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In the past 8 hours, Huang Licheng added another 3,000 HYPE long positions, bringing his total HYPE long positions to 13,888.88, worth approximately $351,900, with a floating loss of $8,021. He also holds 8,200 ETH long positions, worth approximately $24.12 million, with a floating loss of $246,200.

Spot silver continued its surge in early trading on Monday, breaking through the $80/ounce mark for the first time, bringing its year-to-date gain to $51.

Cryptocurrency venture capital is shifting: public blockchain funding has almost disappeared, while prediction markets, payment systems, RWA, and user infrastructure are becoming new hotspots, attracting billions of dollars in capital.

In the DeFi credit value chain, the entity that truly captures the most value is not the vault or the asset issuer, but the lending protocol itself—the lending layer remains the most solid and undervalued moat.

If successfully implemented, the GENIUS Act will skillfully neutralize the disruptive impact that crypto poses to the current financial role of the US dollar and Treasury bonds, and in turn, channel the growth of crypto market value and liquidity back into support for the dollar.

If the GENIUS Act is successfully implemented, it will cleverly resolve the impact of Crypto on the existing financial and economic status of the U.S. dollar and U.S. debt, and in turn increase the value and liquidity of the U.S. dollar-pegged Crypto Market.

Here are some blockchain news items worth paying attention to in the coming week, from December 29, 2025 to January 4, 2026.

Here are some other important blockchain news items to keep an eye on during the coming week, from December 22nd to December 28th, 2025.

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BTCFi will become an inevitable trend through improved capital efficiency, institutional adoption drivers and the development of technological infrastructure.

100 million UNI tokens, worth $596 million, have been burned from the Uniswap treasury; Bitmine has staked 343,000 ETH, worth $1 billion, in two days; Macro outlook for next week: The Fed minutes will be the focus amid low liquidity.

The three major US stock indexes all closed slightly lower, while spot silver rose by 10%; Tom Lee said that the price of Ethereum may reach $7,000-$9,000 in early 2026; Binance Wallet exclusively launched TGE 43rd issue on COLLECT, which will be open for subscription on December 27.

The crypto market did not witness any miracles in 2025. Bitcoin was around $87,000 and Ethereum was around $2,900. Many institutional predictions, such as Bitcoin at $200,000 and Ethereum at $10,000, failed to materialize, reminding us that there is often a gap between market predictions and reality.

Lawmakers have roughly the first half of next year to pass a crypto market structure bill, after which the election season will take center stage.

Stablecoins are evolving from crypto assets into the next generation of global payments infrastructure. Raj Parekh, a former Visa executive, recounts six years of their development, revealing how regulation, the entry of giants, and changes in business models have propelled the flow of funds into the "email moment."

What changes will occur in the market in the upcoming year of 2026, and what narratives will gain market favor?

The rise of Polymarket's prediction markets has led to French traders earning $85 million through information arbitrage. This article reviews six profitable strategies: information arbitrage, cross-platform arbitrage, high-probability bonds, liquidity provision, domain specialization, and speed trading, revealing how top traders profit through systematic approaches.

China has clearly stated its policy orientation of accelerating the development of the digital yuan and curbing virtual currencies such as stablecoins, aiming to safeguard monetary sovereignty and financial system stability and avoid the risks associated with following the path of US dollar stablecoins.

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The founder of Theory Ventures reviewed 10 predictions for 2025, including AI and IPOs, scoring 7.85, and looked ahead to 12 major trends in 2026, including AI agent spending exceeding human resources, record liquidity, and stablecoin payments accounting for 30%.

We are clearly optimistic about the digital currency market in the next 6 months, the global mining and pro-cyclical markets, and the AI derivative industry chain in the next 1-2 years.

Our core view is that we are about to enter the largest joint fiscal and monetary easing cycle between China and the United States since 2008. The main theme of this easing will be the synchronized recovery of the Chinese and American economies and the most intense competition in currency and international influence.

Cryptocurrencies are evolving from a speculative narrative into a new form of programmable finance. Meanwhile, traditional assets are drifting in the opposite direction.

The estimated sale price of the "Pikachu illustrator" artwork is between $7 million and $12 million, potentially setting a new price benchmark for Pokémon collectibles.

Transactions are essentially a digital game of pattern recognition.

The stories that happen in the real world are often more fascinating than those in fiction.