Bitcoin rose $1,500 in an hour, regaining the $81,000 mark.

European Central Bank policymakers are expected to raise interest rates on December 17, increasing the deposit rate to 2.75% to combat inflation, before pausing further rate hikes as rising bond yields are anticipated to drag on economic growth and dampen inflation (Source: Reuters).

Binance - HYPE is currently priced at $94.07, up 17.71% in the last 24 hours. 24-hour trading volume was $5.2 billion, representing a 259.67% increase. (For reference only.)

Situational Awareness is raising funds from investors to participate in a new funding round for cloud computing startup Fluidstack, which values the company at $40 billion, roughly double its valuation a few months ago. The co-investment mechanism allows clients to invest in specific deals alongside investment firms, and other investors have also received invitations to participate in this Fluidstack funding round.

Binance - PEPE/USDT price hit a nearly six-month high, currently trading at $0.00000539, up 8.87% in the last 24 hours, with a trading volume of $120 million. After reaching a new high, a price correction is highly likely. (AiCoin Research Institute)

A study by quantum computing company Alice & Bob estimates that a fault-tolerant quantum computer with approximately 29,600 physical qubits could solve the 256-bit elliptic curve cryptography problem used by Bitcoin in about one hour. This research uses the cat-qubits technique, and the results are theoretical resource estimates; existing quantum computers do not yet possess this capability. If a sufficiently powerful quantum computer becomes available in the future, approximately 6.9 million Bitcoins would be at risk due to their public keys being publicly available. (Source: Bitcoin.com News)