ChainCatcher message, Lin Chen, Head of APAC Business at Deribit, posted on X stating that the largest BTC block options trade today was: a user paid a premium of $984,000 to buy 400 BTC of $96,000 call options expiring on January 10 (next Friday).

According to ChainCatcher's message and Ember's monitoring, a giant whale in the ETH band spent 40.66 million USDT to buy 12,178.4 ETH at a price of $3,339 yesterday, and sold 11,188.4 ETH this morning at a price of $3,357, exchanging it for 33.75 million USDT, making a profit of $220,000.This is his 24th round of swing trading, with 19 wins and 5 losses (win rate 79%).

According to ChainCatcher news, data compiled by Trader T predicts that industry insiders and institutions generally believe that the price of Bitcoin will reach $180,000 to $200,000 in 2025, among which:Bemstein: $200,000Rich Dad Robert Kiyosaki: $350,000Fundstrat Global Advisors (Tom Lee): $200,000Standard Chartered (Geoff Kendrick): $200,000Arthur Hayes: $250,000VanEck: $180,000K33 Research: $212,500Bitwise Investments: $200,000+CoinShares: $80,000-$150,000Matrixport: $160,000Galaxy Digital: $185,000Bit Mining: $185,000Maple Finance: $180,000-$200,000Cathie Wood: $650,000-$1.5 million (2030)Michael Saylor: $3-49 million (2045)

ChainCatcher news, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, a newly created address withdrew $1.52 million worth of SOL from OKX 3 hours ago and purchased 838,809 AI16Z at an average price of $1.82.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, today someone sold 5 Pudgy Penguins NFTs for a total price of $175, and it is speculated that the seller mistakenly thought the price of 35 USDT was 35 ETH ($117,000), resulting in a loss of over $500,000.

ChainCatcher news, Binance founder Zhao Changpeng forwarded Errands Gotham's view, stating that Q1 2025 will be the most promising period for altcoins in the past 36 months, with a pattern similar to 2021 and 2017. Errands Gotham predicts that the BNB chain will perform like Ethereum in 2021 in Q1 2025, with a minimum target price of $1314 and an optimal target price of $1986.

ChainCatcher news, Binance founder Zhao Changpeng forwarded Errands Gotham's view, stating that Q1 2025 will be the most promising period for altcoins in the past 36 months, with a pattern similar to 2021 and 2017.Errands Gotham predicts that the BNB chain will perform like Ethereum in 2021 in Q1 2025, with a minimum target price of $1314 and an optimal target price of $1986.

ChainCatcher news, Matrixport officially stated on social media that the decline in Ethereum gas fees reflects the continued low activity in its ecosystem since the upgrade in March 2024. Coupled with persistently low trading volumes, achieving a significant increase in ETH prices in 2025 may face considerable resistance.Matrixport further added that in 2024, Ethereum faced strong competition from alternative protocols like Solana and Sui, which successfully attracted more users, leading to their tokens outperforming Ethereum throughout the year. Without significant positive news to stimulate it, Ethereum may continue to be at a disadvantage in 2025, while competing projects are expected to further expand their advantages.

ChainCatcher news, Musk has changed the profile picture and nickname on the X platform to Kekius Maximus. According to MEXC market data, the coin KEKIUS, named after Kekius Maximus, is currently priced at $0.097, with a 24-hour increase of 703%.In addition, this coin was launched in the MEXC MEME+ section on December 28, with a maximum increase of 1333% so far, and its market cap has exceeded $40 million at its peak.

ChainCatcher news, according to Lookonchain monitoring, 4 hours ago, a certain whale bought 22,919 ETH (77.2 million USD) again at an average price of 3,368 USD.Since August 12, this whale has conducted 25 swing trades in ETH and WBTC, with 21 profitable trades, achieving a win rate of 84%, and a total profit of 4.57 million USD.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, after MicroStrategy announced its inclusion in the Nasdaq 100 index, its stock price has significantly dropped, currently down about 30% from the high on December 14, falling from a peak of $543 to $300, marking a decline of about 45% over five weeks. Nevertheless, in 2024, its stock price is still up over 400%, having increased approximately 20 times since it began purchasing Bitcoin in 2020. Analysts point out that this adjustment may be the result of a burst of overly optimistic sentiment, aligning with the cyclical phenomenon of price fluctuations in George Soros's "reflexivity theory." At the same time, MicroStrategy's Bitcoin strategy has attracted followers while also intensifying market concerns about its future volatility.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, since MicroStrategy announced its inclusion in the Nasdaq 100 index, its stock price has significantly dropped, currently down about 30% from the high on December 14, falling from a peak of $543 to $300, marking a decline of about 45% over five weeks.Despite this, its stock price is still up over 400% in 2024, having increased approximately 20 times since it began purchasing Bitcoin in 2020. Analysts point out that this adjustment may be the result of a burst of overly optimistic sentiment, aligning with the cyclical phenomenon of price fluctuations described in George Soros' "theory of reflexivity." At the same time, MicroStrategy's Bitcoin strategy has attracted followers while also intensifying market concerns about its future volatility.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, analysts explain the recent stock price trends of MicroStrategy (MSTR) through Soros' Theory of Reflexivity. This theory posits that there is a two-way interaction between investor expectations and prices: optimistic investors drive prices up, and rising prices enable the company to finance at lower costs, further improving performance and pushing prices higher, creating a virtuous cycle. However, when this cycle is broken, price adjustments may exceed market expectations.The stock price of MicroStrategy (MSTR) has continued to decline after being included in the Nasdaq 100 index, once dropping to the $300 mark, down nearly 45% from its historical high of $543 at the end of November, and about 30% from the $430 announced on December 14 after the Nasdaq 100 inclusion. Analysts point out that several market signals suggest MSTR may have formed a short-term top, including: the company's stock price skyrocketing nearly 8 times this year, founder Michael Saylor frequently appearing and promoting the new "Bitcoin yield" indicator, and multiple companies beginning to emulate its Bitcoin reserve strategy.Despite the recent significant pullback, MSTR's long-term performance remains impressive. The stock is still up over 400% this year, with a cumulative increase of 20 times since it began implementing its Bitcoin reserve strategy in August 2020. Most analysts believe that MSTR has experienced similar magnitude pullbacks multiple times over the past three years, but ultimately ended with gains.

ChainCatcher news, according to market news, MicroStrategy has increased its holdings by 2,138 bitcoins at an average price of $97,837.

ChainCatcher news, QCP released its daily market observation stating that, as expected, we have seen typical quarter-end volatility sell-offs, with volatility dropping by 2-3 volatility points since last Friday's record options expiration.Although BTC has been consolidating near the bottom of the 1-month range and this month's returns have been flat, BTC and ETH have performed reasonably well in the fourth quarter: BTC is up 48%, while ETH is up 30%. However, it may still be too early to summarize this quarter. Just yesterday, Saylor released his BTC purchase tracker again, which may indicate another round of purchases is imminent, further supporting prices.Despite the possibility of another round of purchases, we do not have high expectations for the market during the New Year period, especially in terms of funding health. The average return in January (+3.3%) is relatively similar to December (+4.8%), and we expect spot prices to remain in this range in the short term until a recovery begins in February.Options flow also reflects similar sentiment, with front-end volatility gradually declining, and risk reversals mainly showing strong demand for call options in March, partly due to a large purchase of March options last Friday.

ChainCatcher news, according to MEXC market data, the SWARMS token is currently priced at $0.059, with a 24-hour increase of over 52%.As of now, the SWARMS token has reached a maximum increase of 637% on MEXC.

ChainCatcher news, according to HashKey Global market data, the HSK price has surpassed $2.399, with a 24-hour increase of 10.35%.HashKey Global is the flagship global virtual asset exchange under HashKey Group, providing licensed virtual asset trading services to users worldwide. HashKey Global has obtained a comprehensive license for the Digital Asset Investor Protection System issued by the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA), offering mainstream trading and service products such as LaunchPool, contracts, and leverage.

ChainCatcher news, according to a report by Wall Street Watch, Asian stock markets have shown mixed performance this year against the backdrop of a strong dollar. Some have achieved a bull market in local currency at the cost of currency depreciation, while others have sacrificed part of their stock market gains for relatively stable exchange rates, with South Korea being an exception.In terms of the Korean won, the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) has fallen by 10.0% this year. Considering the depreciation of the won, the KOSPI has dropped by 18.9% when measured in dollars, making it the weakest in Asia. From the perspective of capital flow, since the second half of this year, only institutional investors in South Korea have maintained a net buying scale in the stock market, while the resident sector has been continuously reducing purchases.Analysis suggests that a significant portion of the money that South Korean residents have withdrawn from the stock market has been used for "crypto trading." Data from the Bank of Korea (BOK) shows that as of November, the number of domestic cryptocurrency investors in South Korea has reached 15.59 million, an increase of 610,000 from the previous month. Currently, among the 51 million South Koreans, 30% are involved in crypto trading.The daily trading volume of South Korea's five major cryptocurrency exchanges—UPbit, Bithumb, Coinone, Korbit, and GOPAX—has surged from 34 trillion won in October to 149 trillion won in November, more than quadrupling. South Koreans have always been keen on investing in cryptocurrencies. During the first wave of the cryptocurrency bull market in 2017, about 5% of the population participated; in the second bull market in 2021, 10% participated; and now this proportion has expanded to 30%. However, historically, the South Korean stock index has shown a positive correlation with Bitcoin prices, which was completely broken in October of this year.

ChainCatcher news, on-chain analyst Ali disclosed data on the X platform indicating that 64% of futures traders on the Binance platform are betting on the rise of BTC prices.

ChainCatcher news, according to a report by CoinGecko, VIRTUAL is the cryptocurrency with the highest price increase in 2024, with a return rate of 23,079.2%. The price of VIRTUAL at the beginning of this year was $0.01311, mostly hovering below $0.20, and skyrocketed to $3.04 in the last quarter.In addition, 7 out of the 10 cryptocurrencies with the highest price increase this year are meme coins.