Huobi HTX has launched AERGO perpetual contracts and kicked off a contract trading party.

On December 29, MoreMarkets co-founder and CEO Altan Tutar said most Decentralized Autonomous Treasuries (DAT) firms face a bleak 2026 outlook, with many top treasury entities’ stock prices poised to plummet. Meme coin-focused crypto funds will be “hit the hardest”—they cannot sustain company valuations exceeding the value of their cryptocurrency holdings. Concerns are mounting that flagship DATs like Ethereum, Solana and XRP will also face a crisis imminently.

December 29th — Market data shows spot gold and silver experienced short-term plunges. Spot gold fell below $4,500 per ounce, down 0.82% intraday. Spot silver erased its earlier intraday gain of over 6%, last trading at $77.7 per ounce, turning from a rise to a 1.58% intraday decline.

On December 29, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said Bitcoin is pro-U.S. dollar and can also serve as a check on high inflation and deficit spending.

BOJ December 29 Meeting Minutes: One policy board member stated the Bank of Japan must raise interest rates roughly once every few months for a period of time. Even if the policy rate reaches 0.75%, Japan’s real interest rate will still be deeply in negative territory. (Kinjun)

On December 29, Onchain Lens data shows an address that held leveraged long positions on ETH has sold another 10,002 ETH, worth roughly $29.38 million. To date, this whale has offloaded a total of 50,623 ETH (valued at $147.88 million) with cumulative profits exceeding $15 million.

On December 29, 10x Research released an article noting the crypto market is heading into the new year with muted activity—but the derivatives market is quietly sending a sharply different signal. Volatility is contracting, funding flows are gradually picking up, leverage remains elevated, even as trading volumes and participation decline. ETF fund flows, stablecoin trading activity, and futures positions are no longer aligned, creating a seemingly calm market surface that hides turbulent undercurrents. Bitcoin’s downtrend still persists but is likely to reverse upward in January. Its Relative Strength Index (RSI) stands at 43% (a bullish signal), while the Stochastic Oscillator is at 30% (a bearish signal). An RSI above 70% and Stochastic Oscillator above 90% may signal a bearish market; an RSI below 30% and Stochastic Oscillator below 10% may indicate an upward reversal. Bitcoin is 4.5% away from triggering a trend reversal, with the current trend remaining bearish. The key short-t