U.S. CFTC Acting Chairman: Enforcement Division Restructured, Refocused on Combating Fraud

December 29: A newly created crypto wallet address withdrew 600 Bitcoins (valued at roughly $53.84 million) from Binance, per Onchain Lens monitoring.

On December 29, SlowMist CSO 23pds issued a security advisory warning that the latest variant of the NPM supply chain attack—“Shai-Hulud 3.0”—has struck again. All projects and platforms are advised to exercise heightened vigilance. Previously, a suspected leak of Trust Wallet API keys may have contributed to the Shai-Hulud 2.0 attack.

**December 29 (Caixin) —** The digital yuan will undergo a solution upgrade, with wallet balances set to earn interest starting January 1, 2026, Caixin reported Thursday. Key details: - The two-tier operational framework will remain unchanged. - Bank-managed digital yuan will shift from off-balance-sheet to on-balance-sheet treatment, moving from 100% reserves to partial reserves. - Non-bank payment firms will face a 100% digital yuan reserve requirement (aligning with rules for their customer prepayment funds). - Banks will pay interest on real-name digital yuan wallet balances, in line with deposit rate self-discipline agreements. They may conduct independent asset and liability management (ALM) on these balances and receive deposit insurance protection equivalent to traditional deposits.

On-chain analyst Ai Auntie (@ai_9684xtpa) noted on December 29th that as Bitcoin (BTC) surged past $90,000, the unrealized loss on the long positions of the “BTC OG Insider Whale” narrowed to $24.86 million. Below is the whale’s holding breakdown: - Ethereum (ETH): 203,340.64 coins (valued at $617 million), entry price $3,147.39, unrealized loss $22.65 million. - Bitcoin (BTC): 1,000 coins (valued at $89.86 million), entry price $91,506.70, unrealized loss $1.64 million. - Solana (SOL): 511,000 coins (valued at $66.03 million), entry price $130.1911, unrealized loss $0.573 million.

Per HTX market data, Bitcoin rebounded to hit $90,000 on December 29, posting a 2.4% gain over the past 24 hours.

As of December 29, GMGN data shows the Base layer-2 meme token *thenickshirley* has continued surging—hitting a peak market capitalization of $9.142 million just 17 hours after launch. It’s currently trading at roughly $5.84 million, with a 24-hour trading volume of $8.7 million. The token’s issuer, Nick Shirley, is a 23-year-old independent journalist and YouTube content creator. On December 26, 2025, he dropped a 42-minute investigative video titled *“I Investigated Minnesota’s Billion-Dollar Fraud Scandal”*—which quickly went viral, racking up 80+ million views and sparking nationwide controversy. The token launched at 5 PM ET on December 28, so it’s been live for less than 24 hours as of this report. BlockBeats notes that meme coin trading is extremely volatile, driven mostly by market hype and sentiment—with no real-world value or use case. Investors should be fully aware of the significant risks involved.