• Justin Sun has left Tron to represent Grenada’s national interests at the World Trade Organization leadership;
• “If cryptocurrencies are banned, countries will lose control over the industry, so a policy of regulation, not repression, should be adhered to” - IMF chief economist Gita Gopinat;
• China prohibits posting videos regarding cryptocurrencies and mining;
• Social media site Reddit revealed on Dec. 15, 2021 that it has made a confidential filing with SEC in preparation for an IPO;
• Media: Alibaba and Huawei plan to enter the metaverse market;
• According to various estimates, currently in the world about 200 million people use cryptocurrency. The same number of people used the Internet in 1998;
• At block 714,000, the BTC network finally reached the point where 2.1 million BTC remained to be mined (or 10% of the available emission volume);
• Instagram is “actively exploring” the integration of NFT into its services;
• Elon Musk said on Tuesday the electric carmaker will accept dogecoin as payment for merchandise on a test basis;
• The number of countries developing their CBDCs (central bank digital currencies) has grown from 35 in May 2020 to 87 in December this year;