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Data shows that among 1,733,785 trading addresses on Polymarket, approximately 70% of addresses are in loss, and 30% are in profit. Only 0.0385% of top profit addresses account for 70% of total profit, totaling $3.7 billion. Nearly 25% of profitable addresses have profits in the $0–1,000 range, while 63.5% of losing addresses have losses of no more than $1,000, and 149 addresses have losses exceeding $1 million.

ChainCatcher message shows that the Gate Contract Points Phase 52 GUSD Airdrop event has started. Users can claim USDT experience coupons and GUSD rewards based on their held contract points. The current GUSD market cap is approximately $147 million, with a highest price of $0.9994. The Phase 53 airdrop will begin on December 30.

Charles Stanley's Abbas Owainati stated that the US dollar will still face challenges in 2026, mainly due to market concerns about fiscal sustainability and policy uncertainties. He pointed out that Fed rate cuts could lead to further depreciation of the dollar, but this may help ease the external debt burden on emerging markets.

Real-world assets (RWA) have become a prominent sector in the 2025 DeFi growth, with a TVL of approximately $17 billion, showing significant growth. Moving from experimental edge projects to core infrastructure, driven by balance sheet demand and a high-interest-rate environment, tokenized U.S. Treasuries attract capital. Ethereum dominates RWA issuance, with permissioned networks on the institutional side taking the lead.

BlockBeats News, December 29th, according to SEC filings, Intel sold 214.8 million shares to NVIDIA, totaling $5 billion in transactions. Intel stated that the issuance and sale were conducted under the Securities Purchase Agreement signed on September 15, 2023. (Jin10) BlockBeats previously reported that on September 18th, NVIDIA announced it would invest $5 billion in Intel (INTC.O) to support this struggling American chip foundry company, but did not grant Intel any critical chip manufacturing orders. The agreement also includes plans for Intel and NVIDIA to jointly develop personal computer and data center chips, which could pose potential risks to TSMC (TSM.N). Currently, TSMC is responsible for manufacturing NVIDIA's flagship processors; as the world's most valuable company, NVIDIA

PANews 12月29日消息，据Whale Alert报道，USDC Treasury在Solana链上销毁了98,469,098枚USDC，价值约98,547,873美元。随后，USDC Treasury在以太坊链上新铸98,469,098枚USDC，价值约98,557,720美元。疑似进行换链操作。

0xSun on X platform pointed out that although the overall market is sluggish, Perp DEX and prediction markets remain highly关注. He is optimistic about the competitive advantage of the Lighter project, despite controversies, and believes that prediction markets are the most consensus-driven direction in crypto applications and worth participating in.

UK fintech company GSTechnologies Ltd acquires Polish virtual asset service provider Finferno, with the transaction amount undisclosed. This move aims to expand its digital asset business in Poland and Central Europe, and plans to launch new exchanges and wealth management services.

Bloomberg analyst Mike McGlone predicts that Bitcoin prices could drop to $50,000 in 2026 and then potentially fall to $10,000. He believes 2025 will be the peak for Bitcoin and cryptocurrency prices. Currently, Bitcoin is priced at approximately $88,000, down 30% from its all-time high.

Gate News bot消息，鲸鱼"255 $BTC Sold"再次以10倍杠杆开设BTC空头仓位，当前价值3600万美元，持有409.58 BTC。

CoinShares' latest weekly digital asset fund flow report shows that last week, global digital asset investment products experienced a net outflow of $446 million, expanding the total capital outflow since the market sharply corrected on October 10 to $3.2 billion. This data indicates that although prices have stabilized temporarily, overall market sentiment has not fully recovered, and risk appetite remains cautious. From an annual perspective, the cumulative capital inflow into digital asset products since the beginning of the year is approximately $46.3 billion, roughly in line with the $48.7 billion recorded in the same period in 2024. However, the total assets under management (AuM) have only increased by about 10% year-to-date, implying that, after considering capital inflows, ordinary investors have not gained significant actual returns this year. This phenomenon reflects the erosion of returns due to price volatility and a decline in capital allocation efficiency.

As MSCI is set to announce on January 15 whether to remove MicroStrategy (now called Strategy) from its index, MSTR stocks are facing significant market pressure. The options market has already signaled an "extremely bearish" outlook, with investors' concerns about future trends rapidly intensifying. Against the backdrop of Bitcoin's recent weakness, MSTR, as a high-leverage Bitcoin concept stock, exhibits particularly volatile sentiment. Data from Barchart shows that recent trading volume of MSTR put options has increased significantly, with the put-to-call ratio continuously rising. As of the time of writing, the Put/Call ratio for contracts expiring on January 9 has reached 1.57, while the key strike price for contracts expiring on January 16 has been pushed down to 3.55, reflecting that the market is heavily betting on downside risk. This structure typically indicates that institutional funds are hedging against a potential deep correction.

Recently, a video posted by JackTheRippler has sparked widespread discussion in the XRP community. In the video, U.S. President Trump openly discusses the inefficiencies of the American financial system, emphasizing the need to modernize the financial infrastructure through faster payment systems and advanced encryption technology. This statement is seen as highly aligned with Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse's long-standing advocacy for cross-border payment reform, also once again positioning XRP at the center of the crypto payment narrative. In his speech, Trump highlighted "accelerated payments" and "next-generation financial technology," which the market interprets as positive signals for blockchain and crypto payment solutions. As a core asset within the Ripple ecosystem, XRP is designed as a bridge asset for cross-border payments, aiming to reduce settlement costs, shorten transaction times, and decrease reliance on traditional intermediaries. Some market participants believe that, in the context of the global financial system seeking upgrades, XRP's technological positioning aligns with potential policy reforms.

On-chain data shows that whales starting with "0x14AE" have invested a total of $415,000 in Lighter TGE-related predictions, including a closed prediction loss of $4,861. Currently, this whale holds a $126,000 "31-day Airdrop" share and a forecasted FDV of over $300,000.

Pi Network recently made a significant structural adjustment to its testnet decentralized exchange (DEX), migrating from multi-token liquidity pools to Pi-denominated trading pairs. The core goal of this update is to concentrate on-chain liquidity within Pi itself, reducing the fragmentation caused by different token pairs, thereby enhancing overall trading efficiency and stability. This change has become one of the most notable technical developments in recent Pi Network news. Under the new architecture, most exchange activities on the testnet DEX are completed using Pi as the base asset, eliminating the need for path conversions through multiple intermediary tokens. Community developers pointed out that this design is more aligned with the common mainstream asset anchoring models in mature DeFi markets, helping to form deeper liquidity pools and effectively reduce trading slippage. Previously, low-volume pools could amplify price volatility, but this adjustment has improved the trading execution quality in the testnet environment.

Several technical analysts recently provided the latest outlook on the 2026 price trends of Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Ripple based on long-term structures, historical fractals, and key demand zones. Against the backdrop of a gradually warming overall market sentiment, these three major mainstream cryptocurrencies are standing at critical structural turning points. Regarding Bitcoin, analyst CryptoBull pointed out that Bitcoin has successfully broken through the long-term descending channel and has shown clear bullish divergence signals at the end of consolidation. This pattern has appeared multiple times in historical cycles and is often accompanied by medium-term trend expansion. Currently, Bitcoin's price remains firmly above the support zone that was previously resistance. Combined with cycle symmetry analysis, the potential target before 2026 is indicated around the $133,000 range, and Bitcoin's price forecast still leans towards upward expansion.

Ukrainian President Zelensky recently stated that he has clearly pointed out to U.S. President Trump that Russian President Putin's public statements about "preparing to end the war" are inconsistent with Russia's actual actions on the battlefield and in diplomatic efforts. Zelensky emphasized that Ukraine's ongoing observations have found that Russia has not taken substantive measures matching a ceasefire or peace negotiations. Zelensky pointed out that although Russia has sent signals of de-escalation in its public statements, it continues to maintain high-intensity operations in military actions, front-line deployments, and strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure, which undermines the credibility of the so-called "preparing to end the war" claim. He believes that when the international community assesses the progress of the Russia-Ukraine war, they should not only consider political rhetoric but also pay more attention to actual military actions and negotiation conditions.

Hong Kong investment firm Trend Research has recently increased its Ethereum holdings again, drawing market attention. On-chain data shows that the company recently spent approximately $35 million to buy ETH, bringing its total Ethereum holdings to about 601,000 tokens. Based on current prices, the market value is close to $1.83 billion, making it one of the largest enterprise-level Ethereum holders worldwide. According to Lookonchain disclosures, Trend Research borrowed approximately $958 million in stablecoins through the decentralized lending protocol Aave to continuously increase its ETH holdings, with an average purchase cost of about $3,265. This high leverage, long-term allocation strategy demonstrates its firm judgment of Ethereum's medium- to long-term value.

In 2025, the capital in the crypto market is gradually shifting from short-term narratives to real and usable infrastructure. Against this backdrop, Arbitrum has become one of the most favored networks among capital in the Layer 2 space. Although the ARB price has been depressed for a long time, on-chain data and fundamental performance are providing deeper clues for its subsequent trend. According to Artemis on-chain data, Arbitrum recorded the highest net capital inflow among major blockchains in 2025, indicating a clear capital rotation towards scalable, low-cost, and mature Ethereum Layer 2 infrastructure. Compared to short-term capital inflows driven by incentives and airdrops, Arbitrum's capital inflow is more stable, reflecting institutional and long-term investors' recognition of its execution environment and network stability.

Against the backdrop of Bitcoin's price consolidation, Zcash (ZEC) unexpectedly became the market focus. Driven by speculative demand and privacy narratives, ZEC accumulated approximately 30% gains during the Christmas holiday period, and on December 27th, it surged by 17% in a single day, with the price reaching $515. The monthly rebound reached 43%, recovering nearly half of the losses from Q4 2025. From derivatives data, Zcash even surpassed Solana in this round of market activity. In the past 24 hours, the global perpetual contract trading volume for ZEC reached approximately $2.9 billion, accounting for about 7% of the total market, ranking third behind BTC and ETH, while SOL's trading volume during the same period was about $2.65 billion. This change indicates that, in the short term, the funds and activity involved in ZEC speculative trading are significantly higher than those for Solana.

There is an ongoing discussion about whether XRP spot ETFs are triggering a "supply shock," which has been heating up recently in the crypto community. Some traders believe that the ETF custodial structure is rapidly absorbing market liquidity, potentially causing a sharp decline in tradable XRP supply. However, the latest on-chain data and validator perspectives strongly counter this claim. The controversy originated from a post on social platform X on December 27. The account unknowDLT claimed that the XRP ETF had absorbed a large amount of supply, leaving only about 1.5 billion XRP in exchanges, with roughly half recently consumed, and further speculating that an XRP supply shock could occur in early 2026. However, this assessment was quickly refuted by XRP Ledger validator Vet.

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The Bitcoin market in December 2025 shows a clear structural divergence. According to the latest data from CryptoQuant, despite a nearly 40% month-over-month decline in overall trading volume, retail investors are increasing their risk exposure against the trend, accumulating approximately $2.4 billion in leveraged positions. This phenomenon indicates that market sentiment has not cooled in tandem with trading volume; instead, there is a noticeable speculative tendency amid uncertainty. From derivatives data, multiple mainstream exchanges have experienced abnormal amplification in 24-hour open interest contracts several times. When Bitcoin's price remains oscillating around the $90,000 range, the daily leveraged increase has once approached $800 million. This suggests that a significant portion of market participants are choosing to respond to panic sentiment through borrowing and high leverage, rather than expressing medium- to long-term bullish views through spot positions.

HabitTrade today launches the open-source protocol Stove Protocol, providing a 1:1 on-chain mapping infrastructure for US stock spot assets, aiming to promote compliant and transparent stock on-chain capabilities and facilitate the integration of on-chain and traditional capital markets.

Gold prices fell as investors locked in profits, with New York gold futures dropping about 1.3% to $4492 per ounce. Meanwhile, progress between Trump and Zelensky in ending the Russia-Ukraine conflict has dampened demand for precious metals.

Cardano (ADA) has experienced a significant rebound after a sharp correction at the end of 2025. The price has risen from around $0.34 to $0.37, a stage increase of approximately 10%. This level coincides with the key support zone that triggered the previous major rally in 2024, causing the market to refocus on whether ADA has already bottomed out and laying the groundwork for a potential recovery in 2026. From a technical perspective, since mid-December, ADA's price has shown some resilience. Although the prices in November and December kept hitting new lows, the daily RSI formed higher lows, indicating a typical bullish divergence. Meanwhile, the MACD indicator experienced a golden cross after Christmas, aligning with the subsequent 10% rebound, suggesting that short-term momentum is improving.

Gate News Bot Message, December 29th, according to CoinMarketCap data, as of press time, SQD (Subsquid) is currently priced at $0.08, up 20.45% in the past 24 hours, with a high of $0.09 and a low of $0.04. The 24-hour trading volume reached $27.6 million. The current market capitalization is approximately $81.4 million, an increase of $13.8 million from yesterday. ## Recent Important News about SQD: 1️⃣ **Rezolve AI Strategic Acquisition Strengthens Data Infrastructure Value** After Subsquid was acquired by Rezolve AI, it achieved a deep integration of blockchain data infrastructure and AI applications. This integration combines decentralized data lakes, query engines, and Smartpay digital asset payment tracks, providing a complete data ecosystem for the AI economy.

Over the past year, the NFT market has significantly cooled down. Whether in terms of trading frequency or overall transaction volume, it has been difficult to replicate the previous peak moments. The pace of NFT trading has slowed, market activity has declined, and more and more traders are choosing to sit on the sidelines and watch. This does not mean that risk appetite has disappeared, but rather that funds and attention are shifting to another class of more liquid assets—high-volume Meme coins, especially Meme coin projects built on Solana. From a market structure perspective, NFT trading volume is highly concentrated. Leading platforms like OpenSea and Blur account for the vast majority of NFT transaction volume, while the presence of small and medium platforms continues to weaken. This trend toward centralization reduces the diversity of trading options and amplifies liquidity risks. For traders seeking efficiency and certainty, the attractiveness of the NFT market is decreasing, with more people preferring to trade only on the most liquid venues or even completely exiting the NFT space.

As global risk aversion sentiment continues to rise, gold-backed stablecoins are becoming one of the fastest-growing segments in the cryptocurrency market. Data shows that by 2025, the total market capitalization of gold stablecoins is expected to nearly triple compared to previous levels, reaching approximately $4 billion. In this process, a leading token has quickly pulled ahead of competitors, capturing nearly half of the market share and becoming the absolute dominant player in the tokenized gold field. Currently, the concentration in the gold stablecoin market is significantly increasing. Two major tokens together account for nearly 90% of the tokenized gold holdings. As the token supply continues to expand into 2025, the leading projects, with stronger liquidity, issuance scale, and institutional backing, are gradually surpassing other similar products and consolidating their market position.

In 2025, copper prices rose by over 30%, surpassing $12,000 per ton in December, marking the largest annual increase. Analysts expect global demand for copper to continue growing due to renewable energy transition and electrification, and copper prices may remain strong in 2026. Although high prices might prompt manufacturers to seek alternatives, the market also anticipates a structural copper shortage in 2026.

Russian police detained 7 employees of the Russian power grid in the Moscow region for allegedly assisting illegal cryptocurrency mining, causing an economic loss of approximately 10 million rubles. They provided services such as lowering meter readings to help mining farms evade inspections.

Recently, Bitcoin price movement has entered a critical stage. Technical patterns indicate it is approaching the end of a symmetrical triangle, and the market is awaiting a directional choice. Data shows that after falling below $90,000 on December 22, Bitcoin's price dipped to a low of $86,740, then entered a consolidation range between $87,000 and $89,000, with short-term buying pressure gradually returning. From a capital perspective, spot Bitcoin ETFs continue to face pressure. According to SoSoValue data, 12 spot Bitcoin ETFs experienced net outflows of approximately $782 million from December 22 to 26. The total outflow in December has reached $1.08 billion, with November's outflows even higher at $3.48 billion. The continuous outflow of ETF funds reflects that some institutional investors remain cautious about Bitcoin's medium-term trend, which to some extent suppresses market sentiment.

Nasdaq-listed company ALT5 Sigma, which has links to the Trump family crypto project, has recently attracted heightened regulatory and market attention once again. An investigation revealed that the company's newly appointed auditing firm's license expired earlier this year, raising questions about its financial compliance and transparency of information disclosure. ALT5 Sigma's corporate transformation path has been quite tumultuous, initially engaged in home appliance recycling, then shifting to biotechnology, and ultimately positioning itself as a crypto and fintech company. The company received backing from World Liberty Financial (WLFI), a crypto enterprise supported by the Trump family, but has repeatedly failed to publish quarterly financial reports on time, with issues gradually accumulating.

As silver prices repeatedly hit record highs this month, market attention to silver has rapidly spread from traditional finance to the blockchain space. The latest data shows a surge in on-chain trading activity of tokenized silver, with its popularity rising in tandem with futures market and silver ETF trading volumes, highlighting the ongoing expansion trend of real-world asset tokenization (RWA). According to RWA.xyz statistics, tokenized iShares Silver Trust (SLV) has seen a monthly transfer volume increase of over 1200% in the past 30 days, with the number of holders rising by approximately 300%, and the corresponding net asset value increasing by nearly 40%. This indicates that as silver prices rise, more investors are participating in silver-related asset allocation through on-chain methods.

Recently, Monero (XMR) experienced a rebound during the holiday season, with the price rising approximately 7% from around $432 and briefly surpassing $460. This trend is closely related to the temporary decline in Bitcoin market dominance and the overall rebound of altcoins. However, it should be noted that this rally occurred in an environment of low liquidity and relatively low trading volume. If the low liquidity persists into the new year, there is a risk of short-term gains being retraced. From a technical perspective, XMR's key support zone is between $400 and $420. This area is not only a significant high point from May of this year but also an important resistance level that was tested multiple times in the second half of 2025 and only effectively broken through in mid-December. Currently, this zone has turned into a potential support area and is highly coincident with the 50-day moving average, giving it strong technical significance.

Recently, Hedera (HBAR) on-chain activity has shown a significant increase, directly driving HBAR's price up by about 4% in a single day, making it one of the relatively prominent mainstream cryptocurrencies in the market. Multiple core network indicators have also strengthened simultaneously, indicating that this rise is not merely driven by sentiment but is supported by fundamental data. From a network performance perspective, Hedera's testnet transaction per second (TPS) has risen to 44, while the mainnet TPS has exceeded 100 a few days ago. This level indicates that developer testing and application interactions are accelerating, the technical usage frequency of the Hedera ecosystem is significantly increasing, and it also suggests that decentralized finance and enterprise-level applications are gradually being implemented on this network.

Gate News Bot Message, December 29th, according to CoinMarketCap data, as of press time, MON (Monad) is currently priced at $0.02, up 7.21% in the past 24 hours, with a high of $0.03 and a low of $0.02. The 24-hour trading volume reached $135 million. The current market capitalization is approximately $250 million, an increase of $16.8 million from yesterday. ### Important recent news about MON: 1️⃣ **Nubila Validation Nodes Launch to Strengthen Ecosystem Infrastructure** The Validator Node system of Monad's native data validation layer Nubila has officially gone live on the mainnet. Node operators can deploy various types of validation nodes and participate in on-chain verification of real-world environment data. This infrastructure leverages Monad's high throughput and low latency mainnet performance to...

Bitcoin prices recently briefly broke through the $90,000 mark amid low liquidity, attracting market attention. Data shows that Bitcoin once reached approximately $90,200 on Sunday night, then slightly retreated, and is currently fluctuating within the range of $86,500 to $90,000. Despite the apparent short-term rebound, analysts generally believe that this rally is more of a technical correction rather than a new fundamental catalyst. Several institutional analysts pointed out that $90,000 was an important technical resistance level for Bitcoin. Once the price reclaims this range, it could trigger short covering and momentum-driven buying. After a prolonged consolidation in December, Bitcoin rebounded at a key technical support level, which is a typical range-bound rebound pattern. Meanwhile, mainstream cryptocurrencies like Ethereum also experienced synchronized gains, but the overall market did not see significant volume increase.

Since March 2025, the price of Polkadot (DOT) has been in a long-term downtrend overall, but amid recent market volatility, DOT still recorded a rebound of about 4.4% over the past week. This performance, in an environment where Bitcoin prices are fluctuating and market sentiment is cautious, represents a relatively stable short-term correction. From a multi-timeframe analysis, the medium to long-term trend of DOT remains bearish. The weekly chart shows that the downtrend structure since September last year is still ongoing, with multiple retests after breaks below support. Volume-related indicators reflect persistent selling pressure, and momentum indicators have not shown clear signs of trend reversal. The historical supply zone around $2.5 is still considered an important potential sell area in the medium term.

The Japanese government recently announced a blueprint for tax reform in 2026, with "reducing cryptocurrency tax rates" becoming a key topic of high concern in the crypto market. According to the plan, Japan intends to lower the tax rate on cryptocurrency investment gains from the current maximum of approximately 55% to 20%, aligning it with the tax rates for stocks and investment trust funds. This adjustment is seen as a significant turning point in Japan's crypto regulatory environment and is expected to alleviate the long-standing suppression of domestic trading activity caused by high taxes. According to Japanese media reports, this reform will formally incorporate cryptocurrencies into a separate tax and regulatory framework, in conjunction with the revision of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act. Industry insiders believe that as legal positioning becomes clearer and investor protection mechanisms are gradually improved, the acceptance and compliance of crypto assets in Japan will significantly increase, helping to attract more individual and institutional investors into the market.

Over the past 30 days, the price of Solana (SOL) has decreased by approximately 12%. As 2026 approaches, market opinions on SOL's January trend are clearly divided. Based on historical performance, ETF capital flows, and technical indicators, SOL is currently in a critical window for a bullish and bearish battle. Historically, January has always been a strong month for Solana. Statistics show that SOL's average return in January is nearly 59%, with a median increase of about 22%. Additionally, when December ends with a decline, the probability of a rebound in January is higher. For example, in December 2022, SOL dropped nearly 30%, but in January 2023, it surged by 140%. In December 2024, it fell by 20.5%, followed by a 22.3% rebound in January 2025. This month, SOL has already fallen by nearly 7%, which, from a statistical perspective, provides a basis for a technical rebound.