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BlockBeats news, on December 20, according to CME's "FedWatch" data, the probability of the Federal Reserve cutting interest rates by 25 basis points in January next year is 22.1%, while the probability of maintaining the interest rate is 77.9%.

BlockBeats news, on December 20th, according to Coinglass data, the total liquidation in the past 24 hours was 125 million USD, with long positions liquidated at 60.7 million USD and short positions liquidated at 64.26 million USD.

According to BlockBeats news, on December 20, Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino announced on social media that Tether is hiring a Chief Software Engineer for a mobile crypto (and AI-driven) wallet. This wallet will be supported by WDK and QVAC.

Note: WDK and QVAC are the open-source wallet development toolkit and decentralized AI platform launched by Tether, respectively.

BlockBeats news, on December 20, according to monitoring data from Farside, this week the net outflow of Bitcoin spot ETFs in the United States reached $497.1 million, and the net outflow of Ethereum spot ETFs in the United States reached $643.9 million this week.

BlockBeats news, on December 20, according to on-chain researcher Specter, an address that lost 50 million USDT due to phishing yesterday has publicly messaged the attacker, stating that a formal case has been filed. With the assistance of law enforcement agencies, cybersecurity institutions, and multiple blockchain protocols, a large amount of actionable intelligence regarding the attacker's activities has been collected. The wallet address controlled by the attacker is now under 24/7 surveillance.

The attacker is required to return 98% of the stolen assets to a specified address within 48 hours; if so, they may retain $1 million as a white hat bounty for discovering and disclosing the vulnerability; however, this proposal is contingent upon the attacker fully and promptly cooperating. Once the funds are returned, the victim will consider the matter resolved and will take no further action.

BlockBeats news, on December 20, according to on-chain analyst Ai Yi (@ai_9684xtpa), monitored that two addresses belonging to the same individual/institution bought 5,678 ETH on-chain at an average price of 2,985.7 USD in the past hour, spending a total of 16.95 million USD, starting a new round of wave building.

From December 3 to December 12, the last wave operation invested 14.97 million USD, ultimately profiting 137,000 USD.

BlockBeats message, on December 20, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has just sold 55,000 KNC for 12,150 USDC, while selling 1.05 billion MUZZ for 1.89 ETH (approximately 5640 USD).

BlockBeats news, on December 20, according to HyperInsight monitoring, a whale that made only 1 profitable trade out of 14 this month entered a short position on ETH 9 hours ago, shorting 351.92 ETH (approximately 1.05 million USD) with 25x leverage, at an average opening price of 2983.47 USD, currently in a slight loss.

BlockBeats news, on December 20, according to Reuters, Strategy (MSTR.O) may soon be excluded by MSCI and other major stock indices. Analysts say this move could result in the company, which holds a large amount of Bitcoin, losing up to about $9 billion in stock demand, weakening the attractiveness of the entire sector.

After responding to customer inquiries, MSCI proposed in October to exclude companies with digital asset holdings accounting for 50% or more of total assets from its global benchmark index. MSCI believes these companies are more like investment funds, which are not included in its index system. However, many related enterprises argue that they are engaged in actual operations and developing innovative products, claiming that MSCI's proposal unfairly discriminates against the crypto industry.

Original title: (Frontline Insights | Web3 Lawyers Interpret the Latest Changes in U.S. Stock Tokenization!)

Original authors: Guo Fangxin, Sha Jun, Encryption Salad

On December 15, 2025, at U.S. time, Nasdaq officially submitted Form 19b-4 to the SEC, applying to extend the trading hours for U.S. stocks and trading platform products to 23/5 (trading for 23 hours a day, 5 days a week).

However, the trading hours applied for by Nasdaq are not merely an extension, but rather a change to two official trading sessions:

Day trading session (Eastern Time 4:00 AM - 8:00 PM) and night trading session (Eastern Time 9:00 PM - 4:00 AM the next day). Trading is suspended from 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM, and all unfilled orders are uniformly canceled during the suspension period.

BlockBeats message, on December 20, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes has just withdrawn 1,220,000 ENA from Binance, worth approximately $257,600.

BlockBeats news, on December 20, according to HyperInsight monitoring, a certain whale shorted 35,221 ETH (approximately 105 million USD) with 15x leverage, currently realizing a single currency floating profit of 12.55 million USD, and earned 3.14 million USD from funding fees, with an opening price of 3332.52 USD and a liquidation price of 3855.54 USD.

BlockBeats news, December 20, predicting that the probability of bets on Kevin Hassett, Director of the National Economic Council, becoming the next Chairman of the Federal Reserve has once again significantly led, rising to 54% on Polymarket and 51% on Kalshi, while the probabilities for Waller and Kashkari, nominated by Trump, are tied for second and third place.

Original title: (The Hidden Concerns Behind Web3 Super Unicorn Phantom)

Original author: zhou, ChainCatcher

The cryptocurrency wallet market in 2025 is witnessing a brutal competition for market share.

As the meme coin craze fades, high-frequency trading users are flocking to trading platform wallets with lower fees and stronger incentives. In the face of the closed-loop ecosystem of trading platforms, the survival space for independent players is being increasingly squeezed.

Against this backdrop, Phantom's performance has drawn attention. At the beginning of the year, it raised $150 million, pushing its valuation to $3 billion. Since the fourth quarter, the project has launched its own stablecoin CASH, a prediction market platform, and a crypto debit card, attempting to find new growth points beyond trading.

BlockBeats news, on December 20, according to the New York Times, FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has a new 'career' as a 'legal advisor' in prison. SBF is now providing advice to several individuals, including former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández and music producer Sean Combs. In an interview, he stated that he helps others in ways that some overwhelmed lawyers find difficult to address.

SBF said that the standard for federal defense is 'shockingly low', and he believes he is not replacing lawyers, but rather that lawyers 'haven't really done much'. Many lawyers are unable to give enough attention to their clients due to a high number of cases.

BlockBeats Message, on December 20, according to Lookonchain monitoring, whales are accumulating ZEC. The address starting with t1dHhe withdrew 202,077 ZEC from Binance 16 hours ago, worth approximately $9.143 million.

The address starting with t1Nt2i withdrew 4,257 ZEC from Binance 5 hours ago, worth approximately $1.93 million.

BlockBeats news, on December 20, according to Alternative Data, today's cryptocurrency fear and greed index is 20 (yesterday was 16), and the market is still in a state of "extreme fear."

Note: The panic index threshold is 0-100, including indicators: volatility (25%) + market trading volume (25%) + social media heat (15%) + market surveys (15%) + Bitcoin's proportion in the overall market (10%) + Google Trends analysis (10%).

BlockBeats news, December 20, according to official news, Binance Alpha has opened TradeTide (TTD) trading, TTD is currently priced at 0.0753 USD, corresponding to a market value of 10.02 million USD.

BlockBeats news, December 20, Arthur Hayes stated, "We are rotating from ETH to high-quality DeFi, and we believe that with the improvement of fiat liquidity, these tokens can outperform the market."

According to previous news, Arthur Hayes has been frequently bullish on the crypto market in the past two days, while transferring 1188 ETH to market makers and CEX.

BlockBeats message, on December 20, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, a newly created address withdrew 199,520 LINK from Binance, worth approximately 2.49 million US dollars.