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[Bitfinex Bitcoin Theft Hacker Ilya Lichtenstein Released Early] Bitfinex Bitcoin theft hacker Ilya Lichtenstein announced on the X platform that he has been released early, stating that the U.S. President Trump's signing of the 'First Step Act' in 2018 allowed prisoners to reduce their sentences through rehabilitation programs. Lichtenstein was sentenced to 5 years in prison in November 2024 for laundering nearly 120,000 bitcoins (valued at approximately $4.5 billion at the time of the crime). His wife, Heather Morgan, was sentenced to 18 months for aiding the crime and was released in October 2025.

[U.S. Stock Market's First Trading Day in 2026: Crypto Concept Stocks Rise Across the Board] On the first trading day of 2026, U.S. stock markets opened with the Dow Jones up 0.18%, the S&P 500 up 0.54%, and the Nasdaq rising over 1%. Crypto concept stocks saw broad gains, with BitMine up 3.03%, Circle up 2.43%, Coinbase up 1.91%, and Strategy up 1.75%. Data from (msx.com) shows that the platform has launched hundreds of RWA tokens, covering U.S. stock and ETF token assets such as AAPL, AMZN, GOOGL, META, MSFT, NFLX, and NVDA.

[Nasdaq Rises Over 1% on the First Trading Day of U.S. Stock Market in 2026] On January 2, 2026, U.S. stock markets opened with the Dow Jones up 0.18%, the S&P 500 up 0.54%, and the Nasdaq rising over 1%. Baidu (BIDU.O) surged over 10% after announcing the spinoff of Kunlun Chip for a Hong Kong listing. Tesla (TSLA.O) rose 1.8%, with Q4 2025 vehicle deliveries reaching 418,200 units and full-year deliveries totaling 1.64 million units.