According to minutes released Tuesday, some Federal Reserve officials expressed reluctance to support further monetary easing in the near term when the Fed decided to cut interest rates at its meeting this month, suggesting that further rate cuts may face resistance at its next meeting in January. The minutes indicated that the decision to cut rates became increasingly difficult as inflation persisted longer than the Fed had anticipated. Since the December meeting, more economic data has been released, showing that strong consumer spending has helped drive robust economic growth, despite a slight increase in the unemployment rate. New data scheduled for release next month may reshape the thinking of Fed officials ahead of their interest rate meeting in late January. (Jinshi)

Odaily Planet Daily reports that Fxstreet analyst Joshua Gibson points out that the Federal Reserve released the minutes of its final interest rate decision of the year, confirming that FOMC members were willing to consider further rate cuts. However, the minutes did not reveal much other significant information. The Fed's stance is tilting towards a dovish position, with most policymakers willing to explore the possibility of further rate cuts. However, the Fed's policy adjustments still depend on weak inflation data, rather than a lack of inflation data. (Jinshi)

According to the latest minutes of the Federal Reserve meeting, the FOMC agreed to cut interest rates at its December meeting, but engaged in a deep and detailed debate regarding the risks currently facing the U.S. economy. The minutes indicate that, given the various risks to the U.S. economy, even some officials who supported the rate cut acknowledged that "this decision was the result of weighing the pros and cons, or they might have supported maintaining the target interest rate range unchanged." Some participants stated that, based on their economic outlook, following this meeting's reduction of the interest rate range, it might be necessary to maintain the target interest rate range unchanged for some time. The debate at this meeting revealed disagreements among officials regarding both tightening and easing monetary policy, an unusual outcome for the Fed, and the first such occurrence at two consecutive meetings. (Jinshi)

Odaily Planet Daily reports that the Federal Reserve meeting minutes indicated that most participants believed further monetary easing would be appropriate if inflation declined over time. (Golden Ten)

Odaily Planet Daily reports that following the release of the Federal Reserve meeting minutes, spot gold and silver prices saw little short-term fluctuation, while the US dollar index (DXY) rose slightly. (Golden Ten)

Odaily Planet Daily reports that the Federal Reserve meeting minutes revealed that several participants pointed out that the risk of persistently high inflation may have become deeply entrenched, and suggested that further rate cuts could be misinterpreted as a lack of commitment to the Fed's 2% inflation target. (Jinshi)

Odaily Planet Daily reports that, according to the Federal Reserve meeting minutes, some participants stated that maintaining stable interest rates "for some time" after the December rate cut was appropriate. (Golden Ten)

Odaily Planet Daily reports: The Federal Reserve meeting minutes showed that most participants supported a rate cut in December. (Golden Ten)

Odaily Planet Daily reports that spot silver has climbed above $78 per ounce, up 8.17% on the day. (Jinshi)

According to Emmett Gallic, Trump Media withdrew 260 BTC, worth $21 million, from Coinbase in the past hour. Last week, the organization deposited 560 BTC into Coinbase, and 300 BTC (approximately $25 million) remain outstanding.

According to Odaily Planet Daily, monitoring by onchainschool.pro, in the past two days, three newly created addresses have withdrawn a total of $4.3 million worth of LINK from Binance.

According to Odaily, between December 24th and 26th, 2025, the Trust Wallet Browser Extension v2.68 was compromised due to a leaked API key, resulting in the uploading of malicious code. This incident affected 2,520 wallet addresses that logged into the extension during this period, leading to the theft of approximately $8.5 million in assets. Investigations indicate that this attack is related to the industry-wide supply chain attack Sha1-Hulud that occurred in November, where attackers gained access to the Chrome Web Store API through leaked GitHub credentials.

Trust Wallet has decided to voluntarily compensate affected users and is currently finalizing the compensation workflow and ownership verification process. They have also begun liaising with victims who have contacted the official team. Trust Wallet advises affected users to immediately transfer their funds to a new wallet and submit a claim through the official form. Over 5,000 claim applications have been received so far, and the team is reviewing each case individually. Furthermore, Trust Wallet has released a fixed version 2.69 and disabled related publishing permissions and credentials.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, an address (bc1qw...4wk5) withdrew 400 BTC from Binance, worth $35.18 million. This address has now accumulated 2,000 BTC in the past two days, with a total value of $177 million.

According to an article published on the Greeks.live platform by Adam, a macro researcher, at Odaily Planet Daily, the minutes of the Federal Reserve's monetary policy meeting will be released at 3:00 AM tomorrow, detailing the FOMC members' discussions on the economic, inflation, and interest rate outlook. Following the annual options settlement last Friday, block trades remain high, likely due to retail investor inactivity during the Christmas and New Year period and the need to establish new positions after settlement. The put/block ratio has remained high recently due to poor fourth-quarter performance. Implied volatility (IV) has not yet rebounded, but is expected to rebound next week as market participants return. Overall, market liquidity is low, sentiment is pessimistic, and opportunities are limited this week; selling options to earn Theta is a better option.