BlockBeats News, December 17 — On-chain data analyst Murphy stated, "BTC's chip concentration is an effective pre-warning indicator for potential volatility. Currently, when the chip concentration within a 5% range of the spot price rises above 13%, it enters the alert zone; above 15% is considered high risk. The more concentrated the chips, the greater the probability and magnitude of volatility triggered. High chip concentration only signals volatility, not direction. Currently, BTC's chip concentration is at 11%, which is slightly above average and has not entered the alert zone above 13%.

Castle Investment Founder Reveals Trump Has Identified a Suitable Candidate for Federal Reserve Chair Odaily Planet Daily Report: Castle Investment Founder Ken Griffin stated that Trump has identified a suitable candidate for Federal Reserve Chair, but Ken Griffin refused to disclose his preferred candidate for the new Fed Chair. He also pointed out that maintaining distance between the White House and the Federal Reserve is very important. (Jin10)

On Hyperliquid, within 24 hours, $3.7 billion of choices for 3-7x leverage, accounting for the largest proportion. Odaily Planet Daily reported that according to on-chain analyst Ai Yi's monitoring, out of the $7.63 billion OI (Open Interest) in the past 24 hours, $3.7 billion was allocated to 3-7x leverage, representing the largest share. The next largest group is 0-3x leverage with $2.77 billion. Leverage above 7x has already seen a sharp decline. Among the lower leverage levels, hedge institutions hold large amounts of short funds, with current insider big wallet addresses holding 18.6% of

PANews December 13 News, according to chain analysis by on-chain analyst Yu Jin, recent large whales/institutions switching BTC to ETH have continued today by exchanging 163 BTC through THORChain cross-chain swaps for 4,717 ETH (14.68 million USD). Since 11/25, over 18 days, they have cross-chain swapped a total of 1,632 BTC into 48,364 ETH (145 million USD), with an average cost basis of $3,011 USD per ETH.

Ethereum Foundation: BPO-1 has been activated, increasing the blob capacity per block to 15. Foresight News reports that the Ethereum Foundation tweeted that BPO-1 has been activated, raising the blob capacity of each block to 15 and increasing L2 space without a hard fork. BPO-2 will go live in January next year, further increasing capacity at that time.

BlockBeats news, December 10, according to Bloomberg, U.S. President Trump stated that he will begin the final round of interviews for the next Federal Reserve chair this week and will consider several candidates. On Tuesday, Trump told the media aboard Air Force One, "We will consider several different candidates, but I already have a very clear idea of who I want." White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett remains the leading candidate to succeed Powell as head of the Federal Reserve, but his victory is not a foregone conclusion. Trump recently said he would select the new

PANews, December 9—According to a post by Glassnode co-founder Negentropic on X, ETH is quietly preparing for its next breakout and has already climbed back above the 50-day moving average. This indicates a trend breakout with momentum continuing to rise. This situation has occurred twice before, and the strong rebound trend is accelerating. The bearish window for ETH and other cryptocurrencies has disappeared. Previously, Negentropic stated that price increases in hard assets such as gold, silver, and copper usually trigger better performance and a structural bull market transformation for Bi

Data: 1011 Insider whale increases ETH long positions to 14,227 tokens, currently with an unrealized profit of $762,000
According to ChainCatcher, on-chain analyst Ai Yi (@ai9684xtpa) has observed that ETH long positions have been increased to 14,227 tokens (over $42.95 million), with an average entry price of $2,965.73. The current unrealized profit is $762,000.

Next Week's Key Insights: Stable to Launch Mainnet; US Federal Reserve FOMC to Announce Interest Rate Decision and Economic Projections
According to ChainCatcher, citing the RootData calendar page, next week features a range of major events including project updates, macroeconomic events, token unlocks, incentive campaigns, and presale events. Details are as follows:
December 8: Stable launches its mainnet.
December 9: Release of the US November New York Fed 1-Year Inflation Expectations.
December 10: Announcement of the winning yield for the US 10-year Treasury auction as of December 9.
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Billionaire Andy Beal Approved to Launch New Crypto Bank
Odaily Planet Daily news: The Bitcoin Historian posted on X, stating that billionaire Andy Beal has been approved to launch a new crypto bank.

Gate partners with F1 Red Bull Racing Team to launch the fourth and final chapter of their co-branded NFT series, available for free claim for three days
According to official news, Gate has once again teamed up with the F1 Red Bull Racing Team to launch the fourth issue of the "IN THE MOMENT" digital collectibles series. As the final chapter of the entire series, this issue will be open for free claim for a limited time from December 5th, 08:00 to December 7th, 08:00 (UTC+8). During the event, two brand new NFTs will be released each day in limited quantities, available on a first-come-first-

Cross-border payment giant MoneyGram selects Fireblocks for stablecoin settlements
According to PANews on December 4, The Block reported that Fireblocks will begin handling stablecoin settlements for global remittance service company MoneyGram. Michael Shaulov, co-founder and CEO of Fireblocks, stated in a release: "MoneyGram is rebuilding cross-border settlement rails in real time. By shifting to a multi-chain, programmable infrastructure, MoneyGram is fundamentally increasing the speed and reliability of global payments." MoneyGram is positioning itself as a strong supporter of blockchain pa

Trump-backed Republican narrowly wins in Tennessee, raising concerns for midterm election prospects
BlockBeats News, December 3 — Republicans avoided a shocking defeat in Tuesday’s U.S. House election in Tennessee, bringing relief to Trump and his congressional allies. According to predictions from the Associated Press, NBC News, and election analysis site Decision Desk HQ, Trump-endorsed Republican candidate Matt Van Epps is set to win. Trump praised the Republican victory in a social media post, and Epps also declared victory.
However, despite the win, voters are gradually distancing themsel

Ten newly created wallets received approximately $231 million in BTC over the past week. According to Odaily News, monitoring by Lookonchain shows that a total of 2,612 BTC was received by these ten newly created wallets from BitGo in the past week, amounting to approximately $231 million at current prices. The aforementioned wallets are all newly generated, and their subsequent movements remain to be observed.

The on-chain yield platform Altura has completed a $4 million financing round, led by Ascension. According to ChainCatcher, the on-chain yield platform Altura has completed a $4 million financing round, led by Ascension, with participation from European private equity leaders Moonfare, InnoFinCon, and others. Altura operates a single on-chain vault, employing a market-neutral strategy to generate stable returns. Users deposit stablecoins, and the vault earns protocol revenue through capturing inter-exchange price differences, obtaining funding income by hedging positions, and rotating collater

Analyst: Bitcoin usually recovers after on-chain traders incur losses exceeding 37%, currently at 20%. Golden Finance reports that crypto analyst Ali stated, "Bitcoin (BTC) typically recovers after on-chain traders suffer losses exceeding 37%. Currently, this indicator stands at 20%."

Trump: The stock market and 401k plans have reached historic highs. According to Jin10, U.S. President Trump stated that the stock market and 401k plans have reached historic highs, with Inflation, prices, and taxes all decreasing. Tariffs have made our country rich, strong, prosperous, and secure. Education is being brought back to America, and our military and southern border are the strongest ever.

Chainlink reserves increased by approximately 89,000 LINK tokens, bringing total Holdings to about 974,000. PANews reports on November 28 that Chainlink released reserve data updates on the X platform, showing that Chainlink reserves purchased 89,079.05 LINK tokens yesterday. As of November 27, Chainlink reserves hold a total of 973,752.70 LINK tokens (currently worth about $12.89 million).

Data: The total net inflow of the US XRP Spot ETF for the day is 21.81 million USD. According to ChainCatcher news and SoSoValue data, the total net inflow of the XRP Spot ETF is 21,810,000 USD. The XRP Spot ETF with the highest daily net inflow is the Bitwise XRP ETF, with a daily net inflow of 7,460,000 USD, while the total historical net inflow of XRP has reached 163,000,000 USD. Following that is the Canary XRP ETF, with a daily net inflow of 5,210,000 USD, and its total historical net inflow has reached 335,000,000 USD. As of the time of this report, the total net asset value of the XRP S

The South Korean listed company Bitplanet increased its holdings by 28.5 BTC for approximately $2.61 million, bringing its total holdings to 228.5 BTC. According to an official announcement, the South Korean listed company Bitplanet Inc. acquired 28.5 BTC for about $2.61 million, with an average cost of $91,335. As of 2025, the company holds a total of 228.5 BTC.