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• Ether Could Hit $12K on Trump Pump, Pectra Upgrade: Derive Researcher

• Ripple Partners with Chainlink to Strengthen RLUSD Adoption in DeFi

• KULR Technology Bets Big on Bitcoin Predicting a $200K Peak in 2025

• Finnish Police Seize Watches Worth $2.6M from Hex Founder Richard Heart: Report

📈 Ether Could Hit $12K on Trump Pump, Pectra Upgrade: Derive Researcher

Ethereum’s Pectra upgrade, a pro-crypto US president, increased adoption, and ETF inflows could push ETH to hit $12,000 this year.

• Dr. Sean Dawson, head of research at Derive, predicts that ETH's price could surge to $12,000 in 2025, which is a 257% increase that will be fueled by Donald Trump's presidency and the upcoming Pectra upgrade.

• The Pectra upgrade is scheduled for Q1 2025, and is expected to enhance Ethereum's scalability and efficiency.

• Despite ETH consolidating near $3,500 since Dec. 20, the options and derivatives market indicates a strong bullish sentiment.

🤝 Ripple Partners with Chainlink to Strengthen RLUSD Adoption in DeFi

Ripple partnered with Chainlink to integrate decentralized price feeds for its RLUSD stablecoin and to enhance its utility in DeFi applications.

• The partnership was announced on Jan. 7, and it integrates Chainlink's decentralized price feeds for RLUSD on Ethereum and the XRP Ledger to boost the stablecoin's reliability and to mitigate price manipulation risks.

• RLUSD is pegged 1:1 to the US dollar, and aims to facilitate secure and cost-effective transactions across payments, trading, lending, and DeFi, with developers using accurate pricing data for robust dApps.

• Ripple’s integration follows Chainlink's Dec. 10 collaboration with Project Diamond.

🔮 KULR Technology Bets Big on Bitcoin Predicting a $200K Peak in 2025

KULR Technology predicts Bitcoin could double its value to $200,000 in 2025.

• KULR Technology Group bought more than $21 million worth of Bitcoin at an average price of $97,391 on Jan. 6.

• CEO Michael Mo predicts Bitcoin's valuation could double in 2025, driven by global adoption and the potential implementation of Bitcoin reserves by nations like the US, Germany, and Switzerland.

• KULR plans to allocate up to 90% of its surplus cash into Bitcoin, especially with legislation like Senator Cynthia Lummis's US Bitcoin Act in the works to accelerate Bitcoin's price growth.

⌚️ Finnish Police Seize Watches Worth $2.6M from Hex Founder Richard Heart

Finnish police reportedly seized $2.6 million worth of luxury watches from Hex founder Richard Heart, who is wanted for tax evasion and assault in Finland.

• The Finnish police seized 20 luxury watches, mostly Rolexes, valued at $2.68 million, from a residence in Espoo.

• The watches were purchased in Finland and the US, and were located through police intelligence activities, according to Inspector Harri Saaristola.

• Schueler was remanded into custody on Sept. 13 for alleged tax fraud and assault, but authorities have been unable to locate him.

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