24-Hour Hot Cryptocurrencies and News | Trump May Appoint New Fed Chair in First Week of January; Fed Governor Milan: Necessity for 50 Basis Point Rate Cut Has Diminished (December 23)
- 核心观点：市场整体调整，但结构性机会与行业动态并存。
- 关键要素：
- 主流币普跌，OMI等小币种逆势大涨。
- Uniswap费用开关提案通过，将开启费用分配。
- 美联储或允许加密公司接入央行支付系统。
- 市场影响：短期情绪承压，长期看监管与生态发展利好。
- 时效性标注：短期影响。
1. Popular cryptocurrencies on CEXs
Top 10 CEX trading volumes and their 24-hour price changes:
- BTC: -1.20%
- ETH: -1.96%
- BNB: -0.42%
- SOL: -1.14%
- DOGE: -0.66%
- ZEC: -5.36%
- ATM: -0.11%
- BAR: -1.58%
- MDT: -1.64%
- ASTER: -1.27%
24-hour gainers list (data source: OKX):
- OMI: +41.15%
- UXLINK: +7.10%
- ASP: +6.39%
- WET: +5.22%
- PRCL: +5.00%
- WOO: +4.62%
- AVNT: +4.02%
- CVX: +3.83%
- ALLO: +3.19%
- RESOLV: +2.85%
24-hour cryptocurrency stock gainers list (data source: msx.com ):
- QNTM.M: +18.11%
- HUT.M: +15.28%
- RGTI.M: +14.65%
- FLY.M: +14.08%
- QUBT.M: +13.04%
- FFAI.M: +12.5%
- ABTC.M: +11.24%
- HYPD.M: +11.17%
- ABTS.M: +11.11%
- IONQ.M: +10.95%
2. Top 5 trending on-chain memes (data source: GMGN ):
- Beat
- GUA
- VELO
- LAB
- RLS
Headlines
Trump may appoint a new Federal Reserve chairman in the first week of January.
Sources familiar with the matter revealed that US President Trump may appoint a new Federal Reserve chairman in the first week of January next year.
Federal Reserve Governor Milan: The need for a 50-basis-point rate cut has diminished.
Federal Reserve Governor Milan stated that with the recent adjustments to monetary policy, the necessity for his previous advocacy of a 50-basis-point rate cut has diminished. Milan pointed out that some unusual fluctuations in previous inflation data were partly related to the government shutdown. These unusual signals indicate that the Fed's policy stance should be adjusted towards a more accommodative direction. He emphasized that he does not currently see the risk of an economic recession in the short term, but believes that the neutral interest rate level has clearly shifted downward, and monetary policy must reflect this structural change. If the policy rate fails to continue to decline to approach the new neutral level, it may actually increase the risk of an economic recession. Furthermore, regarding his own term, Milan admitted that he is still uncertain whether he will remain in office. He stated: "If no successor is confirmed by the end of January, I will assume that I will continue to serve."
Russian Central Bank Governor Elvira Nabiullina recently stated that cryptocurrency mining may be an additional factor supporting the ruble's exchange rate, but its specific impact is difficult to quantify because most of the industry remains in a gray area. Vice Presidential official Maxim Oreshkin previously pointed out that insufficient estimation of financial liquidity related to cryptocurrency mining could lead to inaccurate predictions of the ruble's exchange rate. According to industry associations, Russia is currently the world's second-largest cryptocurrency miner, accounting for over 16% of global computing power. Since November 1, 2024, Russia has implemented new regulations allowing legal entities and sole proprietorships registered in a special register to legally mine cryptocurrencies, while setting clear restrictions on energy consumption and income reporting.
Regarding a video circulating in the community in which Litecoin founder Charlie Lee claims he regrets creating Litecoin and should have bought more Bitcoin, the official Litecoin Twitter account clarified that the content was a deliberately edited clip. The post stated that watching the full video reveals that community accounts including Bitcoin Archive and Pete Rizzo are attempting to smear Charlie Lee, and that his response was actually quite insightful. The official Litecoin Twitter account added that Charlie Lee loves Litecoin, dedicates himself to its research daily, and supports developers; it is actually some people in the Bitcoin community who are launching a sustained malicious attack against him.
According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi, the top 6 most traded predictions on Opinion are for Polymarket's "When will Polymarket issue its token?", which has garnered a staggering $141 million. Only 0.2% of bettors aggressively believe it will be before the end of this year, while the majority (79%) lean towards the end of 2026. In October of this year, Polymarket's COO explicitly stated that there would be tokens and airdrops, and that the timing would be after the US market reopened. Based on its progress, it is speculated that it might be in 2026.
Analysis: S&P 500 may see a "Christmas rally," while Bitcoin faces a key seasonal window.
Historical data shows that the S&P 500 index tends to rise in the last week of December and the first two trading days of January. A repeat of this pattern could alleviate Bitcoin's current predicament, as it is experiencing its toughest fourth quarter since 2022. Market statistics show that since 2005, the S&P 500 has risen 15 times and fallen only 5 times during the "Christmas rally," with an average gain of 0.58%. However, Bitcoin's "Christmas rally" history has been volatile, with strong rebounds of 33% and 46% in 2011 and 2016 respectively, while other years have seen weak performances, such as a 14% drop in 2014 and a 10% drop in 2021.
Industry News
Geopolitical tensions escalate, driving gold and silver prices to record highs.
Gold and silver prices climbed to new highs in Asian afternoon trading as geopolitical tensions escalated. The Wall Street Journal, citing three U.S. officials, reported that the U.S. Coast Guard was pursuing another oil tanker transporting oil from Venezuela. This came shortly after the U.S. arrested an oil tanker not on its sanctions list. Additionally, on Friday, U.S. forces launched attacks on more than 70 targets in Syria. ICE data showed spot gold hitting a record high of $4409.51 per ounce, while spot silver broke through $69 per ounce, also reaching a new high.
Tether releases QVAC Genesis II, an AI pre-trained synthetic educational dataset.
According to official news, Tether has released the QVAC Genesis II pre-trained synthetic education dataset for artificial intelligence. The QVAC Genesis II dataset adds 107 billion tokens to the original Genesis I, bringing the total size of the public synthetic education dataset to 148 billion tokens. It will cover 19 educational fields, significantly improving the scale, depth, and inference quality of open AI training data. The new version expands its coverage to 10 new fields, including chemistry, computer science, statistics, machine learning, astronomy, geography, econometrics, and electrical engineering. It also regenerates university-level physics data using improved methods.
According to SoSoValue data, as of December 22, 2025 (Eastern Time), the total net purchase of Bitcoin by global listed companies (excluding mining companies) last week was $26.35 million.
Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) announced on December 22 that it did not add any new Bitcoins last week.
Metaplanet, a Japanese publicly traded company, did not purchase any Bitcoin last week.
In addition, two other companies purchased Bitcoin last week. Japanese fashion company ANAP invested $1.74 million on December 16th, acquiring 18.6424 Bitcoins at a price of $93,138.2, bringing its total holdings to 1,218.8424. Digital health and sales development company CIMG invested $24.61 million on December 17th, acquiring 230 Bitcoins at a price of $107,000, bringing its total holdings to 730.
Metador Technologies, a technology company specializing in Bitcoin financial products, signed a revised secured convertible note financing agreement with ATW Partners for up to $100 million, with the first tranche of $10.5 million to be used to purchase Bitcoin. Hyperscale Data, an AI data center company, announced a planned at-the-market (ATM) common stock offering of up to $50 million, with the majority of the proceeds earmarked for Bitcoin purchases.
As of press time, the total number of Bitcoins held by listed companies worldwide (excluding mining companies) is 916,750, with a current market value of approximately US$82.77 billion, accounting for 4.59% of Bitcoin's circulating market capitalization.
Project News
The Uniswap protocol fee switch proposal, UNIndication, has reached the 40 million vote threshold for passage and is expected to officially take effect later this week. As of Monday morning, it had nearly 62 million votes in favor, and voting will end on December 25th. Uniswap Labs CEO Hayden Adams stated that after the vote passes, there will be a two-day time-lock phase during which the Unichain mainnet's Uniswap v2 and v3 fee switches will be activated, triggering the burning of UNI tokens. The proposal includes burning 100 million UNI tokens from the Uniswap Foundation treasury and implementing a protocol fee discount auction system to increase returns for liquidity providers. As a result, UNI rose approximately 25% after the vote began, currently priced at $6.18.
Market news: Polymarket plans to launch Ethereum L2 services and migrate from Polygon.
@polymarketbet posted on the X platform that Mustafa, a member of the Polymarket team, announced important information on the Discord community: Polymarket plans to migrate from Polygon and launch an Ethereum L2 service called POLY, which is the current top priority.
Mustafa stated that Polymarket plans to abandon all third-party vendors, including GoldSky and Alchemy, and will complete the migration as soon as possible. Furthermore, Polymarket will launch a 5-minute marketplace this week.
pump.fun has consistently led all Solana applications in revenue over the past 30 days.
SolanaFloor stated on the X platform that even though the Meme coin market activity has cooled significantly, Pump.fun has continued to lead all Solana applications in revenue over the past 30 days.
Aster DEX launches Phase 5 of its token buyback program.
Aster DEX will launch its Phase 5 buyback program on December 23, 2025, committing to using up to 80% of the platform's daily fees to buy back ASTER tokens. The program consists of two parts: 40% of the fees will be used for automatic daily buybacks, and the remaining 20%-40% will be held as a strategic buyback reserve to cope with market volatility.
Investment and Financing
Coinbax, a stablecoin payment infrastructure built on Base and Solana, announced the completion of a $4.2 million seed funding round led by BankTech Ventures, with participation from Connecticut Innovations, Paxos, SpringTime Ventures, and others. The new funding will support its development of custody, policy enforcement, and programmable settlement capabilities for digital assets, as well as integration with custody and wallet infrastructure providers.
ByteDance plans to invest a massive $23 billion in artificial intelligence.
ByteDance plans to invest $23 billion in artificial intelligence.
Crypto bank Erebor raises $350 million, led by Lux Capital.
According to Axios, banking startup Erebor has completed a new $350 million funding round, led by Lux Capital, after receiving approval from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). Sources familiar with the matter revealed that Erebor's existing investors also include Founders Fund, 8VC, and Haun Ventures. The company is valued at approximately $4.35 billion.
The FDIC reportedly approved Erebor's deposit insurance application last week, making it a newly established national bank. Founded in 2025 by Anduril CEO Palmer Luckey and Joe Lonsdale, Erebor received early support from Peter Thiel and Haun Ventures. According to its banking license application, Erebor plans to offer both traditional banking services and crypto-related products and services, targeting businesses in the US innovative economy, particularly technology companies focused on virtual currencies, artificial intelligence, defense, and manufacturing, as well as payment service providers, investment funds, and trading institutions. Erebor is expected to officially launch operations next year.
Regulatory Trends
The Federal Reserve is seeking public input on establishing a special-purpose payments account. This account is designed to provide eligible financial institutions, including crypto and fintech companies, with direct access to the central bank's payments system for clearing and settlement operations.
Federal Reserve Governor Christopher J. Waller stated that the new payment account will support innovation and ensure the security of the payment system. Unlike traditional general-purpose master accounts, this account will not pay interest, will not have overdraft permissions, and will have a balance limit, but its approval process will be more streamlined. The 45-day public comment period aims to respond to the evolution of payment methods and improve system efficiency.
Character voices
Vitalik retweeted a post saying "Walletbeat does not currently include embedded wallets, but will in the future" and added, "I would also like to add that connecting to other wallets should be supported from the beginning: if I use a DApp with a built-in wallet and I already have an Ethereum wallet, it should automatically set that Ethereum wallet as my recovery wallet."
According to official sources, OKX previously disclosed that some Android users reported the app crashing. After an emergency investigation by the engineering team, the issue has been fixed. Users can simply close the background process and re-enter the app to use it normally.
Nansen CEO: Plans to upgrade Nansen AI in 2026 to support on-chain transactions
Alex Svanevik, CEO of on-chain analyst platform Nansen, released his 2025 year-end review, highlighting that the greatest benefits of artificial intelligence will reach individuals, not institutions. The Nansen AI mobile application, launched this year, is expected to be upgraded to a full-stack on-chain trading product next year, supporting all on-chain transactions via AI. Furthermore, Svanevik stated that their Joint Venture Protocols (JVP) service aims to support other projects and stakeholders in the Nansen Points community in launching new protocols, with the first JVP protocol expected to launch in 2026.
Tether CEO retweets to reveal USAT's upcoming launch
Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino retweeted a post on the X platform about the upcoming USAT, writing, "USAT will be the delivery of value."
According to previous reports, Tether plans to launch its stablecoin USAT in December for the US market to comply with federal regulations under the GENIUS Act. The token will be issued by Tether America, a joint venture between Tether and the regulated US crypto bank Anchorage Digital.
