The battle for the "exchange of everything" has already begun.
⊹ Coinbase has entered from the crypto side.
⊹ Robinhood from the brokerage world
⊹ Traditional exchanges and banks are also actively getting involved.
⊹ In the end, everyone converges on one point: one platform where you can trade everything and at any time.
⊹ For users, this means lower fees, faster access to markets, and 24/7 trading.

$BTC Wednesday, December 24:
🎄 USA, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, United Kingdom, France, Spain, New Zealand, and Australia - early closure of the trading session before Christmas.
🇺🇸USA - Initial Jobless Claims - 16:30
Thursday, December 25:
🎄 USA, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, United Kingdom, France, Spain, New Zealand, and Australia - no trading (Christmas).
Friday, December 26:
🎄 United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, France, Hong Kong, Canada, New Zealand, Australia - no trading (Gift Day)

$ETH Key facts:
• North Korea is responsible for 76% of all crypto service hacks worldwide.
• 44% of thefts – from personal wallets ( in 2022, there were only 7%).
• Approximately 80,000 people affected, with a total of ~158,000 attacks.
North Korea is shifting focus from DeFi to personal wallets and centralized services.

The "0xbadb" kit was liquidated 12 times in a row!
The trader held long positions on #ETH, #XRP and #HYPE for 3 days, being partially liquidated 12 times.
➠ Recorded loss = -$13.17m.
➠ Unrealized PnL = -$33.6m.
Current positions $250m balance(:
▪ Long on HYPE with 5x leverage at $13.6m.
▪ Long on ETH with 20x leverage at $7.5m

$BTC The Bank of Japan's rate hike has strengthened risk-on sentiment.
Brief reasons (:
➠ The Bank of Japan raised the interest rate to a 30-year high of )0.75%(.
➠ The main thing – the yen did NOT strengthen. Everyone was worried about carry unwind )massive unwinding of yen-denominated loans → sell-off of risk assets(. But after the rate decision, the yen fell, and there was no financial stress.
➠ The rate hike was already priced into the market. When an expected event occurs without shock – investors unwind hedges and reintroduce risk assets into their portfolios.
➠ "Dovish tightening": The

$USD1 World Liberty Financial proposed using 5% of WLFI treasury (~$120m) to accelerate the adoption of the USD1 stablecoin.
Currently, USD1 has a capitalization of $2.74 billion and ranks in the TOP-7 dollar stablecoins.

$BTC The Bhutan government will allocate up to 10,000 BTC ($864m) for the development of a "city of consciousness" – a new economic hub in the southern part of the country.
At the same time, they will not sell the BTC – authorities are considering collateral, conservative income strategies, and long-term storage to preserve and grow the capital.

$USDC Visa has proposed that American banks conduct settlements in USDC via the Solana blockchain.
This is the first full-scale launch of stablecoin settlements within the US banking system. Among the first participants are Cross River Bank and Lead Bank.
According to Bloomberg estimates, by 2030, over $50t transactions per year could be processed through stablecoins.

$BTC Brazil's largest private bank Itaú recommends holding 1-3% of the portfolio in BTC in 2026.
Bitcoin is considered a tool for diversification and currency protection amidst economic and geopolitical uncertainty.
According to the bank's analysts, despite volatility and weak performance in 2025, the main risk for investors is staying out of the market, and Bitcoin should be a complement to the portfolio, not its core.

$ETH Tether wants to acquire the football club Juventus.
The USDT issuer has made an offer to Exor to buy 65.4% of Juventus shares. The deal is entirely cash-based and funded by the company’s own resources.
• Currently, Tether already owns 10.7% of the club’s shares.
• The company is ready to invest €1b in the development of Juventus.
• Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino called Juventus "a part of my life" and a symbol of Italian excellence.

$BTC The Fed's balance sheet increased by $3,522,000,000 in one week!
▪️Gatsby, Federal Reserve Chair:
- I voted against the rate cut, believing that the Fed should wait for more data.
- The rate cut is better considered in the first quarter to ensure a sustained decrease in inflation.
- I expect the Fed's monetary policy to tighten next year.

Today the Fed activates the unofficial printing press (#QE).
US government bond purchase schedule:
➤ December 12, 2025 – purchase of $8,167b.
➤ December 15, 2025 – purchase of $6,801b.
➤ December 17, 2025 – purchase of $8,165b.
➤ December 19, 2025 – purchase of $8,165b.
➤ December 22, 2025 – purchase of $6,801b.
➤ January 6, 2026 – purchase of $8,165b.
➤ January 8, 2026 – purchase of $8,165b.

Today, public trading of Grayscale Bittensor Trust (#GTAO) began on the American OTCQX exchange (OTC Market). This is the first investment product in the US that provides access to the TAO token – previously, only accredited investors could invest in this fund.

Donald Trump will conduct final interviews for the head of the Fed this week.
The leading candidate is Kevin Hasset, head of the National Economic Council at the White House and a key advisor to Donald Trump.

At the Bitcoin MENA conference in Abu Dhabi, Saylor stated that countries can launch regulated high-yield digital accounts using:
➤ Overcollateralized BTC reserves.
➤ Tokenized credit instruments.

Glassnode: The Bitcoin Trend Accumulation Score indicator is approaching its maximum values at (0.99) – almost all investor groups, from whales to retail, are actively buying BTC.
A similar pattern in the past was more often observed before a trend reversal or at the peak of a rally, when greed in the market was rising.

BlackRock:
- The Fed may cut rates again as early as next week.
- The labor market is losing momentum, which justifies the December easing.
- The Fed's balance sheet is stabilizing – QT is over, but this is not QE.