Cryptocurrency Fear and Greed Index Drops to 23, Market Still in "Extreme Fear" Territory

Per LookOnChain monitoring data, as of December 30, two addresses—26nbFG...kt5j and E9eKo8...dY8b—have accumulated a total of 2.15 billion PUMP tokens over the past 16 hours, worth approximately $3.87 million.

December 30th Decentralized derivatives trading platform edgeX confirmed during a community call yesterday that its token generation event (TGE) has been postponed, with the new deadline set for March 31st. Incubated by Amber Group, edgeX is a high-performance, order-book-based perpetual contract exchange.

On December 30, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong addressed a creator’s question about how to share content across two platforms without duplication—and whether content posted on the Base App would automatically show up on their Zora profile. His response: “You can choose your publishing platform freely, but we recommend posting directly on the Base App. Since the same decentralized protocol is used, content will automatically sync to platforms like Zora without creating duplicates.”

On December 30th, former world boxing champion and billionaire Andrew Tate announced plans to donate to Nick Shirley—an American government fraud whistleblower who shared his Bitcoin and Ethereum donation addresses. As of press time, Shirley’s Bitcoin address has raised $308 in donations, while his Ethereum and EVM-compatible network donations (mostly via the BSC network) have topped $44,000, with the bulk coming from meme coin transaction fees. Nick Shirley, a 23-year-old content creator focused on on-the-ground street interviews and investigative reporting (with nearly 530,000 followers), recently went viral for exposing a Minnesota welfare fraud scheme. He and his team visited several daycares and autism treatment centers run by the Somali community in the state, finding many locations were either empty, poorly maintained, or failing to deliver advertised services (like therapy for autistic children)—yet they were receiving large sums via government healthcare assistance programs

December 30th – Per monitoring from HyperInsight (via its Telegram channel at https://t.me/HyperInsight), a trader boasting a "100% win rate" opened a 4x leveraged long position on 2,500 SOL 7 hours ago. The position has an average entry price of $123.23 (valued at roughly $306,000) and is currently in slight drawdown. Prior to this trade, the trader executed 18 total trades—all closed profitably with zero losses—netting a total account gain of $130,800.

Dec 30 — Per on-chain detective ZachXBT, Canadian threat actor Haby (Havard) has run social engineering scams by posing as Coinbase customer support, siphoning over $2 million in crypto assets over the past year. The stolen funds were wasted on rare social media usernames, nightclub tabs, gambling, and other expenses. Investigations show Haby recently bought high-value Telegram usernames and deleted his recent accounts two days prior. OSINT analysis links the suspect to Abbotsford, near Vancouver. ZachXBT noted Canadian law enforcement may have relevant information, though prosecution rates for such cases in the area are low.