According to documents filed on December 26, Strive, an asset management company founded by Vivek Ramaswamy, has applied to U.S. regulators to list an ETF that will invest in Bitcoin convertible bonds issued by MicroStrategy and other companies. These bonds are called "Bitcoin Bonds" and are convertible securities issued by MicroStrategy or other companies that plan to use the proceeds mainly to purchase Bitcoin. The Strive Bitcoin Bond ETF will be actively managed and will be exposed to these "Bitcoin Bonds" directly or through financial derivatives such as swaps and options. Although Strive has not yet specified the management fees that investors need to pay, the fees of actively managed funds are generally higher than those of passive index funds.

The computing power of Marathon Digital, a listed mining company in the United States, has reached 50 EH/s, and its capacity has tripled to 2GW. It has added 7 mining farms, increased the proportion of self-operated mining farms to 65%, and increased its holdings of Bitcoin to 44,394 through US$2 billion of 0% convertible bonds.

The purchase is part of its "Bitcoin Treasury Strategy," which aims to allocate up to 90% of its remaining cash to Bitcoin. KULR chose the Coinbase Prime platform to provide custody, USDC and self-custody wallet services.

A record $43 billion in open interest is set to expire on Friday, including $13.95 billion in bitcoin options and $3.77 billion in ether options.

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According to CoinMarketCap data, BGB's market value has increased by more than 1,100% this year, and its market value ranking has risen to 19th place. BGB is currently quoted at 7.23 USDT, with a 24-hour increase of 26.72%, setting a new record high.

PANews reported on December 26 that the Binance Alpha page showed that a new batch of 5 projects had been added, namely EVAN, BITCOIN, VISTA, AVAAI and AITECH. The introduction is as follows. As of now, there are 43 Binance Alpha projects.

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