24-Hour Hot Cryptocurrencies and News | Controversy arises on Polymarket regarding the specific airdrop date for Lightner; Most Fed officials support a December rate cut (December 31st).

1. Popular cryptocurrencies on CEXs

Top 10 CEX trading volumes and their 24-hour price changes:

1. BNB: +1.10%
2. BTC: +1.36%
3. ETH: +1.10%
4. SOL: +1.37%
5. TRX: +0.56%
6. XRP: +1.32%
7. ZEC: -2.60%
8. DOGE: +0.23%
9. BCH: -0.62%
10. AT: +6.26%

24-hour gainers list (data source: OKX):

1. CXT: +35.46%
2. WCT: +29.88%
3. KMNO: +11.25%
4. ARG: +9.71%
5. POR: +9.68%
6. GLM: +7.09%
7. CHZ: +6.72%
8. LEO: +6.67%
9. IOST: +6.61%
10. AGLD: +6.39%

24-hour cryptocurrency stock gainers list (data source: msx.com ):

1. Redwire Corporation - MSX: 13.43%
2. Defi Technologies, Inc. - MSX: 7.71%
3. ProShares Ultra Silver - MSX: 7.40%
4. Ondas Holdings Inc. Common Stock - MSX: 6.38%
5. BitFuFu Inc. Class A Ordinary Shares - MSX: 4.98%
6. Baidu, Inc. - MSX: 4.74%
7. AST SpaceMobile, Inc. Class A Common Stock - MSX: 4.69%
8. Verb Technology Company, Inc. Common Stock - MSX: 4.18%
9. XPeng Inc. American Depositary Shares, each representing two Class A ordinary shares - MSX: 3.61%
10. United States Copper Index Fund - MSX: 3.16%

2. Top 5 trending on-chain memes (data source: GMGN ):

• kora
• KMNO
• huan
• learing
• DUCKY

Headlines

A controversial ruling has been reached on the “specific airdrop date for Lighter” on Polymarket.

Lighter announced the launch of its token LIT today and completed its airdrop. Based on Eastern Time, the probability of a "Lighter airdrop on December 30th" on Polymarket is as high as 95%. However, the exact airdrop date is still within Polymarket's UMA dispute resolution period. A user submitted a dispute to the UMA oracle, indicating that the "Lighter airdrop on December 29th" result was "no". Based on Eastern Time, the Lighter airdrop occurred within an hour of December 29th and December 30th, which may have caused the dispute. Odaily Note: Polymarket relies on the UMA oracle to determine the outcome of events. After an event occurs, anyone can report the result to UMA. There is a dispute period after the report is submitted, during which anyone who believes the report is incorrect can raise an objection. If no objection is raised, the report will be accepted; if there is a dispute, UMA's dispute resolution mechanism will determine the final result. The dispute resolution method involves UMA token holders voting to determine the correct outcome. UMA incentivizes honest behavior and punishes malicious behavior.

The New York Stock Exchange launches Truth Social-related ETFs

The New York Stock Exchange has launched an ETF related to Truth Social.

Federal Reserve meeting minutes: Most participants supported a rate cut in December.

Federal Reserve meeting minutes: Most participants supported a rate cut in December. Some participants who supported the rate cut said the decision was delicately weighed and they could have supported keeping rates unchanged.

Industry News

Federal Reserve staff's economic growth forecasts accelerated compared to October.

The Federal Reserve meeting minutes' staff economic outlook noted that, overall, real GDP growth is expected to accelerate slightly through 2028 compared to the projections prepared for the October meeting. This primarily reflects the anticipated greater support from financial market conditions and stronger expectations for potential output growth. After 2025, GDP growth is expected to remain above potential through 2028 as the negative impacts of high tariffs diminish and fiscal policy and financial market conditions continue to support spending. Consequently, the unemployment rate is expected to gradually decline after this year, reaching a level slightly below the staff's estimated natural rate of unemployment in 2027. Overall, staff's inflation projections for 2025 and 2026 are slightly lower than those presented at the October meeting, but their projections for 2027 and 2028 remain similar to previous projections.

The Russian Ministry of Justice has proposed criminal penalties for illegal cryptocurrency mining, with a maximum sentence of five years in prison.

The Russian Ministry of Justice recently submitted a draft amendment to the Criminal Code aimed at combating unregistered illegal cryptocurrency mining in the country. According to the draft, illegal mining activities will face fines of up to 1.5 million rubles (approximately $19,000) or up to two years of forced labor. If illegal mining activities involve substantial profits, the maximum penalty could be five years imprisonment, along with a fine of up to 2.5 million rubles (approximately $31,800) or 480 hours of forced labor. The amendment also sets a maximum penalty of five years imprisonment or forced labor for the substantial profits achieved by illegal "organizational groups." Russian Deputy Finance Minister Ivan Chebeskov stated that as of June 19, 2025, only about 30% of cryptocurrency miners have completed registration and legalized their operations, with the majority remaining in a "grey area." Under current regulations, individual miners consuming less than 6,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity per month do not need to register but are still required to pay personal income tax.

The UK plans to implement a comprehensive regulatory framework for crypto assets by October 2027.

The UK plans to bring crypto assets under financial services regulation by October 2027. The HM Treasury submitted the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Crypto Assets) Regulations 2025 to Parliament in December 2025, aiming to bring activities such as operating trading platforms, custody, staking, and lending into a formal authorization system. The FCA has released three consultation papers proposing similar governance, disclosure, anti-market manipulation, and prudent capital requirements for trading platforms, token issuers, and service providers as those in traditional finance. Furthermore, the UK government has launched an independent review of foreign financial interference, assessing the risks of political financing, including cryptocurrency donations; the report is expected to be completed in March 2026.

Project News

ElizaOS founder Shaw's X account was unblocked, causing ELIZAOS shares to surge by over 150%.

The X account of ElizaOS founder Shaw, @shawmakesmagic, was unblocked on the evening of December 29th. Previously, on June 11th, both the official ElizaOS X account, @elizaOS, and Shaw's personal account were frozen. According to GMGN data, possibly as a result, ELIZAOS's stock price surged over 150% in 24 hours, currently reaching a market capitalization of $45 million.

Lighter has launched the LIT token airdrop distribution.

On December 30th, members of the Lighter team announced on Discord that the platform had begun airdropping LIT tokens to users. This airdrop does not require users to claim it; the tokens will be directly displayed on the platform's asset page.

Investment and Financing

Meta's acquisition of Manus AI could be worth up to $2.5 billion.

Meta's acquisition of AI app Manus AI is valued at approximately $2.5 billion, including retention incentives for key employees. The report states that Manus AI completed a $75 million Series B funding round led by Benchmark in May, valuing the company at approximately $500 million at the time. This acquisition is seen as another example of the rapid revaluation of exit points in the AI industry, driven primarily by the high revenue growth achieved by related products in a short period. Public information shows that Manus AI focuses on general-purpose AI agents capable of performing various real-world tasks such as market research, coding, data analysis, and resume screening, positioning itself beyond traditional chatbots or workflow tools. The company provides services to enterprise clients on a subscription basis and claims to have achieved over $100 million in annual recurring revenue within months of product launch. This transaction has also sparked some controversy. While Manus AI's early team had ties to China, the company is headquartered in Singapore, and its approximately 100 Chinese employees have subsequently relocated. Axios points out that this marks Meta's first significant foray into the enterprise AI agent field, potentially helping it close the gap with Salesforce, Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI. However, the market is also concerned about Meta's past controversies regarding data compliance and privacy; whether enterprise customers will be willing to use it as a core AI service provider remains to be seen.

Character voices

Bank of America CEO: The Federal Reserve should not occupy too much of the public's attention.

Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan pointed out that the U.S. economy is far larger than the Federal Reserve (Fed), which shouldn't be taking up so much public attention. In an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation" program aired last Sunday, Moynihan was asked about Trump's impending nomination of a new Fed chairman to succeed Powell and what this means for consumers. "People are too obsessed with the Fed," Moynihan said. He added that the economy is driven by the private sector, which includes small, medium, and large businesses and entrepreneurs. "The idea that our fate hangs on the Fed's 25-basis-point rate adjustment seems like complete nonsense to me," he stated.

Matrixport: Ethereum's "triangle" pattern is nearing a critical point; 2026 may bring directional confirmation.

Matrixport released a chart today stating that in the previous cycle, Ethereum attracted incremental funds driven by expectations of smart contract platform ecosystem expansion and the narrative of "Programmable Money," propelling its price to new heights in 2020-2021. At the peak of sentiment in 2021, the market even anticipated reaching $10,000. However, the upward trend failed to continue. After retreating from its highs, Ethereum entered a long period of consolidation, generally trading within a large triangle pattern. Over the past few years, it has primarily exhibited range-bound trading with no clear trend. Structurally, the price twice attempted to break out of the range (once downward and once upward), but both attempts failed to sustain, and the price quickly returned to the range. Until a direction is confirmed, the market will likely remain range-bound. The current triangle pattern is clearly converging, with the price action space continuously compressing, and the structure is nearing its end. As this long consolidation gradually completes, 2026 may become a crucial window for Ethereum to choose a direction and enter the next phase of its price movement.

Yi Lihua: The Fed's gradual easing will trigger a short squeeze; the company has sufficient funds to repay leverage and buy on dips.

Liquid Capital founder Yi Lihua stated in an article on the X platform that the Federal Reserve is gradually increasing its quantitative easing, a situation only seen twice since the pandemic. The previous massive quantitative easing following the March 12th pandemic triggered a bull market. With institutions locking up BTC and ETH in this round of easing, the asset allocation structure has changed, and further upward movement will inevitably face a short squeeze. Regarding the attempts by short sellers to organize online attacks and influence public sentiment, he stated that these are futile. The company currently has sufficient funds to repay leverage and buy on dips. The short-selling alliance has collapsed; short sellers who close their positions early will suffer small losses, while those who close later will face large losses.

Manus founder Xiao Hong's social media posts are tagged with "BTC Hodler".

Xiao Hong, founder of Butterfly Effect, the company that develops the AI application Manus, has a "BTC Hodler" tag in his profile on the Jike App.