Gate News Bot Message, December 25th, according to CoinMarketCap data, as of press time, ASTER (Aster) is currently priced at $0.70, up 3.98% in the past 24 hours, with a high of $0.74 and a low of $0.66. The current market capitalization is approximately $1.755 billion, an increase of $67.2 million from yesterday. ASTER is a decentralized perpetual contract trading platform dedicated to providing multi-chain, highly liquid, secure, and non-custodial trading services for all users. Whether you are a cryptocurrency novice or an experienced trader, you can trade and fully control your assets on the platform. Currently, the platform has accumulated 1.94 million users, a total trading volume of $930 million, open interest of $600 million, and offers 45 trading pairs. ## Important recent news about ASTER: 1️⃣ **"Humans vs AI" matchup

Under the ongoing sanctions in the West, Russia is accelerating the adjustment of its cryptocurrency regulatory stance. The Central Bank of Russia recently formulated a new cryptocurrency regulatory blueprint, planning to cautiously open the domestic crypto asset market to retail and professional investors under certain conditions. This move is seen as an important signal that Russia is re-evaluating its digital asset strategy amid the sanctions environment. According to Bloomberg, citing sources from the Central Bank of Russia, the new framework will implement tiered management of investors. Non-qualified investors, after passing a basic knowledge exam, can purchase the most liquid cryptocurrencies in the market, but must operate through a single intermediary and are limited to an annual trading cap of 300,000 rubles, approximately $3,800. In contrast, qualified investors, after completing a risk awareness test, can trade most cryptocurrencies without limits, but anonymous tokens are still excluded.

Despite the US stock market hitting new highs repeatedly this year, Bitcoin (BTC) has significantly underperformed the stock market. However, on-chain data reveals an intriguing signal: in the context of sideways price movement and weak sentiment, Bitcoin whales are still continuously buying, making the market structure appear less pessimistic than it seems on the surface. First, a key change comes from exchange data. Recently, the monthly reserve changes of Bitcoin exchanges have turned negative, indicating that the amount of BTC withdrawn from exchanges exceeds the amount deposited. Typically, Bitcoin flowing out of exchanges is seen as a signal that investors are choosing to hold long-term rather than trade short-term. While this phenomenon can occur in both bull and bear markets, sustained outflows reduce immediate selling pressure and reinforce confidence in Bitcoin’s long-term value.

Gnosis Chain officially launched a hard fork recently, successfully recovering approximately $9.4 million that was frozen during a major security vulnerability in the Balancer protocol in early November. As a key infrastructure within the Balancer ecosystem, this move by Gnosis Chain quickly sparked widespread discussion in the crypto community, focusing on the trade-offs between fund security, on-chain governance, and the principle of blockchain "immutability." According to an official announcement, the hard fork was executed on December 22, and the related funds have been completely removed from the attacker's control and transferred to a recovery address managed by Gnosis DAO. Gnosis also urged all node operators to upgrade their clients as soon as possible to avoid penalties for not following the new chain.

PANews, December 23 - According to Arkham, a whale with the address 0x5d2 achieved a realized and unrealized profit of $12.5 million through a 2-month Bitcoin short positions trade. The trade began at the end of October with a short position size of $63.6 million. In addition, the account has accumulated $9.6 million in funding fees in this transaction, while holding $3.5 million worth of BTCB (Bitcoin asset on the BNB chain).

According to the Gate News bot message, the official announcement from Gate is on December 23, 2025. Gate will open pre-market OTC trading for Space( on December 23, 2025, at 22:00 UTC+8. This trading involves SPACE Points), with a total issuance of 1,000,000,000. Once the project team officially announces the token economics, the platform will proportionally exchange pre-market OTC trading orders based on the actual token issuance amount and the preset points issuance amount, keeping the order amount unchanged. Space is a decentralized prediction market platform built on the Solana blockchain, where users can trade on the outcomes of real-world events across various fields such as cryptocurrency, politics, sports, technology, and culture. All transactions are priced in USDT.

According to ChainCatcher news, Onchain Lens monitoring shows that trader James Wynn opened a Bitcoin long position with 40x leverage, with the current BTC price at $87,562.8. In the past three days, James completed 3 trades, of which two were BTC trades (one long and one short), earning a total profit of $40,521; however, his PEPE (long) trade incurred a loss of $6,908.

BNB Chain has partnered with the prediction market platform Kalshi, allowing users to trade real-world events directly with BNB and stablecoins on BSC, simplifying the asset appreciation process and supporting quick transactions. Both U.S. and international account users can operate with the related assets.

Odaily News Robin Brooks, a senior economist at the Brookings Institution and former chief forex strategist at Goldman Sachs, stated that the surge in gold to a historical high proves that the so-called "currency depreciation trade" has been reactivated. Since 2025, the international spot gold return rate has reached 68%; influenced by many of the same driving factors, international spot silver also set a historical high on Monday, with a year-to-date increase now approaching 140%. Robin Brooks pointed out that the breakout of gold and broader precious metals was triggered by Fed Chairman Powell's dovish speech at the Jackson Hole meeting on August 22 and the 25 basis point rate cut on December 10. Commodity traders are also anticipating further rate cuts from the Fed. The dollar appears relatively stable on the surface, unaffected by "currency depreciation."

On December 22, GMX announced that it has now integrated Ethereum Mainnet, allowing users to trade or provide liquidity directly from the mainnet. Ethereum users can earn automatic compound interest from three income sources: permanent trading fees (Enter a Position / Close Position / lending / liquidation), exchange fees, and the minting / burning fees of these LP Tokens.

GMX announced that it has integrated with the Ethereum Mainnet, allowing users to trade or provide Liquidity directly from the Mainnet and enjoy automatic compound interest returns. The available cross-chain LP Tokens include various trading pairs, and the liquidity pool will also enable single-sided liquidity pools, providing risk isolation and dynamically optimized returns.

BlockBeats news, on December 22, DWF Labs partner Andrei Grachev stated that DWF Labs has just completed its first physical gold transaction. This was a test transaction of a 25-kilogram gold bar, and everything went smoothly. DWF Labs is expanding its business and plans to trade physical silver, platinum, and cotton in the future, with the vision of capturing a significant share in the RWA market.

ChainCatcher News, Japan's largest corporate Bitcoin holder Metaplanet approved a comprehensive reform of its capital structure on Monday, allowing it to raise funds from institutional investors through the issuance of dividend priority shares. The approved proposals include reclassifying capital reserves, doubling the authorized number of Class A and Class B priority shares, and modifying the dividend structure to introduce floating and regular PI. Class A priority shares will adopt a monthly floating dividend mechanism, while Class B priority shares will offer quarterly dividends and be open to international institutional investors. It is reported that Metaplanet currently holds approximately 30,823 Bitcoins, worth $2.75 billion, making it the largest corporate Bitcoin holder in Asia. The company also announced that it will trade in the U.S. over-the-counter market through American Depositary Receipts, further expanding its global market layout.

BlockBeats news, on December 22, the SOL on-chain Perptual Futures trading platform Pacifica has launched the premarket Perptual Futures for the Lighter Token (LIT), and users can now trade LIT on the Pacifica platform. After the contract went live, the price of LIT has been continuously pumping, currently stabilizing at around $3.4. Based on this price, Lighter's Fully Diluted Valuation (FDV) is approximately $3.4 billion. Previously, on the 20th, it was reported that Lighter has transferred 250 million LIT tokens (about 25% of the total supply) to a new Address. If this portion of tokens is used for future Airdrop, each point would correspond to about 20.8 LIT. Based on the current premarket price, each point is estimated to be worth approximately $71.1. On-chain data analysis and copy trading tools.

Gate News Bot news, on December 22, according to CoinMarketCap data, as of the time of publication, AVNT (Avantis) is currently priced at $0.28, having risen 12.66% in the last 24 hours, with a high of $0.29 and a low of $0.22. The 24-hour volume reached $65.3 million. The current market capitalization is approximately $72.5 million, an increase of $8.15 million compared to yesterday. AVNT is the native governance and utility token of Avantis, the largest derivatives exchange on the Base chain, powering the trading of crypto assets and real-world assets (RWA). The platform allows users to trade cryptocurrencies, foreign exchange, precious metals, commodities, indices, and more directly from their wallets, enabling infinite leverage trading. AVNT has the following core functions: serving as protocol incentives, trader rewards, and community-driven development.

Jin10 reported that spot gold soared to a record high of $4,384.82 per ounce on Monday, boosted by market expectations of further Fed rate cuts, ongoing safe-haven demand, and a weaker dollar. Driven by geopolitical and trade tensions, a Central Bank buying spree, and hopes for rate cuts next year, gold, a traditional safe-haven asset, has risen 67% this year. Investors are currently pricing in two rate cuts by the U.S. in 2026, enhancing gold's appeal.

BlockBeats news, on December 22, according to Hyperinsight monitoring, the "12 consecutive losing traders" closed their ETH short order yesterday, incurring a loss of 9144 USD. Currently, they have only 1 profitable trade out of 15 trades this month.

BlockBeats news, on December 21, according to the on-chain AI analysis tool CoinBob (@CoinbobAIbot), the smart money address starting with 0xfee has accumulated a profit of 5.04 million USD since its first trade in October, completing 30 positions of Close Position in the meantime, with a monthly win rate and overall win rate both exceeding 90%. This whale prefers to short using a main position in BTC, supplemented by small long orders to capture Rebound profits. It started to Build a Position short when Bitcoin was around 115,000 USD on October 13, and has since gradually increased the position, which is still held currently. Meanwhile, this address often quickly opens long orders at short-term lows in mainstream tokens and closes them within the day, with only 1 loss out of 20 long order trades so far. Currently, the short position scale of this address in Bitcoin is about 22.57 million USD, floating.

On December 21, news came that Sean Farrell, the head of cryptocurrency strategy at Tom Lee's Fundstrat, responded on the X platform regarding the "discrepancy between his market views and those of Tom Lee". He stated that the cautious views from the earlier part of the year reflected risk management rather than a completely bearish stance. The current market pricing is almost perfect, but risks still exist, including government shutdowns, trade fluctuations, uncertainties in artificial intelligence capital expenditures, and changes in the Fed chair. At the same time, high-yield bond spreads are tightening, and cross-asset volatility is low. Recently, fund flows have also shown divergence. The current benchmark assessment suggests that a rebound may occur at the beginning of the year, followed by another pullback in the first half of the year, providing more attractive opportunities for year-end positioning. If the judgment is wrong, I would prefer to wait for confirmation signals. For investors following this outlook, I still expect Bitcoin and Ethereum to

PANews December 20 News, according to Jintiao reports, China Merchants Bank released a research report stating that on December 19, the Bank of Japan raised interest rates by 25 basis points, bringing the policy rate up to 0.75%. Although the Bank of Japan is highly likely to maintain a restrained pace of rate hikes, the reversal of yen liquidity and the Japanese bond market will still exert pressure on global financial conditions. First, the yen carry trade may continue to reverse, forming a long-term suppression of global asset liquidity. By the end of 2024, approximately $9 trillion in positions will still be based on low-interest yen liquidity, and this liquidity is expected to gradually shrink as the US-Japan interest rate differential narrows. Second, the risk in Japanese bonds may further intensify. In the short term, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's government approved a supplementary fiscal budget equivalent to 2.8% of nominal GDP. In the long term, Japan plans to increase defense spending to 3% of nominal GDP and permanently exempt consumption tax. Japan's untimely fiscal expansion stance may trigger greater market instability.

Recently, Chinese national Tong Moumou was arrested on suspicion of money laundering for drug traffickers. The police found that he illegally bought and sold foreign exchange through "mirror trading" amounting to 16 million RMB, and instructed personnel to trade virtual currencies in exchange for US dollars. China and the United States have reached a consensus on strengthening anti-money laundering cooperation.

UNCTAD report projects that by 2033, the global artificial intelligence market size will reach $4.8 trillion, becoming a dominant technology sector. The report warns that AI development is concentrated in a few economies, which could exacerbate development disparities, and calls for shared benefits through strategic investments and inclusive governance.

BlockBeats News, December 19 — According to HyperInsight monitoring, since October, several well-known whales and traders have been exiting the market or incurring large losses amid market volatility. Below is a summary of some addresses previously reported: "11.11 Steadfastly Long ETH After the Crash" Last trade: November 7, ETH long position lost $2.28 million, exiting after two months with a total loss of $9.32 million; "Whale Liquidated for 97 million" Last trade: November 20, ZEC short position lost $560,000, exiting after a 30-day loss of $6.25 million. This trader is also a well-known player on Roobet and Stake.com; "Largest BTC Long Position Bottomed in November" Last trade: November 18, ETH

Odaily Planet Daily News: Aster officially announced on X platform that Aster will launch the RTX/USD1 trading pair. Aster users participating in trading will share a total of $150,000 worth of ASTER rewards and additional RTX rewards. The RTX/USD1 spot trading pair will go live at 9:00 on December 19 (UTC), with trading activities continuing until 14:00 on December 29 (UTC). During the event, the RTX/USD1 spot pair will enjoy a 1.5x multiplier. Users can exchange USDT for USD1 and use USD1 to trade RTX/USD1. During the event, USD1/USDT spot trading will be fee-free, and trading rewards will be based only on the transaction fees from RTX/USD1 spot buy orders. The distribution of the reward pool will be based on

Rhea Finance announces that its launched ZcashFi is now live. Zcash community users can lend, borrow, and trade, enjoying multi-chain yields and up to 2% annualized returns. It supports cross-chain borrowing and trading to enhance user experience.

Latest research shows that the decentralized prediction market platform Polymarket performs outstandingly in user retention, surpassing 85% of cryptocurrency platforms. The study was jointly released by data analytics platform Dune and market maker Keyrock, providing a systematic analysis of user behavior in the crypto industry. The results indicate that even when compared to mainstream DeFi protocols, crypto wallets, and centralized exchanges, Polymarket still exhibits stronger user stickiness. As a prediction market, Polymarket allows users to trade around real-world events, including election results, macroeconomic data, sports events, and social hot topics. These products combine information, judgment, and trading, making users not only speculators but also information participants. Data from Dune and Keyrock shows that Polymarket users are more inclined to revisit the platform repeatedly and continue participating in market trading, with an active cycle significantly longer than most crypto applications.

The OSL Group's exchanges, OSL HK and OSL Global, have launched the gold stablecoin XAUT, allowing users to trade XAUT/USDT and XAUT/USD through OTC. This marks an important milestone in OSL's development of a stablecoin and real-world asset ecosystem, and a significant step in collaboration with Antalpha to explore the "digital gold" solution.

Analyst Eamonn Sheridan pointed out that recent trade and investment data from Japan indicate that the central bank may raise interest rates by 25 basis points this week. November exports increased for the sixth consecutive month by 6.1%, surpassing market expectations, mainly benefiting from strong demand in the US and Europe.

Gate News bot message, trader pension-usdt.eth closed his $BTC long position with another $1.04M profit, subsequently opening a 2× short position on 25,000 $ETH valued at $73.98M. Since December 8, pension-usdt.eth has maintained a 12-trade winning streak on HyperLiquid, with total profits exceedin

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has proposed a settlement with Nomad cryptocurrency bridge operator Illusory Systems, involving losses from the 2022 hacking attack and security measures. The plan requires the implementation of an information security program and the return of recovered funds. The incident resulted in the theft of $186 million in digital assets.

Golden Finance reports that Trump stated on social media that he will deliver a prime-time speech to the nation at 9 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday (10 a.m. Beijing Time on Thursday). This speech comes at a critical moment as Trump approaches the end of his first year back at the White House, with his approval ratings declining and the economy facing headwinds. Over the past year, Trump has focused on reshaping the relationship between the U.S. economy and national security. He has imposed tariffs on trade partners and key industries, and has clashed fiercely with allies over defense spending, immigration, and the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Domestically, he has continually tested the boundaries of executive power, pushed for a reorganization of the federal government, and carried out large-scale deportations of undocumented immigrants while tightening legal entry channels. This speech provides Trump with a platform to highlight his achievements and outline priorities for the coming year, as the Republican Party strives to maintain control of Congress in the midterm elections next November. Midterm elections typically result in the president's party losing seats in Congress. The White House has revealed that

The U.S. government threatens retaliatory measures against the EU in response to EU tariffs on American tech companies, involving Accenture, Siemens, and Spotify. The U.S. states that if the EU continues to restrict American service providers, it will use all available tools to retaliate and points out that the EU is violating trade agreements. The EU, on the other hand, is implementing digital regulations and fining multiple companies.

Singapore's digital trade platform Olea completes $30 million Series A funding, with investors including Spain's Official Foreign Bank and others. The funds will be used to accelerate the deployment of AI and Web3 solutions and to strengthen embedded finance products. Since its establishment in 2022, Olea has provided financing exceeding $3 billion to over a thousand enterprises.

A major crypto whale heavily invested in the AI agent sector recently liquidated their holdings, turning one of this year's most talked-about speculative themes into a costly lesson. On-chain monitoring data shows that this address sold AI agent tokens worth approximately $31.12 million, ultimately recovering only about $2.57 million, resulting in an overall loss of around $28.54 million, with a loss ratio close to 92%. The whale accumulated a large position at the beginning of the year when the AI agent narrative was at its peak, as market funds flooded into tokens related to autonomous trading robots, AI-driven trade execution, and intelligent agents. However, as market liquidity continued to shrink and sentiment cooled, these narrative-dependent assets gradually lost support and were eventually forced to exit at very low prices.

Trump files a lawsuit over misleading editing in BBC documentary, demanding at least $10 billion in damages, accusing it of defamation and violating Florida trade law, claiming the editing distorted his statements before the attack on Congress.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has officially initiated the approval process for the Nasdaq tokenized securities trading proposal, marking a significant step for mainstream U.S. securities exchanges toward tokenized financial infrastructure. The proposal aims to allow Nasdaq to list and trade tokenized securities, including stocks, sparking widespread market attention on the prospects of bringing real-world assets (RWA) onto the blockchain. According to the latest order issued by the SEC, the regulatory agency is seeking further public comments on the rule change proposed by Nasdaq to assess whether to approve its tokenized securities trading. The SEC noted that, due to the important legal and policy issues involved, initiating a formal approval process is necessary and appropriate.

Cardano (ADA) prices are still under downward pressure, with the overall trend remaining below key moving averages in a consolidation pattern. Technical indicators and order book data both show that market sentiment is cautious, and there is still no clear momentum for a short-term reversal. From the market perspective, the spot ADA price hovers around $0.40, with limited intraday volatility, and gains are approximately in the 0–1% range. The 24-hour trading volume is about $500 million to $600 million, with major CEX platforms contributing around 100 million ADA in trading volume, indicating decent liquidity but no significant volume surge. Technical analysis indicates that after recent declines, Cardano's price has stabilized somewhat, but the overall structure remains bearish. The price continues to trade below short-term and medium-term moving averages, which are trending downward, suggesting that the recent rebound is more of a technical correction rather than a trend reversal. Until ADA effectively recovers these key moving averages, upward potential will remain limited by sellers.

Golden Finance reports that Negentropic, co-founder of Glassnode, pointed out that the Bank of Japan's rate hike trade is the most关注 in the market. The 25 basis point rate hike has already been reflected in asset prices, but hawkish guidance may trigger negative reactions. The Bank of Japan will carefully formulate subsequent policies based on economic data.

Foresight News: BULK Trade Co-founder and CTO Junaid Peer stated at the Solana Breakpoint conference that BULK is building a decentralized perpetual contract DEX on Solana. The platform will launch the Genesis testnet in the coming weeks, offering features such as up to 50x leverage. The DEX provides approximately 20 milliseconds of low-latency trading experience through a multi-operator matching engine. Additionally, BULK has developed the BULK Agave client, which operates as a supporting component network for Solana validators. Validators running this client can earn a 12.5% fee share from the BULK exchange.

On Thursday, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the Department of Justice to challenge state laws in the field of artificial intelligence, especially those enacted independently in the absence of federal regulation. The order establishes an Artificial Intelligence Litigation Working Group, emphasizes federal priority, and may question state laws on the grounds of interstate trade protection, with Colorado’s “Algorithm Discrimination” bill becoming a key focus. In the order, Trump stated that a unified national standard is more conducive to innovation than 50 individual state approaches, claiming that excessive state regulation hampers the development of American AI companies. However, the order was immediately criticized by labor groups, technology policy organizations, and AI researchers, who argued that it sidesteps the potential risks of AI systems and favors the interests of large tech companies. The United Food and Commercial Workers Union pointed out that the order threatens state government rights and may undermine workers’ jobs and rights. AI expert Gary Marcus warned that the order could make Trump himself responsible for economic or social risks related to AI.

Gate News Bot Message, December 12th, according to CoinMarketCap data, BAT (Basic Attention Token) is currently trading at $0.28, up 14.00% in the past 24 hours, with a high of $0.30 and a low of $0.24. The 24-hour trading volume reached $59.9 million. The current market capitalization is approximately $423 million, an increase of $51.9 million from yesterday. Basic Attention Token (BAT) is dedicated to tokenizing the attention economy, providing users, advertisers, and creators with new ways to earn, participate, and trade. Since 2017, BAT has been widely adopted by millions of users worldwide, with nearly 2 million verified creators, and has been successfully operated within the Brave browser.