Panther Macro’s Claus Vistesen report says the European Central Bank is expected to raise rates in the coming months, with inflation rising to 2.5% in March and potentially stabilizing in a range of 2.5% to 3.0%. It is expected to raise rates by 25 basis points in June and July, but weak economic conditions could make rate cuts a policy option. The central bank will seek to strike a balance between inflation and recession risks.

The UK's Royal Prosecution Office has demanded that Bitcoin scam accomplice Sen Hok Ling pay over $7.6 million within three months, or face re-imprisonment and an additional 8-year sentence. Sen Hok Ling was sentenced to nearly five years in prison for money laundering, and the Bitcoin case involving Qian Zhimin is still under investigation.

Odaily Planet Daily reports that CZ posted on the X platform stating that, according to his understanding, the UAE has been using government resources to mine Bitcoin for some time. Previously, Vivek Sen wrote that the UAE has now officially started mining Bitcoin using government resources.

BlockBeats News, January 1st, Bitcoin's closing price in 2025 was lower than at the beginning of the year, marking the first time in history that a year recorded a decline after a halving. This has sparked intense discussions in the market about whether the "Bitcoin four-year cycle" has ended. Although the latest halving occurred in April 2024, BTC previously hit a record high of $126,000 on October 6th, but then experienced a significant correction, currently down over 30% from the peak, with the year's performance weakening. Analysts point out that after the 2012, 2016, and 2020 halvings, Bitcoin reached new highs in the following year, but this pattern has not continued in this cycle. Bitgrow Lab founder Vivek Sen bluntly stated that Bitcoin's decline in the year following a halving means the "four-year cycle is officially dead." Investor Armando Pan

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