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.

On-chain analyst Ember monitored that a whale deposited 5 million USDT to Binance 18 hours ago, and then withdrew 2,500 ETH (9.81 million USD) from Binance 20 minutes ago. In the past day and a half, this whale has accumulated 7,661 ETH (29.87 million USD) through Binance, with an average price of 3,899 USD.

According to Jin Shi, citing CCTV News, the South Korean National Assembly held a plenary session at 16:00 local time on the 14th to vote on the second impeachment of President Yoon Seok-yeol proposed by the opposition camp. According to the voting results, 204 members of the South Korean National Assembly voted in favor of impeaching President Yoon Seok-yeol, and the impeachment case was finally passed. Yoon Seok-yeol's presidency was immediately terminated, and South Korean Prime Minister Han Deok-soo was appointed as acting president.

Token Terminal data shows that daily active crypto users reached 18.7 million in December, up 143% from 7.7 million at the beginning of the year.

According to the monitoring of on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa, eight hours ago, the address 0x1E7...861ae borrowed 85,000 BNB from Venus and deposited it into Binance, worth 61.74 million US dollars. This is the transaction with the highest value of single BNB deposit in the past 24 hours (personal address).

Yesterday, Grayscale ETF GBTC had a net outflow of $106 million in a single day, and the current historical net outflow of GBTC is $21.045 billion. Grayscale Bitcoin Mini Trust ETF BTC had a net inflow of $4.508 million in a single day, and the current historical total net inflow of Grayscale Bitcoin Mini Trust BTC is $1.032 billion. The Bitcoin spot ETF with the largest net inflow in a single day yesterday was BlackRock ETF IBIT, with a net inflow of $393 million in a single day, and the current historical total net inflow of IBIT is $35.883 billion. The second is Fidelity ETF FBTC, with a net inflow of $59.9571 million in a single day, and the current historical total net inflow of FBTC is $12.315 billion.

Yesterday, Grayscale's Ethereum Trust ETF ETHE had a single-day net inflow of $7.2362 million, and the current historical net outflow of ETHE is $3.517 billion. Grayscale's Ethereum Mini Trust ETF ETH had a single-day net outflow of $0.00, and the current historical total net inflow of Grayscale Ethereum Mini Trust ETH is $604 million. The Ethereum spot ETF with the largest single-day net inflow yesterday was BlackRock's ETF ETHA, with a single-day net inflow of $9.5069 million, and the current historical total net inflow of ETHA is $3.199 billion. The second is Grayscale's ETF ETHE, with a single-day net inflow of $7.2362 million, and the current historical total net outflow of ETHE is $3.517 billion.