Odaily Planet Daily reports that Binance Alpha will list zkPass (ZKP), with Alpha trading officially commencing on December 19, 2025 at 11:00 AM UTC. Users with at least 233 Binance Alpha Points can claim an airdrop of 200 ZKP tokens on a first-come, first-served basis. If the reward pool is not fully distributed, the points threshold will automatically decrease by 5 points every 5 minutes. Please note that claiming the airdrop will consume 15 Binance Alpha Points. Users must confirm their claim on the Alpha event page within 24 hours; otherwise, they will be considered to have forfeited their claim.
Odaily Planet Daily reports that FB Farming, a non-custodial staking system developed by the UniSat team, has launched a Christmas-themed high-capacity staking pool. The Christmas staking pool offers additional incentives during the promotion period, increasing the annualized incentive by 5% on top of the existing incentives, thus raising the maximum annualized yield to 51.8%. The total capacity of the Whale staking pool is 2 million FB, with a corresponding increase in the single-address limit to 200,000 FB. The Christmas-themed pool has a limited-time participation mechanism and will close at 15:00 on December 31st.
FB Farming is a native Bitcoin staking system based on the UTXO model, currently deployed on the Fractal Bitcoin network. Four staking pools have been opened, with a total staking amount of 4 million FB. Users can earn up to 46.8% staking incentives by staking the chain's native token, FB. While maintaining user asset self-custody, it adopts a flexible incentive and staking withdrawal mechanism. Users can strategically use its activity tools during staking to obtain incentive bonuses, and there is no staking lock-up period, supporting full or partial unstaking at any time.
According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a whale has further purchased 2,249 ETH (worth $6.54 million) from HyperLiquid and Lightner, and increased its short position in ETH by 20 times on both platforms. In the past 24 hours, this whale has purchased a total of 4,599 ETH (worth $13.2 million).
According to a disclosure by Metaplanet Inc., as reported by Odaily Planet Daily, the company announced the establishment of an American Depositary Receipt (ADR) program, with Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas as the depositary bank. Trading of the company's ADRs is expected to commence in the United States on December 19, 2025 (Eastern Time).
According to the announcement, this move aims to improve accessibility and transparency for global investors and meet the needs of US investors for more efficient and direct participation in company equity. ADRs will be denominated in US dollars and traded through the US securities trading infrastructure, reducing transaction costs and improving settlement efficiency.
The project details show that the ADR is 1:1 with the common stock, the CUSIP number is 59141L 109, the trading code is MPJPY, and it will be traded on the U.S. over-the-counter market.
The company emphasized that this ADR project is not for financing purposes and will not affect the total number of issued ordinary or preferred shares.
According to data from Hyperbot, Odaily Planet Daily reports that Brother Machi has added another 200 ETH to his long position, bringing his current holdings to $14.2 million. The opening price was $2,917, with a floating profit of $200,000 and a liquidation price of $2,783.
According to Odaily Planet Daily, Dr. Han, founder of Gate, stated in an interview with Wu Shuo podcast that the industry still has significant room for improvement in transparency regarding Proof of Reserves (PoR).
Dr. Han points out that when an industry matures, transparency becomes a competitive advantage; companies that don't accept publicly disclosed pricing are essentially evading scrutiny. He further emphasizes that the real moat isn't traffic, but the ability to withstand audits; if you're afraid to even talk about being audited, don't talk about long-termism.
According to Onchain Lens monitoring, as reported by Odaily Planet Daily, whales are accumulating ETH from Binance. This includes:
- The newly created wallet (0xcED2...C557) withdrew 3,504 ETH (US$10.24 million) and 2,135 BNB (US$1.79 million).
- The newly created wallet (0x7798...3703) withdrew 2,656 ETH (US$7.53 million).
- A whale (0xbE38...A42a) withdrew 2008 ETH ($5.69 million).
Odaily Planet Daily reports: Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda stated that a decision on whether to raise interest rates will be made after assessing the impact of raising rates to 0.75% on the economy and prices. (Jinshi)
According to Odaily Planet Daily, Bankless founder David Hoffman released his market predictions for 2026, stating that he believes 2026 will be the year of asset tokenization, with traditional financial giants like BlackRock fully embracing blockchain technology; ICOs will return to the market in a more mature form as the regulatory environment improves; the DeFi ecosystem will accelerate its expansion, and stablecoin banks are expected to develop into super financial applications; robo-related tokens may experience speculative price frenzy; and the potential threat of quantum computing to cryptocurrency security will gradually attract industry attention.
Odaily Planet Daily reports that Capital Economics stated in a report that the Bank of Japan's decision to raise interest rates was not surprising, although its hawkish message suggests further policy tightening in the future. The Bank of Japan expressed greater confidence in the Japanese economy's ability to withstand tariff uncertainties and in the expectation that corporate profits will remain high. It anticipates that upcoming economic activity and inflation data are more likely to exceed expectations compared to the Bank of Japan's forecasts. Capital Economics stated that its confidence is strengthening, and it expects the final interest rate to reach 1.75% in 2027, higher than the market consensus. (Golden Ten)
Odaily Planet Daily reports that AI proxy infrastructure DeAgentAI has released an updated statement regarding the settlement of AIAUSDT perpetual contracts. The announcement states that the team always prioritizes the community's interests, and after close communication and joint evaluation with the Binance team, they have confirmed that they will jointly provide "liquidation compensation" to eligible users.
The plan uses 0.22 USDT as a benchmark price to compensate affected users for the price difference. Eligible positions are long positions with a settlement or closing price below 0.22 USDT that occurred between 19:43 and 20:15 Beijing time on December 11, 2025.
Currently, Binance has sent airdrop instructions to all eligible users via email, and the funds have been distributed to users' Binance spot accounts as planned before 11:00 on December 18th.
Odaily Planet Daily reports that Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda stated that real interest rates are expected to remain significantly low. Loose monetary conditions will support the economy. If the economy and prices develop as expected, and as the economy and prices improve, the Bank of Japan will continue to raise policy interest rates. (Jinshi)
Odaily Planet Daily reports: Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda stated that the Japanese economy is somewhat weak, but is undergoing a moderate recovery. (Jinshi)
According to official news from Odaily Planet Daily, OKX has officially launched its first exclusive user event for its in-exchange DEX, with a total prize pool of 5,000,000 NIGHT tokens. This event is exclusively for users of the in-exchange DEX, and the prize pool is separate. The event aims to reward loyal users of this feature, and participation is easy; eligible users can participate in the reward distribution by completing a simple registration.
The event is now live, and users can check their eligibility and register at any time within the app. OKX stated that it will continue to launch more exclusive events for users of its in-app DEX to jointly build the CeDeFi ecosystem.
