Plain Language Blockchain Daily: Cryptocurrency Year-End 2024: Total market value peaks close to $4 trillion, Bitcoin price accumulates a 121% increase.

1. Cryptocurrency Year-End 2024: Total market value peaks close to $4 trillion, Bitcoin price accumulates a 121% increase.

2. K33 Research: Bitcoin is unaffected by stock market declines, global markets digest expectations of a Federal Reserve interest rate cut in 2025.

3. Solana blockchain sees stablecoin growth of about $1 billion in December.

4. Elon Musk tweeted twice this morning with frog elements.

5. USDC Treasury mints over 274 million USDC on the Ethereum blockchain.

6. Gold and silver year-end 2024: Gold records the largest annual increase since 2010, briefly approaching $2800.

7. The three major U.S. stock indices all closed down, with the Nasdaq and S&P 500 each accumulating at least a 23% increase in 2024.

8. BlackRock, Fidelity, and Ark rank in the top three for Bitcoin ETF inflows in 2024.

9. Galaxy Digital: Bitcoin may reach 20% of gold's market value by 2025.

10. CryptoQuant: Binance's stablecoin reserves hit a new high of $31 billion, indicating increasing buying pressure.

11. Steno Research: Ethereum's performance may outperform Bitcoin in 2025.

12. Report: Venture capital in the cryptocurrency industry grows to $13.6 billion in 2024, expected to reach $18 billion by 2025.

13. Today's Fear and Greed Index rises to 66, still categorized as greed.

14. The cryptocurrency market value in Q4 2024 surpasses the U.S. high-yield bond market.

15. Data: At least 60 billionaires globally have invested in Bitcoin.