Binance will airdrop 3500 EPT tokens to eligible users

Per an official announcement, Binance Alpha will be the first platform to support Magma Finance (MAGMA) trading. Alpha trading for MAGMA is set to go live on **December 16, 2025, at 10:00 UTC**. Users holding at least 226 Binance Alpha Points are eligible to claim 250 MAGMA tokens via a first-come, first-served airdrop. If the reward pool isn’t fully claimed, the points threshold will automatically drop by 5 every 5 minutes. **Note**: Claiming the airdrop will deduct 15 Binance Alpha Points. Users must confirm their claim on the Alpha event page within 24 hours—failure to do so will result in forfeit of the airdrop.

On December 16, the Invesco Galaxy Solana ETF (QSOL)—jointly launched by Invesco and Galaxy Digital—has been listed on Cboe, and trading has begun, per official Cboe data.

On December 16, Solana issued an official statement noting that over the past week, the network has been targeted by continuous DDoS attacks—the fourth largest such incident in the history of any distributed system to date. So far, these attacks have had no impact on Solana’s network performance. Solana’s design goal is to be resilient enough to withstand even such extreme scenarios. BlockBeats Note: A DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack occurs when an attacker controls a large number of devices to simultaneously send massive volumes of requests to a target system, aiming to exhaust its network bandwidth or computing resources—resulting in system congestion, service disruptions, or performance degradation.

December 16: The Nikkei 225 Index closed down 784.82 points (1.56%) at 49,383.29. South Korea’s KOSPI Index closed down 91.46 points (2.24%) at 3,999.13. (Source: Jin10)

On December 16, Farside monitoring data indicates the U.S. Bitcoin spot ETF posted a net outflow of $3.576 billion yesterday.

**December 16: U.S. November Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP) Report Released Today** Markets broadly expect a modest 50,000 job gain, with the unemployment rate likely rising to 4.4%–4.5%—signaling a weak overall trend. - **FOREX.com**: Any reading below forecasts could push markets to price in earlier Federal Reserve (Fed) rate cuts. - **MUFG**: If both employment and the unemployment rate worsen simultaneously, downward pressure on the U.S. dollar may persist through year-end. ### Key Note: Incomplete Data (Government Shutdown Impact) Both the NFP report and upcoming CPI are deemed **“incomplete data”** due to: - Missing October historical unemployment data - Uncollected CPI components - Forcibly adjusted November household survey weights - Authorities acknowledging high short-term data variance This erodes individual figure credibility—markets will focus more on *policy direction expectations* and *shifts in risk sentiment* than the exact job gain number. ### Cr