SHELL Buyback Address has once again withdrawn 1 million tokens from Binance, and the buyback progress has reached 81.2%.

December 30 – With Fed rate cuts effectively easing U.S. recession risks, a key gauge of U.S. bond market volatility is on track for its biggest annual drop since the global financial crisis. As of last Friday, the ICE BofA MOVE Index — which measures expected bond market volatility — had fallen to around 59, marking its lowest level since October 2024. The index has declined steadily from roughly 99 at the end of 2024 and is set to post one of the largest annual drops in its history (data available since 1988), second only to the 2009 plunge. Source: CNFUND

December 30th — Meta has acquired AI app development firm Butterfly Effect for billions of dollars, according to a LatePost report. This is Meta’s third-largest acquisition since its founding, with spending second only to that on WhatsApp and ScaleAI. Prior to the deal, Butterfly Effect was in the middle of a new funding round with a $20 billion valuation. “I almost thought this was a fake offer,” said Liu Yuan, ZhenFund partner and Butterfly Effect angel investor. Negotiations wrapped up in just over 10 days. The founding team initially hesitated but was ultimately swayed by the terms and vision laid out by Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Zuckerberg and several top Meta executives are also loyal users of Butterfly Effect. Post-acquisition, Butterfly Effect will operate independently, with founder Xiao Hong serving as Meta’s Vice President.

On December 30th, U.S. President Donald Trump commented on the Federal Reserve, making several remarks about Fed Chair Jerome Powell: he’s considering suing Powell, calling on Powell to resign, and has expressed a desire to fire him—though he noted Powell’s term is approaching its end, and he might ultimately proceed with firing Powell anyway. The nominee for the next Fed chair is expected to be announced in January. (Source: FXStreet)

On December 30, Bitcoin ecosystem decentralized protocol BLIFE Protocol announced it has merged with Web3 game interoperability project Portal, with post-merger operations unified under the Portal brand. Portal will retain its original cross-chain gaming and interoperability support while integrating BLIFE’s Bitcoin-based products and ecosystem. Benjamin Charbit, former game director of Ubisoft’s *Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag*, will serve as Portal’s CEO. Leading Web3 investment firm Animoca Brands will provide a new round of funding to back Portal’s reboot and share resources from its game investment portfolio. G-20 is also joining as an ecosystem and strategic partner. Over the past two years, BLIFE has advanced Bitcoin Web3 infrastructure development: it launched BLIFE.ID (the first on-chain identity protocol for Bitcoin), meme coin trading platform Odin.fun, and acquired Bitcoin L1 cross-chain bridge Beyond in mid-2025. The bridging protocol is set to launch on mainnet

On December 30, CoinGecko data shows Upbit’s trading volume surged 104.2% over the past 24 hours, totaling $14.18 billion. The ZBT/KRW trading pair led the KRW market with an 11.11% share of the exchange’s volume, followed by BTC, XRP, ETH and USDT.

December 30th – As 2025 winds down, the cryptocurrency market has nearly wiped out all its year-to-date gains. While Bitcoin hit a fresh all-time high of $126,000 on October 6th, the market quickly reversed course, erasing roughly $1 trillion in total digital asset market cap over the past few months. The turning point came in mid-October when former President Trump announced a trade war escalation, triggering a record $19 billion in crypto market liquidations within 24 hours. Ethereum then plunged ~40% over the next month, and Eric Trump’s crypto firm saw its December market value drop sharply. Analysts note that despite the Trump administration’s overall "crypto-friendly" stance, the bigger market impact stemmed from the trade conflict, tightening macro conditions, and highly leveraged positions being liquidated. In November, Bitcoin briefly fell below $81,000 — its largest monthly drop since 2021. It’s currently trading around $90,000. Industry warnings flag a potential new