Planetary Noon Briefing

2026-01-04 05:30

1. CZ: The cryptocurrency market size is still relatively small, but it has enormous long-term growth potential;

2. Three insider addresses on Polymarket have accumulated profits exceeding $630,000 by betting on the event of the Venezuelan president stepping down;

3. Against the backdrop of escalating geopolitical conflicts, Bitcoin remains stable above $90,000, which helps sustain the price recovery trend;

4. Flow stated that the network has fully resumed operations and plans to release an analysis report on the attack incident within 48 hours;

5. The Coinbase Bitcoin Premium Index has remained in negative premium for three consecutive weeks, currently reported at -0.0331%;

6. Shanghai prosecutors disclosed a job-related crime case involving virtual currency money laundering, with the laundered amount reaching 18 billion yuan;

7. The Chairman of Hana Financial Group stated that stablecoins could become a new growth engine for the group;

8. SlowMist claimed that HitBTC has a potentially severe security vulnerability and has attempted to contact relevant parties but has not received a response yet;

9. Matrixport believes that 2026 may become a high-risk year for the digital asset market;

10. The number of ETH in the Ethereum staking exit queue has dropped to 80,000, while the total number of ETH queued for staking across the network still exceeds 1 million;

11. Democrats strongly oppose Trump's actions against Venezuela, with some lawmakers calling for the initiation of impeachment proceedings.