1. 🔬Opportunities to watch

  • Eliza will announce a new token economics proposal around January 1st

2. ❇️DeFi

a. New projects in the past day

  • Orbs --- Farm (Ethereum, 0 million)

  • Pryzm Protocol --- Yield (Multi-Chain, 4.7 million)

  • Astherus asBNB --- Yield (Binance, 44.36 million)

b. Project list

c. Related projects

  • The cross-chain interoperability protocol oooo protocol announces the launch of the Badge system and opens for collection, users holding the Badge enjoy point bonuses

  • BIO Protocol community initiates a proposal to 'cross-chain BIO to the Solana network'

  • KyberSwap expands to Sonic, having deployed the KyberSwap aggregator and limit order features

  • Game.com launches an innovative Fair Launch token issuance protocol

  • Sushi has launched on Sonic, providing DEX aggregator support and other features

  • Base ecosystem AI autonomous management Agent fund Santa launches airdrop activity

3. 🌏Macro

  • US initial jobless claims for the week ending December 21st were 219,000, with expectations of 224,000 and a previous value of 220,000

4. 🐳Whale movements

a. Exchange fund inflow and outflow situation

  • Coinbase transfers 6,663 ETH to Coinbase Institutional

  • A certain early Ethereum whale deposited 4,160 ETH to Kraken 3 hours ago, valued at $14.5 million

  • 1,402 Bitcoins transferred from an unknown wallet to OKX, approximately $133 million

  • Over 33,000 BTC were sent to exchanges in the past week

b. Staking, DeFi, NFT related activities

  • Two whales extracted a total of 550,000 PENDLE from Binance in the past 15 hours, hoarding 1.76 million PENDLE in the past 7 days

  • A certain address added 3.09 million ai16z in the past hour, becoming the TOP 7 holder of ai16z

c. Institutional investment trends

  • This year, 9 new Bitcoin ETFs and MicroStrategy have collectively increased their holdings by over 1.1 million BTC

d. Large transfer activities

  • 1,400 BTC transferred from Coinbase to an unknown wallet, valued at over $138 million

  • The address ranked 30th on the Bitcoin billionaire list transferred out 11,999 BTC, approximately $1.19 billion

e. Options market trends

  • ETH bulk options purchased on Deribit for January 10th, 2024, at a price of $4,000, totaling 3,730 ETH

f. Market observation data

  • CryptoQuant: Bitcoin accumulation addresses increased their holdings by more than 225,000 BTC in December, a monthly growth of 82.6%

  • USDC Treasury increases issuance of 50 million USDC on the Ethereum chain

  • MIRA token's largest holder: may sell 1% of tokens daily

g. Others

  • ETH/BTC exchange rate long position James Fickel exchanged 3,500 ETH for 122.67 WBTC again 6 hours ago

  • A smart trader made over $8.3 million profit in Hyperliquid perpetual contract trading

6. 📃Industry

a. NFT & GameFi & SocialFi & DID & DAO & Content Creation

  • Monex releases the metaverse project 'OASIS TOKYO' in The Sandbox to the public

  • Talking Web3 launches a live broadcast program for Meme investment, the first project RED oversubscribed by 700%

b. Exchanges/wallets

  • GMGN.Ai update: New filtering function added, App will be launched on Google Play soon

  • OKX Web3 wallet has now integrated GoPlus security API

  • Pump Science: Only tokens in non-custodial wallets will be counted for airdrops

  • Binance Alpha announces the 7th batch of project tokens

c. Public Chain/L2

  • DPIN Foundation releases global decentralized GPU computing network plan

  • Bitget announces the merger of BGB and BWB tokens, fully upgrading the BGB on-chain ecosystem

d. Investment and financing

  • ChainOpera AI completes $17 million seed round financing, led by IDG Capital and others

e. Regulation

  • Citigroup: Six key factors such as stablecoin issuance and regulation will help determine the cryptocurrency trend in 2025

  • Hester Peirce: After Gensler's departure, the SEC will no longer prioritize enforcement as the main tool for crypto regulation

  • Key issues for US cryptocurrency legislation in 2025 include stablecoin bills and the FIT21 bill

  • The Japanese government formally responds to the Bitcoin reserve plan: the volatility of crypto assets does not align with the current foreign exchange reserve system

  • The Japanese Financial Services Agency will hold a meeting with financial industry organizations to discuss improvements to internal audits of crypto assets

f. Security

  • ZachXBT has assisted in resolving URL redirection attacks against Pudgy Penguins users

  • Animoca Brands officially confirms the co-founder Yat Siu's X account was hacked, reminding users not to interact with it

  • Meteora: Donating to Mira requires caution against malicious actors posting scam links

g. Others

  • Vitalik: Happy to become the foster father of Moo Deng, will provide more donations in the future

  • The proportion of Runes trading on the Bitcoin blockchain has dropped to 3-5%

  • The total open positions of BTC options across the network is $44.99 billion, and the total open positions of ETH options is $11 billion

  • Agridex on Solana chain completes its first coffee transaction, potentially driving the wave of agricultural asset tokenization

  • Vitalik donates 10 million Thai Baht to the Khao Kheow Zoo in Thailand, which will develop a dedicated exhibition area for MOODENG

  • Hong Kong establishes a gold trading exchange aimed at promoting 'digital gold'

  • US-listed company KULR launches a Bitcoin reserve, purchasing about 217 Bitcoins

7. 🔧Tools

8. 💡Viewpoints

  • Analyst: Binance's Bitcoin reserves have dropped to the lowest point since early 2024, indicating increased market momentum

  • Viewpoint: The remaining Bitcoin is made in the US or is the hardest promise for Trump to fulfill

  • After 3 years, the token is finally issued, analyzing the potential of the oracle RedStone

  • Overview of the DeFi track: stablecoins, multi-chain narrative, options products...

  • Make DeFi great again: Why is the Pendle ecosystem worth watching?

  • Analyst: ETH may break $4,000 before Trump takes office, expected to reach $5,000 in 2025

  • Viewpoint: Why I feel regret about the Bitcoin ecosystem in 2024

  • 2025 prediction: Bitcoin reaching $200,000? Base narrowly misses the L1 battle?

  • Trader Skew: Cautiously optimistic about the current BTC rebound trend, the market seems to lean bullish

  • ai16z founder: DeFi is the killer application for crypto AI agents

  • Bitfinex: AI agents using smart contracts will transform the cryptocurrency field

  • Analyst: Bitcoin investors with a holding period of 6-12 months are the most active sellers recently

  • Viewpoint: Trump's Bitcoin reserve plan may become a watershed moment for the cryptocurrency market

  • Research and investment analysis AI agents are on the rise, reviewing noteworthy projects in the market

  • CryptoQuant CEO: Whales are accumulating Bitcoin through privacy trading

  • A brief analysis of three methods to evaluate AI Agents: what are the pros and cons?

  • CryptoQuant analyst: BTC 'kimchi premium' has reached a local peak, indicating strong demand from Korean investors

  • Pantera Capital CEO predicts the current bull market cycle will peak in August 2025, BTC may rise to $117,000

  • Viewpoint: If Gary Gensler does not approve ATS regulation for decentralized projects before his departure, the SEC may abandon it

  • Dialogue with ai16z founder: How to evaluate 10 popular AI Agents