According to Lookonchain, as the price of ETH rises, a whale who shorted ETH deposited 5 million USDC into Hyperliquid to increase his short position. He currently has a floating loss of $5.36 million, and the liquidation price is $4,891.59.

According to on-chain analyst Ember’s monitoring, a whale/institution has hoarded 132,300 SOL (US$28.32 million) through Binance in the past two days, with an average price of US$214. In addition, he also withdrew 10 million PNUT (US$6.12 million) from Binance 5 days ago, and now has a floating profit of US$1.33 million (+22%).

According to on-chain analyst Ember, an address that received 339,000 ENS from ENS Cold Wallet between 2022 and 2023 transferred 50,000 ENS (US$1.91 million) to Binance 5 hours ago. After receiving ENS, this address transferred 250,000 ENS to Binance in the past year, with an average transfer price of US$22.8, worth US$5.69 million.

Based on insider stock sales through 2024 for the top 60 companies in the S&P 500, including Apple, Nvidia, and Walmart, about 500 insiders, executives, investors, and other major shareholders reported selling a combined $36.9 billion worth of company stock. Amazon Executive Chairman Jeff Bezos accounted for more than a third of that total ($13.4 billion).

The FTX restructuring plan took effect on January 3 and will allow users to start receiving repayments. Customers need to file a claim through the official website to be eligible for a refund, and FTX said the first group of customers should receive a refund within 60 days. According to the FTX plan, the first batch of "Convenience Classes" users will be reimbursed first, including users with claims of $50,000 and below. Registration and payment dates for other categories of claims will be announced later. The plan was approved in October, which stipulates that 98% of FTX users are expected to receive a repayment of 119% of the declared value of their funds. FTX Debtors reminds that users requesting claims should be wary of phishing emails that look like they were sent from the exchange.

Mike Johnson, a Republican congressman publicly supported by Trump, was re-elected as Speaker of the House of Representatives by a narrow margin. Mike Johnson previously voted in favor of the Financial Innovation and Technology Act of the 21st Century (commonly known as FIT21) and the Anti-Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) Act. Mike Johnson's reelection (and the reelection of members such as Tom Emmer) means that cryptocurrency-friendly members of Congress are likely to promote cryptocurrency legislation in 2025.

Base developer Jesse Pollak tweeted that Coinbase is considering offering tokenized COIN shares to U.S. users of its Base network. Pollak said that non-U.S. users can already obtain tokenized COIN shares through protocols such as Backed, a tokenized RWA platform. Pollak said that implementing COIN on Base is "something to look into in the new year," adding that eventually "every asset in the world will be implemented on Base." Coinbase "has no specific plans at this time" and is currently in the "exploratory phase" as the exchange works to understand how to comply with U.S. regulations. "We need regulatory clarity and improvements to unlock this functionality for everyone as an open platform on the chain."

US banks have attempted to offer services based on public blockchain networks to their customers, but appear to have been dissuaded by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, according to unredacted documents obtained by Coinbase. The disclosure stems from a large collection of unredacted crypto-related communications between the FDIC and member banks. San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase obtained the documents via the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Last month, Coinbase obtained heavily redacted versions of 23 such letters. The contents of those letters (along with two new ones) were revealed today in (almost) their entirety, thanks to a court order.

MicroStrategy plans to raise up to $2 billion through the sale of preferred stock to advance its previously announced plan to raise $42 billion over three years to finance Bitcoin purchases. MicroStrategy's latest offering is expected to take place in the first quarter of 2025, but the company reserves the right to decide whether to proceed, depending on market conditions. The preferred stock sold may be convertible into MSTR Class A shares and pay dividends. MicroStrategy has not yet set a target price for the offering.

On December 30, 2024, the EU's "Market Regulation on Crypto-Assets" (hereinafter referred to as the "MiCA Act") officially came into effect, marking a new era in Europe's crypto-asset compliance framework.

Shiba Inu Inc. has officially announced that it will launch its ecosystem token TREAT in January 2025. The announcement was first released on January 2 through the Treat official X account, and Shiba Inu's lead developer Shytoshi Kusama further confirmed the news. Details about TREAT are now available on the Shiba Inu official website, which outlines the key role of the token in the Shiba Inu ecosystem. TREAT is designed to unlock advanced features of the network state operating system as an access token that integrates rewards, governance, security, and spending into a cohesive framework designed to cultivate a vibrant and engaged community.

Solana's on-chain AI concept coin ZAILGO announced an airdrop to 8,185 holder wallets, with each wallet receiving 10,177.2 ZAILGO tokens, which is worth approximately $915.9 based on the current price of $0.09.

DeFi protocol Ethena released its 2025 roadmap "Convergence", and Ethena's next growth will be driven mainly by exporting products to traditional finance. Ethena will launch a new product "iUSDe" next month, which aims to be able to export sUSDe to traditional finance in a regulated form. The same as sUSDe, but with the addition of a simple wrapper contract, some transfer restrictions are added at the token level so that traditional financial entities can hold and use it. This will include working with partners to provide independent SPVs managed by regulated investment managers who allow subscriptions to shares of the instrument, allowing traditional finance to efficiently enter the product without having to touch the cryptocurrency track. Ethena will announce iUSDe's initial TradFi distribution partners this month.

The focus is on interpreting the "wave-particle duality" of the framework and why the Agent framework can become the final corner.

Coinbase, a US-listed crypto exchange, has acquired the Cyprus subsidiary of BUX (formerly Stryk) and renamed the entity Coinbase Financial Services Europe. BUX CEO Yorick Naeff also confirmed the deal, saying: “We are pleased to sell our MiFID-authorized entity BUX Europe Limited (BEU) to Coinbase.”