Bitcoin News Australia

gm Bankless Nation,
We've been getting awfully loud about AI Agents over the past few weeks. Still overwhelmed by all the happenings? Catch up with our weekly AI rollup pod!

Today's Issue ⬇️

1. ☀️ Need to Know: Do Kwon in NYC
   Terra's kingpin pleads 'not guilty.'
2. 📊 Market Vibes: New Year's Bump
   Crypto bounces back after xmas slide.
3. 🎧 AI Rollup: Next Chapter for Agents
   Ejaaz is back with some agent insight.
4. 🗣️ Opinion: EIPs to Watch in 2025
   5 Ethereum proposals on the horizon.

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1. 👨‍⚖️ Do Kwon Pleads Not Guilty to Fraud Charges in Manhattan. The Terraform Labs founder was extradited from Montenegro earlier this week.
2. 🍃 Tether Faces Market Cap Drop Amid MiCA Hurdles. EU exchange delistings took a bite out of USDT's market cap, but the majority of volumes still come from Asia.
3. 📉 IRS Postpones Crypto Cost-Basis Reporting Rules. Centralized exchanges have more time to adapt to new tax reporting requirements.

📸 Daily Market Snapshot: After a relentless post-Christmas slide, crypto prices have been largely up-only since the New Year rung in stateside; the subtle gains brought BTC near $98K Thursday while ETH nearly hit $3,500. The real winner of 2025 so far? Sigh, it's… fartcoin (up nearly 35% today).

	Crypto $3.41T	↗ 2.5%	↗ 2.7%
	BTC $96,911	↗ 2.7%	↗ 1.2%
	ETH $3,451	↗ 3.0%	↗ 3.6%

Ejaaz returns to break down the unstoppable rise of AI agents in crypto alongside David for a special New Year's AI Rollup.

They explore how frameworks like ai16z’s Eliza are accelerating multi-chain agent deployment, why Zerebro’s creative moves are redefining cultural impact, and how Virtuals’ relentless shipping is driving explosive onchain fee generation.

From autonomous agents running entire businesses to the scramble for Tier-1 exchange listings, AI x crypto is transforming both market dynamics and human imagination. Are you ready for 2025’s craziness?

Listen to the full episode 👇

Ethereum is a living, breathing network that a world-class network of developers helps keep on the cutting edge.

In 2024, Ethereum made major progress in its rollup-centric evolution by introducing blob space with its Dencun upgrade, which helped L2s lower transaction costs by 10x-100x.

Today, we're taking a look at some of the Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs) and Ethereum Requests for Comment (ERCs) that I'm closely watching this year. Several of these are already slated for the Pectra upgrade, which we covered in full here, while others are likely further out but already have some high-profile backers.

Below, let's take a look at five noteworthy Ethereum upgrades that builders are advocating for 👇

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