in October 2024, the amount of ETH locked in liquidity collateral platforms exceeded 14 million, but the total amount of ETH held in these protocols is currently below the record level at the end of November (13.85 million ETH). As of January 5, 2025, about 13.78 million ETH are still locked in liquidity collateral platforms, a decrease of 70,000 since the end of November. Among them, Lido occupies the dominant position, accounting for 69.96% (holding 96.4 million ETH collateral, worth 34.9 billion US dollars). However, the amount of ETH collateralized on Lido has decreased by 160,000 since November 30, 2024, when it collateralized 98 million ETH. Meanwhile, Binance's liquidity collateral platform has added 150,000 ETH in the past 36 days, while Rocket Pool has experienced continuous outflows of funds, losing 479,374 ETH from October 29 to the end of November and another 7,743 ETH in the past 36 days. Currently, the 13.78 million ETH locked in these LSD platforms account for 11.44% of the circulating supply of ETH (120,474,080 ETH). (Bitcoin.com)

Bitcoin mining company MARA Holdings recently announced that it has used 16% of its BTC holdings (about 7,377 coins) for short-term third-party loans to generate moderate single-digit returns. In 2024, MARA Holdings bought 22,065 BTC at an average price of $87,205 and mined 9,457 BTC. Currently, its reserve totals 44,893 BTC, with a total value of over $4.4 billion.

Adam Back, the founder of Blockstream, wrote on X platform: "I believe that MicroStrategy has completed the purchase of Bitcoin, but must announce it to the market through an 8-K file before or after the normal trading hours of the stock market." Earlier news, MicroStrategy founder Michael Saylor released Bitcoin Tracker related information for the ninth consecutive week.

on-chain analyst Ali wrote in an article on X that despite the market's volatility, Ethereum is still maintaining strong growth within a parallel channel, pointing towards $6,000.

as monitored by Onchain Lens, 5 hours ago Vitalik Buterin sold 340 billion LDOG (DOG) for 5.2 ETH, worth $18,937.

today's panic and greed index rose to 76 (yesterday was 72), and the level changed from greed to extreme greed.

 US President Biden said, "Tomorrow is January 6th. We are gathered here to certify a free and fair presidential election result to ensure a peaceful transfer of power." 

the market shows that AAVE has broken through $330 and is currently reported at $330.04, with a 24-hour increase of 6.07%. The market is volatile, so please be prepared for risk control.

10x Research posted on X platform recently, emphasizing that MicroStrategy's valuation has been too high in the past few weeks. Investors are severely overpaying for indirect exposure to Bitcoin, rather than using it as a true leveraged investment in Bitcoin. Despite acquiring a large amount of Bitcoin, the stock's performance has been poor, indicating that investors are no longer willing to purchase Bitcoin through MicroStrategy at an implied price of $200,000 or higher, but can buy it directly at a lower price. This indicates that stock investors are no longer willing to support MicroStrategy with inflated NAV. This shift highlights investors' increasingly rational attitude, who previously accepted MicroStrategy as an unofficial term for "Bitcoin leveraged investment".

Paola Tocchetti is a VP, Head of Regulatory Affairs at Aptuit, an EVOTEC company. She attended the University of Milan.

 global stocks rose 17% in 2024, while gold prices also rose 27.2%. Bitcoin surged more than 1.2 times. In Hong Kong, the approval of 11 Bitcoin spot ETFs by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission in early 2023 was seen as a milestone, providing institutional investors with investment opportunities. Among them, Bitcoin spot ETFs have risen by up to 40% since their listing at the end of April last year. However, Ethereum spot ETFs have generally only risen by about 1%, which is not as good as the rise in ETH prices. Analysis believes that last year was an important year of transformation in the industry, and this year's industry keywords are expected to include compliance landing, institutional layout, policy benefits, and innovation breakthroughs.

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On January 2nd, it was reported that cryptocurrency lending platform Celsius had appealed the rejection of its revised $444 million claim against FTX. Celsius claimed that defamatory statements made by FTX executives, employees, and affiliated companies had a negative impact on the company's reputation and financial health, accelerating its bankruptcy in July 2022. Court documents show that Celsius initially filed a $2 billion claim based on "unsubstantiated defamatory statements" spread by FTX insiders. In December of last year, Celsius revised its application, reducing the claim amount to $444 million. The revised claim focused on priority transfers, but the judge dismissed both the original and revised claims on procedural grounds.

Onchain Lens monitoring showed that yesterday a whale named "rektdolphin.eth" sold 620 billion $PEPE tokens (worth $1.23 million) and instead purchased 4.22 million $KEKIUS tokens. Currently, the market value of these $KEKIUS tokens is only $353,000, causing the whale to lose about $880,000.

in December, the US spot Bitcoin ETF bought about 49,591 BTC, while the mining output during the same period was only about 13,500 BTC, indicating that demand still exceeds supply.

On December 30th, according to the German business newspaper Handelsblatt, "Former Federal Minister of Finance Christian Lindner said that the European Central Bank and the German Central Bank should encourage the inclusion of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin in their reserves."

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong responded to Travis Bloom's proposal to add the ability to send USDC via the Base network on the X platform. He stated that this would be a great feature and suggested discussing this with the X team. Jesse Pollak, the head of the Base protocol, also retweeted the post.

Onchain Lens monitoring shows that a whale address received 5 billion FLOKI worth $1.18 million 35 days ago, and exchanged it for 253 ETH worth $856,000 5 hours ago, resulting in a loss of approximately $326,000.

On December 30th, according to Crowdfund Insider, the Malaysian Securities Commission has requested that Bybit close its website, mobile application, or any other digital application platform accessible in Malaysia within 14 working days from December 11, 2024, immediately cease advertising targeting Malaysian investors, and terminate its Telegram support group for Malaysians. The Malaysian Securities Commission emphasized in its statement that Malaysian regulations aim to protect investors and maintain market integrity, and warned that unauthorized platforms can bring fraud and security risks.