ChainCatcher news, according to Forbes, Ed Hindi, the Chief Investment Officer of Swiss cryptocurrency hedge fund Tyr Capital, stated that the increasing expectations for Trump in the crypto market had led to a price surge. However, investors will closely monitor Trump's actions within the first 100 days of his presidency, as any discrepancy between his actions and words could trigger volatility.Additionally, Tim Kravchunovsky, the founder and CEO of the decentralized telecom network Chirp, added: "As we enter 2025, it will be a historic year for digital assets, as the United States adopts Bitcoin as a national reserve currency. Despite ongoing uncertainties in this regard, I believe this will happen soon—likely within a few months after President Donald Trump's inauguration."

ChainCatcher news, according to Reuters, the excitement over the policies of President-elect Trump is expected to boost the outlook for several industries, including banking, energy, and cryptocurrency. Michael Rosen, Chief Investment Officer of Angeles Investments, stated: "People hope that next year's taxes and regulations can be lowered or reduced, which will help support corporate profits, and corporate profits are the main driver of the market."In addition, Trump's inauguration on January 20 next year may also bring some surprises to the market, as he is expected to issue at least 25 executive orders on his first day in office, covering a range of issues from immigration to energy and cryptocurrency policies.

ChainCatcher news, the RWA+DePIN+AI project Advertising Time Trace (ATT) token ATT launched on the first day with multiple exchanges including MEXC, Bitmart, and Ascendex seeing an increase of 1000%, and it has continued to stabilize at a 500% increase.ATT is a forward-looking Web3.0 application project that builds a brand new digital advertising ecosystem through its unique DA-AIOT-P (Decentralized Assets - Artificial Intelligence Internet of Things - Payment) mechanism and revolutionary AIGV (AI Generated Value) business application model. It integrates physical advertising assets, advertising e-commerce merchant/user resources, and digital technology, aiming to provide a new Web2 traffic entry for large-scale Web3 applications through AI technology.

Galaxy Research shared its predictions for the cryptocurrency market in 2025 via Twitter, covering various areas including Bitcoin, Ethereum, stablecoins, DeFi, and L2s. The main predictions include:Bitcoin is expected to break $150,000 in the first half of 2025, potentially reaching or exceeding $185,000 in the fourth quarter.Benefiting from regulatory easing in the DeFi and staking sectors, Ethereum is projected to surpass $5,500 in 2025.By the end of 2025, the staking ratio of Ethereum is expected to exceed 50%.In 2025, a significant number of leading Bitcoin miners are expected to collaborate with high-performance computing (HPC) and AI companies to drive the transformation of mining infrastructure.At least one top wealth management platform will announce a recommendation for a Bitcoin allocation of 2% or higher in portfolios, further driving inflows into Bitcoin ETPs.DeFi enters the "dividend era": DeFi applications are expected to start distributing at least $1 billion in value to users and token holders.In 2025, venture capital in the crypto industry is expected to exceed $150 billion, with a year-on-year growth of over 50%.By 2025, the supply of stablecoins is expected to double, and more stablecoin projects supported by traditional finance (TradFi) partners will be launched.

According to ChainCatcher news and DefiLlama data, Bitget has seen a net inflow of $1.332 billion in the past 7 days, ranking first among global CEX platforms, while Binance had a net inflow of $520 million during the same period.ChainCatcher previously reported that the Bitget team released a new version of the BGB white paper, announcing the introduction of a buyback and burn mechanism. In the first burn, 800 million BGB held by the core team will be burned at once, accounting for 40% of the total supply. Based on the current price of BGB, the value of the burned portion exceeds $5 billion. After the burn, the total supply of BGB will be reduced to 1.2 billion, with 100% full circulation.

ChainCatcher message, the AI agent Santa launched by Virtuals on Christmas Day successfully completed the first day's reward distribution of $10,000.According to the official introduction, Santa is supported by the GAME+MAOP technology stack of the BASE ecosystem, which utilizes intelligent fund management and trading capabilities to purchase a certain amount of Virtuals ecosystem tokens daily for holders of more than 1,000 $SANTA tokens to distribute airdrops.According to monitoring by Rootdata, the tokens purchased by Santa Agent on the first day include $GAME, $AIXBT, $VADER, $LUNA, and $CONVO.

ChainCatcher message, Aethir posted on platform X stating that it is collaborating with Injective to launch the first tokenized GPU market, where users can instantly buy, sell, or lease GPUs.

ChainCatcher message indicates that according to SoSoValue data, yesterday (Eastern Time December 26) the total net inflow for Bitcoin spot ETFs was $475 million.Yesterday, Grayscale ETF GBTC had a net outflow of $24.2335 million, and the historical net outflow for GBTC is currently $21.3556 billion.Grayscale Bitcoin Trust ETF BTC had a net inflow of $7.192 million yesterday, and the historical total net inflow for Grayscale Bitcoin Trust BTC is currently $861 million.The Bitcoin spot ETF with the highest net inflow yesterday was Fidelity ETF FBTC, with a net inflow of $254 million, bringing the historical total net inflow for FBTC to $12.048 billion.Following that is the ETF ARKB from Ark Invest and 21Shares, which had a net inflow of $187 million yesterday, and the historical total net inflow for ARKB is currently $2.599 billion.As of now, the total net asset value of Bitcoin spot ETFs is $108.241 billion, with an ETF net asset ratio (market cap relative to total Bitcoin market cap) of 5.72%, and the historical cumulative net inflow has reached $35.962 billion.

ChainCatcher news, Santa Agent launches a Christmas airdrop event, purchasing Virtuals ecosystem tokens weekly from the treasury and independently designing airdrop gameplay to reward SANTA token holders. Santa will leverage its Agent capabilities to assist other public chains and projects in managing Grant funds and reward distribution, enabling more developers and communities to participate.Santa will continue to develop features related to social interaction, including social entertainment capabilities on the X platform and smarter Grant management functions, truly achieving self-management in diverse fields such as public welfare, investment, and rewards.It is reported that Santa is the first AI self-managed Agent fund in the Base ecosystem. With the GAME platform of Virtuals and the multi-Agent scheduling capabilities of Questflow, Santa integrates the concepts of open-source architectures like AI16z and Ezila in the Sol ecosystem. The Santa Agent can independently design and execute trading strategies, manage airdrop and Grant fund distribution, and will expand more functionalities in public chains in the future.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinMarketCap data, BGB's 24-hour trading volume reached 1.08 billion USD, surpassing Binance's BNB for the first time among global CEX platform tokens, ranking first, with its market capitalization rising to the TOP 20, currently reported at 9 billion USD.

ChainCatcher news, the DePIN project Roam has officially launched the Roam Discovery Ecosystem on its official website. The new product aims to help Roam users gain more ecological cooperation benefits and support innovative new projects in their early development through community assistance.Roam Discovery has initially launched 20 cooperative project partners, including IoTeX, Huma Finance, Mind Network, DePHY, TermiX, and others. The collaboration covers multiple tracks such as Layer 1, PayFi, and AI. Discovery will focus on ecological co-construction with Roam's global WiFi node network and cooperative projects, providing user bases, financial support, and community resources for promising early-stage projects within the ecosystem. This will simultaneously offer more potential future benefits for users of both Roam and the projects. By building an open global wireless network, Roam will continue to serve as the Physical L1 of the DePIN ecosystem, facilitating data connection and sharing among people, devices, assets, and AI.Currently, Roam serves over 1.7 million registered users in more than 200 countries and regions worldwide, with the number of WiFi nodes exceeding 1 million. The ranking of DePINscan hardware nodes remains first, and the data continues to grow.

ChainCatcher news, Google released the 2024 annual search ranking. In terms of people searches, Trump ranks first, followed by Kate Middleton from the UK in second place, with Harris and Biden ranking third and fifth, respectively. The Algerian athlete Iman Khalif, embroiled in a gender controversy, ranks fourth.In news search volume, the U.S. election ranks first, extreme weather ranks second, the Olympics ranks third, and the Trump shooting case ranks eighth. (Jin Shi)

ChainCatcher news, the innovative pre-market trading protocol launched by Coral Finance, saw the first-day trading volume of its pre-market asset Mussel reach 1 million USD, with the number of holding addresses reaching 4,204.Coral has adopted the innovative form of Meme+ pre-market, enriching the gameplay and strategies of pre-market assets.

ChainCatcher news, according to data from TokenTerminal, the net deposits of the lending protocol Aave and the liquid staking protocol Lido first broke through $70 billion in December (currently falling back to $67.37 billion). Among them, Aave ranks first with $34.3 billion, followed closely by Lido at $33.1 billion. The two major protocols account for 45.5% of the total deposits of the top 20 DeFi applications.In terms of Total Value Locked (TVL), Lido leads the DeFi ecosystem with $33.8 billion, while Aave ranks second with $20.6 billion. Over the past 30 days, Aave's revenue grew by 27.5% to $12.5 million, and Lido's revenue increased by 24% to $9.6 million. The total locked value in DeFi for 2024 has increased by 107% to $185 billion, briefly surpassing $212 billion on December 16. (CryptoSlate)

ChainCatcher news, Meme coin KOL Murad released a chart showing that the number of holders with over $1000 in holdings can serve as a useful indicator of the Memecoin community's confidence. The more holders there are, the more active the community is. Among them: the number of users holding over $1000 in PEPE is 77,145, ranking first among all meme communities, accounting for 21.5% of the total PEPE community. The number of users holding over $1000 in WIF is 24,147, ranking second, followed closely by SPX6900, POPCAT, and MOG.

ChainCatcher news, according to a report by Hong Kong media Wen Wei Po, the Hong Kong police stated that they received over 3,400 cases related to cryptocurrency last year, with losses exceeding 4.3 billion HKD. In the first 10 months of this year, there have been more than 2,100 cases, with losses exceeding 3.1 billion HKD.Among the related cases, the single highest loss amount is approximately 1.6 billion HKD. Election Committee member and Legislative Councilor Wu Jietzhuang said that in addition to strengthening regulation and public education, the public should also increase their understanding of cryptocurrency, recognize investment risks, avoid being greedy for small gains, choose licensed trading platforms when investing, and act within their means.

ChainCatcher news, according to industry officials, the cryptocurrency industry is pushing Trump's team to issue an executive order on his first day in office next month to initiate the promised cryptocurrency policy reforms, helping to drive the mainstream adoption of tokens. During his campaign, Trump promised to become the "cryptocurrency president," and the industry hopes he will fulfill this promise by creating a Bitcoin inventory through an executive order, ensuring that the industry can access banking services, and establishing a cryptocurrency committee. (Jin Ten)

ChainCatcher news, according to Caixin, the UAE's first local cryptocurrency company listed on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX), Phoenix Group, recently announced the appointment of a new CEO and plans to achieve dual listing on Nasdaq in 2025 to further expand its international market and enhance its global influence.Phoenix Group was established in 2017 and is headquartered in Abu Dhabi, UAE. In October 2023, it successfully listed on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange, becoming the first private cryptocurrency and blockchain entity to be listed on the Middle Eastern stock market.As the largest cryptocurrency mining business operator in the Middle East and North Africa region, Phoenix Group has rapidly risen in recent years and has developed into a technology group with a market value of several billion dollars.

According to ChainCatcher news and DefiLlama data, Raydium ranks first in the Solana ecosystem with a 7-day protocol fee of $32.89 million, followed by Jito and Solana with $30.61 million and $29.01 million, respectively, in second and third place. Pump.fun ranks fourth with $18.29 million. Among the top fifteen, Telegram bot protocols occupy 5 seats.