Important news from last night and this morning (December 30-31)

The Memecoin Trump deployment address has transferred a total of 94 million USDC to Coinbase in the past three weeks.

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin, over the past three weeks, Trump's Meme token, Trump, deployment address, transferred 94 million USDC to Coinbase. This USDC originated from their one-way liquidity sales on Meteora (adding only Trump without USDT, then selling the Trump for USDT at a set price range). Their primary method of cashing out Meme tokens (TRUMP and MELANIA) is through one-way liquidity sales, ultimately converting them into USDC which flows into Coinbase. This suggests the same operational team may be behind it all.

A whale that accumulated 8,550 ETH a week ago reduced its holdings by 3,000 ETH 10 hours ago.

According to on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa, a whale who accumulated 8,550 ETH a week ago at an average price of $2,991 has begun to reduce its holdings. Ten hours ago, it deposited 3,000 ETH (approximately $8.93 million) into Binance; selling it would result in a loss of $43,000. It still holds 5,550 ETH from its position established last week, with a floating loss of $46,000. Its entire wallet still holds 22,981 ETH.

Delin Holdings: Delin Securities has been approved to provide virtual asset trading services, upgrading its Type 1 license.

According to Gelongbao, Delin Holdings (01709.HK) issued an announcement stating that on December 29, 2025, its 70% owned subsidiary, Delin Securities (Hong Kong) Limited ("Delin Securities"), received conditional approval from the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) to provide virtual asset trading services under a consolidated account arrangement. This approval is subject to Delin Securities accepting certain conditions of its existing Type 1 (Dealing in Securities) regulated activity license. On December 29, 2025, Delin Securities accepted the aforementioned conditions and will commence virtual asset trading services upon receiving formal approval from the SFC. The company is committed to upgrading Delin Securities' Type 4 (Advising on Securities) regulated activity license, which is currently undergoing final approval by the SFC. The company will make appropriate announcements upon receiving the relevant approval from the SFC.

Bitwise has filed applications with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for 11 new cryptocurrency ETFs, covering tokens such as AAVE and UNI.

Bitwise filed applications with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on December 30 for 11 cryptocurrency ETFs, including Bitwise AAVE Strategy ETF, Bitwise UNI Strategy ETF, Bitwise ZEC Strategy ETF, Bitwise CC Strategy ETF, Bitwise ENA Strategy ETF, Bitwise Hyperliquid Strategy ETF, Bitwise NEAR Strategy ETF, Bitwise STRK Strategy ETF, Bitwise SUI Strategy ETF, Bitwise TAO Strategy ETF, and Bitwise TRX Strategy ETF. Trading codes and fees have not yet been announced. These ETFs will invest 60% of their assets directly in the underlying cryptocurrency and 40% in ETPs that invest in that cryptocurrency, and may also use derivatives to gain investment exposure.

The Zama protocol has been launched on the mainnet and the first cUSDT transfer has been completed on Ethereum.

Open-source cryptography company Zama announced that its Zama protocol has launched on the mainnet and completed its first cUSDT transaction on Ethereum. Previously, in June, Zama completed a $57 million Series B funding round at a $1 billion valuation, led by Pantera Capital and others. Earlier this month, Zama announced that it will launch a public auction on January 12, 2026, to sell 10% of its ZAMA tokens.

Stable pre-deposit program Phase 2 withdrawals are now open.

Hourglass announced early this morning that the second phase of its Stable pre-deposit program has ended, and deposits are now available for withdrawal. All users who received allocations in the second phase can now withdraw their funds through Merkl, and users with excess refunds can also withdraw through the Merkl dashboard. Users who were not approved to participate in the second phase can withdraw their USDC at any time through the application or directly from the underlying smart contract.

Circle has minted an additional 1 billion USDC on Solana in the past 9 hours.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, Circle has minted another 1 billion USDC on Solana in the past 9 hours. In the past 11 hours, Circle and Tether have minted a total of $2 billion worth of USDC and USDT.

Strategy executive: Continuing to increase Bitcoin holdings will benefit company shareholders; seeking untapped capital.

In a recent interview, Strategy Executive Vice President Andrew Kang stated, "If we continue to increase our Bitcoin holdings, it will benefit our shareholders. We are looking for untapped capital and areas that can drive growth in demand for digital credit. Bitcoin still has a long way to go."

Arthur Hayes' linked wallet deposited 6.27 million ENA tokens, worth $1.28 million, into Bybit.

According to Onchain Lens, a wallet associated with Arthur Hayes deposited 6.27 million ENA tokens, worth $1.28 million, into Bybit.

Trump Media received 260 BTC from Coinbase, worth $21 million.

According to Emmett Gallic, Trump Media received 260 BTC (worth $21 million) from Coinbase between last night and early this morning. Last week, they deposited 560 BTC into Coinbase.

Tom Lee comments on crypto market dynamics: Many institutional investors typically exit the market during the year-end holiday season.

Tom Lee, co-founder of Fundstrat and chairman of BitMine, stated on the X platform, "Typically, during these final holiday trading sessions, many institutional investors exit the market, and algorithmic and bot trading programs begin to dominate. There's also tax-avoidance selling, which constitutes the market dynamics in the last few days of December." Previously, in BitMine's announcement of acquiring 44,463 ETH last week, Tom Lee mentioned that market activity tends to slow down as the year enters its final holiday weeks. Year-end tax-avoidance selling depresses cryptocurrency and cryptocurrency-related stock prices, and this effect is often most pronounced between December 26th and December 30th; therefore, they are adjusting their market strategy accordingly. Earlier today, it was reported that BitMine pledged another 118,944 ETH and acquired an additional 32,938 ETH.

Bitmine pledged another 118,944 ETH and increased its holdings by 32,938 ETH.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, Bitmine has further staked 118,944 ETH, worth $352.16 million. To date, they have staked a total of 461,504 ETH, with a total value of $1.37 billion. In addition, a newly created wallet received 32,938 ETH from FalconX, worth $97.8 million; this wallet likely belongs to Bitmine.

Grayscale has filed a preliminary S-1 registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding the Bittensor ETF.

According to Cryptobriefing, Grayscale announced that it has filed an S-1 registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to convert its Bittensor Trust into an ETF. If approved, this fund will become the first TAO ETP in the U.S. Grayscale launched the Grayscale Bittensor Trust last August. The company firmly believes that Bittensor will be a key driver of the development of decentralized artificial intelligence. Grayscale intends to list the product on the New York Stock Exchange's Arca platform under the ticker symbol GTAO and rename it as an ETF. The trust is designed to reflect the value of TAO, but staking is prohibited unless future conditions are met.

Prenetics Global, backed by David Beckham, announces it is abandoning its Bitcoin buying strategy.

According to The Block, Prenetics Global, a health supplement brand backed by football legend David Beckham, has cancelled its plans to accumulate Bitcoin less than three months after raising $48 million to build a cryptocurrency reserve. The company announced on Tuesday that it is abandoning its Bitcoin acquisition strategy and instead refocusing on "the rapid growth opportunity of its consumer health brand IM8." In October, the Nasdaq-listed company raised $48 million in an oversubscribed equity financing round to accelerate its Bitcoin reserve strategy and expand its IM8 brand. Besides Beckham, other investors included Kraken, Exodus, GPTX, DL Holdings, and American Ventures. Prenetics Global currently holds 510 Bitcoins and more than $70 million in cash and cash equivalents.

Coinbase will launch spot trading of Lighter (LIT)

According to an official announcement, Coinbase will launch spot trading of Lighter (LIT). If liquidity conditions are met, the relevant trading pairs will be listed in supported regions. Lighter (LIT) will be available on the coinbase.com website, the Coinbase app, and Coinbase Advanced. Institutional users can access Lighter (LIT) directly through the Coinbase exchange. Note: Coinbase's announcement uses "LIGHTER" as the token name for Lighter, but the official token name announced by Lighter is "LIT".

The Federal Reserve meeting minutes revealed a divergence of opinions on interest rate cuts: most officials expected continued easing, but the timing and magnitude remained uncertain.

According to Jinshi News, based on the minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting held on December 9-10, most Federal Reserve officials believed that further interest rate cuts were appropriate as long as inflation declined over time. However, the minutes revealed that officials remained divided on when and by how much to cut rates. The minutes highlighted the difficulties policymakers faced in their most recent decision. The decision slightly reinforced market expectations that the Fed would keep interest rates unchanged when it meets again in January 2026. The minutes stated, "Some officials who supported lowering the policy rate at this meeting said that the decision was a 'delicate balance,' or that they could have supported maintaining the target range for the interest rate." The minutes showed that some officials believed that "it would likely be appropriate to keep the target range unchanged for some time after lowering the rate range at this meeting." While the median official rate forecast released after the meeting pointed to a 25-basis-point rate cut in 2026, individual forecasts were very wide-ranging. Investors expect at least two rate cuts in the coming year. Furthermore, the minutes noted considerable disagreement among policymakers regarding whether inflation or unemployment posed a greater threat to the U.S. economy. The minutes noted, "Most participants pointed out that moving toward a more neutral policy stance would help prevent the possibility of a serious deterioration in labor market conditions." However, the minutes also stated, "Several participants pointed to the risk of high inflation becoming entrenched and suggested that further reductions in policy rates against a backdrop of high inflation readings could be misinterpreted as a sign of weakened commitment by policymakers to achieving the 2% inflation target." With the government shutdown lasting throughout October and nearly half of November, officials lacked the usual levels of economic data. However, policymakers noted that new data could help them in the coming weeks. Since the meeting, newly released data has done little to resolve the divisions within the Federal Reserve. The unemployment rate rose to 4.6% in November, the highest level since 2021, while consumer price increases were lower than expected. Both of these figures provided arguments for those supporting a rate cut. But the third-quarter annualized economic growth rate of 4.3%, the fastest pace in two years, could fuel inflation concerns among officials opposed to a December rate cut.

The Trust Wallet browser plugin v2.68 has suffered approximately $8.5 million in losses due to a supply chain attack.

According to a report from Trust Wallet, its browser plugin version 2.68 was uploaded to the Chrome Web Store by attackers without internal review, and malicious code was injected, enabling it to execute transactions and steal wallet data without user authorization. The incident has been confirmed to have affected 2,520 wallet addresses, with total losses amounting to approximately $8.5 million. Preliminary investigations indicate that the attack is related to the Sha1-Hulud industry-wide supply chain incident in November. Trust Wallet has since rolled back the plugin to a secure version 2.69 and initiated a compensation process for affected users. This incident may serve as a warning of a new type of supply chain attack facing the crypto industry.

An address withdrew another 400 BTC from Binance, bringing its total holdings to over $177 million.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, wallet address "bc1qw" withdrew another 400 BTC from Binance, worth approximately $35.18 million. This address has withdrawn a total of 2,000 BTC in the past two days, and its current total holdings are approximately $177 million.

Tether Treasury mints $1 billion USDT on the TRON network.

According to Whale Alert, the Tether Treasury has minted $1 billion USDT (approximately $999 million) on the TRON network.

Sources say SoftBank has fully committed to its $40 billion investment in OpenAI.

According to a CNBC report citing sources, SoftBank has fully committed to its $40 billion investment in OpenAI. Sources familiar with the matter said the Japanese investment giant finalized its investment of the remaining $22 billion to $22.5 billion last week. Previously, SoftBank had raised a $10 billion syndicated loan for ChatGPT developers and invested $8 billion itself.

Grayscale submits application for BitTensor spot ETF

Grayscale has filed an S-1 document with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to launch a spot ETF product tracking BitTensor (TAO), further expanding its crypto asset ETF product line.

MMA partners with Trump family crypto project WLFI to launch utility token and integrate USD1

According to Globenewswire, MMA, a mixed martial arts group listed on the NYSE American, has announced a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with World Liberty Financial, a crypto project of the Trump family. The two companies will jointly design, issue, and expand the MMA.INC utility token, and will also integrate the stablecoin USD1 and provide stablecoin payments, rewards, and access based on the WLFI on-chain infrastructure. MMA previously announced the completion of a $3 million private placement of 4,285,714 Series A preferred shares, led by American Ventures LLC, with participation from Donald Trump Jr., the eldest son of President Trump, who currently serves as a strategic advisor to the company.

NYSE launches Truth Social related ETF

The New York Stock Exchange has launched an ETF related to Truth Social.

South Korea plans to limit major shareholders of cryptocurrency exchanges to 15% to 20% of their shares, potentially leading to equity adjustments for exchanges like Upbit.

According to KBS, South Korea's Financial Services Commission, in its proposed "Basic Bill on Digital Assets" submitted to the National Assembly, suggested limiting the shareholding of major shareholders in the country's four major virtual asset exchanges (Upbit, Bithumb, Coinone, and Korbit) to between 15% and 20%, aiming to prevent a small number of founders and shareholders from controlling the exchanges' operations. If implemented, Song Chi-hyung, chairman of Upbit's parent company Dunamu, may be forced to sell approximately 10% of his shares. Bithumb, Coinone, and other platforms will also face significant changes in their governance structures, raising concerns within the industry about excessive government regulation.

SharpLink's staking rewards reached 518 ETH last week, worth over $1.5 million.

Ethereum treasury company SharpLink (SBET) tweeted that it earned 518 ETH in rewards last week through Ethereum staking, equivalent to approximately $1.5 million at current prices. The company stated that almost 100% of its funds have been staked since launch to continuously create value for shareholders.

LIT launched with a $675 million airdrop, and $30 million has already been withdrawn from Lighter.

According to Bubblemaps, the LIT token is now listed, with a total airdrop of $675 million to early participants. $30 million has already been withdrawn through the Lighter platform alone.

Cypherpunk purchased 56,418.09 ZEC tokens for $29 million, increasing its holdings to 290,000 tokens.

According to an announcement by Cypherpunk Technologies Inc., the company recently purchased 56,418.09 ZEC tokens for approximately $29 million, at an average price of $514.02, increasing its total holdings to 290,062.67 ZEC tokens, representing approximately 1.76% of the total circulating supply of Zcash. Cypherpunk stated that its goal is to accumulate 5% of the network's ZEC supply to advance its privacy technology strategy.

Sui announced that it will launch a private transaction feature in 2026.

According to the official Sui X account, Sui Network will launch a new feature supporting private transactions in 2026 to further enhance user privacy protection.

The total assets under management of 368 global cryptocurrency vaults have exceeded $185 billion, with corporate holdings accounting for over 70%.

According to Sentora (formerly IntoTheBlock), there are currently 368 entities holding crypto asset vaults, with a total size exceeding $185 billion. Of these, publicly traded companies account for 59.3%, private companies for 13.7%, totaling 73%, while government agencies hold 25.6%. DAOs, non-profit organizations, and other categories represent a smaller proportion.

Binance Futures will launch pre-market trading for BREVUSDT perpetual contracts.

According to a Binance announcement, Binance Futures will launch pre-market trading of BREVUSDT perpetual contracts at 18:45 Beijing time on December 30, 2025, with a maximum leverage of 5x.

Unleash Protocol suffered an internal governance abuse, resulting in the theft of $3.9 million in assets.

According to an official announcement, the Unleash Protocol project, deployed on Story Protocol, suffered an unauthorized contract upgrade and malicious transfer of user assets today. Attackers manipulated multi-signature governance permissions to implement the upgrade, resulting in the theft and cross-chain transfer of assets including WIP, USDC, WETH, stIP, and vIP to external addresses. The confirmed loss is approximately $3.9 million. Unleash has suspended all operations and launched a full investigation and audit process, urging users to refrain from interacting with its contracts. Story Protocol itself was unaffected.