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.

December 24th, according to CNBC, the Trump administration has imposed a visa ban on the key driver behind the Digital Services Act (DSA), former EU Commissioner Thierry Breton, and four anti-disinformation activists, accusing them of pressuring American social media platforms.U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement: "The State Department is taking decisive action against five individuals who have systematically coerced American platforms to conduct content moderation, strip them of their profit eligibility, and suppress American viewpoints they disagree with. These radicals and weaponized NGOs have driven foreign government censorship and repression - always targeting American speakers and American companies. Therefore, their entry into the United States could have serious adverse foreign policy consequences."Reportedly, Breton served as an EU Commissioner from 2019 to 2024, this action stems from a 2024 incident where Breton threatened Musk to comply with the Digital Services Act over Trump's unmoderated interview on the X platform, deepening the U.S.-EU conflict on digital regulation and freedom of speech.

December 24th, according to an official announcement, Binance Wallet will distribute the Alpha airdrop today at 21:00 (UTC).Users holding at least 226 Alpha points can claim the tokens on a first-come, first-served basis until the airdrop pool is fully distributed or the airdrop event ends. More details will be announced soon.

December 24th, according to an official announcement, Binance will conduct wallet maintenance on the Ethereum (ETH) network on December 25th at 14:00. To support this maintenance, Binance will suspend deposits and withdrawals for the Ethereum network (ETH) starting at 13:55 on December 25th. The maintenance is expected to take 1 hour, and deposit and withdrawal services will automatically resume after the maintenance is completed.