12/15-12/21 Weekly Highlights Overview
Bitcoin Dynamics
1. Price Volatility: Bitcoin plummeted, leading to over 300,000 liquidations, with a total amount reaching 1 billion USD.
2. Market Expectations: Bitfinex predicts that Bitcoin will rise to 145,000 to 189,000 USD in the second half of next year.
3. ETF Performance: The size of US Bitcoin ETFs has surpassed that of gold ETFs for the first time, with the market anticipating a Christmas rally.
4. Technical Analysis: Technical indicators show bullish signals.
Ethereum Dynamics
Ethereum dropped 10% this week, falling below the 3,300 USD mark, with market sentiment leaning bearish.
Interest Rate Policy
1. United States: The Federal Reserve cut rates by 25 basis points and hinted at only two rate cuts next year.
2. Japan: The Bank of Japan maintained interest rates unchanged, continuing its frozen policy.
NFT Market Recovery
1. Project Dynamics: Multiple NFT projects are heating up, Pudgy Penguins distributed $PENGU airdrops, but their toy QR code was stolen.
2. OpenSea: Rumors of an upcoming airdrop, with a strong market reaction.
3. Doodles: Hinting at the upcoming launch of a token.
Personality Dynamics
1. Trump Family: Increased investment in ONDO, AAVE, and ENA tokens, while also adding to their Ethereum holdings and pushing for the removal of the federal debt ceiling.
2. Musk: Publicly thanked Binance CEO CZ for assisting in the acquisition of Twitter.
3. Arthur Hayes: Warned that retail investors are becoming “exit liquidity” for VC tokens, calling for market awakening.
Regions and Policies
1. United States: Ohio lawmakers proposed establishing a Bitcoin reserve bill; Coinbase's annual revenue surpassed Nasdaq.
2. Taiwan: Former Premier Chen Chun questioned the central bank governor on whether he considered purchasing Bitcoin.
3. China: PPI has fallen for 26 consecutive months; circumventing regulations to trade cryptocurrencies is deemed illegal.
4. El Salvador: The president showcased Bitcoin investment returns reaching 133%.
Other Highlights
1. OpenAI: Search functionality is fully open to free users.
2. MicroStrategy: The market expects MicroStrategy to be included in the S&P 500 index next year.
3. BlackRock: Released a 3-minute Bitcoin educational video, garnering attention.
4. Binance: Launched a new feature called “Alpha Zone,” but community feedback was unsatisfactory.
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