December 24th. According to official sources, Huobi HTX, as a leading global digital asset exchange, has always adhered to the principle of "100% user asset redemption" and is committed to building trust through the highest standard of transparency. The platform has regularly disclosed its Merkle Tree Reserve Proof (PoR) for 38 consecutive months, with the reserve ratio of all core assets consistently maintained above 100%, and all historical data is on-chain verifiable.The changes in reserve data for 2025 clearly reflect market trends and the platform's sound operation. The most notable change is the surge in user USDT assets from around 695 million tokens in January to around 1.765 billion tokens in December, an increase of about 150%, demonstrating strong fund deposition and user trust. Meanwhile, BTC user holdings remained relatively stable. According to a CoinDesk research report, as of November, Huobi HTX's 2025 market share growth reached 2.06%, ranking first among mainstream centralized exchanges. Furthermore, in 2025, Huobi HTX proactively expanded asset transparency by including assets such as WLFI and USDC in the PoR coverage.All of Huobi HTX's actions are taken with user asset security and interests as the top priority. Users can visit the official website's "Reserve Proof Report" standalone page to verify on-chain data at any time and jointly witness a secure and transparent trading environment.

December 24th, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, BlackRock has just deposited 2292 Bitcoins (about $199.8 million) and 9976 Ethereum (about $29.23 million) into Coinbase.

December 24th, Wintermute OTC Head Jake posted on social media, stating, "Most traders will naturally become trend followers, especially those who are purely profit-driven. Currently, BTC, ETH, and SOL are all trading below their respective moving averages, which is enough to deter short-term speculators.""However, conversely, the same logic holds true: once they reclaim key moving averages, funds will systematically flow back in, and market momentum will also recover."

December 24th, Binance founder CZ posted on Binance Square, stating, "The cryptocurrency industry should be able to completely eliminate address poisoning attacks to protect users. All wallets should easily check if a receiving address is a poisoned address and block the user. This is a blockchain query."In addition, security alliances in the industry should maintain real-time blacklists of these addresses so that wallets can check before sending transactions. Binance Wallet has already done this. If a user tries to send funds to a malicious address, they will receive a warning.Lastly, wallets should not even display these spam transactions anywhere. If a transaction has very low value, it should be filtered out."

December 24th, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, a whale that had previously sold 255 BTC on Hyperliquid has completely closed its short positions for BTC, ETH, and SOL, with total profits exceeding $3.96 million.

December 24th, this Friday will see approximately $23.6 billion worth of Bitcoin options expiring, marking the largest options expiry day in Bitcoin's history.Analysis indicates that this expiry is of significant scale and is overall skewed to the upside. The maximum pain point (the price at which options buyers suffer the most loss at expiry, while sellers reap the most gain) is at $96,000, which will reinforce the upward price trend.

December 24th, according to analyst @alicharts' analysis, historically, Bitcoin's major cycles have followed a surprisingly consistent rhythm in both time and depth:• It takes about 1064 days from market bottom to top;• It takes about 364 days to fall from the peak to the next low point;@alicharts infers that if this pattern continues, Bitcoin is currently in a 364-day adjustment window, indicating that its bottom may occur around October 2026, with a bottoming price of around $37,500.

December 24th, according to DefiLlama data, in the past 24 hours, the trading volume of mainstream Perp DEX mostly saw a slight decline compared to the previous day. Lighter's trading volume surpassed Hyperliquid once again to return to the top, with most platforms seeing relatively limited changes in open interest and TVL. The current trading volume of some Perp DEXs is as follows:Lighter's 24-hour trading volume is approximately $61 billion, with a TVL of around $14.1 billion and open interest of $15.6 billion;Hyperliquid's 24-hour trading volume is approximately $56.4 billion, with a TVL of around $41.2 billion and open interest of $70.4 billion;Aster's 24-hour trading volume is approximately $41 billion, with a TVL of around $12.7 billion and open interest of $23.9 billion;EdgeX's 24-hour trading volume is approximately $27.6 billion, with a TVL of around $3.67 billion and open interest of $7.43 billion;ApeX's 24-hour trading volume is approximately $18.9 billion, with a TVL of around $46.4 million and open interest of $2.21 billion;Variational's 24-hour trading volume is approximately $10.8 billion, with a TVL of around $66.18 million and open interest of $5.03 billion;Backpack's 24-hour trading volume is approximately $10.7 billion, TVL is not disclosed at the moment, and open interest is $2.21 billion;Pacifica's 24-hour trading volume is approximately $6 billion, with a TVL of around $41.47 million and open interest of $58.54 million.

December 24th, according to LookIntoChain monitoring, an Ethereum ICO wallet (0x3495) has just moved all 2000 ETH (worth $5.85 million) to a new wallet after being dormant for over 10 years.He only invested $620 in the ICO and received 2000 ETH — now worth $5.85 million, a return of 9435x.

December 24th, CryptoQuant analyst @AxelAdlerJr posted that the Net Pressure Imbalance indicator, which measures the buy/sell pressure ratio of short-term holders, has dropped to the lowest 5% of a three-year distribution. The current level indicates that both buyers and sellers are in a state of equilibrium.The Net Pressure Imbalance indicator is calculated as the difference between the weighted sell pressure and buy pressure of short-term holders. A positive value indicates a higher current sell pressure, while a negative value indicates a higher buy pressure. The current 24-hour Net Pressure Moving Average is 4.79, with a price of $87,324. The three-year median is 73.17, indicating that during growth periods, selling pressure is usually dominant.The analyst pointed out that the market is showing a balance between the buy and sell pressure of short-term holders. Historically, such balance periods have been unstable and often transition to an uptrend during a bull market, followed by a return to selling pressure. However, the current situation is more complex as the price has been below the Short-Term Holder Realized Price by 13.9% for nearly two months, causing short-term holders to incur losses, signaling that the market has entered a bearish phase. If the price drops below $85,000 and the Net Pressure is below -15, it indicates that the magnitude of the pullback will further increase.

December 24th. Minutes of the Bank of Japan's October policy meeting showed that a board member stated that both business and household inflation expectations had reached 2% and that the risk of price increases must be monitored. Another member mentioned that fiscal policy is a key factor in setting economic and price forecasts.A few members pointed out that core inflation is gradually accelerating but has not yet reached 2%. One member mentioned that Japan is expected to achieve the Bank of Japan's price target in the spring of next year, at which point wage growth may be necessary to meet the target.Several members noted that the depreciation of the yen could lead to inflation overshooting due to higher import prices. (Wall Street News)

December 24th, according to Cointelegraph, internet service providers (ISPs) in the Philippines have started blocking major cryptocurrency exchanges as regulatory authorities ramp up local licensing oversight of cryptocurrency service providers. Users have reported that Filipino users are unable to access global cryptocurrency exchanges Coinbase and Gemini, with several local ISPs blocking access to these platforms. The ISPs' blocking actions were carried out based on orders from the National Telecommunications Commission.The order instructed service providers to restrict access to 50 online exchange platforms identified by the Philippine Central Bank (BSP) as operating without authorization.

December 24th, according to Arkham analyst Emmett Gallic's monitoring, Aleksey Bilyuchenko, accused by the U.S. Department of Justice of being a Gate.io hacker, their related entity has deposited 1,300 BTC (worth approximately $114 million) into an unknown exchange platform in the past 7 days. The address cluster still holds 4,100 BTC (worth $360 million). They have sold a total of 2,300 BTC.Public information shows that Aleksey Bilyuchenko has been involved since 2011 in operating BTC-e with Alexander Vinnik, a notorious exchange implicated in global criminal money laundering activities including ransomware, identity theft, and drug trafficking. BTC-e was shut down by law enforcement in 2017.The U.S. Department of Justice accuses him and Aleksandr Verner of hacking Mt. Gox (the world's largest Bitcoin exchange at the time) starting in 2011, stealing around 647,000 bitcoins (resulting in Mt. Gox's bankruptcy). They are charged with money laundering conspiracy and using some of the stolen funds to operate BTC-e.

December 24th, according to Hyperinsight monitoring, in the past 6 hours, the "20 Million Bandit" (0x880a) has been continuously closing short positions for ETH, HYPE, and other multiple currencies. Currently, the ETH short position is approximately $68.3 million, with an average price of $3132, and a liquidation price of $3767; the HYPE short position is approximately $41.97 million, with an average price of $31.7, and a liquidation price of $34.27. Its total short position is approximately $111 million, currently holding the largest short position in ETH and HYPE on Hyperliquid.This address has been engaging in high-frequency multi-currency arbitrage trading for a long time, with an average holding period of about 20 hours. Since October, it has realized a profit of over $104 million with a capital of about $20 million, and today it has already made a profit of $1.3 million.Previously, the address's position was mainly concentrated in the short direction of currencies such as PUMP, PAXG, and HYPE, accounting for 83.6% of the total position. Recently, the focus has shifted to ETH and HYPE shorts, with the two together accounting for 98.6%.

December 24th, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, the "BTC OG Insider Whale" deposited 100,000 ETH to Binance 3 minutes ago, worth $2.9212 billion.In addition, the "BTC OG Insider Whale" series of long positions on Hyperliquid have not changed, with a current unrealized loss of $55 million.