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Following the Fusaka upgrade, Ethereum network activity remains high:
- the daily number of transactions exceeds 2.2 million;
- the volume of on-chain stablecoin transfers in the fourth quarter set a new record, surpassing $8 trillion;
- the monthly number of active addresses reached a new all-time high, reaching 10.4 million.

The 4-year cycle is broken.
Bitcoin has broken its usual 4-year cycle, but not as expected. Typically, the cycle consists of three years of growth and one year of decline. However, at the end of 2025, BTC ended the cycle after two years of growth, showing negative momentum.

17 years since the launch of the Bitcoin mainnet.
On January 3, 2009, an individual or group of individuals using the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto launched the mainnet of the first cryptocurrency, mining the genesis block containing 50 BTC. Its hash contains the headline of an article in the British newspaper The Times, "Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks," a reference to the 2008 financial crisis and the article's themes criticizing the taxpayer-funded bailout of banks.
2026: the era has arrived where Web3 dictates the rules of the game for banks.

CleanSpark unveiled its mining rig in Georgia, equipped with immersion cooling.
The 20 MW rig uses 180 tanks of biodegradable liquid to cool 4,167 ASIC miners. This method provides lower temperatures, reduces noise, and improves equipment stability compared to air cooling.

According to the infographic, crypto companies reach $100 million in revenue significantly faster than AI and traditional tech startups.
Hyperliquid needed just 89 days, while Pumpfun needed 186 days. By comparison, OpenAI needed almost 20 times longer.

Bitwise has filed to launch 11 cryptocurrency ETFs based on altcoins AAVE, CC, ENA, HYPE, NEAR, STRK, SUI, TAO, TRX, UNI, and ZEC.

In Finland, cryptocurrency mining has revolutionized energy use. Excess heat from data centers is now used to heat entire cities.
The water cools the ASIC miners, heating it to 70°C, and is then fed into the city's district heating system.
By the end of 2025, these solutions will provide heat to approximately 140,000 Finns, representing approximately 2.5% of the country's population.

In 2014, Changpeng Zhao sold his apartment for 1,500 bitcoins when the BTC price was around $600. Today, the apartment is worth approximately $1.5 million, and 1,500 BTC is equivalent to approximately $188 million.

In 2010, Chinese teenager Zhao Tong invested just $10 in Bitcoin.
He later founded one of the first margin crypto exchanges, but due to security issues and glitches, he lost 99,000 BTC, worth approximately $9 billion today.

Tom Lee's BitMine, the largest corporate Ethereum holder, has begun experimenting with staking. The company has made its first deposits totaling 74,880 ETH (~$219 million).
BitMine holds 4.066 million ETH. At current prices and a 3.12% interest rate, a fully staked asset would generate annual revenue of approximately 126,800 ETH, equivalent to ~$371 million.

The tokenized real-world assets (RWA) segment, layer-one blockchains, and the "Made in USA" category will be the most productive in 2025, according to a CoinGecko study.
Meme coins and artificial intelligence remained the most popular sectors, but recorded losses of 31% and 50%, respectively, by the end of the year.

According to Alex Thorne, head of research at Galaxy, Bitcoin, adjusted for inflation, is just shy of $100,000, despite reaching an all-time high above $126,000 in October.
In other words, the rising CPI has led to a decline in the purchasing power of the dollar, which has lost approximately 20% of its value since 2020.
Thus, the price peaked at $99,848.

Since March, the number of wallets with balances of 1 BTC or more has decreased by 2.2%, according to Santiment. However, the remaining addresses increased their holdings by 136,670 BTC.
This indicates that some holders have exited the market, and Bitcoin has moved to active accumulators.

QCP reports that liquidity is declining ahead of Christmas, and institutional lending is declining, leading BTC to move sideways.
Open interest in perpetual futures has also decreased: by approximately $3 billion for BTC and $2 billion for ETH.
The end of the year and tax sales could increase volatility, creating additional pressure.

Vitalik Buterin called prediction markets a more rational alternative to social media, especially when discussing sensitive topics.
According to him, users of online platforms can irresponsibly fuel panic. The media, which often heighten anxiety with sensational headlines and thereby fuel debate, act in a similar way. Prediction platforms address this issue through a mechanism of financial accountability: reckless or "stupid" bets lead to real losses.
Buterin believes that the risk of losing money forces participants to seek objective information rather than succumb to emotion. As a result, su

Approximately 461,000 transactions are processed through the BTC network every day, with a total transfer volume of $10 to $15 billion.
Miners mine approximately 450 BTC daily.
Average network fees are approximately 2.7 BTC, equivalent to $238,000 per day.

An investor lost nearly $50 million as a result of an attack using a poisoned address.
The user sent a test $50 USDT to their wallet, after which the scammer performed address poisoning—creating an address with the same first and last characters.
The victim copied the address from the transaction history, checking only the beginning and end, and sent the remaining $49,999,950 USDT directly to the scammer.
"This is one of the largest cases of blockchain fraud we've seen in recent times," commented Web3 Antivirus specialists.

CryptoQuant analysts note that Bitcoin is emerging from deep undervaluation and reaching equilibrium.
This process is often referred to as a "valuation reset," which typically indicates an accumulation phase.

In addition to Strategy, 39 different companies whose digital assets constitute 50% or more of their total portfolio may be removed from MSCI (Morgan Stanley Capital International) indices. These include Sharplink Gaming, Riot Platforms, MARA, and other players.
This could potentially involve a forced selloff of $10-15 billion in assets. The "good" news is that 92% of the liquidity is in American companies (62% regionally). The impact on the stock market will likely be reputational, given the overall easing of regulations.
Discussions are ongoing until December 31, and the final decision, as p

The Kingdom of Bhutan has launched the Bitcoin Development Pledge program. Authorities will allocate up to 10,000 BTC (approximately $1 billion) to support the national economy.
The key goal of the program is the construction of Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC), an economic hub in the south of the kingdom focused on innovation.
In the coming months, the government will approve an asset management strategy. Options for using Bitcoin as collateral are being considered, as the priority remains the preservation of capital and its purchasing power for future generations.