Florida Authorities Seize Approximately $1.5 Million in Fraud-Related Cryptocurrency Tied to Chinese Suspect

On December 12th, BitMine Chairman Tom Lee labeled the $14 billion cash reserve established by Strategy— a subsidiary of Bitcoin Asset Treasury (DAT)— a "wise move." Despite Strategy’s stock price dropping more than 50% over the past six months, the cash buffer will let the firm continue paying shareholder dividends during Bitcoin price slumps without having to offload its $61 billion in Bitcoin holdings. Lee noted that in prior Bitcoin downturns, Strategy’s stock traded below its Net Asset Value (NAV)— and building the cash reserve was explicitly to prepare for such scenarios. As the largest Ethereum treasury firm (holding over $120 billion in ETH), BitMine has not formally set up a U.S. dollar reserve. However, Lee stated that cash and staking income will also shield BitMine during market downturns.

Update (Dec. 12): Per HTX market data, Ethereum has fallen below $3,100, marking a 2.1% drop over the past 24 hours.

On December 12, per monitoring from HyperInsight (link: https://t.me/HyperInsight), the "BTC OG Insider Whale" has seen all their BTC, ETH, and SOL 5x leveraged long positions swing to losses amid short-term market declines, with total position value exceeding $620 million. Key position breakdown: - ETH 5x long: Valued at over $500 million; limit buy order to add $64 million between $3,030 and $3,112.4; entry price $3,181.96; unrealized loss $9 million. - BTC 5x long: Total $90 million; entry price $91,506.7; unrealized loss $1 million. - SOL 5x long: Worth $34 million; entry price $137.5; unrealized loss $700k.

On December 12, market data shows U.S. stocks extended losses, with the Nasdaq down more than 1%, the S&P 500 off 0.5%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average trimming gains to just 0.01%.

On December 12, spot gold prices tumbled nearly $50 in short order per market data, now trading at $4,303.52/oz.

On December 12, the Binance Wallet team released a security advisory confirming the ZEROBASE platform’s front end had been compromised—leading users to unintentionally authorize a malicious contract. To safeguard user assets, Binance Wallet has taken three emergency steps: blocking suspected malicious website domains, blacklisting associated malicious contracts, and committing to alerting potentially impacted users within 30 minutes. Earlier, ZEROBASE had disclosed that a phishing contract had surfaced on the BNB Chain, mimicking its official interface to trick users into approving USDT transactions. Binance strongly urges users to immediately open their wallet app, review authorization settings on the assets page, and revoke any suspicious approvals to avoid asset loss.