1. CEX Hot Coins
CEX Trading Volume Top 10 and 24-hour Price Changes:
BTC: -1.35%
ETH: -1.93%
XRP: -3.75%
SOL: -1.53%
DOGE: -1.42%
PEPE: +0.39%
SUI: -1.33%
PNUT: +8.2%
BNB: +0.51%
PHA: -20.54%
24H Price Rise Rankings (Data Source: OKX):
CXT: +21.85%
AGLD: +15.48%
PNUT: +8.2%
GOAT: +7.92%
EIGEN: +6.88%
OMI: +4.43%
MERL: +4.32%
SD: +4.05%
ACA: +3.83%
ETHFI: +2.45%
2. On-Chain Popular Meme Top 5 (Data Source: GMGN):
ZEREBRO
LEXICON
Butthole
zero
Swarms
3. 24H Hot Search Coins
zero: A test token launched by Siqi Chen, the largest holder of MIRA tokens, currently valued at $2.1 million.
MIRA token's largest holder Siqi Chen (@blader) posted on X that he launched a test token called zero, along with a note saying 'this will go to zero... do not buy.' Siqi later commented that he thought people would see the note and not buy it, but unexpectedly everyone started speculating wildly. He then panic-sold 40% of the supply, earning about 444 SOL, and subsequently used all proceeds for buybacks, then destroyed all tokens without making any profit from it.
ai16z: ai16z continues its rapid advance, reaching new historical highs, with a current market value of $1.84 billion.
ai16z initiates a proposal for token economics update, focusing on: the Launchpad phase in Q1 2025, acquiring mature technologies and teams, focusing on innovations in the Eliza framework, including multi-chain integration, and adding launch fees, staking, and other value capture mechanisms. The second phase focuses on ecological growth and incentive synergy, allowing multiple products to increase value together and enhance the connectivity of ai16z tokens, using buybacks, ecological funds, and other incentives to reward developers.
ZEREBRO: Another mainstream AI framework, oriented towards artistic creation, currently valued at $549 million.
Headlines
Michael Saylor: MicroStrategy's holdings reach 446,440 BTC.
Odaily Planet Daily reports that Michael Saylor announced on X that after increasing his holdings by 2,138 BTC at a price of $209 million, as of December 29, MicroStrategy's holdings reached 446,440 BTC, with a quarterly yield of 47.8% and an annual yield of 74.1%.
MicroStrategy increases its holdings of 2,138 bitcoins at an average price of $97,837.
Odaily Planet Daily reports that according to market news, MicroStrategy has increased its holdings of 2,138 bitcoins at an average price of $97,837.
On December 30, the US Bitcoin ETFs had a net outflow of 3,000 BTC, while the Ethereum ETFs had a net inflow of 16,359 ETH.
Odaily Planet Daily reports that according to Lookonchain monitoring, on December 30, ten US Bitcoin ETFs had a net outflow of 3,000 BTC ($275.59 million), including a net outflow of 2,206 BTC ($202.63 million) from Fidelity, which currently holds 202,801 BTC, worth approximately $18.63 billion; nine Ethereum ETFs had a net inflow of 16,359 ETH ($54.33 million), including a net inflow of 8,250 ETH ($27.4 million) from Fidelity, which currently holds 468,250 ETH, worth approximately $1.56 billion.
Binance Alpha announces the 9th batch of project tokens.
Odaily Planet Daily reports that Binance Alpha has announced the 9th batch of project tokens, including: COCO, vvaifu, MIRA, SKI, ALCH. COCO: a meme coin on the BNB chain. vvaifu: the native cryptocurrency of the vvaifu.fun platform, which allows users to create and manage AI agents. MIRA: a meme coin on the Solana chain, inspired by a 5-year-old girl with a commitment to funding research. SKI: a meme coin on the Base chain, promoting a culture of freely expressing oneself online and in real life. ALCH: AI Rig Complex built Rig, an open-source framework for building portable, modular, and lightweight AI agents in Rust.
Binance will list Solv Protocol (SOLV).
Odaily Planet Daily reports that according to the official announcement, Binance has announced it will list Solv Protocol (SOLV) on the Megadrop platform, which focuses on a financial ecosystem for Bitcoin. The total supply of SOLV is 9,660,000,000 tokens, with Megadrop rewards amounting to 588,000,000 tokens. Specific trading times will be announced later. (This news piece was generated with AI assistance.)
Industry News
Grayscale: Six new tokens including HYPE and VIRTUAL will enter the Top 20 in Q1 2025.
Odaily Planet Daily reports that every quarter, Grayscale Research lists the top 20 assets in the cryptocurrency industry, representing diversified assets in the cryptocurrency sector, and also representing Grayscale's belief that these assets have high potential for the upcoming quarter. In Q1 2025, Grayscale will focus on tokens that involve at least one of the following three core market themes: (1) The US elections and their potential impact on industry regulation, especially in areas like decentralized finance (DeFi) and staking; (2) Ongoing breakthroughs in decentralized AI technology and the use of AI agents on the blockchain; (3) The growth of the Solana ecosystem. Based on these themes, Grayscale has added six assets to the Top 20 list for the first quarter of 2025: HYPE, ENA, VIRTUAL, JUP, JTO, and GRASS.
Bitcoin miners' income has reached $1.33 billion so far in December, surpassing November.
Odaily Planet Daily reports that the Bitcoin mining hash price has decreased compared to 30 days ago. At that time, the metric hovered around $61.78 per PH/s, while the current price is $55.57. Meanwhile, Bitcoin's hash rate has risen to a historical high of over 805 EH/s during the same period. According to data from The Block, despite the decline in hash prices, mining revenue in December has exceeded that of November ($1.21 billion, of which $38.73 million came from on-chain fees). So far this month, Bitcoin miners' income has been $1.33 billion.
The Malaysian Securities Commission accuses Bybit of unregistered operations and orders it to suspend local business.
Odaily Planet Daily reports that the Malaysian Securities Commission (SC) has taken enforcement action against Bybit and its CEO Ben Zhou, accusing them of operating a cryptocurrency trading platform without proper registration. The SC announced last Friday that it has ordered Bybit to suspend its operations on its website, mobile application, or any other digital platforms in Malaysia. Bybit has also been ordered to stop all advertising activities aimed at Malaysian investors and to close its Telegram support group for Malaysians. It is reported that since July 2021, Bybit and Zhou have been listed on the investor warning list for similar regulatory violations. The SC pointed out that Bybit has complied with the enforcement action according to instructions and reminded investors that trading cryptocurrencies on unregistered platforms does not have protection under Malaysian securities law and faces a higher risk of being victims of financial crime. Currently, six cryptocurrency exchanges are registered and operating in Malaysia. The company stated in a post on the Bybit Malaysia Telegram channel: 'We understand this may cause some inconvenience, and we look forward to contacting you again in the future once we obtain the appropriate licenses.' (The Block)
Project News
ai16z: Eliza V2 is in the early development stage, focusing on improving architecture, scalability, and plugin management.
Odaily Planet Daily reports that ai16z stated on X that Eliza V2 is in the early development stage, aiming to improve architecture, scalability, and plugin management. V1 will remain stable and focus on PR, documentation, and fixes. Developers are encouraged to continue building on V1, and subsequent plans will be communicated for testing V2.
Bitget Token (BGB) completes its first burn, destroying a total of 800 million tokens.
Odaily Planet Daily reports that according to official news, Bitget Token (BGB) has completed its first token burn. The buyback and burn will occur quarterly, with Bitget transferring the repurchased BGB to a black hole address for destruction and announcing the specific quantity and on-chain records after the burn, ensuring transparency.
Hyper Foundation: HYPE staking is now live on the mainnet.
Odaily Planet Daily reports that Hyper Foundation has stated that HYPE staking is now live on the mainnet. Users can stake HYPE to trusted validators and receive HYPE staking rewards. When choosing which validators to stake with, users may consider different metrics such as uptime, commissions, reputation, and community contributions. Hyper Foundation will launch a delegation program to support high-performance validators and further decentralize.
Polymarket's active trading user count in December reaches a new high, while open contract positions have decreased over 75% from the peak.
Odaily Planet Daily reports that Dune data shows that Polymarket's trading volume in December so far has reached $1.7 billion, which is less than October ($2.28 billion) and November ($2.577 billion). Additionally, the number of active trading users on Polymarket in December reached 309,228, setting a new record; the number of new accounts reached 231,556. Besides the decrease in trading volume, the platform's open contract positions have also declined, falling from a peak of nearly $500 million ($474 million) to the current $117 million, a decrease of over 75%.
Polkadot releases roadmap for 2025: Upgrades cross-chain messaging and shortens DOT unlocking wait time.
Odaily Planet Daily reports that Parity Technologies, the parent company of Polkadot, has released the Polkadot 2025 roadmap, focusing on the following key points: 1. Smart Contracts: Asset Hub increases support for EVM and Solidity, while PVM provides a lightweight, secure, and scalable solution. 2. Elastic Scalability: Multi-core architecture enhances capacity to meet the growing on-chain demand. 3. XCM v5: The upgrade of cross-chain messaging takes interoperability to new heights. 4. Unified Address Format: Polkadot and all Rollups use a single address — making it more streamlined and efficient. 5. Fast Unlock: DOT unlocking wait time reduced for a better user experience. 6. DOT as a Universal Fee Token: Supports fee payments in Rollups — DOT becomes the universal fee of Web3. 7. JAM SDK: New tools for developers to easily build scalable services. 8. SAFROLE Technology: Block production using zkSNARK technology, achieving performance optimization.
NEAR Infrastructure Committee 2025 planning: Support chain abstraction infrastructure, invest in decentralized AI infrastructure, etc.
Odaily Planet Daily reports that NEAR's official article reviews the achievements of the Infrastructure Committee (IC) since its establishment in April 2024 and looks ahead to the development direction for 2025. In 2024, the IC approved 24 proposals (out of 99 received), focusing on supporting the infrastructure construction of the NEAR ecosystem, including wallet, decentralized RPC services, expansion of analytical tools, and more. Looking ahead to 2025, the IC will continue to optimize existing infrastructure, establish working groups to proactively promote ecosystem development, and regularly publish RFPs (Requests for Proposals). Key plans include improving wallet functionality (such as NEAR single sign-on integration with Solana applications), supporting chain abstraction infrastructure (such as multi-chain browsers, oracles, Omnitoken support), and investing in decentralized AI infrastructure to further enhance NEAR's interoperability and technical capabilities.
Jupiter developers discuss airdrops: The team has received feedback about increasing trading volume tiers and is considering a revision, but must weigh the pros and cons.
Odaily Planet Daily reports that Jupiter team developer Mei discussed a new round of airdrop plans in a post on X, with the core content as follows: The team has received community feedback on wanting to increase more trading volume tiers and is considering a revision, but this requires weighing the pros and cons; additionally, the team is actively filtering out bot and witch addresses; the team is considering whether to increase the airdrop ratio for professional traders; airdrop allocation will be based on individual addresses, meaning users cannot link multiple addresses to accumulate trading volume to reach higher tiers.
Abstract contributors: Testnet metrics can be easily faked, hoping real users will actively participate when the mainnet goes live.
Odaily Planet Daily reports that Abstract Chain contributor cygaar stated in a post on X: 'The main reason I dislike testnet incentives is that real users are always at a disadvantage. Testnet transactions are essentially free, meaning people can easily execute a large number of activities automatically. The chances of real users standing out or competing with bots is virtually 0%. If writing scripts incurs no cost, you can run millions of transactions to try to 'farm'. In reality, genuine users who naturally use the testnet quickly get lost. Is this good for network metrics? Of course, but I don't care about the numbers from the testnet. These transactions do not help us, nor do they benefit our builders, and they can be easily faked. No one will be fooled by this data. Ultimately, I want to see real users use our amazing ecosystem projects when the mainnet goes live. This kind of activity benefits our builders, users, and the chain.' Earlier today, cygaar posted on X that Abstract testnet does not offer incentives and noted that the network added 10 million transactions in the past two weeks, merely transferring ETH between wallets. cygaar explained that its existence is to familiarize users with Abstract, providing developers with a temporary environment for mainnet deployment. The team does not care about easily manipulatable testnet metrics. It is reported that Abstract Chain, under the parent company of Pudgy Penguins, Igloo, will launch its mainnet in January next year.
Investment and Financing
As of 2024, cryptocurrency and blockchain startups have received about $13.7 billion in venture capital, an increase of 28% compared to last year.
Odaily Planet Daily reports that The Block Pro funding data shows that VCs invested about $13.7 billion in cryptocurrency and blockchain startups in 2024, up from $10.7 billion in 2023, an increase of 28%. However, the funding is still far below the peak of $33.3 billion in 2022 and $29 billion in 2021. Dragonfly general partner Rob Hadick stated: 'Surprisingly, VC funding has not accelerated faster than in 2023, even though Bitcoin has risen more than 150% since the beginning of the year. I expect this may be because the LP (limited partner) market has remained relatively sluggish, and most venture capital firms do not yet have the confidence to seriously deploy remaining funds until they raise (or at least are confident they will be able to raise) new funds.'
Stablecoin aggregation sales infrastructure AlloyX completes $10 million Pre-A round of financing, with participation from Arbitrum Foundation and others.
Odaily Planet Daily reports that stablecoin aggregation sales infrastructure platform AlloyX announced the completion of a $10 million Pre-A round of financing, with participation from Solomon Fund, Arbitrum Foundation, Offchain Labs, PMT Capital, Ming Capital, Fern Win Capital, Whitecove Capital, and Kiln SAS. The new funds are intended to expand the global stablecoin infrastructure and plan to scale its operations in the UAE, ASEAN, and Africa.
DataDance receives millions in investment led by Hash Global to promote innovation in consumer data assets.
Odaily Planet Daily reports that Layer 2 network DataDance, dedicated to innovation in consumer data assets, announced that it has received millions in investment led by Hash Global. The completion of this round of financing marks DataDance's initiative to build the world's largest decentralized data asset service and trading platform in Web3, co-creating a Web3 business ecosystem with Hash Global.
Decentralized GPU network Inferix announces it has secured $2.6 million investment from DePIN X.
Odaily Planet Daily reports that according to official news, decentralized GPU network Inferix announced it has secured $2.6 million investment from DePIN X, supported by Hashkey Capital, FBG, Waterdrip Capital, and IoTeX through the SuperNode program. Inferix is a decentralized GPU visual computing platform, specifically for 3D/AR/VR rendering and AI inference. Its technical deployment plan is nearing completion and will soon be ready for testing. The SuperNode GPU Staking Mining Testnet 1 is scheduled to launch on January 2, 2025, on IoTeX, focusing on using NVIDIA H100 and high-end GPUs to train AI models.
Blockchain data startup Accountable completes $2.3 million seed round financing, led by MitonC and Zee Prime Capital.
Odaily Planet Daily reports that blockchain data startup Accountable recently completed a $2.3 million seed round of financing, led by MitonC and Zee Prime Capital, with participation from angel investors such as Darius Rugys of Maven 11 and DCBuilder of Worldcoin Foundation. The company is developing a privacy-focused data platform that verifies borrowers' assets, liabilities, and transaction risk exposure in real-time, allowing users to connect accounts such as custodians and exchanges to dashboards that generate credit risk reports for lenders. Accountable plans to further raise funds in 2025.
Regulatory Policies
The Japanese Financial Services Agency considers changing the classification of cryptocurrencies to be regarded as publicly investable financial assets.
Odaily Planet Daily reports that after the Japanese Financial Services Agency announced plans to start classifying cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin as 'financial assets', the classification of cryptocurrencies may change. Official documents show that the Financial Services Agency has stated its position in the tax reform requests for fiscal year 2025, hoping to start classifying crypto assets as 'financial assets that the general public can invest in'. Currently, under Japanese law, crypto assets are classified as 'payment tools' according to the provisions of the Payment Services Act. A shift towards a definition that emphasizes 'investment' would represent a form of legalization for cryptocurrencies, but this change seems to depend on the stability of the cryptocurrency industry. Although the document does not call for cryptocurrency tax reform, CoinPost wrote that this indicates that Japan's controversial cryptocurrency tax rules 'may potentially' be 'reviewed'. A few days ago, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) also proposed similar claims in its tax policy recommendations for fiscal year 2025. The LDP hopes to include the cryptocurrency industry within 'accountability and investor protection regulations', equivalent to regulations for investments in publicly listed company stocks. This would allow laws to begin classifying 'certain crypto assets' as common 'financial products' in public portfolios.
Voices from Individuals
The ETF Store President: 8 top ETFs launched in 2024 are all related to cryptocurrencies.
Odaily Planet Daily reports that The ETF Store President Nate Geraci stated in a post on X: 'The 8 top ETFs launched in 2024 are now all related to cryptocurrencies, including 4 spot BTC ETFs, 2 spot ETH ETFs, and 2 MSTR ETFs. Nearly 740 new ETFs have been launched this year.' He also mentioned that a spot Solana ETF is expected to be approved in 2025.
1confirmation founder: In 2025, US users may receive billions in airdrops from projects invested by the organization.
Odaily Planet Daily reports that 1confirmation founder Nick Tomaino stated in a post on X that the US is about to allow projects to distribute airdrops to users in the country. Unfortunately, for the past four years, due to unclear regulations, most on-chain projects have banned US users from receiving airdrops, despite airdrops being a form of on-chain reward for using products. Most teams did not want to risk scrutiny from the SEC. This has cost US users billions. The new government will change this situation. In the coming year, US users may receive airdrops worth billions from projects invested by 1confirmation.
Placeholder Partner: Market risk appetite has not diminished; declines may be influenced by year-end liquidity factors.
Odaily Planet Daily reports that Placeholder partner Chris Burniske stated in a post on X: 'Even though BTC is playing with fire, ETHBTC, SOLETH, and SOLBTC are still performing well. This leads me to believe that this is not a sign of a diminished market risk appetite but is more likely influenced by year-end liquidity factors as people are settling their books for 2024.'
