ChainCatcher message, according to Trader T's monitoring, BlackRock IBIT's pre-market trading volume today reached 55 million dollars, with 39% being active buy orders and 42% being active sell orders.

ChainCatcher news, CryptoQuant founder and CEO Ki Young Ju posted on the X platform that BlackRock's IBIT weekly net flow has turned negative for the first time in three months, which suggests that the continuous purchases of the Bitcoin spot ETF seem to have paused.

ChainCatcher news, according to Trader T's monitoring, BlackRock IBIT's pre-market trading volume today reached 51 million dollars, with 39% being active buy orders and 37% being active sell orders.

ChainCatcher news, according to Bloomberg, BlackRock's iShares division offers over 1,400 ETFs globally, but none of them can compare to its Bitcoin ETF. The iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) broke industry records upon its launch in 2024. In just 11 months, its asset size ballooned to over $50 billion.Todd Sohn, Managing Director of ETF and Technical Strategy at Strategas Securities, noted in a report that IBIT's size has grown to be equivalent to the total assets managed by more than 50 ETFs focused on the European market, many of which have been around for over 20 years.Nate Geraci, President of consulting firm The ETF Store, called it "the greatest launch in ETF history." As Bloomberg Intelligence analyst James Seyffart stated, "The growth of IBIT is unprecedented. It is the fastest ETF to reach most milestones, quicker than any other ETF in any asset class." He added that with its current asset size and a 0.25% fee ratio, IBIT is expected to generate about $112 million annually.With over $11 trillion in assets under management, the acceptance by the world's largest investment company helped Bitcoin's price break the $100,000 mark for the first time, attracting institutional investors and previously skeptical individual investors.

ChainCatcher news, according to Trader T's monitoring, BlackRock IBIT had a pre-market trading volume of 24 million dollars today, with 47% being active buy orders and 27% being active sell orders.

ChainCatcher message, according to Whale Alert monitoring, around 21:36 Beijing time today, 30,000 ETH was transferred from a certain address to Deribit, worth $101,790,044.

ChainCatcher news, Lin Chen, Head of Asia-Pacific Business at Deribit, stated in a post on X that the largest BTC block options trade today involved a user paying a premium of 1.634 million, buying a call option for $115,000 expiring at the end of March next year, totaling 250 BTC.The user is bullish, and will profit if the price at delivery exceeds $124,000. The user is confident about the BTC trend next year, expecting the market to reach new highs after Trump officially takes office.

ChainCatcher message, Lin Chen, the Head of APAC Business at Deribit, posted on X that the largest ETH block options trade today was: a user paid $476,000 to purchase 4,500 ETH of call options with a strike price of $3,400, expiring on January 3rd next year (next Friday).The user is bullish; they will profit if the price at delivery is greater than $3,500. The current ETH price is fluctuating around $3,400, the DVOL volatility index is at 75.17, and the greed index is at 74 (greed), with the ETH/BTC exchange rate at 0.035.

ChainCatcher news, according to Trader T's monitoring, BlackRock's IBIT pre-market trading volume today reached 68 million dollars, with 42% being active buy orders and 38% being active sell orders.

ChainCatcher news, Thailand's Khao Kheow Open Zoo posted on X that Vitalik Buterin has donated funds to support the zoo's operations, wildlife funding programs, and to develop a dedicated exhibition area for Moo Deng and its family.The donation will be made in two installments, each amounting to 5,000,000 Thai Baht, totaling 10 million Thai Baht. The first donation will be completed on December 26, 2024. The date for the second donation and any additional donation amounts will be announced later, but no later than December 26, 2025.Vitalik expressed hope that this donation will strengthen the friendship with Thailand and contribute to the local community.According to data from gmgn.ai, the current price of MOODENG is $0.00021, with a 24h increase of 68.6%.

ChainCatcher news, Lin Chen, the Head of Asia-Pacific Business at Deribit, stated in a post on X that the largest ETH block options trade today was: a user paid $225,000 to purchase call options with a strike price of $4,000 expiring on January 10 next year, totaling 3,730 ETH.Analysis indicates that the user is bullish; if the price at delivery is >$4,020, it will be profitable. Due to low liquidity last night because of Christmas, market volatility remains high, with the current DVOL volatility index at 73.6 and the ETH/BTC exchange rate at 0.0351.

ChainCatcher message, Deribit data shows that approximately $14.515 billion in BTC options and $3.932 billion in ETH options will expire on Friday (December 27); among them, the maximum pain price for BTC is $84,000, and the maximum pain price for ETH is $3,000.

ChainCatcher message, according to Trader T's monitoring, BlackRock's IBIT pre-market trading volume reached 52 million dollars today, with 44% being active buy orders and 38% being active sell orders.

ChainCatcher news, according to monitoring by The Data Nerd, BlackRock's IBIT deposited 828 BTC, worth $79.57 million, to Coinbase 1 hour ago.This is the first outflow of funds from BlackRock's Bitcoin exchange-traded fund since November 8, and BlackRock's IBIT still holds 553,162 BTC (worth approximately $5.298 billion).

ChainCatcher message, according to SoSoValue data, last week (Eastern Time December 16 to December 20) the Bitcoin spot ETF had a net inflow of 449 million USD. Among them, Grayscale ETF GBTC had a weekly net outflow of 248 million USD, and the historical net outflow of GBTC is 21.29 billion USD.The Bitcoin spot ETF with the highest net inflow last week was BlackRock ETF IBIT, with a weekly net inflow of 1.45 billion USD, and the historical total net inflow of IBIT has reached 37.33 billion USD. The second was Franklin Templeton ETF EZBC, with a weekly net inflow of 5.61 million USD, and the historical total net inflow of EZBC has reached 467 million USD. The Bitcoin spot ETF with the highest net outflow last week was Fidelity ETF FBTC, with a weekly net outflow of 292 million USD, and the historical total net inflow of FBTC has reached 12.02 billion USD.As of now, the total net asset value of Bitcoin spot ETFs is 109.725 billion USD, and the ETF net asset ratio (market value compared to the total market value of Bitcoin) is 5.75%, with a historical cumulative net inflow of 36.052 billion USD.

ChainCatcher news, according to Trader T's monitoring, BlackRock's IBIT had a net outflow of 72.84 million dollars yesterday, marking the 4th net outflow in the 239 trading days since the ETF's inception.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, Deribit CEO Luuk Strijers expressed doubts about the sustainability of many crypto trading platforms due to regulatory pressure.He said, "I think many platforms will no longer exist, so more specifically, I believe the regulatory framework will strengthen globally and make many of the currently large list of platforms unviable, either because the operational costs are too high or because regulators will directly shut them down."Strijers predicts that as the industry matures, only a few platforms will be able to thrive. He stated, "If you want to serve institutional clients globally, but perhaps more importantly, retail clients, the regulatory framework is already very strict and will only become stricter, so ultimately, the trading volume will not be sufficient to sustain them all, so I think there will be a massive shift, focusing on top clients."

ChainCatcher news, according to Trader T's monitoring, BlackRock's IBIT pre-market trading volume today reached $216 million, with 33% being active buy orders and 39% being active sell orders.

ChainCatcher news, according to Trader T's monitoring, BlackRock's IBIT pre-market trading volume today reached 89 million dollars, with 46% being active buy orders and 32% being active sell orders.

ChainCatcher news, according to Deribit data, options for Bitcoin and Ethereum with a notional value of approximately 2.7 billion USD will expire tomorrow (December 20).Among them, the notional value of Bitcoin options reaches 2.07 billion USD, with a put/call ratio of 0.91 and a maximum pain price at 102,000 USD. The notional value of Ethereum options is 635.9 million USD, with a put/call ratio of 0.49 and a maximum pain price at 3,750 USD.