1. Market Observation
Keywords: ETH, ETF, BTC
Bitcoin climbed to $99,500 but then continued to fall back, currently dropping below $94,500, while the market is also facing challenges, with the US Bitcoin ETF seeing nearly $300 million in outflows.
Institutional attitudes are also polarized. While some companies continue to build Bitcoin reserves, tech giants like Microsoft hold opposing positions. It is worth noting that Nexo and 7RCC Global are taking a different path, launching ESG-oriented Bitcoin ETFs. Faced with market volatility, Pomp Investments founder Anthony Pompliano remains optimistic, expecting Bitcoin to perform strongly by 2025.
The Ethereum market also shows signs of recovery, with buying momentum gradually increasing. Although the price still faces significant downward pressure, institutional investors, especially large investors, are showing growing interest. During this period, the entire cryptocurrency industry continues to develop rapidly, with Bitcoin still maintaining a dominant market position. However, Bitcoin's failure to firmly hold the $100,000 level has raised market concerns about a potential correction.
At the same time, investment enthusiasm in the cryptocurrency field remains unabated. Halliburton, through its subsidiary 360 Energy in Austin, has invested in Bitcoin mining, while Chinese car dealer Cango plans to expand its cryptocurrency business. Bitcoin investment in the United Arab Emirates has even reached a historic high of $40 billion. As author Robert Kiyosaki acknowledges, although the digital age has arrived, traditional financial institutions still face many challenges.
Overall, the performance of the Bitcoin and Ethereum markets reflects the contradictory sentiment of investors, with both expectations of breaking new highs and concerns about the risk of correction.
2. Key Data (as of 10:25 HKT on December 23)
S&P 500: 5,930.85 (+20.74% YTD)
Nasdaq: 19,572.60 (+30.55% YTD)
10-year US Treasury yield: 4.532% (+64 bps YTD)
US Dollar Index: 107.73 (+6.26% YTD)
Bitcoin: $95,487.38 (+119.0% YTD), with a daily spot trading volume of $43.499 billion
Ethereum: $3,330.05 (+45.70% YTD), with a daily spot trading volume of $22.795 billion
3. ETF Flows (December 20 EST)
Bitcoin ETF: -$277 million
Ethereum ETF: -$75.1159 million
4. Important Dates
The Christmas holiday is approaching, with the Hong Kong stock market and many European financial markets closed for two and a half days starting on Tuesday (24th), and the US stock market closed for one and a half days.
5. Hot News
- Weekly Preview | MicroStrategy Officially Joins Nasdaq-100 Index; Ethena (ENA) and Cardano (ADA) to Unlock Tokens Worth Millions of Dollars
- Japanese Listed Company Metaplanet Increases Holdings by 619.7 BTC
- Suspected Justin Sun Addresses Redeemed 39,999 ETH from Lido and Etherfi and Deposited Them into HTX in the Past 7 Days
- Pump.fun Co-founder Denies Christmas Airdrop Rumors
- Trump Nominates Outgoing a16z Partner Krishnan as Senior AI Policy Advisor at White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
- Bezos Clarifies $600 Million Wedding Rumor, MicroStrategy Founder Recommends Bitcoin Investment
- Arthur Hayes Deposits 2 Million ENA, Worth $2.06 Million, into Bybit
- Securitize Proposes Adding BlackRock's BUIDL Token as Collateral for Stablecoin Frax USD
- Data: Tokens Such as MRS, ADA, and ENA Will See Large Unlocks Next Week, with MRS Unlocking Around $34.7 Million
- Wormhole DAO to Launch in Q1 2023
- At Least 10 Companies Are Currently Considering Adopting MicroStrategy's Bitcoin Strategy
- Decentralized Liquidity Protocol THORChain Releases V3 Version
- Vitalik: In Favor of Humans Building Intelligent Augmentation Tools, Not Super-Intelligent Life
- Analysis: Community Focus on Bitcoin May See "God Candle" Behavior Around Trump's Inauguration Day
- Weekly Macro Outlook: Christmas Season May Be Fraught with Peril, Beware of Liquidity Shortages Amplifying Market Volatility
- Yuga Labs Co-founder: Has Sold Some Fartcoin but Remains Among the Top 10 Holders
- Uniswap L2 Network Unichain Mainnet to Launch in Early 2023
- Blind Computation Network Nillion Mainnet to Launch in February 2025
- Tether CEO: Tether AI Platform Website Expected to Launch in Q1 2025
- IOST Releases New Token Economics: 97% of New Tokens to Be Used for Community
- MANTRA Proposal Suggests Updating OM Token Economics, Including Reducing On-Chain Inflation to 3%
- Top 500 Crypto Assets: 10 Tokens Saw Over 50% 30-Day Decline, 8 of Which Were Meme Coins
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