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.

PANews reported on December 23 that Bybit Alpha and Byreal now support direct trading of the on-chain token $PUMPv2. Users can quickly trade simply by logging into Bybit Alpha, without needing a separate wallet, and track the market price of popular tokens in real time. Byreal is a DEX (decentralized exchange) built on Solana, which achieves stable transaction execution and efficient liquidity market making experience through refined liquidity distribution and fast on-chain confirmation mechanism.

BlockBeats news, December 23, Binance Alpha conducted the second round of Audiera (BEAT) airdrop distribution. Users with at least 225 Alpha points can claim an airdrop of 9 BEAT tokens on a first-come, first-served basis. If the reward pool is not fully distributed, the point threshold will automatically decrease by 5 points every 5 minutes. Claiming the airdrop will consume 15 Alpha points.

BlockBeats news, December 23, Ethereum founder Vitalik responded to community questions regarding "why Ethereum still imposes a contract size limit": due to DoS risk considerations. After Ethereum's state structure is upgraded to a unified binary tree (EIP-7864), it is expected to achieve unlimited contract size, but issues such as gas fees and mechanism design for deploying extremely large contracts still need to be resolved. Currently, based on per-byte creation costs, the practical contract limit is approximately 82KB.

BlockBeats news, December 23, according to Bloomberg, Russian banks are drafting a new cryptocurrency regulatory plan, which may allow previously ineligible investors to purchase crypto assets.Previously on November 26, Russian Deputy Minister of Finance Ivan Chebeskov revealed that the Ministry of Finance and the central bank are planning to abolish the current strict regulations that limit cryptocurrency market participation to only "highly qualified" investors, aiming to establish a tiered access mechanism to expand the scope of legal investors. Current regulations require individual investors to hold at least 100 million rubles in bank deposits and securities, with verifiable income exceeding 50 million rubles in the past year to obtain "highly qualified" certification.

PANews reported on December 23 that, according to The Block, Bitcoin prices fell below $90,000 two days before Christmas, reaching approximately $87,400 on December 23, continuing a multi-week upward trend that stalled. The record-breaking options expiration this Friday was the main driver, with approximately 300,000 Bitcoin options contracts (with a notional value of about $23.7 billion) expiring, representing more than half of Deribit's open interest in Bitcoin. Deribit's Chief Business Officer stated that the expiration amount reached $28.5 billion, including Bitcoin and Ethereum options, double that of last year. Despite this, the market remains orderly. Current market positions are mainly concentrated around the strike prices of $85,000 and $100,000. Market liquidity declined significantly, with Bitcoin perpetual contract open interest decreasing by approximately $3 billion overnight and Ethereum by approximately $2 billion. Analysts believe that the market volatility during the Christmas week was largely mechanical and that mean reversion is expected after market participation recovers in January. Data shows that as of December 23, Bitcoin has fallen 6% year-to-date and nearly 20% over the past six months, potentially marking its worst fourth-quarter performance in eight years.

BlockBeats news, December 23rd, Wintermute released its market report today, stating that as the holidays approach, market structure continues to narrow, and Bitcoin's market dominance has risen again. Based on internal fund flow data observed by Wintermute, the following findings can be drawn:Major cryptocurrencies are once again showing stronger buying pressure than selling pressure;BTC's buying advantage has lasted longer and is more stable, while ETH also shows increased buying signs towards year-end;Institutional fund flows have been a consistent source of buying since the summer;Retail investors are starting to rotate from altcoins back to major cryptocurrencies;This retail rotation aligns with market consensus: BTC needs to lead the rally first, followed by waiting for altcoin rotation.

BlockBeats News, December 23, Wintermute released today's market report stating that as the holiday season approaches, market structure continues to narrow, with Bitcoin's market dominance rising again. Based on internal fund flow data observed by Wintermute, the following findings can be drawn:Buying pressure for major cryptocurrencies once again surpasses selling pressure;BTC's buying advantage is more prolonged and stable, while ETH also shows increased buying signs towards year-end;Since summer, institutional fund flows have been a consistent source of buying;Retail investors are beginning to rotate from altcoins back to major cryptocurrencies;Retail rotation aligns with market consensus: BTC needs to lead the rally first, followed by waiting for altcoin rotation.