On December 15, Web3Daily.news Crypto Headlines:

1. Macro Information: At 3 AM next Thursday, the 19th, the Federal Reserve will announce the December interest rate decision, with the market expecting a 99.99% chance of a 25 basis point rate cut. Although this is a clear positive signal, it has already been priced in by the market.

Next week, the Bank of Japan will announce its policy decision, and it can be basically confirmed that interest rates will remain unchanged.

2. Over the weekend, trading volume was only a quarter of Friday's, with $BTC moving sideways and altcoins declining.

$BTC is very strong, with support still in the 94500-95500 range, and strong support at 90500-91000.

3. Bloomberg published an editorial: Bitcoin has no industrial use, no actual cash flow, and is not connected to the real economy in any way.

Bitcoin is merely a speculative tool, and its price entirely depends on how much a more foolish person is willing to pay.

The US government will become that 'more foolish person' in the market.

4. US asset management giant VanEck's price predictions for next year: $BTC 180k, $ETH 6000, $SOL 500, $Sui 10.

Predictions for next year’s timeline: reaching a peak in the first quarter, followed by a 30% pullback for $BTC, and a 60% drop for altcoins; a rebound in the fall, reaching new historical highs by the end of 2025.

VanEck has had relatively accurate predictions in the past.

5. In the past 24 hours, #Ethena protocol revenue reached $3.54 million, surpassing pump.fun, ranking fourth.

The top three are: Tether $17.88 million, Ethereum $6.16 million, Circle $4.35 million.

6. Hyperliquid data shows: $HYPE broke through $23, setting a new historical high, with a market capitalization of $7.7 billion, far exceeding various L2 public chains.

7. MicroStrategy CEO Saylor stated: Bitcoin mining company MARA is expected to be the next company included in the Nasdaq 100 index.

MicroStrategy MSTR has just been included in the Nasdaq 100 index, but because it will be reclassified under financial attributes, it is highly likely to be removed from the index in June.

8. Grayscale announced that it has opened the $LINK trust fund to qualified investors.

Valuable and stable income-generating application tokens have become scarce and expensive, such as $LINK, $ENS, $ENA, $AAVE, etc.