AlloyX, an Asia-based aggregation sales infrastructure platform, announced the completion of a $10 million Pre-A round of financing to expand global stablecoin infrastructure construction and plans to expand its business in the UAE, ASEAN and Africa. It is reported that investors in this round of financing include Solomon Fund, Arbitrum Foundation, Offchain Labs, PMT Capital, Ming Capital, Fern Win Capital, Whitecove Capital and Kiln SAS. This financing follows major developments in the stablecoin payment field, including Stripe's acquisition of Bridge for $1.1 billion and BVNK's $50 million Series B financing at a valuation of $750 million.

30 minutes ago, USDT issuer Tether withdrew 7628.9 BTC (about 705 million US dollars) from Bitfinex. This should be the BTC purchased by Tether this quarter: Tether announced in May 2023 that it would regularly use 15% of the company's profits to purchase Bitcoin to enhance its reserves.

Parity Technologies, the parent company of Polkadot, released the Polkadot 2025 roadmap. The highlights are as follows:

Binance Alpha announced a new list of projects, including: COCO, vvaifu, MIRA, SKI, and ALCH.

MicroStrategy announced that between December 23, 2024 and December 29, 2024, the company has sold a total of 592,987 shares under the Underwriting Agreement, and MicroStrategy received a total net proceeds of approximately US$209 million (after deducting underwriting commissions). As of December 29, 2024, there are still approximately US$6.88 billion of shares available for issuance and sale under the underwriting agreement. PANews reported on December 30,

According to the tax reform outline released by the Financial Services Agency of Japan, it plans to change the classification of cryptocurrencies to "financial assets" and allow the public to invest in cryptocurrencies. Currently, cryptocurrency assets are still classified as "payment tools" rather than investments.

The Hyper Foundation said on the X platform: "Staking is now live on the mainnet. Staking is an important milestone for Hyperliquid as it allows a diverse community of HYPE stakers to jointly secure the network. Like other proof-of-stake networks, new blocks on Hyperliquid are proposed by validators in proportion to the amount of HYPE staked to them. Staking is an important responsibility of the Hyperliquid community. Users can stake HYPE to trusted validators and receive HYP staking rewards. Users may consider different metrics when choosing which validator to stake, such as uptime, commissions, reputation, and community contributions. The Hyper Foundation will have a delegation program to support high-performance validators and further decentralize the network. More information about the program will be announced separately. Please note that locked tokens can be staked, but their rewards are locked."

Binance Futures will launch perpetual contracts with a maximum leverage of 75x at the following times: December 30, 2024, 19:30 (ET): PHAUSDT perpetual contracts;

AI agent platform ai16z is exploring adjustments to its token economics and the possible launch of a Layer1 blockchain. The team has held preliminary discussions with contributors to increase the value accumulation of its tokens. These include a staking mechanism that provides benefits to token holders, such as early access to new features and sharing platform fees. In addition, according to a document shared by a contributor, ai16z may consider launching a Layer1 blockchain tailored for AI applications.

According to data from The Block, the monthly trading volume of decentralized exchanges (DEX) reached a record high in December, totaling $320.5 billion, breaking the $300 billion mark for the first time and breaking the record of $299.6 billion set in November. Among them, Uniswap led with a trading volume of more than $103 billion, followed by Pancakeswap with a monthly trading volume of $72 billion, and Raydium on Solana ranked third with $54.6 billion. Analysts pointed out that many popular crypto assets (such as AI-related tokens) are only traded on DEX, while the rise of some projects such as Hyperliquid also shows that CEX listing is no longer a necessary condition for achieving high market value. In addition, CEX spot trading volume in December also reached its highest level since May 2021, with a total of $2.78 trillion, of which Binance contributed nearly $950 billion, and Crypto.com, Upbit, Bybit and Coinbase also processed hundreds of billions of dollars in trading volume. Analysts believe that the surge in DEX and CEX trading volumes reflects the recovery of market activity, driven by the recent increase in volatility, increased trust in the DeFi ecosystem, and improvements in CEX liquidity and trading tools.