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Macroeconomic Perspective
Powell 'slaps back' at Trump's Bitcoin reserve strategy, BTC plunges 5% narrowly holding the $100,000 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, causing both the U.S. stock and cryptocurrency markets to plunge.
Hong Kong virtual asset exchanges welcome four new members, a quick overview of each background and the latest regulatory routes
After OSL Exchange, HashKey Exchange, 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 developing a clear roadmap for licensing procedures to further expand Hong Kong's footprint in the Web3 sector.
Reviewing historical Santa Claus markets: Will it happen again this year?
In the past 10 years, cryptocurrency has experienced 'Santa Claus rallies' 8 times.
Arthur Hayes's new article: Bitcoin will crash before Trump's inauguration, presenting a good buying opportunity
Before we enter the 'crash phase' of this crypto bull market, I believe the crypto market will experience a dramatic drop before Trump's inauguration on January 20, 2025.
The crypto market faces 'Black Thursday', how will the subsequent trend unfold?
What caused 'Black Thursday'? What will the future U.S. Federal Reserve policy trend look like? How do industry insiders view the current market situation?
'U.S. Strategic Bitcoin Reserve' Executive Order Full Text: Manage BTC as a Permanent National Asset
Bitcoin can enhance the resilience of the US dollar and support American economic interests.
2024 Summary and 2025 Outlook
Presto: From Chaos to Clarity, 2024 Crypto Market Review and 2025 Prediction
Presto Research releases first annual report, comprehensively reviewing key market trends and making forward-looking predictions for 2025.
Coinbase Report: 2025 Crypto Market Outlook Across All Tracks
In-depth research covering the crypto field, from altcoins to ETFs, from staking to gaming, etc. 2025 will be a crucial year, and its breakthroughs and advancements are likely to help shape the long-term development trajectory of the crypto industry in the coming decades.
VanEck's top 10 predictions for 2025: Bitcoin reaches $180,000 in Q1, Ethereum $6,000
The on-chain activities of AI agents exceed 1 million agents, with stablecoin daily settlement volume reaching $300 billion.
Crypto x AI: 10 Key Areas to Watch in 2025
This article analyzes the ten important fields to watch in 2025, including interactions with smart agents, decentralized computing, data market transformations, and breakthroughs in privacy technologies.
CoinShares 20,000-word crypto outlook for 2025: With regulations becoming clearer, next year is expected to be the most transformative year for the industry
The gradual clarification of U.S. crypto policies will further accelerate institutional adoption of Bitcoin.
For more 2024 summaries and 2025 outlook content, please enter the special topic (Bull Market Fantasy: 2024 Annual Summary and 2025 New Year Outlook)
AI and Memes
Interpreting Binance Research Report: How did memes go from a joke to a market value of hundreds of billions?
Memecoins have long surpassed simple jokes or fleeting trends, they are gradually becoming a combination of financial opportunities and cultural expressions.
Exponential Growth Opportunity: Why AI Agents are the next 'DeFi Summer'?
AI Agent is a feasible narrative that lies between DeFi and Metaverse, offering broader business logic scenarios compared to DeFi, and tangible applications compared to Metaverse.
In-depth analysis of Memecoin: A product of mockery, a market cap of hundreds of billions
How to Reduce Shitcoin Risks When Choosing Memecoins?
Solana AI Hackathon Launched: A Look at 12 New AI Agent Projects
Including self-trading, DeFi Agents, multi-Agent collaboration, and other directions.
From Silicon Valley FOMO to Stanford, Crypto + AI Agents are on the eve of an epic explosion
From any dimension, today's crypto AI Agents closely resemble DeFi and the Metaverse at the end of 2020.
Virtuals Protocol's market cap exceeds $3 billion, which AI projects within the ecosystem are worth watching?
This article by Odaily Planet Daily will interpret the token data and underlying project business of tokens in the Virtuals ecosystem with a market cap between $10 million and $100 million.
Decoding Fartcoin's $1 billion journey: Early institutional layout may be the driver, cold fermentation creates a new meme king
PANews analyzes the social media heat of Fartcoin and the top 1000 holding addresses, attempting to answer how Fartcoin rose from zero to one billion dollars.
PANews account 'MEME Daily' will curate daily hot memes for readers to understand the track situation, click here to view.
Hyperliquid Ecosystem Booming
Hyperliquid ecosystem becomes a new focus, read about the pump platform Hypurr
The Hyperliquid ecosystem is still in its primitive and rising phase, with significant 'gold rush' opportunities.
Analyzing Hyperliquid's Growth Potential from Four Dimensions
This article will focus on Hyperliquid's market opportunities and the fundamental investment logic of the $HYPE token.
The Next 'On-Chain Casino' After Solana, Hyperliquid Bull Market Gold Rush Guide
The launch of altcoins is sluggish, but the Hyper ecosystem is thriving.
A few cartoons to quickly understand Hyperliquid's auction mechanism
Hyperliquid's auction mechanism determines the listing price of new tokens on the spot exchange.
Seize the Opportunity
Bull Market Essentials: A Look at 12 Cycle Tools and Retreat Indicators
This article will introduce 12 cycle determination tools and exit indicators, with multiple indicators showing that this bull market cycle has not yet peaked.
PA Illustration | A look at the airdrop information of 18 recently announced TGE projects
Recently, with the warming of the crypto market, many projects have accelerated the TGE process and announced airdrop activities one after another. PANews has compiled recent information on 18 officially announced TGE projects and their airdrop details; participants need to claim within the valid period.
Review of the market trends of 11 new coins: Should you run for the hills when the bull market launches or hold long-term?
In most cases, the opening is still at its peak, and if you can acquire tokens within 5 minutes, it is recommended to take profits at the opening. VANA's price prediction is $15.9, with a circulating market cap of $479 million.
A $250 million financing accelerates the upgrade of Avalanche 9000, what new plans does Avalanche have in the bull market?
The Avalanche 9000 upgrade will reduce the deployment costs of Avalanche L1 by 99.9% and lower transaction costs on the existing C-Chain by 25 times.
Web3 Matters
PENGU's opening FDV exceeds $6 billion, the fat penguin airdrop is like 'helicopter money', and offline physical dolls are being snatched up
During this airdrop frenzy, Pudgy Penguins not only successfully boosted their NFT prices but also further expanded their community and ecological influence. However, the benefits brought by the airdrop also triggered a lot of speculative behavior, frustrating the community.
Trump's project WLFI aggressively buys $45 million worth of tokens, who are the core decision-makers behind this?
Trump's DeFi project WLFI made a major purchase of crypto assets in December, spending nearly $45 million, including ETH, cbBTC, LINK, AAVE, ENA, and the latest ONDO. From the current situation, the leadership team mostly consists of new faces, and the project's practicality and innovation still have certain uncertainties.
Polygon Ecological Crisis: AAVE and Lido collectively exit, triggered by the 'Borrowing to Lay Eggs' proposal
Polygon is back in the discussion on social media, not because of any major updates, but due to the exit of ecological partners like AAVE and Lido.
Binance Space Review: Binance Alpha is just an observation pool, only high heat and attention will lead to launching 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 22037%, and the coin price skyrockets 46%, revealing the mathematical magic of USUAL
The real daily yield 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 crypto bull market is expected to peak around Q3 or Q4 of 2025
Ripple will launch its stablecoin RLUSD on December 17, followed by monthly verifications
Solv Protocol announces its token $SOLV will soon be launched on Hyperliquid
Fuel launches FUEL Genesis Airdrop: Eligibility query page is now online, claims will open on December 19
Insiders: SoftBank plans to invest $100 billion in the U.S. to support AI and related infrastructure development
El Salvador officials: Will accelerate Bitcoin purchases as strategic reserves, the official Bitcoin wallet Chivo will be sold or discontinued
Coinbase's revenue reached $5.75 billion in the past 12 months, surpassing Nasdaq
