Binance's latest Launchpool has received over 18.4 million BNB

On December 23, Bitwise advisor Jeff Park shared a message on social media, stating: “With 2025 winding down, many are disappointed by Bitcoin’s price performance. Just a quick reminder: Bitcoin’s price won’t stage a truly meaningful surge unless its volatility ticks up.”

December 23 – Traders are piling into Treasury bond options, wagering the U.S. 10-year Treasury yield will climb to 4% in the coming weeks — a level not seen since late November 2023. The bullish bet comes as the 10-year yield recently edged higher: it hit a near-4.20% high earlier this month before fluctuating to 4.16% on Monday, as investors weigh latest economic data and seek clues on the timing and scope of future Federal Reserve (Fed) rate cuts. Unfilled contract data from CME Group (Chicago Mercantile Exchange) released Monday shows a surge in buying of March-dated 10-year Treasury bond option contracts over the past week. Total premiums for these positions have reached an unusually large ~$80 million to date, while open interest has soared to 171,153 contracts — a 300% jump in just one week. (Jinse)

December 23: Per Ash (@ahboyash), among 118 new coins from 2025’s TGE, 84.7% (100 out of 118) have an FDV lower than their issuance valuation—roughly 4 in every 5 newly issued tokens now trading below their launch price-related metrics. The median FDV of these tokens has fallen 71% from issuance (with a median market cap drop of 67%). Only 15% of tokens have seen an FDV increase since TGE. On the underperforming end, 15 tokens have dropped over 90%, including notable projects like Berachain (-93%), Animecoin (-94%), and Bio Protocol (-93%). Overall, the total FDV of these tokens has shrunk from $139 billion at listing to $54 billion now—meaning roughly $87 billion (59%) of the “on-paper” FDV has evaporated (this figure excludes projects that have gone to zero). There are standouts too, mostly projects launched in the second half of 2025 with lower initial valuations: Aster (+745%), Yooldo Games (+538%), and Humanity (+323%).

December 23 — The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed a civil lawsuit against Wolf Capital Crypto Trading LLC and its founder Travis Ford in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma, accusing them of running a $10 million-plus fraudulent crypto investment scheme structured as a Ponzi scheme. Court documents show the company attracted over 3,000 investors between October 2022 and December 2024 by promising daily stable returns of up to 3.5%. The CFTC contends these claims are mathematically unsound and not backed by any verifiable commodity-related crypto trading strategy. Instead, the regulator alleges new investor funds were used to pay returns to earlier participants — a classic hallmark of Ponzi schemes.

December 23 Update: Trump Media—owned by former President Donald Trump—has invested $40 million to purchase Bitcoin, per monitoring from Bubblemaps. Its public wallet received a total of 450 bitcoins in three transactions today.

Per official sources, Hyperliquid has launched a new LIT/USDC perpetual contract that offers up to 3x leverage, effective December 22.