User loses nearly $50 million USDT due to address poisoning attack

[ZOOZ Receives Nasdaq Delisting Warning Due to Stock Price Below $1] Bitcoin reserve strategy company ZOOZ Strategy Ltd. announced that it received a delisting warning notice from Nasdaq on December 16, as its stock price had been below $1 for 30 consecutive trading days, violating the minimum bid price requirement for maintaining listing. ZOOZ has been granted a 180-day rectification period (until June 15, 2026), during which it can regain compliance if its stock price remains above $1 for 10 consecutive trading days. The company plans to explore solutions, including a reverse stock split, and its operations remain unaffected. ZOOZ is dual-listed on Nasdaq and TASE, holds 1,036 Bitcoins, and has announced a $50 million stock repurchase plan.

[A whale sold over 10,000 ETH within 1 hour, worth approximately $30.05 million] On-chain analyst Ember monitoring shows that a whale address sold 10,006 ETH in the past hour, worth approximately $30.05 million. The most recent transaction involved 4,700 ETH, worth approximately $14.05 million. Over the past week, this address has cumulatively sold 30,605 ETH, worth approximately $89.14 million, with an average selling price of $2,913.

[Matrixport: Gold Outperforms During Risk-Off Cycles, Bitcoin Unlikely to Become an Official Reserve Asset] Matrixport analysis highlights that over the past year, gold has achieved nearly 80% excess returns compared to Bitcoin, significantly outperforming Bitcoin. During the current risk-off cycle, traditional hedging assets like gold have benefited from declining interest rates, lower inflation, and rising market expectations of a dovish Federal Reserve stance by 2026. Although BlackRock has reinforced the narrative of Bitcoin as 'digital gold,' central banks around the world continue to prioritize gold as their primary reserve asset. Due to factors such as high volatility and political sensitivity, Bitcoin is unlikely to be widely adopted as an official reserve asset. U.S. policy direction remains a key long-term variable, with the Trump administration potentially adjusting gold reserves and marginally allocating to Bitcoin.

[Binance to Launch 0626 Quarterly Futures Covering Multiple Assets] Binance announced that the platform will launch 0626 quarterly futures contracts for assets such as BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, SOL after 08:00 (UTC) on December 26, 2025. The contracts will support USDⓈ-M and COIN-M types, with a maximum leverage of 50x. The new contracts will go live within a few hours after the expiration and settlement of the existing 0926 quarterly contracts.

In its year-end investment summary, BlackRock listed Bitcoin alongside short-term Treasury bills and "Mag 7" as one of the most important investment themes for 2025, with a total asset size of $13 trillion. （Cointelegraph）