According to Odaily Planet Daily, the S&P 500 has risen nearly 20% this year, while Bitcoin prices have fallen by about 4%. The performance of US cryptocurrency companies has been mixed. The best-performing cryptocurrency stocks in 2025 include: BitMine (+345%), IREN (+300%), Cipher Mining (+250%), Robinhood Markets (+208%), Hut 8 (+136%), Terawaulf (+132%), and Bitfarms (+72%). The worst-performing cryptocurrency stocks in 2025 include: Sol Strategies (-88%), Fold Holdings (-75%), Gemini (-67%), Semler Scientific (-66%), Exodus Movement (-45%), and Strategy (-44%). (The Block)
According to Eye, the on-chain analyst who disclosed the "1011 insider whale" story, about seven hours ago, the address suspected to be the "1011 insider whale" Garrett Jin unstaking 96,574 ETH, worth approximately $282.76 million, and subsequently transferred all the ETH to a Binance deposit account.
Odaily Planet Daily reports that spot gold prices continue to fall, having now broken below $4450, down 0.78% on the day. (Jinshi)
According to a post on the X platform by crypto journalist Eleanor Terrett, former acting chair of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Caroline Pham, has joined crypto payment company MoonPay as Chief Legal Officer and Chief Administrative Officer.
Odaily Planet Daily reports that spot gold fell below $4,460 per ounce, down 0.58% on the day. Spot silver fell more than $1 on the day, currently trading at $70.42 per ounce, a drop of 1.45%. New York silver futures fell 1.00% on the day, currently trading at $70.42 per ounce. (Golden Ten)
According to Arkham's monitoring, about an hour ago, Grayscale transferred a total of 17,148 ETH, worth approximately $50.26 million, to a Coinbase Prime address; in addition, Grayscale also transferred approximately 117.247 BTC, worth approximately $10.23 million, to a Coinbase Prime address.
Odaily Planet Daily reports that the S&P 500 hit a record intraday high, rising 0.16%, although trading was light in early trading as the market analyzed labor market data for further clues about the Federal Reserve's interest rate path. The Nasdaq 100 and Dow Jones indices were largely unchanged. Tom Essaye, founder of Sevens Report, stated that as the year-end approaches, investors are firmly pricing in a soft landing for the economy. He believes that with optimistic expectations for strong earnings growth in the coming quarters, the stock market still has room to rise. (Golden Ten)
Odaily Planet Daily reports that stablecoin issuer Circle has announced the launch of a USDC-based tokenized gold and silver swap service through its CircleMetals platform. This new service allows users to seamlessly exchange USDC for tokenized gold (GLDC) and tokenized silver (SILC) at real-time market rates, aiming to bring the stability and transparency of precious metals into the programmable blockchain financial world. (Decrypt)
Odaily Planet Daily reports that due to the Christmas holiday, US stock trading will close early on Wednesday at 02:00 Beijing time on December 25th, with the market closed on Thursday. Trading in CME's precious metals, energy, foreign exchange, and stock index futures contracts, as well as ICE's Brent crude oil futures contracts, will end early today. Furthermore, Trump signed an executive order closing US federal government agencies for three days from December 24th to December 26th. As a result, the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) has postponed its scheduled release of crude oil and natural gas inventory data this week to 23:30 on December 29th (next Monday) and 01:00 on December 30th (next Tuesday), respectively. (Jinshi)
Odaily Planet Daily reports that the EU's latest digital asset tax transparency law came into effect on January 1st. It aims to extend the EU's long-standing administrative cooperation framework on taxation to crypto asset and related service providers. The law requires crypto asset service providers, including exchanges and brokers, to collect and report detailed user and transaction information to national tax authorities. (CoinDesk)
According to Odaily Planet Daily, Trump has narrowed down the candidates for Federal Reserve Chair to four, and Wall Street consensus suggests that White House advisor Kevin Hassett will secure the position. During his first term as Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under Trump, Hassett did demonstrate a degree of independence. In his 2021 memoir, he recalled that many staff members "wanted me to leave the White House from the beginning." If Hassett were to head the Fed before 2025, few would object. However, the concern is that the Hassett taking office then will be in 2025. (Jinshi)
According to Onchainschool's monitoring, approximately two hours ago, 6.145 million MIRA tokens, worth about $800,000, were transferred out of the team wallet. This move may be related to an unlocking event. These tokens were transferred to one wallet and then distributed to multiple wallets, and are expected to be deposited into exchanges later. Historical monitoring shows that similar transactions have occurred monthly over the past three months.
Odaily Planet Daily reports that spot gold fell $18 in the short term, reaching a low of $4470.9 per ounce. New York gold futures touched $4500 per ounce, down 0.14% on the day. (Gold10)
According to data from Coinglass, as reported by Odaily Planet Daily, a total of $40.34 million in positions were liquidated across the network in the past hour. Of this, $38.68 million were long positions and $1.66 million were short positions. In addition, approximately $17.61 million of BTC positions were liquidated and approximately $17.52 million of ETH positions were liquidated.
