PANews reported on December 15 that swap traders reduced their bets on the Federal Reserve's path of easing policy after a series of mixed data was released this week. This week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.82%, the S&P 500 fell 0.64%, ending its three-week winning streak, and the Nasdaq rose 0.34%. Bitcoin has risen for seven consecutive weeks, the longest consecutive rise since 2021.

According to the monitoring of on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa, the smart money with an 85% winning rate in the ETH band has withdrawn 375 billion PEPE from Binance in the past 14 hours, about 8.98 million US dollars, with an average price of 0.00002395 US dollars; he then distributed the tokens to 3 addresses, which also bought 152,000 US dollars of PEPE from the chain. That is, a total of 788.2 billion PEPEs were built, about 9.13 million US dollars, with an average price of 0.00002394 US dollars.

PANews reported on December 15 that according to Coingecko data, the floor price of the blue-chip NFT project "Fat Penguin" Pudgy Penguins rose to 29.13 ETH, with a 10.6% increase in the past 24 hours. As the floor price rises, the current market value of Pudgy Penguins has also exceeded the $1 billion mark, reaching 258,907 ETH, equivalent to approximately $1,006,727,499.

X platform shows that Musk re-followed CZ after replying to CZ's tweet. Yesterday, CZ posted a message saying that he was happy to contribute to the acquisition of Twitter, and retweeted the news that Binance invested $500 million in Musk's acquisition of Twitter. Musk responded to this.

According to Bloomberg, about 30 payment companies have obtained digital token service licenses issued by the Central Bank of Singapore, including Coinbase and Ripple in the United States, and Futu, headquartered in Hong Kong. The Central Bank of Singapore is even experimenting with a digital Singapore dollar. With the approval of spot ETFs in the United States, Generation Z and even baby boomers are increasingly accepting that cryptocurrency trading can become mainstream. According to a survey conducted by exchange Independent Reserve earlier this year, about 40% of Singaporean investors own cryptocurrencies. With Donald Trump returning to the White House and promising a new era that can support cryptocurrencies, it may bring rewards to Singapore in 2025.

Between December 7 and December 14, NFT transaction volume increased by 16.27% month-on-month, reaching $224.41 million on 22 different blockchains. Ethereum led with a transaction volume of over $119 million, up 22% from the previous week. Bitcoin's NFTs ranked second, totaling $51.64 million, up 14.31% month-on-month, while Solana followed closely with a transaction volume of $21.44 million, up 32% month-on-month. In addition, BNB Chain saw a month-on-month increase of 368%, while Blast soared 262%. The most popular collection is the Ethereum-based Pudgy Penguins, with a month-on-month increase of 52%.

South Africa’s financial regulator, the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA), has issued a total of 248 Crypto Asset Service Provider (CASP) licenses from 420 applications received. According to local reports, 56 more applications are under review, while 9 applications have been rejected and 106 entities withdrew their applications after the FSCA expressed concerns about their business models.

According to Spot On Chain monitoring, 3 hours ago, the Trump family crypto project WLFI spent 500,013 USDC to purchase the first batch of 509,955 ENA at an average price of $0.981. Overall, World Liberty Financial has spent $44.41 million on 5 crypto assets since November 31.

Rap superstar Drake’s X account appears to have been hacked and promoted a Solana memecoin based on the rapper to his more than 39 million followers. The memecoin traded as much as $5 million before traders speculated the posts were fake (they were subsequently deleted). The fake posts also claimed that the memecoin was launched in partnership with Drake’s preferred crypto betting platform, Stake.

PANews reported on December 14 that according to Business Insider, Gracy Chen, CEO of cryptocurrency exchange Bitget, said that the speculative trading inherent in the former cryptocurrency market is becoming a thing of the past, and institutions are increasingly interested in building reserves based on Bitcoin. However, for companies trying to copy MicroStrategy's Bitcoin investment strategy model, caution is necessary because new entrants face Bitcoin prices that are much higher than when MicroStrategy initially purchased it.

PANews reported on December 14 that according to Aastocks, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange said that the Hong Kong ETP (Exchange Traded Products, including ETFs and Leveraged and Inverse Products) market entered its 25th anniversary in November this year, covering 195 products, with a market value of HK$463 billion at the end of November. The Hong Kong ETF market has grown in the past five years, with an average daily turnover compound annual growth rate of 30%. In the first 11 months of this year, the average daily turnover reached HK$18.7 billion.