A new address withdrew 50,000 ZEC from Binance, worth approximately 22.17 million US dollars

Per Onchain Lens monitoring, a whale withdrew 3,000 ETH (≈$8.81 million) from Binance on December 25th.

On December 25, the Bank of Korea (BOK) announced it will decide next year whether and when to further cut interest rates, based on a comprehensive assessment of future data. The central bank also noted it will step up market monitoring and actively roll out stability measures amid heightened caution in domestic and foreign exchange markets. Last month, the BOK held its key interest rate steady for a fourth straight time at a policy meeting, hinting the current rate-cut cycle may be winding down as the weakening won has limited scope for additional monetary easing. Its next policy meeting is scheduled for January. (FXStreet)

December 25th — According to The Paper, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) held a press conference to break down the “Opinions on Financial Support for Accelerating the Construction of the Western Land-Sea New Corridor.” At the event, Wang Xin, Director of the PBOC’s Research Bureau, noted the “Opinions” leverages new trends in international digital and green finance cooperation to drive innovative, high-level financial opening-up in China’s central and western regions. Examples include: - Supporting provinces, regions, and cities along the corridor to join multilateral central bank digital currency (CBDC) bridge projects, boosting cross-border CBDC payments. - Backing collaboration via the China-Singapore Green Finance Working Group mechanism to strengthen work on green finance standard development/implementation, green financial products, and financial support for green technologies.

On December 25, crypto analytics firm The Data Nerd reported that a whale address transferred 2,000 ETH (worth approximately $5.88 million) to Thai cryptocurrency exchange Bitkub 3 hours ago. Over the past week, the same address has sent a total of 9,700 ETH (valued at roughly $28.85 million) to Bitkub. With an average entry cost of ~$2,327, the transfers have netted the whale around $6.28 million in profits.

Per an official announcement, Binance Wallet will distribute the Alpha airdrop today (December 25) at 21:00 UTC. Users with at least 240 Alpha points can claim the tokens on a first-come, first-served basis until the airdrop pool runs out or the event concludes. Additional details will be released shortly.

On December 25, on-chain whale trader Garrett Jin noted that last week’s sell-off in U.S. AI stocks stemmed primarily from two factors: sell-side analysts’ emotional misinterpretation of Broadcom’s CEO comments, and the narrative around the extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography “Manhattan Project.” These two points, he added, are essentially noise over the next 6–12 months. This week, AI stocks rebounded broadly—including previously underperforming names like Oracle, which still faces debt headwinds. This typically signals the end of panic selling and the formation of a temporary bottom. The Nasdaq 100 has fully recouped losses spurred by those “bearish headlines.” Notably, Ethereum (ETH) has a distinct tech-stock beta (same directional movement, higher volatility), so its correlation with the Nasdaq 100 remains elevated.