ChainCatcher news, Bitcoin Magazine posted on the X platform that VanEck's CEO predicts BTC will price between $150,000 and $180,000 during this cycle.

ChainCatcher news, Lin Chen, the Head of Asia Pacific Business at Deribit, posted on X that in the options market, the probability of betting that the ETH price will exceed $4000 by the end of the year is 29.1%.

ChainCatcher news, the blockchain-based iGaming platform BoxBet has completed financing led by CMCC Global. CMCC is a $500 million venture capital firm supported by the Winklevoss twins and Li Ka-shing's Horizons Ventures, which has previously funded key blockchain projects including Solana. BoxBet intends to use the new funds to expand its influence in regulated markets by obtaining licenses and scaling operations.

ChainCatcher news, the mainnet Beta version of the Fuel network stablecoin USDF developed by Fluid Protocol has been launched, which will introduce an over-collateralized lending platform and the native stablecoin USDF of the Fuel Network. Currently, it supports collateralization of ETH, wstETH, EzETH, weETH, RsETH, and mETH.The total supply of FPT is 100 million tokens, with 45% allocated to the community, early investors accounting for 20% of the total supply, the team holding 21%, and the treasury holding 14%.

ChainCatcher news, Blockstream announced the establishment of an asset management department aimed at bridging the gap between Bitcoin and mainstream finance. Hedge fund professional Sean Bill has been appointed as Chief Investment Officer to lead this initiative.

ChainCatcher news, according to Coindesk, some traders are betting that the ETF price will double to $100, with IBIT closing at $52.70 yesterday.ConvexValue data shows that the trading volume of call options with a strike price of $100 has exceeded 32,000 contracts. Most of the value occurred in options that expire on December 12, which is also the most popular settlement price overall, accounting for 40% of the total trading volume of 354,000 contracts.

ChainCatcher news, on Tuesday the market's attention was focused on the Russia-Ukraine situation. On the 1000th day of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Russia's new policy has lowered the threshold for using nuclear weapons, causing global financial markets to be on edge, although the overall reaction has been relatively limited.According to 4E monitoring, U.S. stocks experienced a rollercoaster ride, initially declining due to heightened tensions in the Russia-Ukraine situation as investors panicked and turned to safe-haven assets. U.S. stocks collectively fell, but later, as the U.S. responded that there was no reason to adjust its nuclear posture or strategy, the market shook off concerns about nuclear war escalation. Ultimately, only the Dow Jones fell, while the S&P 500 rose slightly, and the Nasdaq gained 1%, with most large tech stocks rising, led by Nvidia with an increase of nearly 5%.The U.S. is embracing cryptocurrency more closely, as pro-crypto candidates are set to lead the U.S. Department of Commerce, ETF options are being listed, and the Trump Media Group is in deep negotiations to acquire the cryptocurrency platform Bakkt. Bitcoin reached a new high, peaking at $93,905, before slightly retreating to $91,900 at the time of writing. The rise in Bitcoin attracted a significant amount of liquidity, while altcoins generally fell.In the forex commodities sector, the U.S. dollar index rose on Tuesday, initially boosted by geopolitical tensions, with safe-haven currencies like the dollar, Swiss franc, and yen gaining traction. However, this boost weakened after comments from Russian and U.S. officials. Spot gold rose nearly 2%, continuing the upward trend from the previous trading day, marking the third consecutive day of gains. Geopolitical tensions supported oil prices, which saw a slight increase on Tuesday.The current market is focused on Nvidia's earnings report on Wednesday. With Nvidia's market capitalization having grown to approximately $3.5 trillion, the expected volatility in its market cap post-earnings is close to the largest ever and will impact U.S. stocks. Additionally, this week investors are also closely watching the cabinet nominations of the Trump administration. eeee.com is a financial trading platform that supports assets such as cryptocurrencies, stock indices, gold commodities, and forex, recently launching a USDT stablecoin financial product with an annualized return of 5.5%, providing investors with potential safe-haven options. 4E reminds you to be aware of market volatility risks and to allocate assets reasonably.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Information, Musk participated in a phone call between Trump and the CEO of Google.

ChainCatcher message, according to OKLINK monitoring data, 4 minutes ago, 24,990 ETH was transferred between Binance wallets, worth 77.75 million dollars.

ChainCatcher news, Consensys CEO Joe Lubin stated that under the leadership of the new President Trump, the conflict between the SEC and cryptocurrency companies may gradually fade. Lubin mentioned that the relevant parties will "find ways to have the cases dismissed or settled."He also noted that while not all cases will be dismissed, the industry will save hundreds of millions of dollars as the field develops. Lubin emphasized that the Trump team has already "taken proactive steps" and described Trump as "a very excellent politician" who "can grasp the spirit of the times and move forward with it."

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, data shows that in 2024, Bitcoin has only a 52% correlation with the Nasdaq index, with a 30-day correlation dropping to 0.46, one of the lowest levels in the past five years.According to Fidelity data, the correlation between Bitcoin and the S&P 500 index is only 19%, performing the best in terms of Sharpe ratio among major asset classes. Since Trump won the U.S. election on November 6, Bitcoin has surged past $93,000 to reach a new high, while the Nasdaq index has fallen 4% from its historical peak.According to Glassnode data, Bitcoin's 30-day implied volatility has decreased from 100% in 2021 to about 60% currently. As the world's seventh-largest asset, Bitcoin is gradually decoupling from traditional risk assets, demonstrating independent market performance.

ChainCatcher news, Santiment stated on the X platform that XRP has now broken through a 3-year high, reaching $1.2679 on Binance for the first time since November 11, 2021.This rebound is attributed to major whale wallets holding between 1 million and 100 million tokens. In just the past week, this group has accumulated a total of 453.3 million tokens (worth $526.3 million). Meanwhile, the tokens they accumulated mainly came from retail traders attempting to sell their tokens during a slight increase in XRP.Last week, wallets holding less than 1 million XRP sold a total of 75.7 million tokens (worth $8.79 million). Historically, when cryptocurrency traders increase their holdings and confidence, the market capitalization tends to show positive growth, while retail FUD further drives this growth. This is exactly the scenario presented by XRP.

ChainCatcher news, according to @ai_9684xtpa's monitoring, the MAGA smart money (@theunipcs) that bet on DOGE with a profit of 12.58 million dollars has accumulated 1.46 billion FLOKI at an average price of 0.0001715 dollars, which has now gained a profit of 1.395 million dollars, having once experienced a floating loss of 727,000 dollars at the beginning of the month when it dropped.In the early morning, Coinbase announced that it would add FLOKI to its listing roadmap, which may have influenced the positive news, causing FLOKI to rise by 25%.

ChainCatcher News, after the release of the U.S. October Import Price Index and October Core Retail Sales data, traders have reduced their bets on a Federal Reserve rate cut in 2025.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi reports, after the release of PPI and initial jobless claims data, U.S. Treasury yields rose slightly, and U.S. short-term interest rate futures fell slightly; traders are still betting on a rate cut by the Federal Reserve.

ChainCatcher news, according to Bloomberg, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren is set to become the top-ranking Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee. As a major critic of Federal Reserve Chairman Powell, large banks, and the cryptocurrency industry, she will succeed Sherrod Brown, who lost in his re-election campaign.Warren stated in a declaration: "It is crucial that after the 2024 elections, Democratic leadership demonstrates that we can make life more affordable for working families and urgently take action to rebuild the middle class." Warren has previously called for stronger regulation of the cryptocurrency industry and has been critical of traditional financial institutions.