According to ChainCatcher news and SoSoValue data, the cryptocurrency market sector has seen a slight overall increase, with the DePIN sector leading with a rise of 4.32%. Within the sector, Grass (GRASS) increased by 18.32%, Akash Network (AKT) rose by 15%, io.net (IO) gained 10.19%, and the leading project Render (RENDER) saw an increase of 5.78%, while Filecoin (FIL) rose by 3.20%.Notably, the previously hot AI Agents and Hyperliquid ecosystems have experienced significant pullbacks, dropping -3.25% and -9.53%, respectively. Within the AI Agents sector, tokens related to the Virtuals Protocol ecosystem have seen higher pullbacks, with VIRTUAL, AIXBT, GAME, LUNA, and VADER falling -5.91%, -17.34%, -18.20%, -17.97%, and -15.80%, respectively. However, within the sector, Fartcoin (FARTCOIN) has risen against the trend by 24.69%, showing impressive performance. Additionally, in the Hyperliquid ecosystem, HYPE, HFUN, and PURR have decreased by -9.32%, -3.84%, and -6.32%, respectively.In other sectors, the GameFi sector rose by 3.27%, with Gala (GALA) increasing by 8.17% and Beam (BEAM) rising by 6.33%. The Meme sector increased by 3.19%, the Layer 2 sector rose by 3.16%, the DeFi sector gained 2.80%, and the Layer 1 sector saw an increase of 2.41%.

ChainCatcher news, according to ASXN Data, the Token Ticker named "ORA" was sold for $397,000 in an auction on the Hyperliquid platform. NITRAK, a member of the Ora Protocol team, confirmed that the Ticker was acquired through an auction by their team.

ChainCatcher news, according to DefiLLama data, Hyperliquid cross-chain bridge has reached a capital of $2.037 billion, a decrease of $304 million from the peak of $2.341 billion on December 24 last year.

ChainCatcher message, Messari released six predictions for 2025 on platform X, as follows:The outstanding performance of Hyperliquid may have endedVIRTUAL FDV will surpass TAO FDV within three monthsPudgy Penguins will surpass CryptoPunks to become the hottest PFP seriesPeaq will surpass all L2s in 2025ETH's performance will outperform SOL in 2025The AI agent framework will peak in the first quarter of 2025 and will not recover

ChainCatcher news, according to the popularity index data from the Web3 asset data platform RootData, as of December 31 at 9:35, in the Top 50 ranking of skyrocketing projects, Hyperlauncher has risen 714 places, with its Token LAUNCH experiencing a 24-hour increase of 460.55%.Hyperlauncher replaces human founders with autonomous AI agents to operate tokenized blockchain projects. These AI founders operate in a transparent, fair, and efficient manner, eliminating the inherent risks of fraud, bias, and inefficiency found in traditional founder-led models. By leveraging blockchain for accountability and utilizing smart contracts for execution, Hyperlauncher establishes a trustless framework for decentralized innovation.It is reported that RootData has launched the first "Web3 Popular Projects Ranking." This popularity ranking helps users capture the real pulse of attention and improve the accuracy of investment decisions through 4.3 million real user behavior data. The ranking is calculated in real-time based on the weighted frequency of searches by platform users, project click rates, user votes, and the popularity and influence on the X platform.

ChainCatcher news, according to official website data, the total staked amount of Hyperliquid mainnet HYPE has exceeded 350 million, currently at 352,856,181.Yesterday, the Hyper Foundation announced that HYPE staking is now live on the mainnet. Users can stake HYPE with trusted validators and earn HYPE staking rewards. When choosing which validators to stake with, users may consider different metrics such as uptime, commission, reputation, and community contribution. The Hyper Foundation will launch a delegation program to support high-performance validators and further decentralize.

ChainCatcher message, according to official website data, the total staked amount of Hyperliquid mainnet HYPE has exceeded 320 million, currently at 321,502,812, approximately 9.07 billion USD.

ChainCatcher message, the Hyper Foundation stated on the X platform: "Staking is now live on the mainnet. Staking is an important milestone for Hyperliquid as it allows a diverse community of HYPE stakers to collectively secure the network. Like other proof-of-stake networks, new blocks on Hyperliquid are proposed by validators in proportion to the amount of staked HYPE. Staking is a significant responsibility for the Hyperliquid community.Users can stake HYPE to trusted validators and earn HYPE staking rewards. When choosing which validators to stake with, users may consider various metrics such as uptime, commission, reputation, and community contributions.The Hyper Foundation will launch a delegation program to support high-performance validators and further decentralize the network. More information about this program will be announced separately. Please note that locked tokens may be staked, but their rewards will be locked."

ChainCatcher news, according to HypurrScan data, the whale shorting ETH, 0x20...44f5, deposited 5,078,000 USDC to Hyperliquid today at 13:11 UTC+8.Since December 22, this whale has deposited a total of 18,548,000 USDC to Hyperliquid. Notably, this whale is shorting ETH on Hyperliquid at an average price of $3,422.12 with 50x leverage, with a position value exceeding $77 million and a liquidation price of approximately $4,825.33.

ChainCatcher message, Su Zhu posted on platform X stating: "Unless a black swan event occurs, I believe we are in the early stages of a super liquidity story, and the team has done an excellent job in designing a community around profitable products. There have been other successful perp trading platforms in the past, but these platforms often provide relatively little value accumulation for token holders. In some cases, tokens are directly used as emissions to generate dollar fees, which are pocketed by shareholders. This amounts to invisible dumping. In other cases, even if the token successfully generates a community, the usage of the underlying product itself is minimal. This defines most of the DeFi summer situation. Cases that have both are extremely rare.While centralized exchanges (CEX) have traditionally been extractive and opaque, often operated by founders from mainland China, high liquidity spot listings are simple auctions where value accumulation directly belongs to the tokens themselves. I think it is meaningless to discuss its idea as L1 before Hyperliquid truly launches, but I believe if the team continues to execute, it will pose the first significant challenge to recent memory's tier 1 CEXs. Overall, I think services and workflows will be simplified and purified, which will greatly benefit newcomers without legacy structures.I believe solana/pump.fun has a significant moat because all new attention is first attracted here. Competing with this will be extremely difficult, as what you need are thousands of permissionless launches every day, along with shared knowledge and beliefs, some of which will even reach billions of dollars. You cannot replicate this through a few pumps here or there or even community wealth effects—you need a culture and toolkit that has been gradually built around it. pump.fun is the worst in terms of crypto nativeness throughout the cycle (no points, no tokens) and the most profitable product, which is no coincidence, as it summons the energy of the external world into cryptocurrency."

ChainCatcher message, according to SoSoValue data, the encrypted market sector has experienced a pullback for two consecutive days, while the CeFi sector has risen against the trend, with a 24H increase of 0.36%. Within the sector, CEX-related tokens that saw significant gains yesterday continue to rise, with Bitget Token (BGB) being the most noteworthy, showing a 24H increase of 28.86%, a 7-day increase of 72.8%, and a 1-month increase of 367.69%. Additionally, Huobi (HT) increased by 11.64%, OKB (OKB) increased by 7.01%, Gate (GT) increased by 6.69%, and HYPE, which fell over 10% yesterday, increased by 6.64% today. In the Hypeliquid sector, PURR and Hypurr Fun (HFUN) increased by 5.43% and 7.52% respectively.In other sectors, the DeFi sector decreased by -2.78%, while Layer 1 and Layer 2 sectors fell by -3.05% and -3.88% respectively, and the Meme sector decreased by -4.71%. The AI Agents sector, which had the highest increase yesterday, has shown a significant pullback today, with a 24H decrease of -7.7%. Within the sector, Fartcoin (FARTCOIN) pulled back by -17.05%, and the Virtuals ecosystem coins VIRTUAL, LUNA, and AIXBT pulled back by -9.64%, -17.02%, and -9.25% respectively.

ChainCatcher news, according to Spot On Chain monitoring, a trader has earned over 8.3 million dollars by trading perpetual contracts on the Hyperliquid platform.They profited 5.3 million dollars from trading derivatives and earned 3 million dollars from the funding fees of the decentralized exchange. Their trades included:Short positions: SOL, ETH, BTC, LINK, XRP, WIF, LTC;Long positions: DOGE, SUI.In the past 24 hours, the trader also bridged 3.7 million USDC to Hyperliquid.

ChainCatcher news, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, a certain whale is facing a massive floating loss of about 12 million dollars in multiple open positions on HyperLiquid.Among them, the floating loss for XRP short positions is 4.45 million dollars, for SUI short positions is 3.86 million dollars, for SOL long positions is 892 thousand dollars, for ENA is 785 thousand dollars, for CRV is 675 thousand dollars, for ADA is 644 thousand dollars, and for DGE is 537 thousand dollars.

ChainCatcher news, the data analysis website Dune has launched the USDC analysis section on Hyperliquid, showing that the USDC circulation on Hyperliquid exceeds 2 billion dollars.

ChainCatcher news, according to hypurrscan data, the Token Ticker named "ANZ" was sold at auction on the Hyperliquid platform for approximately $300,000, lower than the last transaction price of "ETHC" at $384,000.Currently, the record holder for Token Ticker transactions is "GOD," with a transaction price of $975,700.

ChainCatcher news, according to Lookonchain monitoring, a trader has opened a short position on ETH with 50x leverage on the Hyperliquid platform, currently incurring a loss of 1.2 million dollars.The opening price of the short position was 3429.45 dollars, and if the ETH price reaches 4843.9 dollars, the position will be forcibly liquidated.

According to ChainCatcher news, monitored by Spot On Chain, a giant whale created a new wallet 26 hours ago and transferred 18.3 million USDC to the Hyperliquid platform via bridging to purchase HYPE tokens. As of now, the whale has spent 12.22 million dollars to buy 428,867 HYPE, with an average purchase price of 28.5 dollars per token.