I. Airdrop Opportunities and Participation Details
- Aligned Airdrop:
- Aligned has opened the third batch of airdrop queries, targeting users who have completed Aligned-related tasks on Galxe, with 89,113 eligible addresses.
- Users must complete registration by December 18.
- Aligned Foundation announces token #ALIGN economic model, total supply of 10 billion, initial circulation of 3 billion, with most flowing to the community.
- TapSwap Airdrop:
- The Telegram game TapSwap will launch the token TAPS on TON in the second half of January 2025 and provide airdrop rewards for players.
- TAPS will become a key resource in its ecosystem.
II. Focus on Project Financing Dynamics
MegaETH developer MegaLabs completed 10 million USD financing through the Echo platform. This round of financing structure is equity plus token warrants, the same as the 20 million USD seed round financing in June, with both rounds valued at hundreds of millions of dollars.
III. Strong Performance of the Stablecoin Market
Coingecko data shows that the market cap of Tether's USD stablecoin has surpassed 140 billion USD, currently reported at 140,063,045,980 USD, setting a new high. The trading volume of USDT in the past 24 hours reached 113,035,541,694 USD.
IV. Tracking of Large Asset Movements
- PEPE Whale Address Transfer:
- According to Lookonchain monitoring, a whale address that has been dormant for 600 days transferred 21 trillion #PEPE (worth 52 million USD) to a new address.
- This whale initially spent only 0.0135 ETH (about 27 USD) to purchase, with unrealized gains of 1,900,000 times.
- VIRTUAL Purchase:
- According to on-chain data analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, a certain whale/institutional address spent 10 million USDC to buy VIRTUAL in the past 20 hours.
- Withdrawing 10 million USDC from Coinbase through 2 newly created addresses, purchasing 4.251 million #VIRTUAL on-chain at an average price of 2.35 USD.
- Grayscale Bitcoin ETF Transfer:
- On December 14, according to Arkham monitoring, Grayscale Bitcoin ETF transferred 601.368 BTC, worth 60 million USD, to an unknown address starting with bc1qj.
V. New Perspectives on Cryptocurrency Asset Value
- HYPE:
- According to Hyperliquid data, on December 14, #HYPE briefly surpassed 20 USD, setting a new historical high, currently quoted at 19.948 USD.
- The market cap is currently reported at 6.654 billion USD, with a 24-hour trading volume of 195 million USD.
- arc:
- According to GMGN market data, on December 14, #arc's market cap briefly broke 120 million USD, currently reported at 98.7 million USD.
- 24-hour increase of 200%, with a 24-hour trading volume of 63.9 million USD.
VI. Discussion on Policy Strategies at the Forefront
- Discussion on Bitcoin Strategic Reserves in the U.S.: U.S. crypto-friendly senator Cynthia Lummis met with Scott Bessent, the incoming Treasury Secretary under the Trump administration, to discuss Bitcoin strategic reserves.
- Japan's Bitcoin Reserve Proposal:
- Japanese Senator Satoshi Hamada submitted a proposal to establish a national Bitcoin reserve to the Diet on December 11.
- In line with global trends, it believes that Bitcoin reserves can help cope with global economic challenges and protect national assets.
- With Bitcoin prices breaking historical highs this month, this discussion has garnered support in multiple countries.
VII. Key Information Disclosure of the Platform
- Opensea Foundation Registration: On December 14, former Block founder Mike Dudas disclosed on X that the NFT market Opensea has registered the Opensea Foundation in the Cayman Islands.
- Solana Investor Holding Situation: According to Glassnode data, investors holding Solana tokens for 6 to 12 months currently hold 27% of the total supply, indicating that investors are optimistic about Solana's future and choose to hold long-term.