The US regulatory authorities have given preliminary approval to Ripple, Circle, and other cryptocurrency companies to establish national trust banks. （Cointelegraph）

[Traders Bet on Two Fed Rate Cuts Next Year, Focus on Tuesday's Nonfarm Payroll Data] Bond traders are betting that the Federal Reserve will cut rates twice next year, with U.S. Treasuries heading toward their best year since 2020. DWS Americas executives are focusing on Tuesday's nonfarm payroll data, while WisdomTree executives believe this week's report carries less weight, with the focus on reports before the January 28 decision. Swap market indicators show that traders expect the Federal Reserve to end the easing cycle at around 3.2%.

[U.S. and Ukrainian Delegations Hold Talks in Berlin on Peace Plan, to Continue Discussions on the 15th] On the 14th local time, delegations from Ukraine and the United States held closed-door talks in Berlin, Germany, regarding the U.S.-proposed 'peace plan' to end the Russia-Ukraine conflict. The talks lasted for more than five hours and will continue on the 15th. The U.S. delegation included U.S. Presidential Envoy Whitaker, Jared Kushner (son-in-law of former U.S. President Trump), among others. The Ukrainian delegation, in addition to Ukrainian President Zelensky, also included Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Umerov and Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Gnatov, among others.

[Ethereum Community Proposes 'Linked Account' Identity Standard ERC-8092] The Ethereum community has proposed the ERC-8092 'Linked Account' identity standard. This standard will enable accounts to publicly link and verify account relationships through signatures, create sub-accounts, securely delegate permissions, build portable on-chain reputations, and collaborate across different blockchains and Layer 2s. The proposal has been published on Ethereum Magicians and GitHub.

[Dispute Between Aave DAO and Aave Labs Over CoW Swap Integration Fee Allocation] Aave DAO, which governs the Aave protocol, and its core development company, Aave Labs, have a disagreement over the allocation of fees generated from the integration with the decentralized exchange aggregator CoW Swap. Aave DAO member EzR3aL pointed out that the related swap fees have been directed to a private address controlled by Aave Labs instead of the DAO treasury. He questioned the adjustment of this flow without consulting the DAO and argued that the fees should belong to the DAO. EzR3aL claimed that at least $200,000 worth of ETH flows into a certain entity's pocket every week, with the DAO potentially losing up to $10 million in annual revenue. Aave Labs responded by stating that the rights to the website's front-end components and application interface are legally owned by them.