Arkm data showed that at 9:07 Beijing time, Mt. Gox transferred 719.568 $BTC to two new wallet addresses, worth approximately US$69.87 million.

PANews reported on December 20 that according to Sing Tao Daily, people in the virtual asset industry in Hong Kong said that the development of virtual assets in Hong Kong is in its early stages and they are not worried about market competition. Instead, they believe that as more participants join in, the market will grow. According to HashKey estimates, there are only about 100,000 active cryptocurrency users in Hong Kong, and the market size is relatively small. Moreover, most of the market has been occupied by existing licensed platforms. New entrants need to face high operating costs and face the problem of difficulty in seizing the market. It is expected that the competition in the virtual asset industry in Hong Kong will be less likely to intensify in the future.

According to the Coinbase announcement, wBTC (Wrapped Bitcoin) transactions have been suspended, including Coinbase.com, Coinbase Exchange and Coinbase Prime platforms. Users' wBTC funds can still be withdrawn at any time.

An hour ago, Trump's World Liberty (@worldlibertyfi) used $2.5 million USDC to purchase 722.2 ETH, with an average price of $3,461 per transaction.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved the listing and trading of the Hashdex Nasdaq Crypto Index US ETF and the Franklin Crypto Index ETF. These funds will be listed on the Nasdaq and Cboe BZX exchanges, respectively, allowing investors to indirectly invest in Bitcoin and Ethereum through traditional financial markets. The approval includes a comprehensive market monitoring protocol to prevent fraud and manipulation.

Anza, the Solana developer shop that was spun off from Solana Labs earlier, proposed two proposals to consider implementing a slashing mechanism in the network. It is worth noting that Solana has never enabled a slashing mechanism. If Solana implements a slashing mechanism, it will have a way to punish validators who slow down the network - but this will also introduce a risk factor for SOL stakers.

The director of El Salvador's Bitcoin Office said that after reaching an agreement with the International Monetary Fund, the official Bitcoin wallet Chivo will be sold or discontinued. He also said that Bitcoin will continue to be the legal currency of El Salvador and that El Salvador will continue to buy Bitcoin, possibly at a faster rate, as its strategic reserve.

Gavin Wood, founder of Polkadot, recently announced the latest progress of JAM at the Polkadot Fellowship Call. The important information is as follows: ①JAM SDK: Parity has launched v0.1, which supports Rust developers to create services and upload them to JAM. ②CoreVM: Parity will launch the initial version of CoreVM in January at the latest, which is the first official service; it is the first to run arbitrary code on the blockchain without being constrained by Gas restrictions or block restrictions, achieving true Turing completeness; in addition, Gavin also hopes to launch a demo of the DOOM game in the near future, which will demonstrate the capabilities of JAM and PVM. ③JAM 1.0: It is expected to complete the full-featured version by April 2025 and enter the audit stage. ④JAM V2 Plan: Introduce quantum resistance and JAM Grid to support the integration and expansion of multiple instances.

Data disclosed by Bitcoin mining company MARA showed that it had raised US$1.925 billion through convertible notes in November and December and purchased 15,574 BTC at an average price of US$98,529, worth approximately US$1.53 billion. It also repurchased a total principal amount of approximately US$263 million of its existing convertible notes due in 2026, and expects to use the remaining proceeds to purchase more Bitcoin.

Listed Bitcoin mining company Hut 8 announced that it has increased its holdings of 990 BTC at an average price of $101,710. The current total Bitcoin holdings have reached 10,096, with a market value of approximately $1 billion.

As the Ethereum community calls for an increase in the maximum Gas limit allowed to be spent in a single Ethereum block, the percentage of Ethereum validators who support raising the network's Gas limit has risen to 10%, compared to just over 1% before December. The increase comes against the backdrop of a proposal by Ethereum community members to raise the Gas limit to 36 million.

Hyperliquid, which was launched only half a month ago, has attracted the attention and hot spots of the entire industry with its actual candlestick chart. In a short period of time, its price has risen from 2 US dollars to 29 US dollars, attracting countless people to buy it. What is the logic behind it?

Fuel announced that it has opened airdrop claims and token staking is online, and users can stake their FUEL tokens on Ethereum or Fuel Ignition to receive rewards. Fuel CEO nick.sway said that claims are ongoing and 40 million tokens have been issued so far.