Founder of ai16z: The aiPool project has been launched, and its founder is still trying to recover the X account.
ai16z founder Shaw posted on X platform: "Regarding the latest updates on aiPool (@aipool_tee) and 123skely (@123skely), ① The aiPool project has been launched; ② aiPool founder Skely is still trying to recover the account, any Skely account not @123skely is a scam account, be careful to avoid losing funds. The project has no presale."
Glassnode: Solana has maintained a positive net capital inflow since the beginning of September 2023.
Glassnode stated on X platform: "Since the beginning of September 2023, Solana has maintained a positive net capital inflow, with only a small outflow during this period. This sustained liquidity influx has helped stimulate Solana's growth and price increase, reaching a significant peak of $776 million in new funds flowing in daily."
Venture capital firm Founders Fund is raising approximately $3 billion for its third growth equity fund.
According to Axios from multiple sources, Founders Fund, the venture capital firm co-founded by Peter Thiel, is raising approximately $3 billion for its third growth equity fund. Founders Fund has not provided potential investors with an official scale target for the new fund, but indicated that $3 billion will be the approximate scale. Founders Fund has invested in some of the world's most valuable tech startups, including SpaceX and Stripe. Due to Thiel's long-standing support for President Trump, and the firm's multiple investments with Musk, it also has the opportunity to enter the soon-to-be-formed White House. Founders Fund has also invested in several crypto projects, including Igloo, Inc., the parent company of Pudgy Penguins, Bitcoin lending platform Lava, and Bitcoin rollup project Citrea. Founders Fund successfully raised $3.4 billion for its second growth equity fund in 2022, while also raising $1.8 billion for its eighth early-stage fund. However, at the beginning of last year, they decided to split the early-stage fund in two due to their perception of relatively few investment opportunities in the market. But as of now, they have not begun investing in what is now referred to as the 'ninth fund.' Additionally, although there were discussions about splitting the growth fund, it has not been implemented. Currently, most of the fund's capital is in use, including investments in capital-intensive AI companies.
Coinbase International's weekly trading volume reached a new high of $119 billion.
Last week, Coinbase International's total trading volume exceeded $119 billion, setting a new historical high. The total for the week was 124% higher than the previous week, and the daily average for the past week was 164% higher than the daily average of the previous week. The daily average trading volume for Coinbase International in November was only $2.5 billion. By December, the exchange's daily average trading volume approached $10 billion. The top five trading pairs on Coinbase International include perpetual futures for BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP, and DOGE, accounting for 99.8% of the total trading volume on the exchange. BTC-PERP accounted for 57% of the total trading volume, followed by ETH-PERP at 34%.
PancakeSwap's total trading volume in 2024 reached $310 billion, a year-on-year increase of nearly 179%.
According to Cointelegraph, the decentralized exchange (DEX) PancakeSwap's total trading volume in 2024 reached $310 billion, a year-on-year increase of nearly 179% from $111 billion in 2023. PancakeSwap reports that this is mainly due to the L2 networks Arbitrum and Base, with cryptocurrency trading volume on Arbitrum increasing by 3,656% year-on-year to $13.2 billion, and on Base by 3,539% to $11.6 billion by 2024. Additionally, PancakeSwap's trading volume increased by 179%, reflecting positive market sentiment and increased activity in the DeFi and DEX sectors.
In November, South Korea's average daily cryptocurrency trading volume is on par with the stock market, with the total number of investors exceeding 15 million.
According to Naver, data from the Bank of Korea shows that as of the end of November, the number of cryptocurrency investors in South Korea reached 15.59 million, an increase of 610,000 from October. This figure accounts for over 30% of the country's total population, reflecting increased market activity following President Trump's promise to support the cryptocurrency industry. The rise in Bitcoin prices has also fueled this trend. As of the end of November, the total holdings of cryptocurrency by South Korean investors amounted to 102.6 trillion won (approximately $70.8 billion), compared to 58 trillion won (approximately $40 billion) in October. The average daily trading volume in November reached 14.9 trillion won (approximately $10.288 billion), equivalent to the combined average daily trading volume of the KOSPI and KOSDAQ markets in South Korea for the same month.
The number of Telegram Premium subscribers has exceeded 12 million.
According to the official channel of Telegram Premium, the number of Telegram Premium subscribers has exceeded 12 million. The official expressed gratitude for the support from all subscribers, stating that it helps Telegram continue to develop powerful features that change the way nearly 1 billion users communicate. Users can subscribe to the Premium service through the platform or gift a subscription to friends and family.
HIVE Digital has invested $30 million to deploy H100 and H200 GPU clusters in Quebec.
According to an announcement from HIVE Digital Technologies, the company has invested $30 million to procure and deploy NVIDIA H100 and H200 GPU clusters to support the rapidly growing demand for artificial intelligence. These high-performance computing (HPC) clusters will be deployed in Quebec, Canada, and will be fully powered by renewable energy. Deployment details: • H100 cluster: contains 248 GPUs and is expected to go live by the end of 2024, with an estimated annual revenue of around $15 million. • H200 cluster: contains 508 GPUs, expected to be installed by Q1 2025, and officially online in Q2 2025, with an estimated annual revenue exceeding $20 million.
The remaining Bitcoin to be mined is less than 1.2 million, with circulation exceeding 19.8 million.
CloverPool data shows that the current circulation of Bitcoin has reached 19,800,490.63 BTC, with a remaining mining amount of 1,199,509.375 BTC. The current block reward for Bitcoin mining is 3.125 BTC, with an average daily output of approximately 450 BTC.
Musk: Grok can recognize and interpret almost any image.
Elon Musk just posted that Grok can recognize and interpret almost any image, from medical records to WWII planes to internet memes.
Binance Alpha has added five new projects: GAME, UFD, GEL, GOUT, and YNE.
The Binance Alpha page shows that a new batch of five projects has been added, namely GAME, UFD, GEL, GOUT, and YNE. The summary is as follows. As of now, there are a total of 38 Binance Alpha projects.
Cumberland deposited 16,201 ETH into Coinbase 20 minutes ago, worth approximately $55 million.
According to Lookonchain monitoring, Cumberland deposited 16,201 Ethereum (ETH) into Coinbase 20 minutes ago, worth approximately $55 million.
A whale that received 116.7 million PENGU tokens from an airdrop purchased $1 million worth of PENGU tokens today.
According to Lookonchain, a whale purchased 34.42 million $PENGU tokens today using 5,250 SOL (approximately $1 million), having previously received 116.7 million $PENGU from an airdrop (worth about $3.52 million). Currently, the whale holds a total of 151.12 million $PENGU, worth approximately $5.08 million, and has not sold any $PENGU tokens.
An address on the Ethereum chain holding approximately 13.14 million USDT has been frozen.
According to Whale Alert monitoring, at around 06:36 Beijing time today, an address on the Ethereum chain holding 13,145,135 USDT was frozen.
An anonymous user staked 10,000 BTC on Babylon 10 days ago, worth over $1 billion.
The Bitcoin staking protocol Babylon disclosed in its official blog that on December 15, during the third launch of the Babylon Bitcoin staking protocol mainnet, an anonymous staker staked 10,000 bitcoins, worth over $1 billion, through three transactions. Babylon stated: "Prior to this, the largest staking amounts came from entities wishing to stake for their users (such as LST protocols and custodians), but individual staking on such a large scale is particularly significant for Babylon and its protocol, regardless of who this person is. They chose to stake directly with Babylon rather than through LST, which pushes the concept of 'trustless' staking from the abstract to the concrete."
A suspected address of Sun Yuchen transferred 70,182 ETH to HTX in the early morning, approximately $245 million.
According to Spot On Chain monitoring, a suspected address of Sun Yuchen transferred 70,182 ETH (approximately $244.9 million) to HTX seven hours ago, which included 42,905 ETH unstaked from Lido Finance and 27,277 ETH transferred from Etherfi. Since November 10, he has deposited 179,101 ETH (approximately $645 million) into HTX at an average price of $3,601. He still holds 106,905 STETH (approximately $372.4 million) and 56,277 EETH (approximately $195.8 million), of which 25,000 ETH (approximately $87 million) have been unstaked from Etherfi. Previously, Sun Yuchen denied rumors of liquidating ETH, stating that it was merely a transfer operation of ETH between different wallets.
