Weekly highlights: Bitcoin breaks through $100,000, creating a new milestone; US SEC Chairman and White House Cryptocurrency Director announced

With the support of various factors, Bitcoin broke through $100,000 in one fell swoop, creating a new milestone; the chairman of the U.S. SEC and the White House encryption director were announced, both of whom are crypto-friendly.

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Macro perspective

Bitcoin breaks through $100,000: a new milestone and a new starting point

Why can Bitcoin reach $100,000 per coin? Why is $100,000 still just the starting point for Bitcoin?

The altcoin season is here! Data analysis of 289 token performances shows that 60% have risen by more than 100%, with public chains and MEME being the hottest

Those former copycat stars who no longer dominate the public opinion market seem to be quietly returning in another way.

Michael Saylor's speech at Microsoft's board of directors: Bitcoin is the best hedge for companies

Michael Saylor gave a 3-minute speech at the Microsoft board of directors, explaining why Bitcoin should be adopted. In the speech, Michael Saylor proposed that Bitcoin represents "digital capital", is the core opportunity of the next wave of technological innovation, and represents the greatest digital transformation in the 21st century.

Be prepared for danger in times of peace: a review of Bitcoin’s crash moments in history

Historically, the most severe pullbacks often occur at the end of a bull market.

Arthur Hayes: How to relieve worries, only IC0

Crypto projects should return to their original intention of decentralization and high risk and high return.

Trump nominates Paul Atkins as SEC Chairman, Bitcoin breaks through $100,000, cryptocurrency regulation is about to open a new chapter

The crypto community and market reacted strongly, with CEOs of companies such as Coinbase and Ripple and U.S. senators who support cryptocurrencies expressing congratulations one after another. The price of Bitcoin also broke through the $100,000 mark for the first time.

White House crypto chief David Sacks' diverse background: Silicon Valley investor, Musk confidant, Vance funder

David Sacks's companies have invested in a number of crypto projects from South Africa to Silicon Valley. As his wealth in the tech world grew, Sacks became a major political donor.

AI and Meme

Solana Foundation: Three strategic directions for integrating AI and encryption technology

In this article, the Solana Foundation elaborates on the three key development directions of AI+encryption integration.

XRP's rise is amazing, and the hot meme coin in the Ripple ecosystem is more worthy of attention (with participation tutorial)

It may not be as popular as the Meme on Solana, but it is also a good choice to find non-consensus opportunities when the situation is not so inward-looking.

Not just zoos, Memecoin is entering its golden age

If your memory of MeME is still just a zoo, then you are far behind.

In-depth comparison between Virtual and Clanker: Who will be the best AI developer in Base ecosystem?

Two hundred-fold coins compete for the Base ecosystem AI throne, Virtual and Clanker, who will be the final winner?

PANews' account [MEME Daily] will select the hot memes of the day for readers to understand the track situation. Click here to view.

Seize the opportunity

Bitcoin's market share is decreasing. Is the alt season coming? A look at 10 potential projects

Bitcoin dominance is declining, and the alt season may be coming soon. This article sorts out 10 projects that may become the next MATIC from popular narratives, covering RWA, AI, DePIN, games and other fields.

A new round of airdrops is coming. Multiple factors drive the market sentiment to rebound. These 21 projects may be "big money".

In the bull market atmosphere, many projects have accelerated their pace to launch their own tokens in an attempt to attract more capital and user attention. At the same time, the recent strong performance of crypto projects in multiple sectors has further stimulated investment sentiment. The market's expectations for the "altcoin season" have become stronger, and they have begun to look for potential crypto assets.

Analyzing 86 DeFi project data: Finding undervalued investment opportunities

PANews conducted data analysis based on DeFi-related tokens from Defillama and Coingecko, and used data to see which projects are likely to be underestimated by the market.

Particle Network launches C-end trading application UniversalX, a milestone for large-scale adoption of chain abstraction?

UniversalX is a trading product. Particle’s approach to trading scenarios is very clever and very consistent with market trends.

A new angle on the ambush of copycats: US institutions and Grayscale concept coins

Over the past 30 days, the average increase in Grayscale Trust's assets, calculated by weighted market capitalization, reached 218.27%.

a16z: 7 predictions and 13 expectations for the crypto industry in 2025

This article explores the deep integration of blockchain technology, artificial intelligence (AI) and decentralized systems, and predicts key trends in 2025.

Web3

The old public chain XRP is reborn, how far can it go in the future?

Despite the challenges, the future of XRP remains exciting.

Drama in South Korea’s crypto market: Altcoins lead the rise, seniors rush into the market, martial law triggers flash crash

The farce of martial law in South Korea has caused drastic fluctuations in the market, allowing Korean elderly people who have just entered the market to feel the huge volatility of the crypto market. Although the martial law in South Korea has been lifted, the interweaving of political turmoil and market volatility has brought huge arbitrage opportunities, and the influx of a large amount of funds has also highlighted the crypto market's ability to resist regional risks.

The largest airdrop of the year? Hyperliquid airdropped $28,500 per person, and the popularity of HYPE brought new gold rush

The price of HYPE has been rising steadily, from an opening price of US$2 on November 29 to a high of US$9.8 on December 1, an increase of nearly 5 times in less than 3 days.

Data interpretation of PNUT's on-chain chips: Robot 22U becomes 2.91 million, creating a 132,000-fold return, some people missed 34 million, and some people raked in 13 million

How did the smart money and the diamond hands grab this golden project? What is the current distribution of chips on the chain? PANews conducted a large amount of data analysis on the top 1,000 holding addresses on the PNUT chain, trying to uncover the secrets of these top chips.

Magic Eden (ME) airdrop is coming, detailed explanation of airdrop rules, claiming steps and future plans

The total supply of ME tokens is 1 billion, of which 12.5% (125 million tokens) will be unlocked immediately and airdropped to eligible Magic Eden users.

Technical

Why is it said that Ethereum may return to the PoW era?

Ethereum's economic model may eventually become a coexistence of PoS and PoW, forming a new "hybrid consensus" model.

Why should Ethereum focus on zkVM and L2 interoperability?

The excessive homogeneity of L2 has caused the segmentation of liquidity, and it is also unable to meet the differentiated configuration needs in some specific application scenarios. "Interoperability" will simultaneously enhance these two defects.

Interpreting the Rune Trading Environment REE: Turing-complete non-cross-chain Bitcoin execution layer

REE introduces a decentralized Bitcoin execution layer that enables Turing-complete smart contracts for BTCFi applications. Without the need for cross-chain asset transfers, REE enhances programmability for the Bitcoin mainnet while retaining the native Bitcoin user experience.

Vitalik's new article: The vision of an ideal wallet, a comprehensive upgrade from cross-chain experience to privacy protection

The wallet is a window between the user and the Ethereum world, and I think focusing on security and privacy properties is the most valuable.

Key Information

The Financial Times publicly apologizes to readers for 14 years of negative coverage of cryptocurrencies

Trump posts to celebrate Bitcoin breaking $100,000

Anti-fraud expert Chen Meihui was suspected of being maliciously reported and unfortunately died in a car accident early yesterday morning

Meitu sells about 31,000 Ethereum and 940 Bitcoin

Putin: No one can ban Bitcoin, everyone is working to reduce costs and increase reliability

Forbes: Uniswap's exit may cause Ethereum network validators to lose about $400 million to $500 million in revenue each year

Bitcoin is now the world's tenth largest currency, and its total market capitalization ranks 12th among the world's largest economies

The course "Unveiling the Secrets of Bitcoin" offered by Tsinghua University ranked seventh on the Douyin hot search list

Shenyu: Leverage operation is the most difficult in crypto trading, and I no longer expect to escape the top

Fed's Mousalem: Time to slow or pause rate cuts may be coming

Fed Chairman: BTC is more like gold and is not allowed to be held due to identity reasons

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