MoonPay acquired Solana-native crypto payment processor Helio for $175M. The Jupiter team rolled out a new onboarding method allowing the gifting of SOL to friends with a few button clicks. Over 8M HYPE was staked in the first day following the ANIME announcement that some tokens would go to HYPE stakers. Chainalysis acquired Fraud Detection firm Alterya for $150M to help its efforts in stopping scammers. Layer Zero went live on Soneium, Sony's new EVM L2. Tether is moving to El Salvador after acquiring a Digital Asset Service Provider license in the Bitcoin-friendly country. Donald Trump is expected to issue several Crypto-focused executive orders on his first day according to the Washington Post, including a repeal of a crypto accounting policy (SAB 121) and de-banking of Crypto companies. Donald Trump's inauguration will feature a "Crypto Ball" to honor him as the "first Crypto President," with tickets available for $5,000/person. A US Court demanded the SEC explain itself for denying Coinbase's requests related to crypto regulations. MicroStrategy bought another $243M worth of Bitcoin at a $95,972 average this past week. A BlackRock report said that crypto has "outpaced growth for mobile phones and the internet" in its race to 300M users.
