Argentina has set its main fiscal target for 2024 at a surplus of 2%.

IMF: The IMF and Argentina reached a working-level agreement on the latest review of the US$44 billion plan, and Argentina will receive approximately US$4.7 billion in financial support.

According to the South China Morning Post: Hong Kong is considering further raising tobacco taxes to reduce smoking rates.

Bitcoin stood at $47,000 per coin, up 2.44% on the day.

Republicans on the U.S. House Financial Services Committee asked the SEC for a briefing on the hacked X account and the unauthorized release of a Bitcoin ETF.

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Commissioner Pierce: The SEC will carefully review any issues in the Bitcoin ETF market.

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Commissioner Pierce: False information (on Platform X) is not limited to Bitcoin products.

BlackRock (BLK.N): BlackRock’s Bitcoin Spot ETF (IBIT) successfully passed the final U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approval hurdle. IBIT seeks to track Bitcoin prices and is expected to begin trading on Nasdaq on January 11, 2024.

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Commissioner Pierce: Transparency must be maintained on the X account hacking investigation.

Market news: The United States plans to push Ukrainian President Zelensky to formulate a clearer plan for the Russia-Ukraine conflict at the Davos Forum.

On January 10, local time, the Judiciary Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives proposed a resolution to convict Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Biden, of being in contempt of Congress.

Market news: Chris Christie, the former governor of New Jersey, has withdrawn from the 2024 Republican presidential race.

[The probability of the Federal Reserve keeping interest rates unchanged in February is 95.3%] According to CME "Fed Watch": the probability of the Federal Reserve keeping interest rates unchanged in the range of 5.25%-5.50% in February is 95.3%, and the probability of cutting interest rates by 25 basis points is 4.7%. . The probability of keeping interest rates unchanged by March is 32.4%, the probability of a cumulative 25 basis point interest rate cut is 64.5%, and the probability of a cumulative 50 basis point interest rate cut is 3.1%.

Coinbase (COIN.O) fell 2.5% in after-hours trading following comments from SEC Chairman Gensler.

SEC Chairman Gensler: The SEC’s action does not mean approval of cryptocurrency exchanges. Most cryptocurrency exchanges are evading U.S. securities regulations.

Berkshire Hathaway reported a 34% stake in Occidental Petroleum Corp (OXY.N).