According to data from the Dede Think Tank, as of December 15, 2024, 12:00 PM, there are a total of 16,093 types of cryptocurrencies in the global market. The total market cap is $3,792,230,629,437 (approximately $379.22 billion), and this week's total market cap of digital currencies has decreased by about $70.7 billion compared to last week, a decline of about 1.83%.

The global mainstream digital currency market declined overall last week

According to data from the Dede Think Tank, as of December 15, 2024, 12:00 PM, the mainstream digital currency market overall declined last week.

Among them, BTC price rose from $99,160.77 to $102,229.92, an increase of about 3.10%;

ETH price dropped from $3,949.65 to $3,866.80, a decrease of about 2.10%;

BNB price dropped from $733.95 to $710.93, a decrease of about 3.14%;

LTC price dropped from $131.40 to $117.32, a decrease of about 10.72%;

DOT price dropped from $10.32 to $8.73, a decrease of about 15.41%.

SOL price dropped from $234.84 to $219.53, a decrease of about 6.52%.

This week's TOP 30 digital currencies saw an overall increase of about 1.94% compared to last week

According to data from the Dede Think Tank, as of December 15, 2024, 12:00 PM, there are a total of 16,093 types of cryptocurrencies in the global market. The total market cap is $3,792,230,629,437 (approximately $379.22 billion), and this week's total market cap of digital currencies has decreased by about $70.7 billion compared to last week, a decline of about 1.83%.

The total market cap of the TOP 30 digital currencies is $3,350,853,567,535 (approximately $335.09 billion), accounting for about 88.36% of the total market cap of all digital currencies, an increase of about 1.94% compared to last week.

This week's market cap ranking first is BTC, approximately $202.38 billion, accounting for 60.40% of the TOP 30 total market cap, an increase of 1.62% compared to last week.

The second-ranked is ETH, with a market cap of about $465.7 billion this week, accounting for 13.90% of the TOP 30 total market cap, a decrease of 0.35% compared to last week.

The third-ranked is USDT, with a market cap of about $140.2 billion this week, accounting for 4.18% of the TOP 30 total market cap, an increase of 0.05% compared to last week (last week's market share was about 4.13%).

The overall fluctuation of the rankings of digital currencies in the TOP 30 was small, with the specific distribution shown in the figure below:

This week's TOP 30 digital currencies are categorized into public chains, platform tokens, stablecoins, tokens, DeFi, and other fields.

The most represented area is public chains, accounting for 76.22%, while the second is stablecoins, accounting for 5.76%. The proportion distribution of TOP 30 digital currency fields is shown in the figure below:

No significant fluctuations in Bitcoin mining pool shares this week

According to statistics from the Dede Think Tank, Bitcoin produced a total of 1,071 blocks this week. Among them, there were 2 empty blocks, accounting for 0.19%. The average miner fee and block reward accounted for 3.29%. This week, the top 10 Bitcoin mining pools accounted for 94.77% of the total share, with the specific distribution as follows:

Weekly news review

Industry progress

  • Grayscale announces recruitment for positions such as digital asset trader and senior manager of ETF products

  • Cardano Foundation: Aware of unauthorized access to X account, working to recover

  • CZ comments on 'Amazon shareholders proposing to adopt Bitcoin strategy': Simple question, will you accept Bitcoin payments?

  • Trump announces the appointment of William Joseph McGinley as a committee advisor in the Efficiency Department

  • (Rich Dad Poor Dad) Author: Bitcoin breaking through $100,000 is a significant turning point, predicting it will reach $1 million by 2030

  • Former CEO of Russian crypto exchange WEX arrested in Poland and will be extradited to the United States

  • Slash will launch Japan's first compliant cryptocurrency credit card, the Slash Card, next year

Investment and financing

  • Candao secures $25 million investment commitment from Rollman Management

  • Bitcoin lending platform Lava completes $10 million Series A funding

  • Decentralized finance platform SmarDex raises $4.5 million in public seed round

  • NASDAQ-listed crypto mining company LM Funding acquires a mining facility in Oklahoma for $7.3 million

  • Web3 banking service provider Klickl completes $25 million Series A funding

  • Beam Ventures announces the launch of a $150 million fund focused on gaming

  • Stablecoin payment platform KAST completes $10 million seed funding, led by Peak XV and HongShan

Weekly policy review

  • China's new (anti-money laundering law) will bring virtual currency transactions under regulatory oversight

  • Trump: Will not withdraw investment from social media platform Truth Social

  • Argentina's securities regulator allows some foreign investment products related to crypto ETFs to enter the domestic market

  • Brooklyn District Attorney shuts down 40 NFT scam websites

  • Iran is shifting towards regulating the crypto industry instead of imposing restrictions to cope with economic sanctions

  • Czech Republic implements financial reforms to become a crypto hub, allowing crypto companies and investors to open bank accounts

  • Iran's cryptocurrency holdings are equivalent to one-third of the country's gold market

Investment calendar

December 09 (Monday)

  • NFT sales in November rose nearly 63%, with Bitcoin NFT sales reaching $188 million

December 10 (Tuesday)

  • Total market cap of stablecoins exceeds $200 billion, setting a new historical high

December 11 (Wednesday)

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December 12 (Thursday)

  • Total market cap of stablecoins approaches $200 billion, setting a new record

December 13 (Friday)

  • Crypto-supporting Congressman French Hill wins the position of Chairman of the Financial Services Committee

December 14 (Saturday)

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December 15 (Sunday)

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