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🚨 BIG: ~$150B in longs and shorts were wiped out this year, averaging $400–500M in daily leverage flushes, per CoinGlass. News | Markets | YouTube

🇺🇸 ETF FLOWS: SOL and XRP spot ETFs saw net inflows on Dec. 24, while BTC and ETH spot ETFs saw net outflows. BTC: - $175.29M ETH: - $52.7M SOL: $1.48M XRP: $11.93M News | Markets | YouTube

⚡️ TODAY: Jan3 CEO Samson Mow says, “No one that understands Bitcoin, wants less Bitcoin.” Do you agree? News | Markets | YouTube

🇭🇰 NEW: Hong Kong moves forward with licensing requirements for virtual asset dealers and custodians, expanding its regulatory framework beyond stablecoin issuers. News | Markets | YouTube

🔥 BIG: Ondo Finance plans to launch tokenized US stocks and ETFs on Solana in early 2026 using custody-backed assets with 24/7 on-chain transfers. Could this bridge traditional finance and DeFi for good? News | Markets | YouTube

🚨 NOW: Taraxa leads the fastest growing chains by TVL in the past 7 days with a massive 1,169% surge, followed by ZKsync Lite (+226%) and Mezo (+82%). News | Markets | YouTube

🚨 LATEST: CZ reminds investors that early Bitcoin buyers didn't wait for all-time highs, noting "they bought when there was fear, uncertainty and doubt." When did you buy your $BTC? 👀 News | Markets | YouTube

🚨 UPDATE: Team Human finished the tournament at –32.21% ROI while Team AI closed at –4.48%, marking a clear win for the AI side in Aster’s final results. News | Markets | YouTube

⚡️ ADOPTION: Crypto M&A hit $8.6B in 2025, up from $2.17B last year, driven by compliance and MiCA-ready acquisitions, per Financial Times. News | Markets | YouTube

🎄 REMINDER: Today is a shortened trading day in the US with markets closing at 1:00 PM EST and tomorrow the stock market is closed for Christmas. News | Markets | YouTube

QUESTION: Bitcoin on Christmas 🎄 2022: $16,841 2023: $43,613 2024: $99,299 Where does Bitcoin finish this Christmas? News | Markets | YouTube

🔥 UPDATE: Arbitrum crossed 2.1B+ lifetime transactions in 2025, with more than $20B in total value secured on the network. News | Markets | YouTube

🚨 ALERT: Losses from hacks, exploits, and scams topped $3.35B this year, per CertiK. News | Markets | YouTube

🚨 LATEST: Galaxy's Alex Thorn says Bitcoin never actually crossed $100K when adjusted for inflation, with its $126K peak translating to just $99,848 in 2020 dollar terms. News | Markets | YouTube

🇺🇸 ETF FLOWS: SOL and XRP spot ETFs saw net inflows on Dec. 23, while BTC and ETH spot ETFs saw net outflows. BTC: - $188.64M ETH: - $95.53M SOL: $4.2M XRP: $8.19M News | Markets | YouTube

🚨 LATEST: BTC and ETH ETF net flows turned negative since early November, per Glassnode. This signals reduced institutional participation and broader crypto market liquidity contraction. News | Markets | YouTube

🔥 BIG: Total stablecoin market cap hits an all-time high of $310B. News | Markets | YouTube

🇧🇷 NEW: Brazil's live orchestra project receives approval to convert Bitcoin price movements into real-time music. The project uses an algorithm that transforms market data into melody and rhythm. News | Markets | YouTube

🗞 Catch up on the news over the last 24 hours! 🔥 A solo miner has successfully mined Bitcoin block 928985, earning a 3.128 $BTC reward worth ~$281K. 🔥 $13 trillion BlackRock lists Bitcoin as one of 2025's biggest investment themes alongside T-bills and the Mag 7 in its year-end investment wrap. 🚨 VanEck says Bitcoin miner capitulation signal may indicate a bottom is near, with hashrate falling 4% through Dec 15, a historically bullish contrarian signal. 🚨 XRP social sentiment turns increasingly negative, which historically signals potential price rises as retail doubt often precedes rallies, per Santiment. 🇺🇸 ETF FLOWS: ETH, SOL, and XRP spot ETFs saw net inflows on Dec. 22, while BTC spot ETFs saw net outflows. 🔥 Franklin Templeton’s $XRP spot ETF has crossed 100M $XRP in holdings for the first time, now holding 101.55M $XRP worth $192.7M. 🇺🇸 U.S. GDP grew 4.3% in Q3 2025, beating the previous quarter’s 3.8% as consumer spending, exports and government outlays lifted economic activity despite weaker investment. 🇪🇺 The EU Council has endorsed the ECB’s digital euro design, backing both online and privacy-focused offline versions. ⚡️ Circle minted $1.5 billion worth of $USDC over the past week, including $500 million issued today. 🔥 Gold breaks a new all-time high of $4,500. 🔥 Tom Lee’s Bitmine adds another 67,886 $ETH worth $201M to its treasury today. ⚡️ Coinbase now supports SOL withdrawals and deposits via the Base network. 🚨 Former FTX US president Brett Harrison secures $35M in funding to launch Architect, a new institutional exchange. News | Markets | YouTube

🚨 LATEST: Former FTX US president Brett Harrison secures $35M in funding to launch Architect, a new institutional exchange. News | Markets | YouTube