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South Korea's cryptocurrency exchange Upbit held a 72% market share in the first half of 2025, sparking discussions about monopoly issues. A congressman criticized a certain exchange for KYC violations, and an investigation revealed that it had a vested interest connection with Bithumb, reflecting market monopoly phenomena and regulatory challenges.

Last week, silver surged strongly, but then sentiment reversed, with a single-day drop of over $7, the largest on record. Gold also declined accordingly. Currently, the precious metals market has low liquidity, increased price volatility, and reduced institutional participation, making the market more unstable.

【Crypto World】How Severe Will the Web3 Security Situation Be in 2025? According to the latest data, over 1,200 significant security incidents occurred that year, resulting in total losses exceeding $3.5 billion.
The risk points are mainly concentrated in several areas. The theft of hot wallets and private keys on CeFi platforms is the top threat—these centralized exchanges remain the primary targets for hackers. Although losses caused by smart contract vulnerabilities in the DeFi sector are decreasing proportionally, the problems are becoming more complex: deep logical vulnerabilities in Move contracts are beginning to surface, becoming new hidden dangers.
The specific high-frequency attack types include private key theft, phishing attacks, and Rug Token scams. Looking at affected projects, some leading exchanges, mainstream DEX protocols, and platforms like Balancer suffered considerable annual losses in 2025.
This set of data serves as a reminder to all Web3 participants: whether you are crypto enthusiasts or project teams, security is

A leading institution, Trend Research, increased its ETH holdings by 27,598 within 7 hours, bringing the total to 607,598 ETH, but facing an unrealized loss of approximately $117 million. Depositing ETH into Aave may suggest they are preparing to borrow or are optimistic about long-term holding.

【Blockchain Rhythm】Recently, there has been an interesting phenomenon of capital flow in the digital asset market. Last week, the outflow reached $446 million, which is no small figure—since mid-October, the total outflow has accumulated to $3.2 billion. This data indirectly reflects that the market sentiment recovery still requires time.
What’s more noteworthy is the regional distribution of funds. Capital continues to flow out of the US, but the European market, especially Germany, is absorbing funds against the trend. This divergence precisely indicates that there is targeted strategic positioning in the market—some are bottom-fishing, while others are selling off.
An especially interesting aspect is the performance differences at the currency level. ETF products for XRP and Solana have been continuously attracting funds since their launch, and these two public chains are performing significantly better than Bitcoin and Ethereum. Meanwhile, Bitcoin and Ethereum, the major players in the market, are experiencing ongoing capital outflows, reflecting a subtle shift in investors’ risk appetite.

A trader experienced consecutive losses in December, with only 1 profitable trade out of 19, especially losing $2,619 on a silver short position. This reflects mistakes caused by a lack of proper judgment and risk management in volatile commodity trading. He needs to seriously reflect on his trading strategy.

On the Solana blockchain, a trader invested $366.43 in White Whale Coin, and after 25 days, the unrealized profit reached $513,600, with a growth of over 1400 times. After partial profit-taking, they still hold a large amount of coins, reflecting the high-risk, high-reward nature of the Meme coin market, which has attracted the attention of many investors.

Hyperliquid's recent performance is concerning, with revenue in the past week reaching only $9.16 million, hitting a new low and down 70% from its peak. This indicates a decline in user activity and trading volume, increased competition, and potential issues such as product bottlenecks or market cycle changes.

The token volatility of the Lighter project is stabilizing, and analysts expect the open interest to decrease by over 20%, with trading volume also dropping by more than 30%. The current market environment is unfavorable with a clear sideways trend, but if the LIT valuation remains around $2 billion, investment opportunities may arise.

In 2025, the number of publicly traded companies holding Bitcoin grew rapidly, but crypto asset treasury companies faced difficulties, with increased competition making it hard for some businesses to survive. Successful DATs require strategic planning and liquidity, and should also innovate their approach by viewing Bitcoin as actively manageable capital. Traditional financial investors shifting towards cryptocurrency ETFs are also driving changes in the DAT model.

Recently, Dogecoin's popularity has increased, and community activities have boosted participation. On-chain data shows that DOGE is in a clear accumulation phase with large holdings, but holders still face significant unrealized losses. The price has been fluctuating between $0.122 and $0.133, and market sentiment has not yet improved. Caution is advised when considering rebound opportunities.

【Crypto World】In a high inflation environment, Argentine users' demand for stablecoins has surged, but this is more for hedging against currency devaluation and the convenience of cross-border payments rather than directly replacing the local fiat currency.
Products like Peanut have opened up new ideas—users first deposit USDT, then can directly scan the Mercado Pago QR code to complete transactions, cleverly bypassing the cumbersome traditional currency exchange process. Meanwhile, local players like Lemon Cash and Ripio have taken a different approach, integrating payment and receipt, bill management, card services, and even crypto interest into a single account system, forming a complete financial closed loop.
To put it simply, whether crypto payments can be implemented effectively ultimately depends on whether the local infrastructure is mature. The key to market competition is not just technology, but also fee levels, regulatory compliance, marketing investment, and who can expand to other countries more quickly.

【Blockchain Rhythm】Recently, there is a phenomenon worth noting. A well-known Twitter account has once again promoted the Meme coin ATLAS, which saw its intraday increase double, indicating high popularity. But digging deeper into the transaction chain reveals something interesting.
According to on-chain data, around the time ATLAS was launched, 68 wallets quickly obtained funds through the ChangeNow platform. These wallets are characterized by: almost no prior on-chain activity records, and they received nearly the same amount of ETH in a short period, then collectively targeted ATLAS. As a result, these 68 addresses now hold 47% of the ATLAS supply, worth approximately $1 million.
In other words, the behavior pattern of these wallets is highly consistent—fundraising → targeting → seizing a large portion of the circulating supply. Although JD Vance's pet dog meme indeed increased the project's visibility, this launch method and concentration of holdings have indeed triggered

【Blockchain Rhythm】Recently, a data point has attracted attention — Bitcoin has been in a negative premium state for 14 consecutive days on a major US mainstream trading platform (a compliant platform), currently at -0.0702%.
What is the premium index? Simply put, it is an indicator used to compare the Bitcoin price on a specific platform with the global market average price. It can reflect regional capital flows, institutional participation, and market sentiment.
When the premium is positive, it indicates that the platform's price is above the global average — this means strong buying activity in the local market, active influx of institutional and compliant funds, ample USD liquidity, and generally optimistic market sentiment. Conversely, a negative premium means the price is below the global average, and the signals become a bit more subtle. Negative premium usually indicates heavy selling pressure, investors reducing risk appetite, risk aversion sentiment heating up, or funds flowing out to other markets.
A negative premium for 14 consecutive days is indeed worth paying attention to.

Flow officially announced the progress of the protocol attack incident on December 28th. The fix has been successfully deployed to the mainnet, but it is currently in a "idle/read-only" state, and normal transactions remain disabled. Data synchronization with key partners is required, and once completed, normal operation can be resumed, followed by the release of the final launch confirmation.

Analysts predict that by 2026, the relative value of Bitcoin compared to gold will decrease from 20 times to 10 times, as its ratio is related to recession and stock volatility. The core CPI is expected to be close to 1%, oil prices will drop to $40, and Bitcoin price will be around $50,000, reflecting expectations of economic slowdown.