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"Scammers, criminals and terrorists have been deceiving people for a long time," presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said when asked about his cryptocurrency policy during Wednesday night's Republican presidential debate in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. People, our regulations need to keep up with the current situation. In fact, what the SBF is doing with FTX shows that the current framework is not working.” Ramaswamy said: “U.S. SEC Chairman Gary Gensler can’t even confirm in front of Congress whether Ethereum is It’s a regulated security and it’s just embarrassing. It’s another example of the administrative state going too far.” (CoinDesk)

Grayscale Investments CEO Michael Sonnenshein said he is optimistic about the company's dialogue with the U.S. SEC on the possibility of launching a spot Bitcoin ETF. He said in an interview: "We are optimistic. We have been actively engaging with the SEC, and the feedback we have received from them shows that the SEC wants to participate in resolving this issue and is eager to make progress on this issue."
Furthermore, Sonnenshein added that a timeline for approval has not yet been announced.
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Golden Finance reported that according to Token Unlocks data, the token unlocking situation from December 11 to 17, 2023, with a total value of approximately US$237.76 million, including:
APT (~8.9% of circulating supply) valued at ~$197 million;
APE (~4.2% of circulating supply) is worth ~$26 million;
CYBER (~8.5% of circulating supply) is valued at ~$8.6 million;
GLMR (~1.6% of circulating supply) is worth ~$4 million;
FLOW (~0.2% of circulating supply) is worth ~$2 million.
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Golden Finance reported that according to NFTGo data, the number of buyer addresses in the Ethereum NFT market in the past 24 hours was 6,866, and the number of seller addresses was 7,524. The number of profitable addresses in the past 30 days was 62,186, and the number of loss-making addresses was 517,074. In addition, the current Ethereum NFT market sentiment index is 31, with a grade of "Cool". Note: The NFT market sentiment index is calculated based on volatility, trading volume, social media and Google Trends.
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On December 12, according to market data, the total market value of SATS has surpassed ORDI (total market value of US$1.135 billion), temporarily reporting US$1.137 billion, ranking 62nd in the cryptocurrency market value rankings. As of the time of publication, SATS was temporarily quoted at $0.00000053, with a 24-hour increase of 140.49%.
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On December 18, Layer 1 blockchain Zilliqa tweeted that the network is currently suspended due to technical problems, and the team is working hard to solve the problem. Zilliqa said that it is recommended to temporarily stop any deposit and withdrawal transactions on the network.
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Blockchain-powered micropayments and financial inclusion company, Centi, has raised an undisclosed amount in Seed funding led by Archblock and Bloomhaus Ventures. The Zurich-based company plans to use the funds to accelerate growth on a global scale. Centi aims to address the inefficiency of micropayments and the lack of financial inclusion through its proprietary stablecoin technology, which enables transactions as minimal as a cent and offers a direct-to-consumer stablecoin that can be purchased with physical cash, providing a gateway for the unbanked into the world of digital payments and credit cards.
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Golden Finance reported that Arkham stated on the X platform that a smart money address 0x456 turned 1ETH into 550,000 US dollars in 3 weeks, making a profit of 275 times. Starting with 1 ETH, the first few transactions were relatively small purchases of tokens such as BONK, CLIPPPY, and ZUZU, held for only a few minutes at a time, which helped him accumulate ETH to gradually expand his position. As of now, the address has traded a total of more than 300 token pairs, and the wallet balance exceeds $550,000, which is an increase of more than 250 times from the balance at the beginning.
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A user on the Breach forum is selling access to Binance's law enforcement request panel for $10,000 in cryptocurrency. Access to the panel appears to come from hacked law enforcement official email accounts, a common vulnerability in these systems. Hackers are selling access to Binance's law enforcement request panel, which provides legitimate access to account data, for $10,000 in Bitcoin (BTC) or Monero (XMR). Binance provides access through a third-party service, Kodex, which is often used by online financial institutions or social media platforms to verify law enforcement requests and facilitate access. This attack is becoming more common, and it does not mean that Binance itself has been hacked, but rather that the quality of its cybersecurity for law enforcement agencies around the world is its Achilles' heel.

According to monitoring by The Data Nerd, two whale addresses transferred 30,482 ETH from Coinbase, worth US$68.8 million, with an average price of 2,259 USDT.
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Golden Finance reports that Ethereum staking infrastructure provider SSV Network has launched its permissionless mainnet, becoming the first project to use “distributed validator technology” (DVT) to achieve this milestone.
DVT enables Ethereum validators to share responsibility with multiple parties, preventing single points of failure and increasing overall resiliency. With the launch of the permissionless network, anyone can stake and contribute to the overall health of Ethereum, the project said.
SSV DAO aims to promote the adoption of its DVT network by providing token rewards. The DAO recently approved a one-year incentive program, allocating 1 million SSV tokens (currently worth approximately $24 million) to reward users who sign up as validators on the network.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, 2 hours ago, BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes deposited all 18.1 million LOOKS ($1.63 million) into OKX.
Arthur Hayes bought 15.5 million LOOKS ($4.5 million) from Uniswap and FTX at an average price of $0.29 between June 3 and November 3, 2022. If he sold, he would lose $2.87 million (-64%). #pepega

CGV, a Tokyo-based crypto investment institution, officially announced its strategic investment in the Bitcoin ecological aggregation toolset and automated asset issuance platform Biis.
Biis is positioned as a "BRC ecological toolbox" for developers and users, aiming to provide project developers and users with a comprehensive set of integration tools. It integrates a series of technology stacks, including: batch distribution and collection of BRC20 Tokens, batch distribution and collection of NFT assets such as BRC-721 and other integrated tools; a fully automatic asset release platform will be launched in the future, supporting multi-mode asset release modes such as Free Mint/AirDrop/IDO, and will be provided to project parties The Inscription Dao voting system completes functions such as automated release of projects and decentralized community governance. There are plans to make its code open source in the future. #pepega

Golden Finance reported that Fountain, a podcast application powered by the Bitcoin Lightning Network, announced the launch of Fountain 1.0 version, claiming it to be “the largest design and user experience upgrade to date.” Strike users can tie their Strike account to the Fountain wallet and top up without leaving the Fountain app, and Fountain 1.0 is available now on iOS and Android.
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According to Avascriptions market data, the 24-hour trading volume of AVAS, the first inscription token on the Avalanche chain, exceeded 25,000 AVAX, ranking among the top three on the avascriptions.com trading platform. It is reported that AVAS is the first ASC20 protocol token deployed on the Avalanche chain, and was deployed and created on June 29, 2023.
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Google says it has developed Gemini, a new artificial intelligence system that is more powerful than anything currently on the market, including technology developed by ChatGPT creator OpenAI. The department said the algorithm won't be widely available until early next year, citing the need for more extensive safety testing despite spending much of this year on the project.
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According to news on December 7, the on-chain data analysis platform Parsec has launched the block browser parsec.fi. The browser currently supports 9 EVM chains such as Ethereum, and more non-EVM chains will be added in the future.
Golden Finance previously reported that on October 12, Parsec, a data analysis platform on the encrypted chain, completed a new round of financing of US$4 million, led by Galaxy Digital, with participation from Uniswap Labs Ventures, Robot Ventures, CMT Digital, BODL Ventures and others.
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According to news on December 22, OP Labs issued an article discussing the decentralization roadmap of the Optimism ecosystem, stating that the ultimate goal is to reach the second stage as soon as possible, that is, no organization can change the state root of the code. In 2024, the Plan Security Council will guide and manage the ecosystem’s upgrade keys in accordance with Optimism governance, independent of the Optimism Foundation.
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According to official news, ChainUp Custody has now enabled support for the deposit and withdrawal of BRC-20 ecosystem tokens. This move is aimed at assisting exchange clients in aggregating more BRC-20 ecosystem projects, capturing a greater user base, and enhancing the value of traffic.
As a provider specializing in enterprise-level digital asset custody, ChainUp Custody offers diverse solutions including MPC self-custody, unified asset management, and compliance-focused custody services. With an SOC 2 security system control verification report under its belt, ChainUp Custody applies its six years of technical expertise to efficiently tackle complex asset custody challenges. The company prioritizes compliance, security, reliability, and stability in its custody services. To date, ChainUp Custody has catered to over 300 enterprise-level institutional clients and supports an extensive array of digital assets, covering more than 200 main chains and 1000+ tokens.
ChainUp's MPC wallet, which has already been fully supporting the Filecoin ecosystem, provides sophisticated functionalities like node management and multisignature wallet management. These features are crafted to enable miners to better handle and optimize their Filecoin assets.
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