Michael Selig has been sworn in as the Chair of the U.S. CFTC

On December 23, per LookonChain data, a suspected Bitmine-associated address acquired 29,462 ETH from BitGo and Kraken, valued at roughly $88.1 million.

December 23 — Per Lookonchain data, the whale address 0x72F8 deposited all 16.86 million of its ENA tokens into Coinbase Prime 7 hours ago. The tokens were purchased roughly a year ago at an average price of $1.10, totaling approximately $18.53 million in cost. Their current market value is just $3.51 million, translating to an accumulated loss of over $15 million — a roughly 81% drawdown.

On December 23, HTX market data shows Theoriq (THQ) is up 37.81% over the past 24 hours, currently trading at $0.07304 with a market capitalization of $10.24 million. Earlier, Bithumb announced plans to list Theoriq (THQ) on its Korean won trading pair.

On December 23, spot silver broke through the $70-per-ounce mark for the first time, posting a year-to-date gain of 142%, according to FXStreet.

Bithumb announced on December 23rd that THQ will be listed on the Korean won market.

**Ethereum 2025 Year-End Summary: From "Experiment" to Global Core Infrastructure** On December 23, Ethereum Foundation member *renaissancing* released the 2025 Year-End Summary for Ethereum—marking a milestone in the network’s history. Ethereum has officially shed its "experimental network" label, emerging as global infrastructure trusted by financial institutions, developers, and AI systems. ### Protocol & Technical Wins At the protocol level, Ethereum delivered two major hard forks in 2025: - **Pectra (May):** Fully implemented account abstraction, supporting gas sponsorship, transaction bundling, and universal key signing. - **Fusaka (December):** Slashed costs via PeerDAS, boosting network capacity by 8x. Additionally, Ethereum raised its gas limit three times *without a hard fork*—showcasing ongoing self-improvement capabilities. ### Regulatory & Institutional Breakthroughs Regulatory clarity and institutional adoption were key drivers: - The U.S. SEC issued