TRUMP unlocked 40 million tokens 5 hours ago, equivalent to around 300 million US dollars

On December 19, CryptoQuant shared data on social media showing Bitcoin’s demand frenzy is cooling off. This cycle has seen three waves of spot demand surges, with the latest appearing to be winding down. Since early October, demand has consistently stayed below trend levels, which could put downward pressure on prices.

December 19 — A new report from RWA.io underscores that while blockchain has spurred innovation, it has also created liquidity barriers blocking the free flow of capital across networks. As a result, tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) are increasingly fragmented markets rather than a unified financial system. The research found that even for the same underlying asset, identical or economically equivalent tokenized assets on different blockchains still have price gaps. Cross-network capital transfers also remain costly and complex. These inefficiencies hinder the market’s ability to self-correct via arbitrage and deliver efficient price discovery. A key outcome of this fragmentation is persistent price gaps for the same asset across chains. Economically identical tokenized assets often trade with 1-3% price differences across major networks. In traditional finance, arbitrage would quickly erase these gaps—but technical hurdles, costs, delays, and operational risks make cross-chain

On December 19, per on-chain analyst Ai Auntie (@ai_9684xtpa), the WLFI deployment address deposited 10 million WLFI to Binance just 10 minutes ago—valued at $1.3 million. This marks the first time the World Liberty Fi Deployer address has sent a large volume of tokens to an exchange.

December 19 (per official sources) — Binance Wallet is set to launch the Bitway (BTW) Pre-TGE and Booster Plan. The Booster Plan kicks off December 22, 2025. Participants must hold Binance Alpha Points to join, and the event will distribute 300 million BTW tokens. Details about the Pre-TGE will be announced at a later date.

Dec. 19 — Per LookOnChain monitoring, Arthur Hayes has just transferred 508.647 ETH (valued at $1.5M) to Galaxy Digital, potentially for sale.

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Wednesday, Dec. 19, that Magdaleno Mendoza, a 56-year-old senior promoter of the cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme IcomTech, has been sentenced to 71 months in prison for his role in the large-scale fraud targeting investors across the U.S. U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton for the Southern District of New York said Mendoza played a key role in recruiting victims—especially within the Spanish-speaking blue-collar community. “As a senior IcomTech promoter, Mendoza helped target Spanish-speaking users with little to no investment experience, including fellow New Yorkers,” Clayton stated. “He and his co-conspirators exploited victims’ trust to siphon millions of dollars in hard-earned money from the blue-collar community.” Founded in mid-2018, IcomTech claimed to be a cryptocurrency mining and trading firm promising investors guaranteed profits on deposits. But according to the DOJ, the company never engaged in the promised trading or mining activiti