Important news from last night and this morning (December 25-December 26)
Ministry of Ecology and Environment: Promoting the deep integration of information technologies such as blockchain with ecological and environmental governance
On December 25, Sun Jinlong, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, chaired a meeting of the Party Leadership Group. The meeting pointed out that it is necessary to strengthen the construction of cybersecurity and information infrastructure capabilities, promote the deep integration of information technologies such as big data, artificial intelligence, and blockchain with ecological and environmental governance, build a solid defense line for network and information security, and effectively promote the modernization of ecological and environmental governance through informatization.
The Uniswap protocol fee switch proposal was overwhelmingly approved by UNIFICATION.
The Uniswap protocol fee switch proposal, UNIndication, passed by an overwhelming majority. The voting results showed approximately 125 million UNI tokens in favor and 742 against. After a two-day lock-up period, Uniswap Labs will burn 100 million UNI tokens and enable the v2 and v3 fee switch mechanism on the Ethereum mainnet, beginning the burning of UNI and Unichain fees.
Nano Labs founder: Bitcoin bear market bottoms often appear around Christmas.
Nano Labs founder Jack Kong (Kong Jianping) tweeted an analysis of Bitcoin's price trajectory around Christmas. He pointed out that from $0.25 in 2010 to $98,200 in 2024, the price of Bitcoin increased nearly 400,000 times in 14 years. Historical data shows that Bitcoin bear market bottoms often occur around Christmas, such as $319 in 2014, $3,815 in 2018, and $16,831 in 2022.
The Trust Wallet browser extension security incident resulted in the theft of over $6 million in user funds.
According to reports from Trust Wallet officials and blockchain detective ZachXBT, a security vulnerability exists in Trust Wallet browser extension version 2.68, resulting in the theft of funds from a large number of users' wallets in the past few hours. The official recommendation is for affected users to disable version 2.68 and upgrade to 2.69. Mobile and other versions are unaffected. The team is actively investigating and contacting victims to handle follow-up matters. Preliminary estimates indicate that over $6 million has been stolen, and hundreds of victims and multiple stolen EVM, Bitcoin, and Solana addresses have been publicly disclosed. Affected users can report the issue through official support channels for assistance.
Guotou Silver LOF: Restricts the regular fixed-amount investment amount for Class A fund shares to 100 yuan.
Hyper Foundation officially confirms aid fund address and HYPE token burning.
According to a Hyper Foundation announcement, the community, through validator governance voting, officially designated the HYPE held by the aid fund at address 0xfefef…fefe as to be burned. In the total vote, 85% supported, 7% opposed, and 8% abstained. These tokens will be permanently removed from circulation and total supply.
Caixin: Overseas U-card advertisements attract users to pay for ChatGPT and other services with USDT, but applying for and using them domestically faces legal risks.
Ethereum will see the Glamsterdam and Hegota forks in 2026, potentially increasing the gas limit to 200 million.
The gold-silver ratio hit a new low since February 2014.
The gold-silver ratio is currently down 1.2%, with a year-to-date decline of over 32%, last trading at 61.60, a new low since February 2014. Spot silver opened sharply higher on Friday, breaking through $73/oz and setting a new all-time high, currently trading at $73.7/oz. Spot gold has returned above $4500/oz, with a daily gain of nearly 0.5%.
Launchpad performance over the past year: Binance Wallet leads with a 12.69x ROI, while ATH boasts a 78.01x ROI.
According to defioasis.eth, the ROI performance of major ICO/IDO/IEO Launchpads over the past year is as follows: Binance Wallet leads by a wide margin with a current ROI of 12.69 times and an ATH ROI of 78.01 times.
Echo was the best-performing IPO platform outside of CEXs, with an ATH ROI of over 17x, but it has since been acquired by Coinbase.
Buildpad's ATH ROI is close to 10x, which is believed to be linked to resources with Binance, making it highly likely that the project will be listed on Binance.
MetaDAO performed exceptionally well in the fourth quarter, with a current ROI of 4.15x and an ATH ROI of 8.73x, and is highly anticipated after the Solana ecosystem cooled down.
Gate Launchpad has the most projects, but requires timely action; OKX Wallet has the second-highest ATH ROI after Binance Wallet, but has fewer projects; Coinlist performed poorly, with the lowest ATH ROI.
Overall, IPO projects can generally be profitable if exited promptly, but long-term holding may result in losses. Currently, 8 Launchpad projects have an average current ROI below 2, with 5 of them having fallen below 1.
BTSE COO: If the Federal Reserve keeps interest rates unchanged in Q1 2026, Bitcoin could fall to $70,000.
2025 L1 Daily Active Users Ranking: BNB Chain Leads with 4.32 Million
According to CryptoRank data, the top five L1 public blockchains in terms of daily active users in 2025 are as follows: BNB Chain: 4.32 million; Solana: 3.23 million; NEAR Protocol: 3.15 million; TronDAO: 2.55 million; Aptos: 1.03 million.
Analysis: Bitcoin will take approximately 364 days to recover from its peak, and may bottom out at $37,500 in October 2026.
The "1011 Insider Whale" added $25.5 million to its SOL holdings, currently holding $63.06 million in SOL.
A whale added $4 million to its short position on ETH and ZEC, bringing HyperLiquid's unrealized profit to over $17 million.
A whale that opened a $230 million long position added another 210,000 SOL in the early morning, bringing the unrealized loss on its long position to $58.96 million.
Winslow Strong transferred over $47 million in assets to Coinbase.
AI-related cryptocurrencies have plummeted 75% this year, wiping out $53 billion in market value in just one year.
According to a CryptoPresales report, AI-themed crypto tokens have experienced a significant correction since their 2024 highs, with a 75% drop throughout 2025, resulting in a market capitalization loss of approximately $53 billion, including nearly $10 billion in losses in December alone. Cooling market sentiment, insufficient liquidity, frequent new project launches, and negative macroeconomic factors all contributed to this deep correction. Eight major AI tokens saw annual declines exceeding 70%, with Artificial Superintelligence Alliance falling 84%, and Render and The Graph each dropping 82%.
The NFT market hit a low point in 2025, with its market capitalization falling by 72% throughout the year.
According to CoinGecko data, the NFT market continued its downward trend in December 2025, with its total market capitalization falling to $2.5 billion, the lowest point of the year, a 72% drop from its January peak of $9.2 billion. Weekly NFT sales in the first three weeks of December did not exceed $70 million, lower than November levels, indicating a significant decline in market participation.
Data: Over the past week, whales have increased their holdings by 220,000 ETH, worth approximately $660 million.
According to a tweet by crypto analyst Ali Charts, Ethereum whale addresses have accumulated 220,000 ETH in the past week, which is estimated to be worth approximately $660 million at current prices.
You May Also Like
Will XRP Price Increase In September 2025?
Ripple IPO Back in Spotlight as Valuation Hits $50B
