BlockBeats news, December 24, Garrett Jin, agent for the "BTC OG insider whale," stated, "The rise in silver, palladium, and platinum is primarily driven by short squeezes and is difficult to sustain.Once these metals begin to decline, they are likely to drag gold down with them. Funds will rotate out of the precious metals sector and flow into Bitcoin and Ethereum."

BlockBeats News, December 24, Garrett Jin, agent of the "BTC OG Insider Whale," stated that going long on Nasdaq and shorting Coinbase has consistently been an effective strategy. This divergence indicates that the U.S. stock market is migrating on-chain, which is bullish for Nasdaq but bearish for high-frequency trading-focused participants like Citadel and Robinhood, as profits are being redistributed.Of course, this trend is also extremely bullish for Ethereum (ETH). Charlie Munger once said, "When people are fearful, wisdom tends to be evenly distributed; what truly determines the outcome is courage and patience."

PANews reported on December 23 that, according to a report by 10x Research, Ethena's synthetic stablecoin USDe has lost approximately $8.3 billion in market capitalization since the market crash on October 10, falling from $14.7 billion on October 9 to approximately $6.4 billion currently, almost halving. This plunge reflects a sharp decline in investor confidence in leveraged and synthetic collateralized models. The market crash on October 10th was the largest liquidation event in the history of the crypto market, resulting in the liquidation of over $19 billion in crypto positions and wiping out approximately $1.3 trillion in market capitalization, representing nearly 30% of the total market capitalization at the time. During the crash, USDe briefly de-pegged to approximately $0.65, but Guy Young, founder of Ethena Labs, stated that this temporary de-pegging was due to an issue with the exchange's internal oracle, not a problem with the protocol or collateral assets. Currently, the USDe price has recovered to $0.9987, but market activity remains weak, with trading volume down by about 50%, and US-listed Bitcoin spot ETFs experiencing net outflows of approximately $5 billion since the end of October. Analysts point out that this weakness is more due to the withdrawal of regulatory capital than retail selling.

PANews reported on December 23 that Binance Futures will launch pre-market trading of LITUSDT perpetual contracts at 23:00 Beijing time on December 23, 2025, with a maximum leverage of 5x. LITUSDT perpetual contracts are built on Ethereum, with the underlying asset being Lighter Protocol (LIT). This protocol focuses on perpetual contract trading, employing zero-knowledge aggregation technology to reduce latency and provide instant final confirmation. The total supply of LIT is 1 billion, the settlement asset is USDT, and funding fees are settled every four hours.

BlockBeats news, December 23, Gnosis Chain community operators announced they will execute a hard fork to recover funds lost in the Balancer hack. The funds are currently out of the hacker's control, and all remaining node operators must take corresponding actions to avoid penalties.On November 3, the well-known DeFi protocol Balancer was hacked for over $120 million.

BlockBeats news, December 23, according to market data, precious metals continue their upward trend, with spot gold currently quoted at $4,489.6 per ounce, hitting a record high 50 times this year, with an annual gain exceeding 70%. Spot silver broke through $70 per ounce today, reaching a new all-time high, with an annual increase of approximately 135%. Wall Street independent investment research firm Yardeni Research today raised its gold price target for next year, lifting the year-end 2026 target to $6,000, and still expects gold to reach $10,000 by the end of 2029.Additionally, after China announced new gold tax policies in November 2025, which raised the cost of consumer gold, upstream tax burdens for non-investment gold (such as jewelry) increased by about 7%, leading to a short-term rise in retail gold prices. The pricing method at Shenzhen Shuibei, China's largest wholesale market for gold jewelry, has also undergone multiple adjustments, no longer distinguishing between 'investment gold' and 'jewelry gold'.

BlockBeats 消息，12 月 23 日，Binance 将于 12 月 23 日 23：00（UTC+8）上线 Lighter（LIT）U 本位永续合约盘前交易。

PANews reported on December 23 that, according to ai_9684xtpa monitoring, a whale that spent $38.16 million to build a position in WBTC at $85,754.65 in the past month has recently begun reducing its holdings. Four hours ago, this whale deposited 195 WBTC (approximately $17.05 million) into Binance. Combined with the deposit made three weeks ago, this suggests a total sale of 245 WBTC, with an estimated profit of $325,000 if sold. Currently, the whale still holds 200 WBTC, with a floating profit of approximately $389,000. During this period, the price of WBTC reached a high of $94,555.

PANews reported on December 23 that Binance Wallet announced the second wave of the Audiera (BEAT) airdrop rewards has begun. Users with at least 225 Binance Alpha Points can claim 9 BEAT tokens on a first-come, first-served basis. If the reward pool is not fully distributed, the points threshold will automatically decrease by 5 points every 5 minutes. According to previous reports, the Binance Alpha airdrop will begin at 21:00 today, with a minimum requirement of 225 Alpha points .

BlockBeats news, on December 23, according to on-chain analyst Ai Yi (@ai_9684xtpa) monitoring, a whale that spent $38.16 million over the past month to build a position in WBTC at an average price of $85,754.65 is reducing its holdings, having deposited 195 WBTC (approximately $17.05 million) to Binance 4 hours ago.Over the past three weeks, this whale has likely sold 245 WBTC, with a profit of $325,000 if sold. The remaining 200 WBTC still have an unrealized gain of $389,000, during which the token price once rose to a high of $94,555.