PA Daily | Trump Media Group to distribute digital tokens to DJT shareholders; a trader profits millions of dollars amid abnormal BROCCOLI714 market conditions

Today’s Top News Highlights:

1. International gold and silver prices have seen their largest annual gains since 1979, with gold rising over 64% and silver over 147% cumulatively.

2. NEO co-founder Zhang Zhengwen announced the governance structure and account details of NEO, and decided to return to mainnet management.

3. A Binance account suspected of being hacked attempted to pump and transfer funds of BROCCOLI714; trader Vida precisely intercepted and profited millions of dollars.

4. Binance released its 2025 year-end letter: platform’s annual trading volume reached $34 trillion.

5. Trump Media Group: will distribute digital tokens based on Cronos blockchain to DJT stockholders.

6. Tether’s BTC reserves reached 96,185 coins, with an unrealized profit of $3.524 billion, making it the fifth-largest BTC wallet.

Macroeconomics

Six major state-owned banks announced: starting tomorrow, interest will be accrued on the digital renminbi real-name wallet balances, with the current savings account interest rate at 0.05%.

The Bank of China, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Agricultural Bank of China, China Construction Bank, Bank of Communications, and Postal Savings Bank of China announced today that from January 1, 2026, interest will be paid on digital renminbi real-name wallet balances based on the bank’s prevailing savings deposit rate, with interest calculation rules consistent with savings accounts. The current savings deposit rate is 0.05%. Digital renminbi is divided into four wallet types: Types 1, 2, and 3 are real-name wallets; Type 4 is anonymous. Type 4 wallets are not considered “real-name wallets” for interest calculation by banks.

ICBC states that wallet operators will legally deduct and pay interest taxes (if any). Interest is calculated on the 20th of each quarter-end month and credited on the 21st. Until the account is closed before the interest calculation date, interest is accrued at the posted rate until the day before closure.

International gold and silver prices have seen their largest annual gains since 1979, with gold rising over 64% and silver over 147% cumulatively.

According to Caixin, international gold and silver prices have hit their largest annual increase since 1979. COMEX gold futures fell 1.24%, to $4,332.1 per ounce, with a cumulative increase of over 2% in December and approximately 55% in 2025. Spot gold closed down 0.46%, with a cumulative increase of over 2% in December and over 64% in 2025.

COMEX silver futures fell 8.91%, to $70.98 per ounce, with a December increase of about 28% and over 128% in 2025. Spot silver closed down 6%, with a December increase of about 27% and over 147% in 2025. Spot platinum fell about 6%, with a December increase of over 23% and over 126% in 2025. Spot palladium rose slightly, with a December increase of over 12% and about 76% in 2025.

According to Caixin, international gold and silver prices have hit their largest annual increase since 1979. COMEX gold futures fell 1.24%, to $4,332.1 per ounce, with a cumulative increase of over 2% in December and approximately 55% in 2025. Spot gold closed down 0.46%, with a cumulative increase of over 2% in December and over 64% in 2025.

COMEX silver futures fell 8.91%, to $70.98 per ounce, with a December increase of about 28% and over 128% in 2025. Spot silver closed down 6%, with a December increase of about 27% and over 147% in 2025. Spot platinum fell about 6%, with a December increase of over 23% and over 126% in 2025. Spot palladium rose slightly, with a December increase of over 12% and about 76% in 2025.

US stock market’s three major indices have recorded double-digit gains for three consecutive years.

According to Caixin, the three major US stock indices closed slightly lower, but have gained over double digits for three consecutive years. Nasdaq fell 0.76%, down 0.53% in December, up 20.36% in 2025; S&P 500 declined 0.74%, down 0.05% in December, ending a seven-month winning streak, up 16.39% in 2025; Dow Jones fell 0.63%, up 0.73% in December, marking an eight-month winning streak, up 12.98% in 2025.

The US CFTC appointed Amir Zaidi as new Chief of Staff, responsible for Bitcoin futures certification and deployment.

According to the CFTC official announcement, Chairman Mike Selig announced that Amir Zaidi will serve as CFTC Chief of Staff. Zaidi previously held multiple roles at the CFTC from 2010 to 2019, including head of market regulation. During his tenure, he supervised the certification and deployment of Bitcoin futures contracts (the first federally regulated crypto product). Before returning to CFTC, Zaidi was a global compliance officer at a major brokerage and introducing broker. Prior to 2010, he held various financial, legal, and regulatory roles in New York and Washington. He has decades of experience in financial services.

More than 40 countries, including the UK, will implement new crypto tax rules starting January 1, requiring exchanges to collect user transaction records and report.

According to the Financial Times, the UK and over 40 other countries will implement new crypto tax regulations from January 1. Under the OECD’s Crypto Asset Reporting Framework (CARF), major crypto exchanges are required to collect complete transaction records for UK users and report user trading activity and tax residency to HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC).

Opinions

A Binance account suspected of being hacked attempted to pump and transfer funds of BROCCOLI714; trader Vida precisely intercepted and profited millions of dollars.

According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi’s monitoring, a large Binance account was suspected of being hacked. Due to risk control mechanisms, the hacker could not withdraw directly and tried to transfer funds via “wash trading.” The hacker chose the low-liquidity, small-market-cap meme coin BROCCOLI714 as the target, placing large buy orders to violently pump the spot price. Trader Vida noticed the abnormal price through alerts, quickly judged it as irregular (not normal whale behavior), and after the contract circuit breaker ended, precisely opened long positions and closed them, repeatedly snatching chips to intercept the hacker’s operations, earning about $1 million. Subsequently, suspected Binance risk control intervened, preventing further orders, and the hacker then attempted to operate on SOL but failed, ultimately canceling orders and abandoning the attempt.

Binance responds to BROCCOLI714 coin fluctuation: system check shows risk control normal, no hacker attack detected.

Binance issued a statement saying they have noted recent discussions about BROCCOLI714 price fluctuations and have conducted an internal review. According to current system checks, the platform’s risk control and safety circuit breaker mechanisms are functioning normally. Based on current internal data, no clear signs of hacking have been found, and the platform has not received any feedback from customer service or major clients about account theft. Binance is currently conducting a comprehensive review of pending orders and transaction data related to this incident, and the investigation is ongoing.

NEO co-founder Zhang Zhengwen announced governance structure and account details, and decided to return to mainnet management.

In response to recent disputes between Neo founders Da Hongfei and Zhang Zhengwen over control of funds and transparency, Zhang Zhengwen (Erik Zhang) told PANews that he will return to the Neo mainnet for comprehensive management to safeguard the core rights of NEO/GAS holders. Meanwhile, he disclosed the current governance structure and account details:

• On-chain transparent assets (NEO/GAS):

  • Protocol-level transparency: Most of Neo Foundation’s NEO and GAS assets are publicly distributed across 21 initial node addresses and one multi-signature wallet. These addresses are the foundation of Neo protocol operation, and the global community can audit them in real-time.

  • Asset flow explanation: During Da Hongfei’s request for Erik to step down from foundation management, about 8 million NEO and GAS tokens were transferred to multiple multi-signature addresses designated by Da Hongfei.

  • Internal payment SOP (SOP): To ensure compliance in core asset usage, a strict four-step process has been followed: (1) NGD submits budget requests (2) Da Hongfei approves (3) Erik executes technical payments (4) Finance records. This process ensures procedural justice for each core expenditure.

• Opaque assets (risks of non-NEO/GAS assets):

  • Single control: Besides the transparent NEO/GAS, all auxiliary assets held by Neo Foundation (including but not limited to BTC, ETH, and other ecosystem tokens) are under Da Hongfei’s personal control.

  • Lack of audits: Zhang Zhengwen states that these assets have been in a “black box” state for years, and Da Hongfei has yet to provide verifiable financial statements, asset lists, or audit proofs.

Zhang Zhengwen previously stated on X that Da Hongfei decided to use Neo Foundation’s resources and funds to launch a new independent project EON and issue new tokens. He believes this move presents a major conflict of interest, dilutes Neo ecosystem value, and directly leads to resource extraction from the Neo mainnet.

Related: Da Hongfei and Zhang Zhengwen accuse each other of monopolizing financial rights and lacking transparency. Neo Foundation says the founder disputes will not affect daily operations of the Foundation and NGD; financial reports will be released in Q1.

Analyst: ETH’s ancient holdings will not be locked long-term; ETF and DAT companies have absorbed 12.05 million ETH in this cycle, providing support.

Regarding ETH’s price distribution, does the low-cost ancient holdings (below $400) remain long-term locked and not actively circulating? Analyst Murphy posted on X that ETF + DAT companies have absorbed a total of 12.05 million ETH in this cycle, which has prevented ETH’s price from performing worse. Holdings over 5 years old and with costs below $400 are still highly active. Especially when prices approach or exceed $4,000, these holdings still amount to 20 million ETH, about 17% of total circulating supply; similarly, BTC holdings below $1,000 account for 3.79 million BTC, about 18.9%. However, unlike ETH, about 1 million of these BTC are Satoshi’s, with most lost, and community consensus is higher, so these ancient BTC holdings are significantly less active than ETH.

Personally, I believe that based on current ETF + DAT allocations, if we can add some new narratives and innovations, and aim to consume half of the remaining 20 million ancient holdings, ETH’s price could see a qualitative leap.

Project Updates

Binance releases 2025 year-end letter: platform’s annual trading volume reaches $34 trillion.

Binance Co-CEOs Yi He & Richard Teng published an annual letter revealing that Binance’s total product trading volume in 2025 reached $34 trillion, user assets verified via PoR totaled $162.8 billion, and total users exceeded 300 million. The letter states that the platform’s institutional trading volume grew 21% year-over-year, on-chain and off-chain products are increasingly integrated, and Binance Wallet accounts for over 60% of mainstream on-chain transactions. The company emphasizes ongoing compliance and security enhancements, having helped recover $11.7 million stolen assets this year, and anticipates a new growth cycle driven by “sovereign-level funds” and “enterprise applications” in 2026.

Over the past year, Binance’s risk control and AI models intercepted risk funds totaling $6.69 billion, reducing phishing attack success rates to 0.4%. Additionally, Binance has obtained 29 compliance and security certifications globally, with a compliance team of 1,280 staff.

Sonic Labs extends the bond term related to SonicStrategy, advancing Nasdaq listing pathway.

Sonic Labs announced an update: it invested in SonicStrategy via convertible bonds representing 1.26 billion S tokens, with an initial valuation of $40 million, aiming to support validator operations and ecosystem growth. If Nasdaq listing is not achieved, tokens will be returned and destroyed. Due to market cooling, the bond term has been extended by 3 years. SonicStrategy has raised $9 million and has never sold any S tokens. This model aims to bridge traditional capital markets and on-chain participation, drawing on precedents like SOL Strategies, to create a compliant and sustainable market access path.

Trump Media Group: will distribute digital tokens based on Cronos blockchain to DJT stockholders.

Trump Media & Technology Group announced that it will soon distribute a new digital token to DJT stockholders. Each share of DJT will entitle the holder to one token, with associated rights or discounts on platforms like Truth Social and Truth+. The tokens are issued on Cronos blockchain, in partnership with Crypto.com. They may be non-transferable and non-exchangeable for cash in the future, and do not confer ownership rights.

Flow: an exchange involved in the FLOW security incident transferred risk to users through abnormal trading.

Flow Foundation issued a statement regarding the December 27 vulnerability incident, stating it has collaborated with forensic agencies and multiple global exchanges to protect users and restore network operation. The foundation said that shortly after the incident, a single exchange saw a single account deposit about 150 million FLOW tokens (roughly 10% of total supply), and exchanged part of them for BTC, then withdrew over $5 million within hours before network interruption. This process exposed flaws in AML/KYC procedures and transferred financial risk to unwitting users who bought fraudulent tokens. Forensic analysis also found significant abnormal trading patterns in the FLOW market before and after the incident, and the foundation’s clarifications on these patterns have not been responded to.

Vitalik changed his X profile picture to an image related to Milady Maker.

Vitalik changed his X profile avatar to an image associated with Milady Maker.

Market News: Turkey’s BtcTurk crypto exchange hit by hacker attack, losses of $48 million.

According to market reports, Turkey’s BtcTurk was hacked again, losing $48 million. Last August 14, BtcTurk was attacked, with losses of about $49 million.