On December 18, Web3Daily.news Crypto Headlines:
1. $BTC hits a new high, surpassing 108,000, and begins to pull back today. MicroStrategy's stock plummets by -5.41%. The speed of new coin listings on exchanges accelerates, sucking market momentum along with $BTC, while altcoins continue to decline sharply, and newly listed coins experience a cliff-like drop.
2. The scale of the $BTC ETF has first surpassed that of the gold ETF, with AUM reaching 129 billion dollars, becoming a true digital gold. The holdings of the $BTC ETF, miners, and companies exceed 20% of the total existing Bitcoin supply.
3. The Federal Reserve's interest rate decision will be announced at 3 AM tomorrow; the market generally expects a 25 basis point rate cut to 4.5%. If the current rate is maintained without any cuts, all risk assets, including BTC, will have to pull back. A cut of 50 basis points, exceeding expectations, would be a significant positive. Tomorrow, Japan will also announce its interest rate policy, with the market expecting it to remain unchanged. If Japan raises rates, it would be a significant negative.
4. Yesterday, the Ethereum Foundation sold another 100 $ETH, worth 402,000 dollars, at a selling price of $4024. Indeed, they are financial experts, accurately timing their sales at periodic highs. The Ethereum Foundation occasionally comes out to annoy, refusing to consider the opinions on selling through OTC.
5. Yesterday, the $PENGU listed on Binance continued to show incorrect market capitalization after its listing, misleading many investors and causing significant losses, which have now been corrected. $PENGU's on-chain trading volume exceeded 1 billion dollars, surpassing the total trading volume of CEX.
6. Coinbase's revenue surpasses Nasdaq, with the crypto industry 'capturing market share from traditional finance,' with revenue nearing 6 billion dollars over the past 12 months.
7. European Parliament members delivered a speech in support of Bitcoin, calling for the establishment of a 'Bitcoin Strategic Reserve,' while opposing the digital euro.
8. According to information obtained by Bloomberg, FTX will begin distributing 16 billion dollars in compensation to creditors within 60 days after January 3. This compensation will be entirely in cash dollars and USDC.
9. BGB briefly surpassed 4 dollars, reaching a historical high, with a 24-hour increase of 11.9%. HashKey platform token HSK broke through 2 dollars, achieving a historical high.
