ChainCatcher news, WBTC recently released an annual review stating that in 2024, the peak market value of WBTC reached $14.3 billion (December 18), with a single-day trading volume exceeding $1.01 billion (December 5), and the number of daily transactions reaching 1,029,900, accounting for 75.8% of the Ethereum Bitcoin token market. Its transaction fee is as low as $0.03, and more than 10 new projects have been integrated, expanding to 7 new chains including Base and zkSync, achieving a multi-chain ecological layout.Since its launch in 2019, WBTC has maintained zero security incidents and has firmly held its position as the leading Bitcoin tokenized asset in the DeFi ecosystem. In 2025, it will continue to focus on promoting cross-chain interoperability and DeFi innovative applications.

ChainCatcher news, the Base ecosystem DEX Aerodrome announced on platform X that, according to @dexscreener data, the daily trading volume on the Ethereum L2 network Base has surpassed that of the Ethereum mainnet for the first time, reaching $2.3 billion, while the latter's daily trading volume was $2.2 billion.In addition, the WETH - USDC pool on Aerodrome currently exceeds the total of the top 6 WETH pools on the mainnet, reaching $698 million. The trading volume of the cbBTC pool on Aerodrome is nearly twice that of the trading volume of the top 4 BTC pools on the Ethereum mainnet.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, in 2024, an average of 154 new Bitcoin addresses holding over $1 million are added daily, with an annual growth rate of 58.21%, resulting in 56,325 new millionaire wallets.

According to ChainCatcher news, as reported by PR Newswire, the derivatives market CME Group announced market statistics indicating that the average daily trading volume of contracts for the entire year of 2024 will reach 26.5 million, with the average daily trading volume of cryptocurrency contracts increasing by 203%, reaching approximately 117,000 contracts (6.8 billion USD), including:The annual average daily trading volume of micro Bitcoin futures will reach 48,000 contracts;The annual average daily trading volume of micro Ethereum futures will reach 41,000 contracts;The annual average daily trading volume of Bitcoin futures will reach 16,000 contracts;The annual average daily trading volume of Ethereum futures will reach 6,400 contracts.