The popular AI framework Virtuals Protocol will host an in-person meet-up in Hong Kong on Friday, January 17.

December 30th — Per on-chain analyst Ai Auntie (@ai_9684xtpa), a whale has deposited 4.35 million USDC into Hyperliquid, opened a 1x short position of 1,110,677 LIT tokens with an average entry price of $2.74, and currently holds an unrealized loss of $25,000.

On December 30th, per HyperInsight monitoring (via https://t.me/HyperInsight), whale address 0x90924 — previously labeled "firmly bullish" — closed a 40x leveraged long position of 150 BTC (~$13.18 million) 10 minutes ago. The whale still holds an 8x leveraged long position worth ~$17.53 million across a basket of altcoins: ETH, SOL, SUI, AAVE, HYPE, PUMP, XPL, and ASTER, with an unrealized profit of $65,000.

December 30: Per market data, LIT has bottomed out at $2.24 post-launch, rebounded sharply, and is now trading at $2.847—up nearly 18.11% over the past hour. Meanwhile, Polymarket’s probability for the prediction that LIT’s market cap will exceed $3 billion on its first day of listing has climbed to 52%.

As of December 30th, per monitoring from GMGN (https://t.me/gmgnaibot?start=i_m4TE56o8), HNUT—the third-largest meme coin on Solana by on-chain trading volume—has reportedly suffered a rug pull. Over the past two hours, it has plummeted from a high of $0.07 (a short-term price drop of more than 99%) and is now trading at less than $0.0003. Earlier today, HNUT, a Solana-based meme coin, saw a sharp price swing: it surged over 700% in 24 hours, pushing its market capitalization to a peak of $70.94 million and briefly landing third on the 24-hour trading volume leaderboard. However, multiple on-chain monitoring platforms—including Crypto Scope—issued alerts flagging abnormal liquidity activity and on-chain data patterns, indicating a potential rug pull risk and urging investors to exercise caution. BlockBeats reminds users that meme coin trading is extremely volatile, often fueled by market sentiment and speculative hype, with no underlying real value or utility. Investors should be awa

December 30 – Per Lianhe Zaobao, Howard Tam, son of "King of Songs" Alan Tam, has turned in standout performance in crypto and tech in recent years. He currently serves as a senior software engineer at a Web3 startup, focusing on building digital wallets and cryptographic protocols. The outlet notes that while at Canadian gaming firm Axiom Zen, Howard Tam led the development of *CryptoKitties*—the world’s first Ethereum-based NFT game. Post-launch, the game once made up over 16% of transaction volume on the Ethereum network.

December 30th: Per HTX market data, Bitcoin briefly rebounded above $88,000 and is currently trading at $87,928, up nearly 0.55% in the past hour. Ethereum briefly climbed above $3,000 and is now trading at $3,000.29, with a nearly 1.49% gain over the past hour.