The US stock market closed with the Nasdaq up 1.28%
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At the close of the US stock market, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.3%, the Nasdaq rose 1.28%, and the S&P 500 index rose 0.61%.
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At the close of the US stock market, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.3%, the Nasdaq rose 1.28%, and the S&P 500 index rose 0.61%.
[Spot Silver Breaks $70 to Hit a New All-Time High, Up 1.7% Intraday] The price of spot silver has broken the $70/ounce mark, with an intraday increase of 1.7%, setting a new all-time high.
**[South Korean Payment Giant BC Card Completes Stablecoin Payment Pilot Project]** South Korean payment giant BC Card has announced the completion of a stablecoin payment pilot project aimed at foreign users. The project allows foreign users to pay local merchants in South Korea using stablecoins. The pilot was conducted in collaboration with blockchain company Wavebridge, wallet provider Aaron Group, and cross-border remittance service provider Global Money Express. Users can exchange stablecoins from overseas wallets into digital prepaid cards for payments. BC Card stated that this project is designed to prepare for the future implementation of a stablecoin payment structure in response to the evolution of South Korea's stablecoin regulations. BC Card is one of South Korea's largest payment companies, processing over 20% of domestic card transactions and serving 3.4 million local merchants.
[Chainalysis: Integration of AI and Crypto Technology Drives Development of Intelligent Agent Payments] Chainalysis released a report stating that AI and crypto technology are transitioning from traditional risk monitoring to the 'intelligent agent payment' stage. Under preset rules and compliance frameworks, AI can actively make decisions and initiate transactions, while blockchain ensures transparent and auditable execution. The report highlights that AI has significantly improved efficiency and accuracy in areas such as anti-fraud, on-chain monitoring, compliance AML/KYT, and security defense, while reducing false positives. Institutions like Visa, PayPal, Google, and Coinbase have already started deploying AI-driven payment and machine micropayment standards.
[Vitalik Explains the Reason for Ethereum Contract Size Limit] On December 23, Ethereum founder Vitalik responded to community questions regarding the contract size limit on Ethereum, stating that the restriction is due to considerations of DoS risk. In the future, after Ethereum's state structure is upgraded to a unified binary tree (EIP-7864), it may be possible to achieve unlimited contract size. However, issues such as Gas fees and mechanism design for deploying extremely large contracts will still need to be addressed. Currently, based on the creation cost per byte, the actual contract size limit is approximately 82KB.
[Whale Deposits 195 WBTC to Binance, Suspected of Reducing Holdings] On-chain analysis shows that a whale who spent $38.16 million building a WBTC position over the past month deposited 195 WBTC to Binance 4 hours ago, valued at approximately $17.05 million. Three weeks ago, the whale was suspected of selling 245 WBTC, which would have yielded a profit of $325,000 if sold. Currently, 200 WBTC remain, with an unrealized profit of $389,000. During this period, the price of WBTC once surged to a high of $94,555.