Notable news in the last 24 hours (19/12) BTC: 43,077 USD | ETH: 2,233 USD | Total market cap: 1,573 billion USD 1️⃣ CEO Cantor Fitzgerald declared himself a fan of Bitcoin. Cantor Fitzgerald President and CEO Howard Lutnick recently shared his passion for Bitcoin and Tether. In an interview on CNBC's Money Movers podcast, Howard Lutnick asserted himself as an avid fan of both Bitcoin and Tether. To explain why he prefers Bitcoin, Lutnick said because the value of BTC comes from its decentralization. The Bitcoin network has the potential to reach a truly decentralized level, while Ethereum and some other Layer-1 networks have struggled to achieve this. 2️⃣ CEO VanEck forecasts the time when the price of Bitcoin surpasses the peak of $69,000. Specifically in the CNBC interview, Van Eck compared Bitcoin to gold, noting that it has similar properties and has the potential to serve as a store of value. According to Van Eck, the upcoming halving event in April 2024 is also important for Bitcoin. According to him, this growth trajectory indicates a long-term value outlook and the possibility that Bitcoin will reach a new ATH in the next 12 months. 3️⃣ OKX NFT "surpassed" Blur & Opensea in terms of intraday trading volume. According to data from DappRadar, the 24-hour trading volume on OKX NFT Marketplace has reached $50.33 million recently. With this impressive number, OKX NFT has become the largest NFT exchange in terms of daily trading volume, surpassing Blur ($13.21 million), Magic Eden ($7.63 million), UniSat ($3.82 million), and OpenSea ($3.25 million). 4️⃣ Metis announced a $100 million ecosystem support fund. The Metis Ecosystem Development Fund (EDF) will consist of 4.6 million METIS tokens and will be used to incentivize product development and activities within the Layer-2 Metis solution. It is known that the development fund will start to be allocated in Q1 2024, after the decentralized process of the Sequencer network on Metis takes place.

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