Singapore's largest money laundering case suspect Wang Shuiming may be extradited to China, with his accomplice being the mastermind behind the Hong Kong crypto platform scam AAX.

December 15 — BitMine announced today that its combined holdings of cryptocurrency, cash, and "potential investment" assets total $13.2 billion, per official sources. As of 6:00 PM Eastern Time on December 14, the company’s holdings include: - 3,967,210 Ethereum (ETH) - 193 Bitcoin (BTC) - $38 million in equity of Eightco Holdings (NASDAQ: ORBS) - $1 billion in total cash BitMine Chairman and Fundstrat analyst Thomas "Tom" Lee noted: "BitMine continues to steadily build its Ethereum holdings, adding 102,259 coins over the past week. Crypto prices have stabilized in that period, further confirming the market has recovered from the October 10 price shock. "Several positive developments are unfolding in the 2025 digital asset space — including favorable U.S. congressional legislation, improved regulatory conditions, and growing Wall Street support. These factors reinforce our view that the crypto industry’s golden age remains ahead, which is why we’re continuing to incr

As of December 15th, onchain analytics show a whale address has closed its 20x-leveraged Bitcoin long position, confirming a $7.79 million loss after holding the position for 35 days. Meanwhile, the same whale has opened a 2x-leveraged long position on ZEC.

On December 15, Zach Witkoff—Co-Founder of World Liberty Financial, the Trump family’s crypto project—announced via social media that Binance will add DOGE/USD1, SUI/USD1, and XRP/USD1 trading pairs, noting that global adoption of USD1 is continuing to gain traction.

UPDATE: December 15 Per official sources, Strategy has once again significantly increased its Bitcoin holdings, acquiring 10,645 BTC last week. The total value of the purchase is approximately $9.803 billion, with an average price of around $92,098 per BTC. As of December 14, 2025, Strategy holds a total of 671,268 BTC. Its aggregate cost for these holdings is approximately $50.33 billion, with an average cost of roughly $74,972 per BTC.

On December 15, Binance officially unveiled the second-phase airdrop rules for OKZOO (AIOT). Users holding at least 230 Binance Alpha Points qualify for a first-come, first-served airdrop of 160 AIOT tokens. If the reward pool isn’t fully distributed, the points threshold will automatically drop by 5 points every 5 minutes. Claiming the airdrop deducts 15 Binance Alpha Points. Users must confirm receipt within 24 hours via the Alpha event page—failing to do so results in forfeit of the airdrop.

Per HyperTracker data as of December 15, the number of active contract addresses on the Hyperliquid platform is 168,833—down 47,600 (21.97%) from its early November all-time high.