Weekly Market Report. January 31, 2025

January 31, 2025

Greetings, curious minds! Join us on a journey into the cutting-edge. This newsletter unveils the latest trends shaping our world.

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🔥 Top Reads

Tesla reports $600M Bitcoin gain in Q4 using new accounting rule 😲

Tesla reported a $600 million gain from its Bitcoin holdings in the fourth quarter of 2024 thanks to new accounting rules that allow companies to record the market value of the crypto on their books.

Global leaders gather in London for Digital Assets Forum 2025 to shape the future of finance 🤔

LONDON, United Kingdom – On February 3rd, 2025, the Digital Assets Forum (DAF), the premier event for the institutional digital assets industry, will bring together global leaders in digital finance at 155 Bishopsgate, London. This pivotal event aims to explore the transformative potential of digital assets and their role in reshaping the global financial landscape.

MicroStrategy announces pricing of strike preferred stock offering 🧐

According to SaylorTracker, MicroStrategy is up over 65% all-time on its Bitcoin investment and is trading at a net asset value of 1.73x.

📈 Market Data

🚨 Important News This Week

Decentralized lending protocol introduces AI assistant to simplify user experience
Get ready for ‘Long Thinking,’ AI’s next leap forward
Start With Satellite Images of the Earth. Then Add AI.

Tech

Tech That Will Change Your Life in 2025
Apple’s AI Moment Is Still a Ways Off
Microsoft, Meta Talk Up Their Big AI Ambitions and Spending Plans

Business

OpenAI in Talks for Huge Investment Round Valuing It at Up to $300 Billion
Crypto brokerage FalconX acquires derivatives startup Arbelos Markets
Semler Scientific to raise $75M to fund Bitcoin buys as paper gains near $30M

Crypto

MARA CEO says retail investors should buy Bitcoin and ‘forget about it’
Semler Scientific to raise $75M to fund Bitcoin buys as paper gains near $30M
Bitcoin ETFs surpass $125B, BlackRock’s IBIT ranks 31st worldwide

🚨 Notable Companies Secure Impressive Investments

Humanity Protocol has raised $20M in a funding round co-led by Pantera Capital and Jump Crypto
Pixion Games has raised $4.6M in a Strategic funding round led by Delphi Ventures
Pod has raised $10M in a Seed funding round co-led by a16z CSX and 1kx
Sign has raised $16M in a funding round led by YZi Labs
D3 has raised $25M in a Series A funding round led by Paradigm
Elastos [ELA] has raised $20M in a funding round from Rollman Management
Irreducible has raised $24M in a Series A funding round co-led by Paradigm and Bain Capital

💡 Sigma Capital’s Vineet Budki: From Cabin Crew to $100M Web3 Investor

🇮🇱 Global Leader’s Summit Tel Aviv

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