Balance (EPT) will be listed on Binance Alpha and Binance Futures

On December 17th, per monitoring from HyperInsight (link: https://t.me/HyperInsight), Huang Licheng—nicknamed "Buddy"—opened new leveraged long positions after facing multiple liquidations: - 25x leveraged long on 4,550 ETH, entry price $2,940.6, liquidation price $2,735.3, current unrealized loss: $86,000; - 10x leveraged long on 15,888.88 HYPE, entry price $27.60, current unrealized loss: $4,000.

On December 17, Federal Reserve Governor Waller stated the labor market is very weak and current job growth is not ideal, adding that Fed rate cuts support the labor market. Inflation remains above the Fed’s target but is expected to ease in the coming months, with inflation expectations well-anchored. (Source: Forex Live)

December 17 — The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the U.S. securities market’s core infrastructure operator, announced plans to tokenize U.S. Treasury bonds and list them on a blockchain — a key milestone for Wall Street’s multi-trillion-dollar trading ecosystem in adopting distributed ledger technology (DLT). DTCC will enable a subset of U.S. Treasury bonds held by its subsidiary, the Depository Trust Company (DTC), to be minted as on-chain assets on the Canton Network (a permissioned blockchain built by Digital Asset). The firm intends to eventually expand the initiative to a wider array of eligible securities. The project has secured a rare three-year no-action letter from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), confirming the regulator will refrain from enforcement action as long as the initiative operates as planned. Initial eligible assets include U.S. Treasury bonds, select ETFs, and securities tied to the Russell 1000 Index. The group plans t

On December 17, tokenization services provider Securitize announced plans to launch what it’s calling the first fully compliant, fully on-chain platform for trading actual public company stocks in early 2026—further bridging traditional financial markets with Web3 infrastructure. Per the announcement, the platform will let investors directly hold real, on-chain issued and registered public company shares and trade them via a blockchain interface. Unlike “synthetic stocks”—which only track share prices via derivatives or offshore structures—Securitize’s model offers full legal ownership: shares are issued directly by the issuing company and recorded in the official shareholder register. Securitize noted that on-chain shareholders will retain full shareholder rights—including dividends and voting rights—with users self-custodying their assets. This eliminates the risk of intermediaries privately rehypothecating shares. However, due to compliance rules, those assets can only be tran

On December 17, cryptocurrency investment firm Moon Pursuit Capital announced the launch of its second fund—a $100 million market-neutral crypto fund focused on delivering stable, risk-adjusted returns across all crypto market cycles. The fund uses an algorithmic trading strategy to maintain market neutrality, capturing alpha returns without taking directional bets on crypto prices. Two key enhancements support this core approach: 1) Allocating to Bitcoin when the firm identifies perceived cycle bottoms; 2) Short-term altcoin trading during high-momentum phases to boost overall returns and preserve a higher Sharpe ratio through market drawdowns. The launch is backed by the strong performance of Moon Pursuit’s first fund. To date, the inaugural fund has returned over 52% year-to-date (YTD) and nearly 170% since its April 2024 launch, with current assets under management (AUM) at approximately $30 million and continuing to expand.

**ETHGas Closes $12M Token Funding Round, Secures $800M in Block Space Support** On December 17, ETHGas—the Ethereum block space futures platform—announced it has closed a $12 million token funding round. The round was led by Polychain Capital, with participation from Stake Capital, BlueYard Capital, Lafayette Macro Advisors, SIG DT, and Amber Group. The project previously secured an undisclosed ~$5 million pre-seed round in 2024. This latest financing, launched in July and closed last month, was structured as a token round via Simple Agreement for Future Tokens (SAFT)—aligning with its 2024 pre-seed. Separately, Ethereum validators, block builders, and relayers have committed ~$800 million in support for ETHGas’s market and product development. Crucially, this is not cash investment but liquidity in the form of Ethereum block space: participants will supply block space to the ETHGas market in exchange for higher, more predictable returns. ETHGas operates a futures market f