December 30, 2025 | A summary of the most noteworthy crypto news from the past 24 hours!

1⃣ The market is stagnating:
BTC, ETH , and SOL are still experiencing significant volatility, mostly trading sideways within a narrow range, while liquidation remains alarmingly low. On the US stock market side, major indices are falling across the board as technology stocks begin to lose momentum. In short: the market is truly slowing down.

2⃣ Precious metals adjust:
Gold and silver Futures Contract both fell. Notably, silver plummeted 8.7% , marking its biggest one-day drop in nearly five years . The precious metals market is entering a correction phase.

3⃣ Whales continue to gather heavily:
Trend Research – an organization led by Yi Lihua – purchased over 46,000 more ETH in just one day . Their total holdings now exceed 626,000 ETH , with an Medium Capital basis of approximately $3,105 per ETH . However, this position is currently incurring an estimated loss of around $110 million .

4⃣ The AI ​​Agent craze:
Meta has spent billions of dollars to acquire the AI ​​company Manus . The market is very optimistic about the "Agents" sector, even calling it the "Instagram of the AI ​​era." However, Token in the #AI sector remain relatively sluggish, showing no signs of a breakthrough.

5 Market Outlook 2026–2028:
Experts believe that the two areas that could become the "next big opportunities" are:

• Prediction markets – could create a “new Binance”

• on-chain brokerages on-chain become the "Nasdaq of Web3".

6. Commentary from Framework Ventures:
The co-founder of Framework Ventures predicts that 2026 will be a period where the market focuses on "mainstream" Token , and institutional money will continue to flow into blue-chip (top-tier, high-quality) DeFi projects. The expected leading sectors include:

• Stablecoins

• RWA (Real Asset Tokenize)

• Lending/ Capital Markets

• Asset Management

7⃣ Perspectives from Wintermute:
Wintermute suggests that macroeconomic events and regulatory changes in early 2026 will be the "trigger" for the market, including:

• The selection of a new Fed chairman.

• FOMC meetings

• And in particular, the January 15th decision on whether or not to include crypto-related stocks in the MSCI Index .

8. Bitmine Holdings and the ETH Staking game:
Bitmine has currently Stake over 408,600 ETH . If they were to go all-in and Stake their entire holding of approximately 4.11 million ETH , the daily Staking reward could exceed $1 million .