UNDER EXPOSED EP8 - Artificial Intelligence Currencies and the Future Under a Bitcoin Presidency

MoonPay has acquired native cryptocurrency payment processor Solana Helio for $175 million. The Jupiter team has introduced a new onboarding method that allows SOL to be gifted to friends with just a few button clicks. Over 8 million HYPE were staked on the first day following ANIME's announcement that some tokens would go to HYPE stake holders. Chainalysis has acquired fraud detection company Alterya for $150 million to help its efforts to stop scammers. Layer Zero has gone live on Soneium, Sony's new EVM L2. Tether moves to El Salvador after obtaining a digital asset service provider license in the bitcoin-friendly country. Donald Trump is expected to issue several cryptocurrency-focused executive orders on his first day according to The Washington Post, including rescinding the Cryptocurrency Accountability Policy (SAB 121) and eliminating banking services for cryptocurrency companies. Donald Trump's inauguration will include a "Crypto Ball" honoring him as the "first crypto president," with tickets available for $5,000 per person. A US court has asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to explain its denial of Coinbase's requests regarding cryptocurrency regulations. MicroStrategy bought another $243 million worth of Bitcoin for an average of $95,972 last week. A BlackRock report said that cryptocurrencies have “outpaced the growth of mobile phones and the Internet” in their race to reach 300 million users.