🚨 24-Hour Market Developments 🚨

• On New Year's Eve, gold remains steady above $5,000/oz, BTC slightly retreats to around $68K, while altcoins haven't shown many bright spots. The Fear & Greed index rises to 12, an improvement from yesterday but still deep in the extreme fear zone.

• CryptoQuant believes the bear market has not yet bottomed out, as Bitcoin has not capitulated and indicators are still in Bear Phase.

• The US – Iran are expected to enter the second round of nuclear negotiations on February 17 in Geneva; President Trump warns of a "very painful" scenario if no agreement is reached.

• Morgan Stanley has begun recruiting blockchain engineers, focusing on Ethereum, Polygon, Hyperledger, and Canton ecosystems.

• CZ comments that privacy could be the missing piece for crypto to gain widespread acceptance in payments.

• Michael Saylor signals that Strategy may continue to buy more BTC this week, while affirming that the company can withstand BTC dropping to $8K.

• CoinGlass data shows that over ( positions are at risk of liquidation if BTC rises another 10%.

• Trump family-related project reveals plans to launch a forex platform and international money transfer services.