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Macro perspective
Powell 'slaps back' at Trump's Bitcoin reserve strategy, BTC plunges 5% nearly breaching the $100,000 mark.
On Wednesday afternoon local time, the Federal Reserve announced a 25 basis point reduction in the benchmark policy rate but hinted that the number of rate cuts in 2025 may be lower than previously expected, causing a plunge in both the U.S. stock and crypto markets.
Four new members have been added to Hong Kong's virtual asset exchanges; a quick overview of each background and the latest regulatory roadmap.
Following OSL Exchange, HashKeyExchange, and HKVAX, Hong Kong's licensed virtual asset trading platform (VATP) welcomes four new members. Meanwhile, the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission is accelerating the approval process for virtual asset licenses and devising a clear roadmap for issuing licenses to further expand Hong Kong's footprint in the Web3 field.
Reviewing historical Santa Claus rallies: Will it happen again this year?
In the past 10 years, cryptocurrencies have seen 8 occurrences of the 'Santa Claus rally'.
Arthur Hayes' new article: Bitcoin will crash before Trump's inauguration, which will be a good time to buy the dip.
Before we enter the 'collapse phase' of this crypto bull market, I believe the crypto market will experience a thrilling drop before Trump's inauguration on January 20, 2025.
The crypto market welcomes 'Black Thursday'; how will the subsequent market trend unfold?
What caused 'Black Thursday'? How will future Federal Reserve policy trends unfold? What do industry insiders think of the current market situation?
Full text of the 'U.S. Strategic Bitcoin Reserve' executive order: Managing BTC as a permanent national asset.
Bitcoin can enhance the resilience of the dollar and support U.S. economic interests.
2024 Summary and 2025 Outlook
Presto: From chaos to clarity, a review of the 2024 crypto market and predictions for 2025.
Presto Research releases its first annual report, comprehensively reviewing key market trends and making forward-looking predictions for 2025.
Coinbase report: 2025 outlook for the entire crypto market.
Covering deep research in the crypto field, from altcoins to ETFs, from staking to gaming, 2025 will be a key year, and its breakthroughs and progress are likely to help shape the long-term development trajectory of the crypto industry for decades to come.
VanEck's top 10 predictions for 2025: Bitcoin will rise to $180,000 in Q1, Ethereum to $6,000.
On-chain activities of AI Agents exceed 1 million agents, with daily settlement volume of stablecoins reaching $300 billion.
Crypto x AI: The 10 major fields to watch in 2025.
This article from Archetype analyzes the top ten important areas to watch in 2025, including interactions of smart agents to decentralized computing, transformations in data markets, and breakthroughs in privacy technology.
CoinShares' 20,000-word crypto outlook for 2025: As regulations become clearer, next year is expected to be the most transformative year for the industry.
The gradual clarification of U.S. crypto policy will further accelerate institutional adoption of Bitcoin.
For more content on the 2024 summary and 2025 outlook, please enter the special topic (Bull Market Fantasia: 2024 Annual Summary and 2025 New Year Outlook).
AI and Meme
Interpreting the Binance Research Report: From joke to a market cap of $100 billion, how did Memes become popular?
Memecoins have long surpassed being mere jokes or fleeting trends; they are gradually becoming a fusion of financial opportunity and cultural expression.
Exponential growth opportunity: Why AI Agents are the next 'DeFi Summer'?
AI Agents represent a feasible narrative between DeFi and Metaverse; compared to DeFi, they have broader business logic scenarios, and compared to the Metaverse, they have tangible applications.
In-depth interpretation of Memecoin: A product of mockery, with a market cap in the hundreds of billions.
How to reduce shitcoin risk when selecting Memecoins?
Solana AI Hackathon launched: An overview of 12 new AI Agent projects.
Including autonomous trading, DeFi Agents, multi-Agent collaboration, etc.
From Silicon Valley FOMO to Stanford, Crypto + AI Agents are on the eve of an epic explosion.
No matter which dimension you look at, today's crypto AI Agents resemble the DeFi and Metaverse of late 2020.
The market cap of Virtuals Protocol has surpassed $3 billion; which AI projects within the ecosystem are worth paying attention to?
This article from Odaily Planet Daily will interpret the token data and the underlying project business of tokens within the Virtuals ecosystem with a market cap ranging from $10 million to $100 million.
Decoding Fartcoin's journey to $1 billion: Early institutional layout may be the driving force, cold fermentation creates the new king of MEME.
PANews analyzes the social media heat and the top 100 addresses of Fartcoin, attempting to answer how Fartcoin grew from zero to $1 billion.
PANews account 'MEME Daily' will select daily hot Memes for readers to understand the track situation; click here to view.
The Hyperliquid ecosystem is thriving.
The Hyperliquid ecosystem has become a new trend; read this article to understand the pump platform Hypurr.
The Hyperliquid ecosystem is still in a primitive and rising phase, with significant 'gold mining' opportunities.
Analysis of Hyperliquid's growth potential from four dimensions.
This article will focus on the market opportunities of Hyperliquid and the fundamental investment logic of the $HYPE token.
The next 'on-chain casino' after Solana, Hyperliquid's bull market gold mining guide.
The listing of altcoins is sluggish, but the Hyperliquid ecosystem is thriving.
Several comics to help you quickly understand Hyperliquid's auction mechanism.
The auction mechanism of Hyperliquid determines the listing price of new tokens on the spot exchange.
Capture the opportunity.
Must-haves for the bull market: An overview of 12 cyclical tools and retreat indicators.
This article will introduce 12 cyclical determination tools and exit indicators; multiple indicators show that the current bull market cycle has not yet peaked.
PA Illustrated | An overview of the recent airdrop information of 18 officially announced TGE projects.
Recently, as the crypto market warms up, many projects are accelerating their TGE processes and announcing airdrop activities. PANews has compiled information on 18 recently announced TGE projects and their airdrops; users participating in airdrops should claim in time within the validity period.
Review of the market trends of 11 new coins: Should you open and run in the bull market or hold long-term?
In most cases, the opening price remains peak; if you can obtain tokens within 5 minutes, it's advisable to take profits at the opening. VANA's predicted price is $15.9, with a circulating market cap of $479 million.
$250 million in financing accelerates the upgrade of Avalanche9000; what new plans does Avalanche have for the bull market?
The Avalanche9000 upgrade will reduce the deployment cost of Avalanche L1 by 99.9% and lower transaction costs on the existing C-Chain by 25 times.
Web3 Matters
PENGU opens with a maximum FDV exceeding $6 billion, as the fat penguin airdrops start 'helicopter money', leading to a rush for offline physical dolls.
During the recent airdrop frenzy, Pudgy Penguins not only successfully pushed up their NFT prices but also further expanded their community and ecological influence. However, the benefits brought by the airdrop also triggered a lot of speculation, causing dissatisfaction in the community.
The Trump project WLFI has made a large-scale purchase of $45 million in tokens; who are the core decision-makers behind it?
Trump's DeFi project WLFI made significant purchases of crypto assets in December, spending nearly $45 million, including ETH, cbBTC, LINK, AAVE, ENA, and the latest ONDO. From the current situation, most of the leadership team are new faces, and the project's practicality and innovation still have a degree of uncertainty.
Polygon ecosystem crisis: AAVE and Lido collectively withdraw, triggered by the 'borrow chicken lay egg' proposal.
Polygon has once again returned to social media discussions, not due to any major updates, but rather the exit of ecological partners like AAVE and Lido.
Binance Space Review: Binance Alpha is just an observation pool; only projects with high heat and attention will go live on the main site.
'Most Meme coins will 'zero out' in this wave; only a few Memes will survive.'
Staking APY reaches as high as 22037%, while the price of the coin surged by 46% against the trend; this article reveals the mathematical magic of USUAL.
The real daily yield is approximately 1.49%, and it takes a week of staking to break even.
Key Information
The Trump family's crypto project WLFI announces it is seeking long-term cooperation with Ethena Labs.
Research: Bitcoin needs over 300 days of downtime to adequately resist the threat of quantum computing.
Bitfinex report: This crypto bull market is expected to peak around Q3 or Q4 of 2025.
Ripple will launch its stablecoin RLUSD on December 17, with subsequent verifications each month.
Solv Protocol announces that its token $SOLV will soon be listed on Hyperliquid.
Fuel launches the FUEL Genesis airdrop: The qualification query page is live, and claiming will start on December 19.
Sources: SoftBank plans to invest $100 billion in the U.S. to support AI and related infrastructure development.
Officials in El Salvador: Accelerating Bitcoin purchases as a strategic reserve; the official Bitcoin wallet Chivo will be sold or discontinued.
Coinbase's revenue over the past 12 months reached $5.75 billion, surpassing NASDAQ.
