The Grinch stole the rally in the precious metals market 😳

#records #eth 🤩 Token Terminal reports a historic high in Ethereum developer activity: +8.7M smart contracts in Q4.

✅ Silver is down 10% today — the Santa Rally ends unexpectedly 😱 Monday’s headlines: 🔸 China began military exercises around Taiwan, simulating a full blockade of the island 🔸 Strategy bought 1,229 BTC ($108.8 million); Bitmine added 44,463 ETH to its balance 🔸 Ethereum staking queue is twice the size of the exit queue — first time in 6 months 👀 🔸 Nvidia purchased $5 billion worth of Intel shares, completing the September deal 🔸 Since the October 10 collapse, crypto fund outflows reached $3.2 billion 🔸 Trust Wallet reports 2,596 hacked wallets and over 5,000 compensation applications 😁 🔸 Research: 70% of Polymarket traders operate at a loss; only 4.9% earned more than $1,000 🔷 Markets snapshot: 🌐 Bitcoin — $87,324 (−0.63%) 📉 S&P 500 — 6,898 (−0.46%) 🇷🇺 USD/RUB — 78.60 (+1.35%) 🇺🇦 USD/UAH — 42.25 (+0.28%) 🌕 Gold — $4,330 (−4.48%) ⚫️ Oil Brent — $61.37 (+1.71%) @Coin_Post

#rumors #silver 😳 Twitter is buzzing with rumors about a large bank collapsing due to a margin call on Silver. Some posts say JPMorgan couldn’t withstand Silver’s rally, and that the Fed injected $34b of liquidity that night through emergency repos. Others claim the bank closed a multi-year short at a near $5b loss and suddenly increased exposure to physical silver. What about the facts: • There is no official information confirming the bank’s collapse. • There is no official information about the Fed’s emergency repos. • No verified documents have surfaced about JPMorgan’s position reversal. • The sources of these claims are anonymous posts and screenshots without primary sources. Context: Silver and gold have recently hit fresh all-time highs amid strong demand and rising volatility, but the market is now in a sharp correction, with intraday lows for both metals. 🌸 **Ad** 🌸

Results of the day, December 29 🇷🇺 - The Central Bank of the Russian Federation expanded the list of signs of fraudulent card transactions. - The line to stake Ethereum for the first time in six months was twice as long as the line to exit: 746,000 ETH waiting to stake vs 361,000 ETH waiting to exit. - The Keine exchange service (operating since 2011) launched consultations and training on launching crypto exchanges. - Bitcoin forecasts for 2026 vary widely: some predict a drop to $10,000–25,000, others see $150,000–$250,000. - Strategy bought 1,229 BTC last week at $88,568 per BTC. - The Central Bank of Kazakhstan approved several digital-asset pilots: tokenizing gold reserves, crypto payments via QR codes, and a national stablecoin. - Silver hit a new all-time high at $82. - Bitmain sharply cut prices on some ASIC miners as the mining economy worsens: near-record network hashrate, a falling BTC price, reduced miners’ profitability, and softer demand for new equipment. - Mike Novogratz says Ripple and Cardano risk losing relevance if they can’t demonstrate real utility. - From January 1, 2026, China will allow banks to pay interest on the digital yuan (CBDC) to boost adoption. - Analysts summarize Russia’s industrial mining market results for 2025. - Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton warns that by 2026 AI could replace many professions, triggering unemployment. - A German–US study shows large AI models are biased toward dialect speakers, attributing negative stereotypes and responding more rudely or condescendingly. - Only about 30% of 1,730,000 Polymarket trading addresses were profitable. Meanwhile, almost all profits are concentrated in a tiny group—just 0.04% of addresses provided more than 70% of the total profit ($3.7 billion).

#onchain #rating 📊 Top developer activity (Santiment) Privacy projects (confidentiality) 1) Dash #DASH 2) NYM #NYM 3) HOPR #HOPR 4) Zcash #ZEC 5) Decred #DCR 6) Dusk #DUSK 7) Monero #XMR 8) Verge #XVG 9) Anyone Protocol #ANYONE 10) Beldex #BDX DeFi projects 1) Chainlink #LINK 2) DeFiChain #DFI 3) DeepBook Protocol #DEEP 4) Lido DAO #LDO 5) FOX Token #FOX 6) Babylon #BABY 7) Aave (on Ethereum) #AAVE 8) Uniswap (on Ethereum) #UNI 9) Curve (on Ethereum) #CRV 10) Euler #EUL

📊👀 #BTC #ETH Santiment: After the Christmas weekend, BTC briefly rose above $90k, then slipped below $87k. The move up came as FUD was running high. Now that prices are down, traders are once again cautious.

🗣 #BTC A Bloomberg analyst says Bitcoin's volatility stems from tax-related deals that have nothing to do with real market sentiment.

🤔 Eric Balchunas: BTC's recent price movements are driven by tax deals rather than genuine market sentiment. The Bitcoin dip could be an opportunity for Americans to save on taxes. 📌 Read more about “tax transactions”.

🤝👀 #PUFFER #ETH: ETHZilla stakes 10,600 ETH in Puffer for Ethereum restake.

🐰 Bitcoin 2026 forecasts vary widely. Some analysts see a drop to about $10,000–$25,000, while others expect a rally to $150,000–$250,000. Most large banks and funds anticipate a moderately bullish path around $140,000–$180,000, but a few foresee prolonged consolidation or a weak year with no new drivers. This broad range highlights the market’s high uncertainty and sensitivity to macro conditions and capital inflows.

🍿🔄 #FLOW Flow Foundation confirms that Flow’s mainnet upgrade is complete. No network rollbacks are expected, and the registry status is now final. Core network functionality is back online, but the Flow EVM gateway remains offline and is expected to be restored within the next 24–48 hours.

🔮 Only about 30% of 1.73 million Polymarket trading addresses were profitable. Meanwhile, almost all the profit is captured by a tiny group—just 0.04% of addresses produced more than 70% of the total, about $3.7 billion. Most of the profitable participants earned little: roughly a quarter made no more than $1,000. In short, the market earns from a few, while the majority of traders stay in the red.

🤖 A study by researchers from Germany and the USA found that large AI models often show bias against dialect speakers. They tend to attach negative stereotypes to dialects and respond more rudely or condescendingly. In tests, the models described dialect speakers as “less educated” or “aggressive,” and sometimes failed to recognize their speech at all. Similar issues have been reported for English dialects, including Indian English and African American English. The researchers say the bias comes from the training data, but unlike humans, these AI biases can, in principle, be identified and removed.

😍 #ETH BitMine has bought 4,110,525 ETH (~$12B), about 3.41% of the released supply. - Average purchase price: $2,948 - Available cash to replenish reserves: $1B - Bought last week: 44,463 ETH - Previously: unrealized loss

👇 BlackRock transferred another 2,201 BTC ($192m) and 7,557 ETH ($22m) to the Coinbase Prime wallet. Institutions (and the crowd) continue to withdraw money from Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs (#ETH). Crypto-ETF flows for the past week: ▫️ BTC = -$782,000,000 ▫️ ETH = -$102,340,000 ▫️ SOL = +$64,000,000 ▫️ XRP = +$13,140,000 ▫️ LINK = +$2,320,000 ▫️ HBAR = +$898,670 ▫️ LTC and DOGE = $0

China has launched a massive drill around Taiwan—the largest exercise to date, called “Mission of Justice 2025.” These aren’t just maneuvers; they’re a rehearsal for a full blockade. At stake is about 80% of the components powering the world’s AI. If Beijing presses the button, AI development could come to a halt. The move is framed as retaliation for US weapons sales totaling $11 billion, but we’ll all pay the price. Don’t worry—Trump’s fingers are already on the keyboard, and we’re waiting for a life-saving post on Truth Social 😇

🔥 Michael Saylor buys another 1,229 BTC for about $108M. Purchase price: roughly $88,568 per BTC. MicroStrategy now holds 672,497 BTC (~$58.7B) on its balance sheet. Previously: dollar reserves increased. Crypto Headlines

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🎩 #ETH Bitmine Immersion (#BMNR) bought 44,463 ETH last week, bringing its total holdings to 4,110,525 ETH (roughly 3.41% of all ETH). It also staked 408,627 ETH.