📊 #SOL Supporting data from CryptoRank shows Solana's daily DEX traders at 514,000—down from 5 million peaks—yet still outperforming rivals, with institutional interest growing in tokenization via platforms like BlackRock and Franklin Templeton.
🕵️♂️ #ETH It seems that Tom Lee's Bitmine just bought another 48,049 ETH for $140.58M five hours ago. link link
📊 #BTC Alphractal: At the end of the year, it is common for companies and other institutional players closures boost selling pressure.
Bitcoin Open Interest has already dropped by nearly 50% across all exchanges, representing a reduction of more than $30 billion.
Once again, these institutional players have taken Bitcoin’s 4-year cycle very seriously, while many still maintain a persistent view that this time the cycle is different.
Bitcoin Open Interest has already dropped by nearly 50% across all exchanges, representing a reduction of more than $30 billion.
Once again, these institutional players have taken Bitcoin’s 4-year cycle very seriously, while many still maintain a persistent view that this time the cycle is different.
💥🧙♀️ #macro This Friday, December 19th, marks the infamous Quadruple Witching Day – also known as "Witching Friday."
It's when four major derivative contracts expire all at once: stock index futures, stock index options, stock options, and single-stock futures.
This convergence often sparks wild volatility, massive trading volumes, and unexpected market swings.
It's when four major derivative contracts expire all at once: stock index futures, stock index options, stock options, and single-stock futures.
This convergence often sparks wild volatility, massive trading volumes, and unexpected market swings.
📉🤔 #BTC Mike McGlone, Bloomberg Intelligence's senior commodity strategist, argues Bitcoin's rally to over $100K earlier in 2025 has set up a potential 88% drop to $10K, driven by mean reversion and weakening demand amid 28M listed cryptocurrencies, contrasting Michael Saylor's bullish stance. link
👍 Exodus Movement, a provider of self-storage wallets, partners with MoonPay and M0 to launch a USD-backed stablecoin. theblock
⚖️🍿 The SEC has sued cryptocurrency venture capital firm Shima Capital and its founder Gao, alleging that they implemented a scheme to defraud investors. Internal emails show that Gao has decided to resign and begin winding down the fund.
Founded in 2021, Shima Capital manages ~$200 million in assets and has invested in Berachain, Monad, Pudgy Penguins and others. x
Founded in 2021, Shima Capital manages ~$200 million in assets and has invested in Berachain, Monad, Pudgy Penguins and others. x
🤔 #FTT Caroline Ellison of Alameda Research has been placed on what is known as "probation" - now either under house arrest or in a rehab center. businessinsider
✏️ #AAVE The founder of Aave laid out a "master plan" for 2026: the focus is on scaling through the Hub and Spoke version v4 architecture, raising $1 billion in real assets, and developing a new mobile app. cointelegraph
🔮 Bitwise researcher predicts that the number of cryptocurrency ETPs "will grow at an incredible rate" in 2026, and that >100 ETPs could be launched in no time. cointelegraph
🎰 Machi Big Brother transferred another $1.2M to Hyperliquid and opened a new long with 25x leverage at 4100 #ETH ($12.08M).
Liquidation price: $2698.71.
Liquidation price: $2698.71.
💰 RedotPay, a stackablecoin payments company, has raised $107 million in a Series B funding round, bringing the total raised to $194 million. cointelegraph
💸 #USDT Tether leads $8M in funding for Lightning, a startup focused on stablecoins. cointelegraph
🔍🐳 Whale Transactions:
1. Bitmine bought another 48,049 #ETH ($140.58 million);
2. pension-usdt.eth closed long on #BTC, making another $1.04M profit, and then went 2x short on 25,000 #ETH ($73.98M).
He has made 12 profitable trades in a row since Dec. 8, and his total profits on HyperLiquid have exceeded $25.2 million.
1. Bitmine bought another 48,049 #ETH ($140.58 million);
2. pension-usdt.eth closed long on #BTC, making another $1.04M profit, and then went 2x short on 25,000 #ETH ($73.98M).
He has made 12 profitable trades in a row since Dec. 8, and his total profits on HyperLiquid have exceeded $25.2 million.
🇧🇹 #BTC Bhutan says it will use 10,000 BTC from its reserves to build a special administrative area, Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC). cointelegraph
👍 #ASTER Aster: we have completed the transfer of this month's community and ecosystem unlock tokens to 0x0A55c740703A11f42803fB1a05ca1F7F89981EA4 in accordance with the tokenomics release schedule.
🔍 Two Matrixport-related wallets contributed 4,000 #BTC ($347.56 million) on Binance today.