Jocy, the founding partner of IOSG, predicts that the crypto market will experience three selling waves in 2025, with long-term investors expected to sell approximately 1.4 million BTC. The market will go through multiple waves of continuous distribution, with BTC fluctuating in the range of $87,000 to $95,000 in the short term, and a long-term target of $120,000 to $150,000.

According to Mars Finance, on December 21, BNB Chain issued a developer reminder stating that the BSCScan API has now been deprecated and needs to switch to Etherscan API V2. To ensure uninterrupted service and achieve better API performance, migration to BSCTrace via MegaNode is required.

The Bank of Korea has issued formal documents for the second round of CBDC testing to major banks, planning to distribute government subsidies in the form of Digital Money to drop management costs. The previous CBDC pilot project was suspended due to limited application value.

The Ethereum Foundation responded to the phishing attack involving 50 million USDT, calling for an end to the practice of truncating address decimals, emphasizing the importance of displaying the full address to avoid risks. Some Wallet and blockchain explorer UI options also have security issues that need improvement.

The "Hurun 2025 Report on Financial Investment Needs and Trends of China's High Net Worth Individuals" shows that Digital Money accounts for a stable proportion of investments among high net worth individuals, but the willingness to increase in the coming year is as high as 25%. At the same time, digital collectibles have emerged as a new investment hotspot due to the rise of the AI era, accounting for 7%.

According to Mars Finance news and Gate market data, ETH/USDT is currently priced at $3,000.16, with a 24-hour rise of 0.46%.

According to Mars Finance, the cryptocurrency platform Mercado Bitcoin reported that Brazil's cryptocurrency activity is expected to significantly rise in 2025, with total volume increasing by 43% year-on-year, and the average investment per user surpassing 1000 USD. The report shows that 18% of investors allocate funds across multiple crypto assets, indicating that investors are gradually shifting from single asset investments to diversified investments. Stablecoins have also become an important entry point for both new and old investors, with their volume being approximately three times that of the previous year.

Leon Waidmann emphasized on the X platform that Ethereum has become the settlement layer for global dollar liquidity, processing about 90 billion to 100 billion dollars in stablecoin transfers daily, mainly for payments and financial management. Despite the development of other blockchains, large funds still prefer to settle on the Ethereum Mainnet, highlighting the importance of its settlement certainty and credibility.

According to Mars Finance, the swing trading whale "pension-usdt.eth" closed a long order with three times leverage for 1,000 BTC, making a profit of $1.258 million. Currently, he holds a long order with three times leverage for 30,000 ETH, with unrealized gains of about $3.077 million, achieving a net profit of $14.73 million in a single month.

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Source: "When Shift Happens", Youtube
Compiled by: Felix, PANews
Real Vision CEO Raoul Pal shared his framework for achieving success in the cryptocurrency space by 2026 without relying on luck: hold the right assets and then do nothing. Below are the highlights from the interview compiled by PANews from the podcast "When Shift Happens."
Kevin: I recently went to Silicon Valley and talked to a lot of people, which has strengthened my long-term perspective. Today we need to discuss this because I think it's important for people to understand, but either they don't understand or they don't want to understand. Much of people's anger is due to a mismatch in timeframes.
Raoul Pal: It's like you can tell them the direction of future development.

According to Mars Finance, as reported by Cointelegraph, the relative strength index of Bitcoin (RSI) is approaching its lowest point in nearly 3 years, and the market is at a critical moment of success or failure.

Currently, the Hyperliquid platform's Whale Holdings have reached $5.226 billion, with long orders and short orders accounting for 48.5% and 51.5%, respectively. The Whale Address 0xb317..ae has fully gone long on ETH at a price of $3147.39, with an unrealized PNL of -$3.46479 million.

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Author: Arthur Hayes
Compiled by: Liam
Editor’s Note: The views expressed in this article are solely those of the author and should not be taken as investment advice or recommendations for trading. The article has been slightly edited.
If I had an online dating profile, it would probably be written like this:
The Language of Love:
Euphemisms and abbreviations created by politicians and central bank governors for "money printing".
This article will discuss the two most appropriate examples:
1. QE —— Quantitative Easing
2. RMP —— Reserve Management Purchase
RMP is a new abbreviation that entered my "Love Language Dictionary" on the day of the most recent Federal Reserve meeting on December 10th. I instantly recognized it, understood its meaning, and cherished it like a long-lost beloved QE. I love QE because QE means printing money; fortunately, I hold financial assets such as gold, gold and silver mining stocks, and Bitcoin.

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The original text is from Prince
Compiled | Odaily Planet Daily Golem (@web 3\_golem)
The failure of fixed-rate lending in the crypto space is not solely due to DeFi users rejecting it. Another reason for its failure is that DeFi protocols adopted money market assumptions when designing credit products, and then deployed them into a liquidity-driven ecosystem; the mismatch between user assumptions and actual capital behavior has kept fixed-rate lending in a niche market.
Fixed-rate products are unpopular in the cryptocurrency field.
Nowadays, almost all mainstream lending protocols are building fixed-rate products, largely driven by RWA. This trend is understandable, as once credit is closer to the real world, fixed terms and predictable payment methods become crucial. In this context, fixed-rate lending seems to be...

The article mentions that while the application of digital RMB is accelerating, it also faces risks of fraud. Criminals lure individuals into purchasing digital RMB Wallets through various channels to carry out fraud and Money Laundering. Experts advise recognizing the essence of digital RMB, preventing fraud, and protecting personal information and Wallet security.

According to Mars Finance, on-chain analyst Yu Jin monitored that a Whale/institution that lost 50 million USDT to phishing sent a message to the phishers, stating that they would be willing to offer 1 million USD as a white hat bounty if the 50 million USDT could be returned. As of now, the phishers have not responded, but it is highly unlikely that they will return the money, as it has long been converted to ETH and washed away through Tornado (.

火星财经消息，过去 24 小时内加密货币市场总爆仓金额达 1.25 亿美元，其中，多单爆仓 6092.71 万美元，空单爆仓 6425.03 万美元。BTC 爆仓金额达 4042.69 万美元，ETH 爆仓 1764.55 万美元。过去 24 小时内共有 72,256 人被爆仓，最大单笔爆仓出现在 Hyperliquid 的 BTC-USD 交易对上，价值 489.88 万美元。