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2025 Begins with XO: Insights, Alpha, and Community

Welcome to 2025! Here at XO News HQ, we’ve got a great feeling about this year—sometimes you just know. So, Happy New Year to all our readers!

May this be your healthiest and most abundantly prosperous year yet. Let’s make it happen together. 🤝

In case you missed it, there are a couple of highlights worth your attention:

First, WhiteCoco dropped an absolute gem in the #ordinal-alpha channel yesterday on New Year’s Eve. This post covers a wide range of valuable insights:

• reflections from 2024 (including personal growth and lessons learned)

• market speculation, and how the Secure Act 2.0 and American politics might shape the world of crypto this year

• strategies for managing the current cycle, long-term planning, and goal setting

It’s everything you’ve come to expect—high-quality, actionable alpha to kickstart 2025. If you want to see the full post, the only way is to grab yourself an XO Unchained or an Orbinal to get access to that channel and much more.

Second, we’re starting the year strong in XO tomorrow with a Discord VC at 11:00 EST, hosted by GreenCandleJack. On the agenda:

• A review of 2024 and a look ahead to 2025.

• Market discussions with the community.

• Giveaways throughout the session.

• An open floor for any XO member to share their thoughts or insights.

Mark your calendars and see the full post via this link. We hope to see you there!

Lastly, don’t forget that you have just a few hours left to enter Nox’s giveaway!

Make sure you complete all the requirements:

• Subscribe to your favorite newsletter (that’s us—here’s the link).

• Share a screenshot of your subscription proof with your Taproot address in the comments of the giveaway post.

Good luck, and here’s to an incredible year ahead!

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Todays Markets

Ordinals

NodeMonkes start the year strong, leading the daily volume charts over the past 24 hours, with Bitcoin Puppets and Quantum Cats closely following. However, while NodeMonkes and Puppets maintain steady performance, neither has matched the explosive gains in floor price seen with Quantum Cats.

The Cats’ floor price is not only holding firm above 0.3 BTC but is surging towards 0.4 BTC—an impressive start that reinforces their dominance.

Udi has been delivering a masterclass lately, and it really shows.

Further down the leaderboard, it’s green across the board in terms of floor price movement.

AILU, a collection with long-held potential but previously overlooked, appears to be catching the eyes of collectors at last. Based Angels are holding strong at the 0.021 BTC level, while Runestone remains a consistent feature.

This consistency is a testament to Leonidas’ dedication and the DOG community’s effort to keep this asset in the spotlight, even during downturns in the Runes ecosystem or when DOG takes center stage.

Runes

The Runes market continues to await a much-needed catalyst to break out of its current rut.

Bitcoin Pennies has climbed into the top five in daily volume, though details about the Rune remain sparse. What is known is that the full supply was premined, with 7.28K holders. We’ll monitor its progress and share updates as more information emerges, but we’ll be avoiding for now.

Meanwhile, $KEKUS—a Rune inspired by a Solana memecoin—has defied expectations, surging 4x in a single day. Congratulations to those who held or bought in early! The challenge now lies in maintaining this momentum and building a strong community around it.

ManifestAITion makes a return to the top 10 for volume with 0.187 BTC traded in the past 24 hours. Joining it are two OG Runes: ZBIT and FEHU. 

FEHU, the first Rune ever etched, continues to hold a special place in the ecosystem for some. Long-time holders remain hopeful for news or developments, and perhaps the time for that could be approaching. If not in the next few months, then it would look bleak.

Todays Opportunities

Giveaways

There are currently five raffles live, so join the Discord below and make sure you have notifications on so you don’t miss out!