ChainCatcher news, according to Trader T's monitoring, the U.S. stock market's crypto sector is experiencing a widespread decline before the market opens today:MICROSTRATEGY: -4.4%ISHARES BITCOIN TRUST: -1.9%COINBASE GLOBAL: -4.7%RIOT PLATFORMS: -3.3%CLEANSPARK: -3.1%MARA HOLDINGS: -4.4%

ChainCatcher news, according to Bloomberg, Edward Chin of Parataxis stated, "The recent market decline appears to be investors taking profits at year-end, with no fundamental factors triggering this sell-off." Due to reduced expectations for a Federal Reserve rate cut in 2025, some investors may be choosing to reduce exposure and take profits.Pepperstone Group's head of research, Chris Weston, wrote in a report, "Technically, caution is warranted in the short term. This does not mean we will see a price crash soon, but the momentum of the rally has clearly weakened, and buyers have lost dominance and control over the market."

ChainCatcher message, the total market capitalization of cryptocurrencies has fallen below $3.4 trillion, currently reported at $3.399 trillion, with a 24-hour decline of 9.4%; the current Bitcoin market capitalization has dropped to $1.88 trillion, with a market share of 55.6%; Ethereum's market capitalization has decreased to $396 billion, with a market share of 11.6%.

ChainCatcher news, cryptocurrency custody company Copper Technologies withdrew its application to register with the UK financial regulator on Friday, stating that it will shift its focus to overseas centers under the leadership of its new CEO.Copper, chaired by former UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond and headquartered in London, is one of the largest cryptocurrency firms in the UK. The company's former CEO, Dmitry Tokarev, founded the company in 2018 and resigned in October this year. The new CEO, Amar Kuchinad, stated, "Since joining the company, refining the global growth strategy has been my top priority, which requires us to make key decisions in direction and approach." (Jin Shi)

ChainCatcher news, CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju pointed out that Bitcoin's market share previously experienced a 6% drop (with XRP contributing 3%), but it has started to recover. Currently, only a few altcoins are attracting new liquidity, and the scale of funds rotating from Bitcoin to altcoins is limited. Ki Young Ju believes that this is not a traditional altcoin season, but rather an independent market for a few outstanding tokens.

ChainCatcher news, according to Bitget market data, on December 20, the sectors with smaller declines were Fan Tokens, SocialFi, and the SHIB ecosystem, among which GALFAN had a 24-hour increase of 1.4%, HALO had a 24-hour increase of 1.11%, and PAW had a 24-hour increase of 4.2%.As of the time of writing, the top three cryptocurrencies in the real-time increase ranking are EARNM, FUEL, and SLT.

ChainCatcher news, according to on-chain data analyst @ai_9684xtpa, GSR Markets and Amber Group are the market makers for the recent RWA new token USUAL, among which:Amber: Market making amount of 12 million tokens, current holding of 1.6 million tokens (approximately 2.54 million USD), ranking as the Top 12 address by current holdings.GSR: Market making amount of 8 million tokens, current holding of 2.76 million tokens (approximately 4.4 million USD), ranking as the Top 9 address by current holdings.

ChainCatcher message, QCP Capital's latest analysis points out that the Federal Reserve's hawkish FOMC meeting has triggered a comprehensive sell-off of risk assets, with the Nasdaq plummeting 3.56%, the S&P 500 down 2.95%, and Bitcoin falling by 6.13%. Although the market expects the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates by 25 basis points, the downward adjustment of the dot plot has caused panic. Due to persistent inflation, the Federal Reserve is expected to cut rates only twice by 2025, which is below the market's general expectation of three times.QCP Capital believes that while it is easy to attribute this round of sell-off to the Federal Reserve's hawkish stance, the fundamental reason for the market crash lies in the previously overly optimistic market sentiment. Since the U.S. elections, risk assets have experienced a one-sided upward trend, making the market extremely sensitive to any negative news.

ChainCatcher news, QCP Capital's latest analysis points out that the Federal Reserve's hawkish FOMC meeting triggered a comprehensive sell-off of risk assets, with the Nasdaq plummeting 3.56%, the S&P 500 falling 2.95%, and Bitcoin dropping by 6.13%. Although the market expects the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates by 25 basis points, the downward adjustment of the dot plot has caused panic. Due to persistent inflation, the Federal Reserve is expected to cut rates only twice by 2025, which is below the market's general expectation of three times.QCP Capital believes that while it is easy to attribute this round of sell-off to the Federal Reserve's hawkish stance, the fundamental reason for the market crash lies in the previously overly optimistic market sentiment. Since the U.S. elections, risk assets have experienced a one-sided upward trend, making the market extremely sensitive to any negative news.

ChainCatcher news, the on-chain luxury watch trading market Kettle has completed a $4 million financing round, led by ParaFi Capital, with participation from Zee Prime Capital, IOSG Ventures, Signum Capital, Puzzle Ventures, Kronos, and angel investors Gmoney and OSF. The funds will be used to build the RWA platform.According to RootData, Kettle is a peer-to-peer marketplace that allows users to trade the full financial value of luxury watches. With Kettle, watch collectors can access the global 24/7 watch economy. Each watch on Kettle is fully insured, certified, and stored in the Kettle Vault in New York.

ChainCatcher news, according to Upbit data, UXLINK has jumped to second place in the Upbit Korean won market trading volume ranking, temporarily leading Bitcoin in trading volume.MOCA, HBAR, and ONDO rank eighth, ninth, and tenth respectively.

ChainCatcher news, GMGN data shows that the Solana meme coin YNE, deployed only 3 hours ago, has a market cap of 20 million USD, with a current price of 0.02163 USDT.YNE is an AI agent powered by OpenAI's O1 model, capable of analyzing mathematical errors and discrepancies in scientific papers.

ChainCatcher news, according to Alternative.me data, today's cryptocurrency Fear and Greed Index has dropped to 74 (yesterday it was 75). Although market enthusiasm has cooled, it remains in a "greed state."Note: The Fear Index threshold is 0-100, including indicators: volatility (25%) + market trading volume (25%) + social media heat (15%) + market surveys (15%) + Bitcoin's proportion in the overall market (10%) + Google Trends analysis (10%).

ChainCatcher news, according to CME "FedWatch": The probability that the Federal Reserve will keep interest rates unchanged in January next year is 91.4%, and the probability of a 25 basis point rate cut is 8.6%. By March next year, the probability of maintaining the current interest rate is 53%, the cumulative probability of a 25 basis point rate cut is 43.4%, and the cumulative probability of a 50 basis point rate cut is 3.6%.