Planet Midday News
1. NYDIG: The initial benefits of stock tokenization to crypto networks are limited, but will gradually increase if decentralized integration is achieved;
2. Crypto startups raised approximately $176 million this week, with VCs showing a preference for "sustainable business models";
3. Ethereum Prysm client experiences mainnet incident: resource exhaustion leads to large-scale missing blocks and witnesses;
4. The son of a Ukrainian deputy mayor was kidnapped and murdered by a classmate because of his cryptocurrency assets. The suspect forced him to reveal his wallet password before setting the house on fire to silence him.
5. Glassnode co-founder analyzes the impact of Japan's interest rate hike: Bitcoin will flourish after policy pressure.
6. Moonbirds plans to issue its token BIRB on Solana in Q1 2026, positioning it as a "Web3 version of Pop Mart";
7. Pudgy Penguins launched its brand advertising campaign at Sphere Las Vegas during Christmas week;
8. Aevo: The former Ribbon Legacy DOV vault was attacked, resulting in a loss of approximately $2.7 million;
9. A “BTC-to-ETH whale” exchanged BTC for $176 million worth of ETH across chains within 19 days.
