PANews reported on December 28 that according to Wall Street, Asian stock markets have experienced mixed performances this year amid a strong dollar. Some have achieved a bull market in stocks denominated in their own currencies at the expense of exchange rate depreciation, while others have sacrificed some of their stock market gains at the expense of relatively stable exchange rates. South Korea is the only exception. In terms of won, the South Korean Composite Index KSOPI has fallen 10.0% this year. After taking into account the fall in the won, the KSOPI in terms of dollars has fallen 18.9%, both of which are the weakest in Asia.

PANews reported on December 28 that according to Reuters, the Federal Reserve implemented its third interest rate cut this year this month and hinted at fewer rate cuts in 2025 due to the uncertain inflation outlook, which disappointed investors who expected the rate cut to boost corporate profits and valuations, causing the stock market to plummet. However, this may not hinder the rise of alternative assets such as cryptocurrencies.

The Blockchain Association, a US cryptocurrency lobbying group, tweeted that it had filed a lawsuit against the new "broker" regulations passed by the IRS and the Treasury Department. The IRS and Treasury Department have exceeded their statutory authority and expanded the definition of "broker" to include providers of DeFi trading front ends, even though they do not execute transactions. This not only violates the privacy rights of individuals using decentralized technology, but also pushes the entire booming technology overseas.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, two weeks ago, a whale spent 10 million USDC to buy 13.16 million ai16z, which is now worth $15.66 million, with unrealized profits of $5.66 million.

According to the monitoring of on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa, "smart money that has made a profit of $4.92 million through PEPE bands in the past six months" has increased its position of $2.79 million in PEPE in the early morning. The position of this round of bands has increased to 817.9 billion PEPE. In the past week, he has withdrawn a total of $14.25 million worth of PEPE from Kraken, with an average price of $0.00001742. It is currently the top asset held by this address, with a floating profit of $695,000.

Yesterday, Grayscale Ethereum Trust ETF ETHE had a daily net outflow of $0.00, and the current historical net outflow of ETHE is $3.617 billion. Grayscale Ethereum Mini Trust ETF ETH had a daily net outflow of $0.00, and the current historical total net inflow of Grayscale Ethereum Mini Trust ETH is $605 million. The Ethereum spot ETF with the largest daily net inflow yesterday was Fidelity ETF FETH, with a daily net inflow of $27.543 million, and the current historical total net inflow of FETH is $1.565 billion.

Yesterday, Grayscale ETF GBTC had a single-day net inflow of $3.7464 million, and the current historical net outflow of GBTC is $21.352 billion. Grayscale Bitcoin Mini Trust ETF BTC had a single-day net outflow of $0.00, and the current historical total net inflow of Grayscale Bitcoin Mini Trust BTC is $861 million. Fidelity Bitcoin ETF FBTC has the largest single-day net outflow since its launch of $208 million, and the current historical total net inflow of FBTC is $11.84 billion. The Bitcoin spot ETF with the largest single-day net inflow yesterday was BlackRock ETF IBIT, with a single-day net inflow of $79.4378 million, and the current historical total net inflow of IBIT is $37.308 billion.

ai16z initiated a proposal to update the token economics model, with the following highlights: creating an official ai16z Launchpad platform for Eliza-based projects; implementing a community management process; implementing ai16z staking to gain benefits such as early access and fee sharing; using issuance fees and LP profits to repurchase and reinvest in Eliza development rather than destroying them; positioning ai16z as an artificial intelligence L1 blockchain, etc.

According to on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa, "suspected $VIRTUAL project owner/early participant" recharged 2 million VIRTUAL to Bybit 2 hours ago, worth $6.96 million. In the past week, a total of 8.75 million tokens have been transferred to the exchange, about $27.08 million, with a recharge price of $3.09; currently, three associated addresses still hold $181 million in tokens, accounting for 10.9% of the total tokens of the Base network.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, 3 hours ago, a whale deposited 250,000 LINK ($5.37 million) into Binance and OKX. From December 14 to December 18, the whale withdrew 595,000 LINK ($17.31 million) from Binance at an average price of $29.1, and currently lost about $4.5 million in LINK.

MicroStrategy founder Michael Saylor tweeted a list of 60 companies holding BTC and their holdings. As of December 23, the 60 companies held a total of 591,368 bitcoins, worth approximately US$55.88 billion.

According to Onchain Lens, in the past two days, a whale spent $1.87 million to buy 60.03 million MIRA at an average price of $0.031. Currently, these MIRA are worth $486,000, and the whale faces a loss of about $1.38 million.

Nate Geraci, president of The ETF Store, tweeted that five institutions have applied for crypto ETFs in the past 48 hours.