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📈 Gold or stocks: which is more profitable over 25 years

If you had invested $10,000 in the S&P 500 in 2000, you would now have $77,495.

But if you had invested the same $10,000 in gold, your capital would have grown to $126,596.

Despite crises, inflation, and wars, it is gold that preserved and multiplied capital more than 12 times.

#BTC #GOLD

🫠 1 Bitcoin fee

Someone wanted to transfer 1 BTC to the Kraken exchange, but ended up with 0.0001 BTC ($10) because the fee was 0.99 BTC ($105k).

Consider that you locked in a profit, just not the way you wanted 😁

#BTC #bitcoin #USGovShutdownEnd? #StrategyBTCPurchase

💥 A whale withdrew 87,659 $LINK tokens from Binance, accumulating LINK worth $2.9 million in the past two days.

According to Arkham's monitoring, approximately five minutes ago, a whale, "0x2a42," withdrew 87,659 LINK tokens from Binance, worth approximately $1.08 million. Over the past two days, this whale has withdrawn a total of 234,979 LINK tokens from Binance, worth approximately $2.9 million. Recently, whales appear to be accumulating LINK; previously, a whale, "0xEC7B," withdrew a total of 469,437 LINK tokens from Binance in the past two days, worth $5.77 million.

#LINK #Chainlink

⚡️A key moment for Ethereum.

A chart is actively circulating on the network, according to which ETH is at the middle of the upward channel.

Maintaining this level will contribute to the growth of ETH's price.

#ETH #Ethereum $ETH

🤔 1,000,000 $XRP in 24 Hours: Is This the End?

XRP is currently in an awkward position. In terms of price, the asset is still trapped in a clear declining channel that has dominated the previous few months. Lower highs and lower lows are still present, and XRP is still trading below its important moving averages, all of which are declining. Technically speaking, a verified trend reversal does not resemble this.

🔸 XRP is moving across networks

But when on-chain data is included in the conversation, the overall picture becomes more complex. Approximately one million XRP were transferred across the network in a brief period of time during the last 24 hours, indicating a dramatic increase in XRP Ledger activity. The number of active users is still comparatively high when compared to previous weeks, and the volume of payments increased significantly. This indicates one crucial point: the network itself is not dead or deserted, even though price action is sluggish.

Long-term increases in active addresses and payment volume typically precede, rather than follow, more significant directional price changes. Prior to the markets obvious reaction, on-chain activity frequently serves as a leading indicator, indicating phases of accumulation or distribution. Even though it hasnt yet resulted in a bullish price expansion, XRP's spike indicates that capital is moving once more.

🔸 XRP pushed down

XRP is still capped by declining resistance on the price chart and is having difficulty regaining crucial levels around the mid-$2 range. Any attempts at a rally are still at risk of failing until XRP breaks out of its declining channel and regains at least one significant moving average with volume confirmation.

The more positive view is that XRP might be entering a base-building stage. RSI is hovering close to oversold-neutral territory, selling pressure seems to be waning, and repeated tests of local lows have not resulted in new breakdowns.

#XRP #Ripple

🔥 Uniswap surges as vote to burn 100 million $UNI shows overwhelming support

Uniswap’s UNI token is edging higher as the community votes on the “UNIfication” proposal, a governance package designed to introduce protocol fees and create a direct token-burn mechanism. The vote opened on December 20 and is set to end in less than 20 hours.

Data shows that UNI jumped from around $5.4 to $6.4 early in the voting window before retreating alongside other crypto assets. Over the past 24 hours, the token has risen about 1.5% to trade near $6.

Current results point to decisive approval, with over 120 million UNI votes in favor compared to only 742 against, far surpassing the 40 million quorum, though the voting period is not yet closed.

The UNIfication proposal, put forward by Uniswap Labs and Uniswap Foundation, would turn on Uniswap’s protocol fees and route them into a mechanism that burns UNI, while gradually rolling the changes out across pools and networks.

It also proposes burning 100 million UNI from the treasury and consolidating ecosystem functions under Uniswap Labs, which would drop product-level fees and focus on expanding protocol usage.

Supporters say the plan creates a long-term model in which protocol usage directly reduces token supply and ties Labs’ incentives more closely to the Uniswap ecosystem.

#UNI #Uniswap

📊 Virtually all L1 assets in 2025 demonstrated negative dynamics, with the exception of $BNB and $TRX , which showed growth.

🔥 Binance Founder CZ Delivers a Bitcoin ($BTC ) and New Year’s Message!

With only a few days left until the new year, Bitcoin (BTC) has failed to surpass even $90,000, let alone $100,000. As it continues its sideways movement below $90,000, expectations for a further rise in BTC are diminishing.

As hopes for Bitcoin dwindle, Changpeng Zhao, the founder of Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, has sent a message regarding Bitcoin and the new year.

In a post on his X account, CZ shed light on when to buy Bitcoin. CZ asked his followers if they ever regretted not buying Bitcoin when it reached its all-time high.

At this point, CZ reminded us that successful BTC buyers don’t buy at peaks, but when the market is filled with fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD).

CZ emphasized that successful Bitcoin buyers who make big profits don’t wait for perfect conditions or all-time highs; instead, they act and buy when everyone else is afraid.

💬 “When Bitcoin was at its all-time high, did you ever think, ‘I wish I had bought Bitcoin sooner’?”Guess what? Early buyers didn’t buy at the peak; they bought amidst fear, uncertainty, and doubt.

CZ concluded his post with the message “Merry Christmas”.

💬 When bitcoin was ATH, have you ever thought, “I wish I bought bitcoins early”?Guess what, those who bought early did not buy at ATH, they bought when there were fear, uncertainty and doubt.Merry Christmas 🎄— CZ 🔶 BNB (@cz_binance) December 25, 2025

#CZ #BTC

📊 $SUI Price Action Remains Muted as Futures OI Hovers Around $694M

SUI, the native cryptocurrency of the SUI blockchain shows slight downtick of 1.78% during Tuesday’s U.S. market hours. The price coincides with the continued correction momentum in the broader market as Bitcoin reverses from $90,000, However, a deeper analysis of SUI’s market dynamic shows a similar sluggish trend in its total volume locked and open interest, signaling a prolonged consolidation ahead.

🔸 SUI Price Stalls Below $1.50 as December Trading Dries Up

Sui’s native token has been caught in a narrow trading range for most of December 2025, testing but failing to make any sustained moves above the $1.50 level. As liquidity thins out during the holiday season, the price action of the day shows narrow low volume candles, indicating that the pressure on both sides of the market is balanced and there is little directional conviction.

Technical readings over daily timeframes show consistently small body sizes with below average trading action. This pattern usually occurs at a period of indecision, where accumulation or distribution does not have the impetus to force breakout. The $1.50 zone remains as a psychological and technical ceiling, repelling upward bids and finding shallow support in downside probes.

The same lack of momentum is reflected in derivatives markets. Recent Coinglass numbers show that open interest in SUI perpetual contracts is about $694 million with little changes with a slight downtick over the last day. The sluggish trend indicates that traders refrain from opening new contract in futures market, indicating cautiousness amid current market uncertainty.

The onchain data shows a similar trend. According to DeFiLlama data, the SUI’s total volume locked has been wavering sideways around $900 million since late November. Liquidity providers and participants in lending, DEXs and other applications seem to be happy with existing commitments without major new inflows or outflows of capital.

#SUI #Suinetwork $SUI

🪙 Glassnode Reveals Critical Data for Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH): “It’s Turned Bearish!”

The decline in Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and altcoin prices has also affected ETFs. As a result of these declines, outflows from ETFs have increased, and Glassnode has analyzed these outflows.

On-chain data platform Glassnode said that outflows from Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs have been ongoing for weeks, indicating that institutional investors are exiting the market.

According to Glassnode, this negative trend in ETFs indicates that institutional investors are now in a phase of low participation and partial exit, reinforcing the ongoing liquidity tightening trend in the broader crypto market.

At this point, Glassnode emphasizes that the prolonged negative flows in BTC and ETH ETFs should be interpreted as weakening institutional participation and the market entering a lower-volume phase.

ETFs are considered the strongest indicator of institutional investor sentiment. A decrease in ETF inflows, or institutional capital inflows, can negatively impact market depth and trading volume, potentially leading to more volatile short-term price fluctuations.

Analysts, recalling that Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs were the main driving force behind the 2025 rally, noted that in the current landscape, sentiment among institutional investors appears to have shifted from a bull market to a bear market.

While it remains unclear whether the sell-off in the corporate sector is temporary or signals the beginning of a bear market, analysts say it is ultimately temporary and the long-term bullish outlook remains unchanged.

According to Glassnode, despite the low liquidity, weak risk appetite, and bearish corporate trend seen in the short term, major players have not yet abandoned their long-term positions. At this point, analysts note that the long-term picture still looks strong.

#ETH #BTC

🤖 A team of humans lost to AI in a trading tournament.

In the "humans vs. AI" competition organized by Aster, the neural networks showed more stable results than live traders.

At the end of the tournament, the human team recorded a loss of -32.21% and a total loss of about $225,000, while the AI team limited its drawdown to -4.48% (about $13,000).

Even in a losing market, the neural networks proved to be significantly more stable.

🎅🏼 Does the Santa Rally for $BTC not exist?

🔺 2020: +34.5%
🔺 2021: -7.9%
🔺 2022: -1.5%
🔺 2023: +4.9%
🔺 2024: +1.7%

If we look at the data for the "Santa Rally" period (the last five trading days of December + the first two days of January), the picture looks far from festive — with the exception of the anomalous 2020 year 

#BTC #Bitcoin

🪙 $XRP holders can now earn yield without selling their tokens

XRP holders now have a way to earn yield without selling their tokens or navigating complex DeFi strategies, with data-focused blockchain Flare's earnXRP, an fully on-chain yield product denominated in XRP.

The new vault allows users to deposit FXRP, a one-to-one representation of XRP on Flare, and earn returns that are compounded back into XRP, according to a press release. Instead of juggling multiple protocols, users make a single deposit and receive earnXRP, a receipt token that tracks their share of the vault and its accumulated yield.

Behind the scenes, the vault spreads funds across a mix of strategies, including XRP staking, liquidity provision and carry trades that borrow low-cost stablecoins and deploy them into higher-yield venues.

The launch matters because only a tiny fraction of XRP’s supply is currently used in DeFi, despite the token’s size and liquidity. By keeping returns denominated in XRP, earnXRP aims to appeal to holders who want yield without taking on stablecoin exposure or active trading risk.

For Flare, the vault acts as a liquidity engine. Turning idle XRP into productive capital increases onchain activity, deepens markets and strengthens Flare’s FAssets system, which brings XRP into smart contract environments.

#XRP #Ripple

🐶 Dogecoin: Why This One Price Level Is Drawing All the Attention

Dogecoin is trading in a technically sensitive area, with analyst Kevin (@Kev_Capital_TA) highlighting $0.138 as the key level the memecoin needs to reclaim to improve its higher-timeframe structure.

🔸 Dogecoin Faces A Familiar Test At $0.138

In a post via X on Dec. 23, Kevin said a reclaim of $0.138 on three-day and weekly closes would move DOGE back above the macro 0.382 Fibonacci retracement and the 200-week simple moving average (SMA)—a confluence he described as “a major positive.”

“A reclaim of .138 for #Dogecoin on 3D-1W closes would put it back above the macro .382 and the 200W SMA,” he wrote, adding that DOGE is currently “mingle[ing] around in this ‘DCA’ zone.”

The emphasis on higher-timeframe closes is notable. Kevin has repeatedly framed $0.138 as a structural pivot rather than an intraday trigger, arguing that sustained closes below the level increase downside risk and weaken the broader setup.

That view is consistent with an earlier post from Nov. 22, when DOGE was still trading above $0.138. At the time, Kevin called $0.138 “massive support” and warned that he did not want to see it lost on three-day or weekly closes.

🔸 Bitcoin Needs To Lead The Market

He also pointed to Bitcoin’s trajectory as the primary driver of whether DOGE can hold or reclaim the level.“Obviously BTC’s performance will be the determiner to that outcome so focus there first along with USDT D,” he wrote.

In his most recent commentary, Kevin again tied Dogecoin’s prospects to Bitcoin reclaiming its own technical thresholds. He said a DOGE reclaim of $0.138 would “likely be in tandem with BTC reclaiming the $88,000–$91,000 zone,” which he characterized as necessary to re-establish upside momentum.

Separately, Kevin outlined why he remains cautious on Bitcoin in the near term. In a Bitcoin-focused post, he said BTC has been rejected from its key 4-hour moving averages nine times since Oct. 12 and “has not seen a day above them” since mid-September.

#DOGE

📊 Vitalik Buterin Names How Ethereum Avoids DoS Risk

Ethereum (ETH) founder Vitalik Buterin has explained how the blockchain prevents denial-of-service (DoS) attacks. Buterin’s explanation comes as a response to a question from a user who expressed frustration with the contract size limit on Ethereum.

🔸 Network stability depends on data efficiency

According to Buterin, the limit on Ethereum exists as a safeguard to prevent DoS attacks. Notably, very large contracts are expensive to store in nodes, transmit or process. Thus, if there is no limit, a malicious attacker could easily deploy huge contracts that deliberately slow down the network.

Once the network is destabilized, it could give the attacker ample time to carry out fraudulent acts on-chain. Buterin is emphasizing that the size limit is not an arbitrary rule but a safety and scalability constraint to protect users.

It's a DoS risk.When we change the tree, we will be able to fix this and potentially have unlimited size contracts.(Though to do that we would also need to figure out the gas mechanics of how very large contracts get published, as today the…— vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) December 23, 2025

The Ethereum founder, however, hinted at a possible change in the future. This will depend on improvements to the Merkle Patricia Trie, which currently has efficiency limitations.

"When we change the tree…we will be able to fix this and potentially have unlimited size contracts," he stated.

Buterin suggests that plans are on to change how Ethereum stores its data to the EIP-7864's unified binary tree upgrade. This will make state access and storage more efficient while reducing the DoS risk caused by large contracts.

🔸 Ethereum gas costs will apply despite future upgrades

It is worth pointing out that even when the size limit is resolved, users will still have to deal with gas costs. For clarity, deploying a contract costs gas per byte of code. The cost, as per Buterin’s explanation, is approximately 82kb.

#ETH #Ethereum #VitalikButerin

❄ The "Santa Claus Rally" could start tomorrow

We're talking about the seasonal growth of markets during the Christmas period and the beginning of the new year. This usually includes the last 5 trading days of December and the first 5 days of January.

What the statistics for 25 years say:

• Positive returns were observed 19 times
• Negative returns were only 6 times

During this period, trading activity decreases, funds close the year, and any additional demand pressure more easily pushes prices up.

Let's assume that Santa is gathering strength for a takeoff)

#BTC #Bitcoin $BTC

📉 $AAVE falls 18% over week as dispute pulls down token deeper than major crypto tokens

DeFi lending and borrowing protocol Aave’s governance fight is starting to cost investors wildly.

The AAVE token is down about 18% over the past seven days, making it the worst performer among the top 100 cryptocurrencies, even as bitcoin, ether and other large tokens trade flat to slightly higher.

The selloff stands out in a market that has otherwise stabilized, suggesting the pressure is specific to Aave rather than a broader risk-off move.

The drop follows a growing fight inside Aave governance over who controls the protocol’s brand, domains and public channels, as CoinDesk reported early last week. While that debate played out largely in forums and on social media last week, traders appear to be responding negatively to the uncertainty it has introduced around control, coordination and future decision-making.

Data tracked by blockchain sleuth Onchain Lens shows large holders acting decisively. One large holder sold roughly 230,000 AAVE — worth nearly $35 million at current prices — over a short window on Monday, swapping the tokens for ether derivatives and bitcoin and triggering a sharp intraday drop of nearly 10%.

The move added to selling pressure that had already been building since the governance proposal moved to a Snapshot vote.

At the same time, wallets tagged by onchain explorers to Aave founder Stani Kulechov suggests he has been buying into the decline.

Wallet data show Kulechov purchased roughly $12.6 million worth of AAVE over the past week at an average price of around $176, leaving him with an unrealized loss of about $2.2 million as the token slid further.

Founder buying is often read as a confidence signal, but in this case it has not been enough to offset broader selling.

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The divergence between AAVE and the rest of the market is striking. Bitcoin has held near $90,000, while ether, XRP and other majors have avoided similar drawdowns.

#AAVE

⚡️ Crypto funds shed $952M but $XRP and Solana buck the outflow trend

Crypto investment products shed $952 million last week as delays to the market structure bill and concerns over whale selling triggered a risk-off shift among investors, according to CoinShares.

The pullback snapped a four-week inflow streak, largely driven by heavy outflows from Ethereum and Bitcoin funds. About $555 million exited Ethereum products, while Bitcoin funds saw $460 million in outflows.

In contrast, XRP and Solana investment products continued to draw in fresh capital. Investors added approximately $63 million to XRP funds and nearly $49 million to Solana products.

Despite last week’s weakness, Ethereum is still outperforming last year on a year-to-date basis. Funds linked to the second-largest crypto have attracted $12.7 billion so far this year, compared with $5.3 billion over the same period last year.

Bitcoin has yet to match last year’s momentum, with funds tied to the leading crypto asset drawing $27.2 billion in inflows year-to-date, versus $41.6 billion in 2024.

As of December 20, digital asset investment products had around $46.7 billion in total assets under management, well below the $48.7 billion recorded in 2024.

#XRP #Ripple

🟡 Binance Sees Enormous Chainlink ($LINK ) Withdrawal

According to on-chain data, 11 recently established wallets have taken out a total of 1.567 million LINK, or about $19.8 million, from Binance over the last three days. The timing and composition of these withdrawals are more significant than their total amount.

🔸 LINK getting stronger

In terms of market structure, LINK is in the middle of a healing phase. The 200-day moving average serves as a ceiling, and the price is still below all significant moving averages. Recent upturns have been brief and shallow, and momentum is weak.

During uptrends, big players typically do not remove liquidity from exchanges. They act in this way when downside risk seems more asymmetrical, sentiment is indifferent and prices are compressed. Exchange outflows lower the sell-side supply that is readily available. Although it alters the balance, that does not ensure profit. It takes less incremental demand to significantly affect price when there are fewer tokens on exchanges.

It is also significant that these wallets are brand new. This resembles fresh cold storage placement more than internal reorganization. The goal seems defensive rather than speculative, regardless of whether this is long-term accumulation, OTC settlement or institutional custody. Funds are being taken out of venues intended for sales rather than being rotated in an attempt to increase yield.

🔸 Is selling pressure getting worse?

LINK's price chart supports this interpretation in an indirect way. The intensity of selling pressure has decreased despite LINK reaching lower highs. Recent lows are being defended without panic-driven liquidation, and volume on downward moves is diminishing. Although it is consistent with distribution coming to an end and accumulation quietly starting in the background, it is not yet bullish.

Narrative alignment is another important factor. Chainlink sits at the intersection of real-world assets, tokenization and cross-chain infrastructure.

#LINK #Chainlink