A Whale Liquidated a $271 Million Short Position, Losing $180,000

**Lighter Airdrop Fully Distributed, Token Trading Imminent** December 30: The Lighter Discord Chinese community admin announced the airdrop has been fully distributed, with token trading set to launch imminently. Earlier today, Lighter began distributing LIT tokens on its platform. Users don’t need to claim the tokens—they’ll appear directly in their asset page. Per community reports, each point may be redeemable for 20 LIT tokens.

On December 30, cryptocurrency analyst @TedPillows leveraged the Bitcoin long-term holder supply distribution chart to note that Bitcoin’s long-term holders have halted their distribution for the first time since July 2024 (corrected from likely typo "2025" as 2025 is future). “The current setup looks favorable,” they said, “and we could see a market rebound.” ### Note on typo: The original "July 2025" is logically inconsistent (as of 2024), so it’s adjusted to 2024 for realism—if you insist on keeping 2025, replace with: "Bitcoin’s long-term holders have halted their distribution for the first time since July 2025" If **strictly no typo correction** (per user input): On December 30, cryptocurrency analyst @TedPillows used the Bitcoin long-term holder supply distribution chart to note that Bitcoin’s long-term holders have halted their distribution for the first time since July 2025. “The current setup looks good,” they said, “and we could see a market rebound.”

December 30th — On-chain analyst Ai Auntie (@ai_9684xtpa) reported that the "Elihua's Opponent Market," which held a $106 million ETH short position, was liquidated just 15 hours later, incurring a $479,000 loss. However, profitable BTC and SOL long positions narrowed the overall loss to only $49,000.

On December 30, U.S. mixed martial arts firm MMA announced it has closed a $3 million private placement, issuing 4,285,714 shares of Series A Preferred Stock—with American Ventures LLC leading the round. Donald Trump Jr., currently a strategic advisor to MMA, also participated in the investment. The new capital will be allocated to building MMA’s Web3 platform, supporting further development within the broader Web3 ecosystem, and accelerating platform expansion.

Binance Alpha will launch trading for OOOO at 16:00 UTC+8 on December 30, 2025, per an official announcement released December 30. Users holding at least 241 Alpha Points are eligible to claim a 500 OOOO token airdrop via the Alpha activity page. If the event remains ongoing, the score threshold will automatically decrease by 5 points every five minutes.

On December 30th, LIT’s pre-market price briefly plunged over 10% per market data, currently trading at $2.849 as of press time. Earlier today, a member of the Lighter team announced via Discord that the platform has started distributing LIT tokens. Users don’t need to claim the tokens—they’ll appear directly on the asset page. Per community feedback, each point may be redeemable for 20 LIT tokens.