While BTC and altcoins are yet to rebound strongly, the renowned investment strategist and economic historian <a href="https://timestabloid.com/tag/raoul-pal/" target="_blank">Raoul Pal</a> noted in a recently <a href="https://www.getrevue.co/profile/raoulgmi/issues/when-liquidity-changes-everything-changes-1479317" target="_blank">published newsletter</a> that macroeconomic factors, such as the total money supply (Global M2) across the world, are becoming positive.&nbsp;

Bitcoin payments platform Strike has now expanded to Africa, enabling instant and low-cost remittances to the continent by leveraging its new “Send Globally” feature.

The co-founder of peer-to-peer trading platform Paxful,&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/W_SamTheMan/status/1599728393284595713">Ray Youssef</a>, took the stage to point out none of the scandals relate directly to Bitcoin, and, unlike FTX and Celsius, to name a few, Paxful is not engaged in “hanky panky or dodginess.”

A new<a href="https://www.bi.go.id/en/publikasi/ruang-media/pidato-dewan-gubernur/Documents/Book_PTBI_2022_en.pdf" target="_blank"> report</a> by the Bank of Indonesia highlights the country’s 2023 economic growth plan which will include the digitalization of payment systems and the creation of a Digital Rupee. This will comprise increasing the availability and use of digital payments, such as e-wallets and online banking. The government has been actively promoting the use of digital payments since the launch of the national e-payment system, the National Payment Gateway (NPG), in 2019.&nbsp;

In a recent podcast session, Michael Saylor, the founder and former CEO of Microstrategy, showed support for the United States Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) standpoint regarding Ripple and XRP.

Three Hong Kong-based asset management firms have applied for exchange-traded funds (ETFs) tracking Bitcoin and Ethereum futures, traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, for retail investors.

Africans will be able to receive global payments in fiat through the Bitcoin lightning network at no cost to the senders.

Bitcoin mining difficulty fell by a great margin on 6 December. This was one rare instance that happened after July 2021. The drop in difficulty at block height 766,080 was 7.32% as per the data on the BTC.com mining pool.

Cryptocurrency prices traded down on Monday, with bitcoin slipping below $17,000. Crypto-related stocks fell across the board, with declines lead by Silvergate.

El Salvador became the first country in the world to adopt Bitcoin as a legal tender. Fast forward to this year, the crisis worsened in the already battered crypto industry. But President Nayib Bukele plans on doubling down further.