Odaily Planet Daily reports that Liquid Capital founder Yi Lihua posted on the X platform: "We will continue to buy $1 billion on dips. In the 26-year bull market trend, the opportunities lie with the bulls, not the bears. There has always been only one thing in the crypto world: buy in a bear market and sell in a bull market."
According to sources familiar with the matter, SoftBank Group is in advanced talks to acquire private equity firm DigitalBridge Group, which primarily invests in assets such as data centers. The Japanese conglomerate could announce an agreement for DigitalBridge as early as Monday, the sources said. This deal is part of SoftBank's strategic plan to capitalize on the booming AI-driven digital infrastructure market. Specific terms have not yet been disclosed. The sources indicated that a final agreement has not yet been reached, and details, including the timeline, are still subject to change. Representatives for both SoftBank and DigitalBridge declined to comment. (meyka)
Odaily Planet Daily reports that South Korean payment infrastructure provider BC Card has announced a partnership with Base to jointly promote a pilot program for domestic payments in South Korea based on the US dollar stablecoin USDC. The two companies plan to integrate Coinbase's Base Chain wallet with BC Card's QR payment system to test the process of using USDC for payments at South Korean merchants and ultimately settling in Korean won, in order to assess compliance, interoperability, and practical feasibility.
Odaily Planet Daily reports that CoinW will soon list LIT, the ecosystem token of Lighter, an on-chain perpetual contract platform, and will include this new coin in the automated trading coverage of its spot strategy product, Rocket Plan. Rocket Plan, designed by CoinW Research Institute and its strategy team based on long-term tracking and data analysis of new coin listings, adopts a small-amount participation method of 50 USDT per transaction. Users can participate in different new coins through multiple strategy executions, diversifying their participation under clear risk control rules. Users can configure trading strategies in advance before listing, and after the new coin opens, the system will automatically execute buy, take-profit, stop-loss, and risk exit operations according to preset conditions, reducing manual monitoring and emotional interference.
According to data from Hyperbot, as reported by Odaily Planet Daily, Brother Machi has just closed all his long positions in HYPE. In addition, he currently holds 8,250 ETH in a 25x leveraged long position in Ethereum, with a total position value of $24.147 million. He has suffered a loss of approximately $866,000 in the past week.
According to an official announcement, Bitget has launched USDT-based MAGMA perpetual contracts with leverage ranging from 1x to 20x. Contract trading bots will also be available simultaneously.
According to Odaily Planet Daily, on-chain data shows that there are 120,000 blocks left until the next Bitcoin halving.
According to data from Hyperbot, as reported by Odaily Planet Daily, Machi Big Brother has just reduced his HYPE long positions and slightly increased his ETH long positions. Currently, his 10x leveraged HYPE long position has only 800 HYPE, while his 25x leveraged Ethereum long position has 8,150 ETH, with a total position value of nearly $24 million.
Odaily Planet Daily reports that although some economists later echoed Trump's sentiments, arguing that the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) should cut interest rates, Trump's public outburst of anger was unusual: he called Powell "too late," a "stubborn mule," a "big loser," and a "fool." Wall Street was uneasy about these attacks. Even if it wanted to see rate cuts, it didn't want to see the central bank's independence threatened. The Fed's defenses were crumbling under Trump's onslaught, with insiders choosing to remain neutral. After abandoning his plan to fire Powell, Trump turned his attention to other FOMC members. In September, he attempted to oust Fed Governor Cook via social media, accusing her of falsifying mortgage applications. Cook denied the accusations and took the case to the Supreme Court. Hearings are scheduled to begin in January. (Jinshi)
According to Arkham's monitoring, an address flagged as potentially belonging to Movement Network has just deposited 50 million MOVE tokens, worth $1.78 million, into Binance.
According to Odaily Planet Daily, based on monitoring by on-chain analyst Ai Yi, Trend Research continued to increase its holdings by 6,748 ETH, worth $19.77 million, which was then deposited into Aave as collateral. In the past 7 hours, it has accumulated 27,598 ETH ($83.05 million), bringing its on-chain holdings to 607,598 ETH, with a total value of $1.77 billion, an average cost of approximately $3,111.07, and a floating loss of $117 million.
According to a report by Moneyfarm analyst Richard Flax, the U.S. economy is projected to experience robust growth through 2026. He stated that substantial investment in the artificial intelligence industry, lower interest rates by the Federal Reserve, and government support are likely to fuel economic growth. This growth is expected to boost earnings for U.S. companies. Flax added, "The macroeconomic backdrop appears favorable, although this largely depends on the continued momentum of investment in artificial intelligence." (Jinshi)
According to CoinGecko's latest year-end review, "Gate 2025: From a Top-Three Global Exchange to an All-In Web3 Vision," Gate continued to advance its "All-in Web3" strategy in 2025, accelerating its transformation from a traditional crypto asset exchange to a vertically integrated Web3 ecosystem. This year, Gate made significant compliance progress in Dubai, Europe, and Australia. In terms of infrastructure, Gate adopted a dual-track development path, simultaneously deploying centralized and non-custodial trading models. It launched Gate Layer, a Layer 2 network built on the OP Stack, and simultaneously launched the decentralized perpetual contract platform Gate Perp DEX, supplemented by new products such as Gate Vault, Gate Travel, and Gate Fun, continuously expanding the boundaries of Web3 applications.
From a market performance perspective, Gate's user base grew to over 47 million in 2025, with peak monthly spot trading volume reaching approximately $160 billion, and its global spot market share exceeding 6%. In CoinDesk's ratings, Gate received a "Top-Tier" rating, with its derivatives business receiving an AA rating and its spot business an A rating. Furthermore, Gate's reserve ratio exceeds 120%, making it the first mainstream exchange in the industry to commit to 100% reserves. Meanwhile, the Gate-Red Bull F1 co-branded NFT has generated over 32 million tokens, achieving significant promotional impact. Overall, Gate is completing its transformation from an exchange to a comprehensive Web3 platform and infrastructure provider.
According to data compiled by Odaily Planet Daily, among the 1,733,785 trading addresses on Polymarket, approximately 70% have incurred losses, while only about 30% are profitable. Only 0.0385% of the top-performing addresses account for over 70% of the total profits, accumulating $3.7 billion. Nearly 25% of addresses are profitable, but only in the $0-$1,000 range, representing less than 1% of total profits. Over 63.5% of addresses have losses not exceeding $1,000, but 149 addresses have lost over $1 million. This data is based on realized profits and losses, excluding floating open positions.
Odaily Planet Daily reports that the Korea Financial Intelligence Service held its first meeting on December 29th regarding the "Revision of the TF (Travel Rule) for Specific Financial Information." The plan is to expand the current "Travel Rule," which applies to virtual asset transfers of 1 million won or more, to transactions below 1 million won, in order to strengthen anti-money laundering oversight. This move will strengthen the obligation to track cryptocurrency transfer information. Financial authorities will also promote the institutionalization of stablecoins and the introduction of account freezing systems, and plan to propose improvements to the anti-money laundering system in the first half of 2026. (News1)
According to data from Coinglass, as reported by Odaily Planet Daily, $50.0533 million in positions were liquidated across the network in the past hour, including $49 million in long positions and $1.05 million in short positions. In addition, $20.69 million in BTC positions were liquidated and $8.46 million in ETH positions were liquidated.
