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Macroeconomic Perspective
Powell 'slaps back' at Trump's Bitcoin reserve strategy, BTC plunges 5% narrowly holding the $100k mark.
On Wednesday afternoon local time, the Federal Reserve announced a 25 basis point cut in the benchmark policy rate but hinted that the number of rate cuts in 2025 may be lower than previously expected, leading to a plunge in the US stock and crypto markets.
Four new members join Hong Kong virtual asset exchanges; a quick overview of their backgrounds and the latest regulatory routes.
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 formulating a clear licensing roadmap to further expand Hong Kong's landscape in the Web3 field.
Reviewing the historical Santa Claus rally: Will it happen again this year?
In the past 10 years, the cryptocurrency market has seen 'Santa Claus rallies' 8 times.
Arthur Hayes' new article: Bitcoin will crash before Trump's inauguration, making it a good time to buy the dip.
Before we enter the 'collapse phase' of this cryptocurrency bull market, I believe the crypto market will experience a thrilling drop before Trump's inauguration on January 20, 2025.
The crypto market faces 'Black Thursday'; how will the market trend afterwards?
What caused 'Black Thursday'? What are the future trends of the Federal Reserve's policies? How do industry insiders view the current market situation?
"US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve" executive order full text: Managing BTC as a permanent national asset.
Bitcoin can enhance the resilience of the US dollar and support America'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 providing forward-looking predictions for 2025.
Coinbase report: 2025 outlook for the entire crypto market.
In-depth research covering the crypto field, from altcoins to ETFs, from staking to gaming, etc. 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: 10 key areas to watch in 2025.
This article by Archetype analyzes the ten key areas to watch in 2025, including interactions with smart agents, 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 clarity of US crypto policy will further accelerate Bitcoin's institutional adoption.
For more content on the 2024 summary and 2025 outlook, please enter the topic (Bull Market Fantasies: 2024 Annual Summary and 2025 New Year Outlook).
AI and Meme
Interpreting Binance's research report: From joke to a hundred billion market cap, how did memes become popular?
Memecoins have long surpassed mere jokes or fleeting trends; they are gradually becoming a combination of financial opportunities and cultural expression.
Exponential growth opportunity: Why AI Agents are the next 'DeFi Summer'?
AI Agents represent a narrative that is feasible between DeFi and the Metaverse. Compared to DeFi, it has a broader business logic scene; compared to the Metaverse, it has tangible applications.
In-depth interpretation of Memecoin: A product of mockery, with a market cap of hundreds of billions.
How to reduce shitcoin risk when choosing Memecoins?
Solana AI hackathon launched: 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 brink of an epic explosion.
From any dimension, today's crypto AI Agents resemble DeFi and the Metaverse at the end of 2020.
Virtuals Protocol's market cap exceeds $3 billion; which AI projects in the ecosystem are worth paying attention to?
This article from Odaily Planet Daily will interpret the token data and the underlying project business for tokens in the Virtuals ecosystem with market caps ranging from $10 million to $100 million.
Decoding Fartcoin's $1 billion journey: Early institutional layout may be a driving force, cold fermentation creates a new king of MEME.
PANews analyzes Fartcoin's social media popularity and the top 1,000 holding addresses, trying to answer how Fartcoin grew from zero to a billion dollars.
The PANews account 'MEME Daily' will select daily hot memes for readers to understand the market situation, click here to view.
Hyperliquid ecosystem is thriving.
The Hyperliquid ecosystem has become a new trend, understand the fast-track pump platform Hypurr in one article.
The Hyperliquid ecosystem is still in a primitive and rising phase, with significant 'gold mining' opportunities.
Four dimensions to analyze Hyperliquid's growth potential.
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 bull market gold mining guide.
The launch of altcoins is sluggish, but the Hyper ecosystem is thriving.
Several cartoons help you quickly understand Hyperliquid's auction mechanism.
Hyperliquid's auction mechanism determines the listing price of new tokens on spot exchanges.
Seizing opportunities
Bull market essentials: An overview of 12 cycle tools and retreat indicators.
This article will introduce 12 cycle determination tools and exit indicators, showing that this bull market cycle has not yet peaked.
PA infographic | Overview of the airdrop information for 18 recently announced TGE projects.
Recently, with the warming of the crypto market, many projects are accelerating their TGE processes and announcing airdrop activities. PANews has compiled information on 18 recently announced TGE projects and their airdrop details, and users participating in airdrops need to claim them within the validity period.
Reviewing the market trends of 11 new coins: Should one cash out when the bull market opens or hold long-term?
In most cases, the opening remains peak; if tokens can be obtained within 5 minutes, it is recommended to open and take profits. VANA predicts a price of $15.9, with a circulating market cap of $479 million.
$250 million financing accelerates the upgrade of Avalanche9000; what new plans does Avalanche have in the bull market?
The Avalanche9000 upgrade will reduce the deployment cost of Avalanche L1 by 99.9% and decrease transaction costs on the existing C-Chain by 25 times.
Web3 News
PENGU's opening FDV exceeds $6 billion, the fat penguin airdrop starts 'helicopter money', and offline physical dolls are snatched up.
During this airdrop frenzy, Pudgy Penguins not only successfully boosted their NFT prices but also further expanded community and ecological influence. However, the benefits brought by the airdrop also triggered a lot of speculative behavior, causing dissatisfaction within the community.
Trump's project WLFI heavily buys $45 million worth of tokens; who are the core decision-makers behind it?
Trump's DeFi project WLFI made significant crypto asset purchases in December, spending nearly $45 million, including ETH, cbBTC, LINK, AAVE, ENA, and the latest ONDO. Most of the leadership team are new faces, and the project's practicality and innovation still have some uncertainties.
Polygon ecosystem crisis: AAVE and Lido collectively exit, triggered by the 'borrow chick to lay eggs' proposal.
Polygon is back in social media discussions, but not due to any major updates, rather because of the exit of ecosystem partners like AAVE and Lido.
Binance Space review: Binance Alpha is just an observation pool, high heat and attention are needed to go live on the main site.
"Most meme coins will 'go to zero' in this wave, only a few memes can survive."
Staking APY reaches as high as 22,037%, and the coin price surges 46%, revealing the mathematical magic of USUAL.
The real daily yield rate is about 1.49%, and it takes a week of staking to break even.
Key Information
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 fully resist the threat of quantum computing.
Bitfinex report: This round of the cryptocurrency bull market is expected to peak around Q3 or Q4 of 2025.
Ripple will launch its stablecoin RLUSD on December 17, followed by monthly validations.
Solv Protocol announces its token $SOLV will soon be launched on Hyperliquid.
Fuel launches the FUEL genesis airdrop: The eligibility query page is online, and claiming will start on December 19.
Insiders: SoftBank plans to invest $100 billion in the US to support AI and related infrastructure development.
Salvadoran officials: We will accelerate the purchase of Bitcoin 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.
