanctions, reflecting its focus on energy management and regulation. News via TASS Media https://shorturl.at/onpN9
📊 CoinGecko study by Llim Yu Qian highlights Meme Coins Capture 31% of Crypto Narrative Interest in 2024. Detailed study here https://shorturl.at/TDSja
Key trends included
- Solana (7.65%) and Base meme coins (2.13%).
- AI narratives