✏️ #ETH Vitalik Buterin published an article arguing that technology diffusion and decentralization can help tackle social crises, and he urged more companies and projects to adopt decentralized models.

👍 Clear Street's Managing Director says the Fed's rate decisions are a key catalyst for crypto development in 2026. Retail traders and institutional investors are likely to become more interested in investing in cryptocurrencies. — Cointelegraph

TOP OF THE DAY — Tuesday, December 30 Today’s highlights: • Forecasts from Dragonfly Capital (read) • Bitcoin OG transfers ETH to exchanges (read) • Term for illegal mining in Russia (read) • Another military escalation (read) • Binance and Ukraine (read) • Telegram is testing a casino platform (read) • Hacking Unleash Protocol (read) • New competitor Hyperliquid (read) • Private transactions on Sui (read) • Cypherpunk bought ZEC (read) • Crypto ETF financial flows (read) • Tether prints USDT (read) • Crypto audit by the Central Bank of the Russian Federation (read) • Profit from one video (read) • MMA Group and World Liberty Financial (read) • Minutes from the last Fed meeting (read) • Map of liquidations (read) • Movies and TV series for the weekend (see)

🎅 Today's digest and tomorrow's events:

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🕺 Главное за сегодня: 🥳 Lighter начали рассылку токенов и запустили торговлю #LIT. Т...

🔪 There are now more longs on the market (liquidation map). A sharp decline in BTC to about $78,800 would push long liquidations above $4.38B. A sharp decline in ETH to about $2,640 would push long liquidations above $3.47B. Crypto Headlines

What do you think of these 2025 results? We especially liked the bear 🐼.

✅ Tomorrow is Warren Buffett's last day at Berkshire Hathaway. He led the company for 60 years, and the share price rose from $19 to $756,000 😱 Tuesday's news: 🔸 SoftBank closed a $40 billion round of investment in OpenAI 🔸 Binance stopped withdrawals to cards of Ukrainian banks ❌ 🔸 The Russian Ministry of Justice is preparing fines for illegal mining worth 1.5 million rubles; maximum punishment is 5 years in prison 🔸 Crypto detective ZachXBT found a scammer who posed as a Coinbase employee and scammed crypto traders out of $2 million 🔸 Japanese company Metaplanet bought 4,279 BTC ($374 million) 🔸 Meta buys Chinese AI startup Manus 🔸 In 2025, funding for the GameFi sector fell by 55% vs the previous year ☠️ 🔸 DeFi Unleash Protocol hacked for $3.9 million 🔷 Rates: 🌐 Bitcoin - $88,010 (↑1.02%) 📉 S&P 500 - 6,905 (↓0.00%) 🇷🇺 USD/RUB - 79.50 (↑1.28%) 🇺🇦 USD/UAH - 42.42 (↑0.41%) 🌕 Gold - $4,365 (↓0.77%) ⚫️ Oil Brent - $61.32 (↑0.11%) @Coin_Post

🇺🇸👀 #macro #FOMC Minutes from the Fed meeting: - Indicators point to a modest uptick in economic activity. - Employment growth has slowed this year, and the unemployment rate through September has risen slightly. - Inflation has risen since the start of the year and remains mildly above target. - Uncertainty about the economic outlook remains high. - Risks to employment have increased in recent months. - The Fed remains committed to achieving maximum employment and returning inflation to its 2% target.

🥊 WLFI MMA Group and World Liberty Financial announce a partnership. The Mixed Martial Arts Group will integrate blockchain technologies with support from a Trump family company. Goal: build a real crypto-economy for the global martial arts community. Plans: - Launch the MMA․INC token - The USD1 stablecoin will become the backbone of the ecosystem, usable by fighters, fans, coaches, and gyms worldwide How it works: - Train, watch content, and stay active in the community to earn XP (experience points) - XP can be exchanged for real rewards and tokens Reach: - 5 million followers on social networks - 75 thousand students in gyms around the world

📊👀 BTC update: Santiment notes whales haven’t been accumulating BTC much since July, unlike retail traders. Historically, a bearish-to-bullish trend change often comes when large wallets accumulate while retail selling slows. In 2H 2025, small-wallet accumulation dominated, while large wallets stayed largely flat. There was some growth in large wallets up to October 2025, when BTC hit an all-time high, after which selling began.

Daily digest — December 30 - 🚓 The Russian Ministry of Justice wants tougher penalties for illegal mining: fines up to 1,500,000 rubles, forced labor, or up to 5 years in prison in severe cases. - 🟢 Long-term Bitcoin holders have stopped selling for the first time since July 2025. - 🇺🇦 Binance suspends card withdrawals for Ukrainian users. - 📈 ZachXBT identified a Telegram scammer who stole about $2 million over the past year by posing as Coinbase support. - 💎 Tokenized shares reach a new high — total market cap at $1.2 billion. - 🪙 Metaplanet buys 4,279 BTC for $375 million; holdings now 35,102 BTC, about $3 billion in value. Average purchase price: $102,243 per BTC. - 🎮 GameFi in 2025 posted its weakest year yet: funding down over 55% YoY, with several anticipated launches disappointing the market. - ☠️ The Unleash Protocol was hacked for $3.9 million. - 🇷🇺 Legislation to regulate the crypto market is planned to be submitted to the State Duma in H1 2026. - 🪙 Grant Cardone plans to create the world's largest publicly traded real estate company focused on Bitcoin in 2026. - 🪙 SharpLink averages about 500 ETH per week from Ethereum staking. - 🏦 The Bank of Russia will survey investments in cryptocurrencies and lending to crypto companies in H1 2026.

📊👀 BTC CQ reports that long-term BTC holders have stopped selling.

🐃 CryptoQuant CEO: Whales are accumulating BTC on the spot market, long-term holders have stopped selling, and the futures market has become an arena for speculative retail activity. We’ll keep this momentum until the bulk is cleared, and then we rise.

🆕 Coinbase now lists Lighter (#LIGHTER).

🔥 While crypto fans wait for the alt-season, one creator makes about 15 million rubles a year from a single video. The channel "Fireplace 10 Hours" has a single video—a 10-hour shot of a burning fireplace. It has 108,000 subscribers and 156,000,000 views. Uploaded in 2015, the video still generates passive income.

🦋 Changpeng Zhao keeps reassuring everyone: “I was partially offline for several days—busy preparing for the year-end, working on a book, family, etc. #BTC, #BNB and the crypto market will be fine. Happy New Year!” (Twitter) Past tweets: read

People are betting on a bullish 2026, but things may not go as planned 😱 Check out this new video about the three main threats to 2026: 👈

🇷🇺 Crypto audit from the Central Bank of the Russian Federation - TASS The Bank of Russia from January to May 2026 will conduct a large-scale examination of supervised organizations on the subject of working with cryptocurrency.What they plan to check: ➠ Bank investments in cryptocurrency, including hedging operations. ➠ Volumes of lending to crypto companies. ➠ Investments of individuals in DFAs tied to the value of crypto assets.Data submission deadlines: ➠ For the 4th quarter of 2025 – until February 1, 2026. ➠ For the 1st quarter of 2026 – until May 1, 2026. ➠ For DFA – monthly, no later than the 10th working day.Monitoring is carried out by the Financial Stability Department of the Central Bank.The regulator is going to assess the scale of the presence of crypto assets in the Russian financial system and the associated risks.Previously: - term for illegal mining - concept of cryptocurrency regulation