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The Polymarket team member shampoo accused competitor Kalshi on social media of inflating its esports trading volume through data manipulation. shampoo stated that the platform artificially increased its trading volume by approximately $1.7 billion by adding a generalized "esports" category, while actual data shows its esports trading volume is only about $63 million, less than 10% of Polymarket's esports trading volume.Additionally, Kalshi also referred to the CS market as both CS:GO and CS2 for double counting.shampoo mentioned on social media that users can verify this situation themselves by checking the API data in the network requests.

According to market news, a senior member of the UAE royal family secretly purchased a 49% stake in Trump’s cryptocurrency project World Liberty Financial for $500 million.

Ethena Labs Research proposes that before next week's election, ENA token holders vote to reduce the size of the risk committee from 5 voting members to 3. Ethena Labs Research believes that reducing the number of members will help clarify responsibilities, covering specific areas such as DeFi lending exposure, reserve funds and redemption requests, protocol partner integration, and collateral assets.In addition, reducing the number of members will allow the Ethena Foundation to increase member compensation, encouraging them to invest more resources. If the proposal passes, ENA and sENA holders will elect 3 voting members, with Ethena Labs Research serving as an advisory non-voting member; if it does not pass, 5 members will still be elected as originally planned.

BitcoinTreasuries.NET posted on platform X that MicroStrategy board member Jane Dietze purchased 1,000 shares of STRC perpetual preferred stock at a price of $99.48, totaling $99,485.

According to the tracking data from the Web3 asset data platform RootData X, in the past 7 days, the membership-based project launch platform Bags has gained the most new followers from top figures on X (Twitter). New influential figures on X who have followed this project include anonymous Twitter KOL Inversebrah (@inversebrah), cryptocurrency trader The Crypto Dog (@TheCryptoDog), and DeFi analyst Ignas (@DefiIgnas).

According to BitcoinTreasuries.NET (@BTCtreasuries), Strategy board member Carl Rickertsen has purchased 5,000 shares of MSTR stock at a price of $155.88 per share, for a total transaction amount of $779,395.

The chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Rostin Behnam, announced the establishment of a new Innovation Advisory Committee on Monday, aimed at providing guidance for the regulation of emerging technologies such as blockchain and artificial intelligence.Behnam stated that the Innovation Advisory Committee will replace the previous Technology Advisory Committee and is dedicated to engaging top opinion leaders from the cryptocurrency industry in the CFTC's regulatory process to develop pragmatic and forward-looking market regulation policies. The new committee will provide advice to the CFTC on aspects such as "the commercial operation, economic benefits, and practical considerations of emerging financial products, platforms, and business models," thereby "establishing clear development rules for a golden era of the U.S. financial markets." Behnam will serve as the initiator of the new committee and plans to nominate 12 CEO Innovation Council members as founding members.The selected members include several leading figures in the cryptocurrency space: Gemini co-founder Tyler Winklevoss, Polymarket founder Shayne Coplan, prediction market platform Kalshi founder Tarek Mansour, Crypto.com CEO Kris Marszalek, and Kraken co-founder Arjun Sethi. Executives from traditional financial institutions are also included: Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) CEO Jeff Sprecher, Cboe Global Markets CEO David Howson, and Nasdaq CEO Adena Friedman.

According to CoinDesk, Mike Selig, the new chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), issued a statement on Monday announcing that the agency is currently restructuring its advisory panel and reestablishing an innovation committee, which will initially consist of a group of cryptocurrency industry insiders.Former acting chair Caroline Pham quickly assembled a team of CEOs focused on innovative financial technology during her last days in office. Just a month after the announcement of the innovation committee, Selig confirmed the individuals on this list as the "founding members" of the innovation advisory committee. This means that the committee's initial members will include executives from cryptocurrency companies such as Gemini, Kraken, Bitnomial, Crypto.com, and Bullish, as well as executives from traditional firms like Nasdaq, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, the Intercontinental Exchange, and Cboe Global Markets.The innovation committee will assist regulators in developing these new rules based on the original technical advisory committee. This committee will be one of five such external committees aimed at helping guide the agency's work in members' areas of expertise. The agency is expected to become one of the main cryptocurrency regulators in the U.S. and is currently inviting the public to submit additional member candidates and suggested topics for review by the end of January.

The scene of the repatriation of Chen Zhi, the head of the Prince Group, has been exposed. On January 7, the Ministry of Public Security of China dispatched a working group to successfully escort Chen Zhi (a Chinese national), the leader of a major cross-border gambling and fraud crime group, back to China from Phnom Penh, Cambodia.Investigations revealed that Chen Zhi's criminal group is suspected of multiple crimes, including operating casinos, fraud, illegal business operations, and concealing and disguising criminal proceeds. Chen Zhi has currently been subjected to compulsory measures in accordance with the law, and related cases are under further investigation. A relevant official from the Ministry of Public Security of China stated that the police will soon publicly announce the wanted list of the first batch of core members of Chen Zhi's criminal group and will resolutely capture the fugitives.Chen Zhi, the founder of the Cambodian telecom fraud crime group "Prince Group," was born on December 16, 1987, in Lianjiang County, Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, China. He dropped out of school after completing the second year of junior high and previously worked in internet-related jobs in China. In 2011, he went to Cambodia to invest in real estate and obtained Cambodian nationality through investment immigration in 2014 (later renouncing his Chinese nationality). In 2015, he founded Prince Holding Group (referred to as Prince Group), suspected of operating a large multinational fraud gang. In mid-October 2025, the United States and the United Kingdom announced lawsuits against Chen Zhi and confiscated approximately $15 billion worth of Bitcoin that he held.

According to official news, the decentralized AI smart network DGrid AI will officially launch its "Genesis Membership Program" on January 1, 2026, at 8:00 AM. Data shows that the number of subscribed members has exceeded 5,000 within 24 hours.The DGrid AI "Genesis Membership Program" aims to recruit the first batch of network co-builders. Users can subscribe through the official website to obtain Genesis Membership status and unlock multiple core benefits, including high quotas for AI model calls and API rights, dual token rewards, and priority in ecological co-construction. Currently, the dual token reward airdrop for DGrid Genesis Members has been launched, and subscribing to the Genesis Membership will immediately unlock $DGAI and $IOTX dual token rewards.DGrid AI is a decentralized AI smart network designed to provide low-cost, highly available, and verifiable decentralized AI capabilities for Web3 developers and AI applications. It is reported that DGrid AI has previously received seed round investment support from several institutions, including Waterdrip Capital, IoTeX, Zenith Capital, Paramita VC, and Catcher VC. The launch of the Genesis Membership marks the official entry of the DGrid network into a new phase of community-driven and value-sharing.

According to Cointelegraph, sources reveal that members of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee are expected to begin reviewing the digital asset market structure bill in the second week of January. Additionally, the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee is also reviewing its version of the market structure bill, which will then be submitted for a vote by the full Senate.

The minutes of the Bank of Japan's October policy meeting show that one committee member stated that inflation expectations among businesses and households have reached 2%, and there is a need to be vigilant about the risk of price increases. One member mentioned that fiscal policy is an important 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 indicated that Japan is expected to achieve the Bank of Japan's price target by next spring, at which point wage growth may be needed to meet the target.Several members noted that the depreciation of the yen could lead to overshooting inflation by pushing up import prices.

According to The Block, Congressman Max Miller (R-OH) and Steven Horsford (D-NV) are drafting a cryptocurrency tax bill called the Digital Asset PARITY Act.The bill will provide tax benefits for certain stablecoin transactions and delay taxation on rewards for validating blockchain transactions. The legislation will exempt capital gains tax on stablecoin transactions below $200. As a compromise between the IRS's current guidance and industry demands, taxpayers will have the option to defer taxes on staking and mining rewards for five years, after which they will be taxed as ordinary income at fair market value.The bill will extend wash sale rules (which prevent investors from selling at a loss and immediately repurchasing to claim tax credits) to digital assets and allow traders to use the mark-to-market method for accounting.

Binance today disclosed a blacklist of "listing agents," which includes BitABC, Central Research, May / Dannie, Andrew Lee, Suki Yang, Fiona Lee, and Kenny Z. Binance stated that this list is not exhaustive and cautioned against trusting any "listing agents." The information regarding the above individuals or entities obtained from public channels is as follows:BitABC is a cryptocurrency consulting, incubation, and project acceleration company that primarily offers services such as project promotion, community building, liquidity incentives, and market consulting, claiming to help crypto projects gain exposure and growth in the early stages on trading platforms.May / Dannie is a partner of the previously disclosed improper market maker Web3Port by Binance. The key figure May Liu and her team established a "brokerage pipeline to Binance," from Spark Digital Capital to Web3Port, and then to Whisper. Spark operates under the guise of a VC, actually running a market outsourcing + FA business, relying on VC investments in projects to obtain free tokens for themselves. After the industry turmoil in 21 and 22, project parties were unwilling to provide tokens for free, prompting Spark to shift to an incubator model, establishing Web3Port to provide project packaging and VC connections in exchange for 1-3% token shares.Suki Yang is a cryptocurrency quantitative trader and investor, a former member of Pantera Capital, and has worked at several crypto platforms (such as CertiK, Hyype, etc.). She also founded the Solana chain meme launcher Lmao.fun.Andrew Lee is a practitioner in the cryptocurrency industry who has participated in several blockchain projects (such as Handshake, Purse.io, etc.), possibly involved in project promotion or mediation.Fiona Lee and Kenny Z have limited publicly available information, suspected to be personal project consultants or intermediaries, or engaged in listing coordination or project liaison.Central Research may be a cryptocurrency research or consulting institution, with few specific details publicly available.

According to Decrypt, cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has confirmed that it will stop paying USDC rewards to non-paying users next week, and only Coinbase One premium subscription users will be eligible to earn 4% on their held stablecoins.The exchange first announced the news in an email sent to Coinbase customers on Thursday, stating that the change will take effect on December 15. A Coinbase spokesperson confirmed that USDC rewards have now become an exclusive benefit for Coinbase One members.

CFTC Acting Chair Caroline Pham announced the list of the first members of the CEO Innovation Council, all from the exchange sector, who will discuss structural and regulatory innovations in the derivatives market.Participants include: Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan, Cboe Global Markets CEO Craig Donohue, CME Group CEO Terry Duffy, Bullish CEO Tom Farley, Nasdaq CEO Adena Friedman, Bitnomial CEO Luke Hoersten, Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour, Crypto.com CEO Kris Marszalek, LSEG CEO David Schwimmer, Kraken Co-CEO Arjun Sethi, ICE CEO Jeff Sprecher, and Gemini CEO Tyler Winklevoss.The CFTC stated that it will promote market structure innovation in areas such as tokenization, crypto assets, 24/7 trading, perpetual contracts, prediction markets, and blockchain infrastructure, while continuing to review more committee applications.

The eldest son of the King of Malaysia, Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar, Ismail Ibrahim, announced the launch of a stablecoin named RMJDT, which is pegged to the Malaysian Ringgit.According to informed sources, this stablecoin will be backed by local currency cash deposits and short-term Malaysian government bonds.

According to DL News, the Brazilian Federal Court has sentenced 14 people for using Bitcoin to launder over $95 million from drug trafficking and kidnapping crime profits. Two main offenders were sentenced to more than 21 years in prison, one of whom is a prison security officer, while the remaining 12 were sentenced to varying terms of 10 to 17 years.The criminal group operated in Minas Gerais and Paraná from April 2019 to July 2024, primarily functioning to conceal the nature, source, flow, and ownership of assets from cross-border drug trafficking and violent crime, including ransom from a kidnapping case in Rio de Janeiro.Investigations revealed that the group used Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to launder money for a larger criminal network, operating an "accounting department" through false tax identification numbers, fake accounting records, and multiple shell companies, disguising their activities as being involved in industries such as food trade, livestock, luxury goods, and swimwear.

According to DL News, Pablo Sabbatella, founder of the Web3 auditing firm opsek and a member of the Security Alliance (SEAL), revealed at the Devconnect conference that North Korean infiltration is far beyond imagination, with 15% to 20% of crypto companies harboring North Korean infiltrators, and 30% to 40% of job applications potentially coming from North Korean agents attempting to infiltrate.Due to international sanctions, most North Korean agents cannot apply for jobs directly, so they are scouting for remote workers globally, particularly from developing countries like Ukraine and the Philippines as cover. They ask these workers to provide account credentials or allow them to remotely use their identities, with workers receiving 20% of the income while the agents take 80%. North Korean agents also recruit Americans as "front ends," posing as non-English speaking interviewees from China, implanting malware on the other party's computer to obtain U.S. IP addresses and bypass restrictions to access more content. Once hired, they are often retained long-term due to their diligent work and lack of complaints. They can be identified by asking their opinion on Kim Jong-un, as they are prohibited from speaking ill of him. Sabbatella stated that the cryptocurrency industry has poor operational security, making founders easy victims of social engineering and computers susceptible to malware.