A Whale Falls Victim to Similar Address Phishing, Loses 50 Million USDT

On December 20th, Farcaster’s official X account announced its USDC lending service is now live. Users can lend USDC on the Morpho platform to earn a 5% yield. Farcaster users can click “USDC Lending” in their wallet page to deposit USDC and start earning rewards—withdrawals are available at any time.

On December 20, Bloomberg Senior ETF Analyst Eric Balchunas shared the top 25 U.S. stock ETFs by annual inflows on X (formerly Twitter). Among these funds, the Bitwise Bitcoin Spot ETF (ticker: IBIT) was the only one with a negative return—posting an annual gain of -9.59%. Notably, despite its underperformance, IBIT still ranked sixth in annual inflows, even outpacing the SPDR Gold Shares ETF (GLD), which delivered a 64% annual return. This is a strong positive signal for the long term: the fund has attracted over $25 billion in inflows even during a bearish market phase, suggesting even greater potential once the market shifts to bullish territory.

On December 20, former President Donald Trump claimed during a press conference that sales of his Trump Gold Card have reached $1.3 billion, describing the product as “selling like hotcakes.” But prediction platform Polymarket has added a note to its related market: it will only count data for “definitively approved quantities backed by completed payments.” Trump’s December 19 statement on gold card sales, as well as Howard Lutnick’s claim that “$1.3 billion worth has been sold in just a few days,” do not meet this standard. As of press time, the probability on Polymarket that the Trump Gold Card will have $0 in sales this year remains as high as 89%. The Trump Gold Card is an investment immigration program introduced under the Trump administration, allowing wealthy foreigners to obtain U.S. residency by paying a substantial fee—currently set at $1 million plus a $15,000 processing fee.

December 20th — LookOnChain monitoring shows an Ethereum ICO wallet (0xbDb6) has just transferred all 2,000 ETH (valued at $5.96 million) to a new wallet, after lying dormant for over 10 years. The wallet’s holder only invested $620 in the ICO to receive 2,000 ETH; that holding is now worth $5.96 million, a 9,616x return on investment (ROI).

On December 20, Solana took to X (formerly Twitter) to announce its affiliated account: @x402onSolana. The account’s bio reads: “Building x402 payments with native internet capabilities on Solana.”

On December 20th, Arthur Hayes—author of today’s latest article *Love Language*—stated that the Federal Reserve’s launch of the Reserve Management Purchase (RMP) is effectively a new form of quantitative easing (QE). This means liquidity will be reintroduced, raising the long-term risk of fiat currency depreciation, and the crypto market, particularly Bitcoin (BTC), is poised to benefit significantly. He expects BTC could trade in the $80,000–$100,000 range in the short term. Once the market recognizes “RMP = QE,” BTC may rebound to $124,000 and quickly surge to $200,000. Hayes predicts a temporary sentiment peak around March next year, followed by a pullback—but the overall floor will likely remain above $124,000. Notably, while Hayes has consistently been bullish on crypto, he transferred 508.647 ETH (valued at $1.5 million) to Galaxy Digital during yesterday’s rebound, potentially signaling a sale.