SHELL Buyback Address has once again withdrawn 1 million tokens from Binance, and the buyback progress has reached 81.2%.

On December 15th, monitoring by HyperInsight (via its Telegram channel @HyperInsight) shows that the "BTC OG Insider Whale" continued to add to its ETH long position with 5x leverage over a 10-minute window. Its current ETH holdings stand at 180,935 coins (roughly $5.53 billion), with an average entry price of $3,169.42 and an unrealized profit and loss (PNL) of -$20.3 million. Additionally, the whale opened a 1,000-BTC long position with 5x leverage, posting an unrealized PNL of -$3.55 million. It also went long 250,000 SOL with 20x leverage, with an unrealized PNL of -$2.07 million.

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) stated on December 15 that his purchase of ASTER exceeded $2 million, with additional buys made after his related tweet—addressing the question of whether he’d only spent $2 million on the token. Previously, CZ noted on November 2 that he bought ASTER that day, sharing a transaction screenshot showing his account held 2,090,598.14 ASTER at $0.913 per token. He also mentioned increasing his ASTER position on November 4.

On December 15, data from Coinglass shows that if Bitcoin drops below $86,000, the cumulative long liquidation intensity across major centralized exchanges (CEXs) will hit $514 million. Conversely, if Bitcoin breaks above $90,000, the cumulative short liquidation intensity for these mainstream CEXs will reach $417 million. BlockBeats Note: Liquidation charts do not reflect the exact number of contracts at risk of liquidation or their precise value. Instead, the bars on these charts represent how significant each liquidation cluster is relative to neighboring clusters — in other words, "intensity." This means the charts illustrate the degree of price impact when a specific level is hit. Higher liquidation bars signal that the price will face a more pronounced reaction from liquidity cascades when reaching that threshold.

As of December 15, per HTX market data, Bitcoin has fallen below $88,000 and is currently trading at $87,982, down 2.43% over the past 24 hours.

On December 15th, data from Coinglass shows that over the past 24 hours, centralized exchanges (CEXs) recorded a net Bitcoin (BTC) inflow of 1,730.1 BTC. Among the platforms, Binance saw a net inflow of 3,162.31 BTC, while Kraken had a net inflow of 676.1 BTC. Additionally, OKX registered a net BTC outflow of 1,089.15 BTC, topping the outflow rankings.

On December 14, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said: “Cryptocurrencies help establish property rights for all, a sound monetary system, and free trade. That said, they’re not a panacea and still need institutional reforms—including regulation and anti-corruption measures.”