Gate News bot message, vitalik.eth(@VitalikButerin) has been selling tokens from his wallet over the past two days. According to Lookonchain, he sold a total of 114,500 $KNC($22.3K), 30.57M $STRAYDOG($10.3K), and 1.05B $MUZZ($5.6K), receiving 32,560 $USDC and 1.89 $ETH($5.6K) in return. Previously o

Odaily Planet Daily reported that according to Ai Aunt's monitoring, the address pension-usdt.eth (0x0dd...a902) has made a profit of 24.04 million USD in Hyperliquid over the past month. Out of 17 transactions since December, 16 were profitable, with a win rate of 94.1%. Currently, this address holds 30,000 ETH, valued at 89.72 million USD, ranking in the top three for Hyperliquid ETH long positions, with an average opening price of $2,969.6. Additionally, the address closed a position 9 hours ago.

According to ChainCatcher news, according to crypto KOL AB Kuai.Dong (@FORAB) disclosed on social media, the public statement of Fundstrat Capital Chief Investment Officer Tom Lee (who also serves as the chairman of Ethereum treasury company BitMine) contradicted his company's internal report. Tom Lee has publicly bet that Bitcoin and Ethereum will reach new highs in January, but Fundstrat's 2026 Crypto Strategy Report for internal clients predicts a deep correction in the first half of 2026. Internally reported pullback targets are: $60,000-$65,000 for Bitcoin and 1,800-2,000 for Ethereum

Gate News bot 消息，Gate 行情显示，ETH 突破 3000 USDT，现价 3000.68 USDT。

Gate News bot message, Ethereum's exchange supply has declined to its lowest level since 2016. More $ETH is being withdrawn from exchanges into long-term holding destinations, with reduced liquid supply on trading platforms. The data shows growing trader caution and muted short-term sell pressure in

Sean Farrell, from Tom Lee's fund, stated that the crypto market is expected to face risks in early 2026, potentially causing Bitcoin to drop to $60,000-$65,000 and Ethereum to fall to $1,800-$2,000. He believes these prices will present good entry points, with a year-end target of $115,000 for Bitcoin and $4,500 for Ethereum.

BlockBeats News, December 19, according to Whale Alert monitoring, a dormant Ethereum pre-mine address that has been inactive for 10.4 years has just been activated, containing 2000 ETH, worth $5,935,398, which was valued at $620 in 2015.

Gate News bot message, according to the December 19 update, Bitcoin ETFs recorded a 1-day net outflow of 1,911 BTC ($168.14M) and a 7-day net outflow of 3,985 BTC ($350.72M). Ethereum ETFs showed a 1-day net outflow of 36,567 ETH ($108.35M) and a 7-day net outflow of 216,219 ETH ($640.66M). Meanwhil

ChainCatcher News, Bifrost officially launches the Ethereum full-chain liquidity staking solution vETH 3. This version leverages the SLPx protocol to achieve native full-chain minting of ETH LST on networks such as Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, Optimism, Polkadot, and Bifrost. Users can earn staking rewards across multiple chains without asset cross-chain transfers. Technically, vETH 3 utilizes DVT technology (SSV Network) to ensure complete decentralization and security of staking nodes, and it deeply supports the ERC-4626 standard, enabling permissionless adoption and seamless integration with DeFi protocols, greatly enhancing asset composability. Compared to stETH, vETH 3 offers more significant yield advantages.

Ethereum developers have named the next upgrade "Hegota," combining the execution layer's Bogota upgrade and the consensus layer's Heze upgrade. The main EIPs will be finalized in February, and development of Glamsterdam is still ongoing.

Odaily Planet Daily reports that DeFi Technologies, a NASDAQ-listed company, subsidiary Valour, announced the launch of leveraged Bitcoin and Ethereum exchange-traded products, Bull Bitcoin X2 Valour and Bull Ethereum X2, on the Swedish securities market Spotlight Stock Market.

Ahead of the Bank of Japan's interest rate decision announcement today, the crypto market has seen attention-grabbing whale movements. A large on-chain trader held approximately $717 million in crypto long positions at a key macro juncture, sparking market vigilance for short-term volatility. Despite current unrealized losses reaching $54 million, the whale has not reduced its position, demonstrating strong confidence in macro event-driven market trends. From the position structure, this whale primarily allocates mainstream crypto assets through Hyperliquid exchange, including about 203,000 ETH, 1,000 BTC, and over 300,000 SOL, showing a clear macro liquidity betting strategy. These assets are typically highly sensitive to interest rate policies and risk appetite changes, and diversified holdings also reduce risks associated with single-coin volatility.

Despite the overall weak sentiment in the crypto market, Ethereum bulls are still quietly accumulating strength. According to Arkham on-chain monitoring data, BitMine, a financial company under Tom Lee focused on Ethereum deployment, has continued to make large purchases of ETH this week, with a total investment of approximately $229.31 million, demonstrating strong confidence in Ethereum's medium to long-term value. The latest data shows that BitMine recently withdrew 30,075 ETH from the FalconX platform through two new wallets, worth about $88.73 million. Arkham Monitoring pointed out that this operation pattern is highly consistent with BitMine's previous on-chain purchase routes, and it can be confirmed that it is still part of their ongoing accumulation behavior.

Synthetix Network officially announces that its classic perpetual contracts DEX has returned to the Ethereum mainnet. This marks Synthetix's first return to Ethereum Layer-1 since migrating to Layer-2 networks in 2022 due to Gas cost issues. The team believes that with the ongoing Ethereum scalability upgrades, the mainnet is once again capable of supporting perpetual contract trading. According to the official announcement released on December 19, Synthetix Perps has launched on the Ethereum mainnet but is currently still in internal testing. This version supports perpetual contract trading for Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana, with leverage of up to 50x. Initially, it is only open to 500 users, mainly contributors, stakers, and experienced traders. The deposit limit for a single account is 40,000 USDT, and withdrawals are not supported during the initial phase of the mainnet launch. It is expected to open within about a week after the team completes on-chain fund monitoring.

Bitcoin and Ethereum are expected to surge, with targets of $106,000 and $4,500 respectively. Analyst Garrett Jin stated that the bearish arguments no longer hold, and the market has already priced in the impact of Japanese yen rate hikes. The analysis focuses on the trading activity of the "BTC OG Insider Whale."

Gate News Bot message, December 19th, according to CoinMarketCap data, as of press time, ETH (Ethereum) is currently trading at $2893.46, up 2.38% in the past 24 hours, with a high of $3175.12 and a low of $2777.12. The 24-hour trading volume reached $31.018 billion. The current market capitalization is approximately $349.227 billion, an increase of $8.125 billion from yesterday. Ethereum is a decentralized open-source blockchain network and software development platform powered by the cryptocurrency Ether (ETH). As a leading platform for innovative applications and blockchain networks, Ethereum provides a secure, global foundation for the next generation of unstoppable applications. The network is open to everyone, permissionless, and without owners, built and maintained by thousands of people, organizations, and users worldwide. ETH is driven

The European Central Bank recently stated that the technical and institutional preparations for the digital euro are essentially complete. Whether to launch it officially is no longer a technical issue but has entered the stage of political and legislative decision-making. Currently, the project is under review by the European Council and the European Parliament, with the final decision-making authority transferred to the EU legislative bodies. European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde pointed out in a recent statement that the central bank has completed all preliminary design and system construction work, including the operational framework and risk control mechanisms. "The next step will be for the European Council and the European Parliament to decide whether to adopt the European Commission's proposal and whether it needs to be amended and transformed into formal legislation." She emphasized that the digital euro is technically "ready to launch at any time."

Lido proposes a 2026 budget plan, with a planned investment of $60 million to transform from a single product to a diversified product portfolio, aiming to attract institutional clients and expand stablecoin yield business, ensuring protocol resilience. Currently, Lido holds a 28% market share in the Ethereum staking market, managing over 9.8 million ETH.

Gate News bot message, The Anti-CZ whale experienced multiple liquidations on its $HYPE and $ETH long positions. The whale currently holds a floating loss exceeding $47.35M across 2 wallets.

A large trader is currently facing liquidation risk, with a total long position in cryptocurrencies valued at $237 million and an unrealized loss of $40.3 million. The ETH liquidation price is only about $100 away from the current market price and was temporarily saved from liquidation due to a market rebound.

Perpetual contract trading platform Synthetix has rejoined the Ethereum mainnet. Founder Kain Warwick stated that Ethereum has resolved network congestion issues and can support high-frequency financial applications. He pointed out that in the past, Ethereum couldn't support perpetual contract DEXs, but now network scaling has made it the best choice.

Huang Licheng recently made substantial trading profits, with a BTC long position profit of $6,292.92, a ZEC long position profit of $2,982, and a HYPE long position profit of $2,642. However, his ETH long position is currently floating at a loss of $410,000, mainly due to yesterday's closing of long positions and reduction in holdings.

PANews December 19 News, according to hyperbot data, the whale pension-usdt.eth closed its ETH short position 1 day ago with a loss of $2.097 million. Early this morning, it opened a new BTC long position and gradually increased it to the current 1,000 BTC (valued at $85.658 million), with an unrealized loss of $716,000. The whale's total profit and loss over the past week is approximately +$1.21 million, with a total profit of about $23.15 million on HyperLiquid.

SoFi Bank has launched the USD stablecoin SoFiUSD, becoming the first nationwide bank in the United States to issue a stablecoin on a public blockchain. The stablecoin offers low-cost settlement, plans to be available to SoFi users, and will be used in various payment scenarios. Several institutions are also advancing stablecoins this year.

Recently, cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum recorded a net inflow of $2.6 billion, reaching a seven-week high. Institutions are increasing their investments in BTC and ETH, indicating a "risk-averse" trend. Analysis suggests that the DAT structure is more attractive for the long term.

Gate News 机器人消息，在市场疲软的情况下，加密货币市值下跌了5%，目前低于3万亿美元，年内下跌近30%。$BTC 的交易价格约为86,741美元，下降0.3%，而$ETH 跌破2,900美元，至2,835美元，下降3.9%。恐惧与贪婪指数(FGI)从17下降至极度恐惧。

JPMorgan Chase is entering the crypto finance space in a relatively low-key yet impactful way. Recently, the bank launched a tokenized deposit product called JPM Coin (JPMD) on the Ethereum Layer 2 network Base, marking the beginning of major Wall Street banks extending their core deposit systems onto public blockchains. This move is seen as an important signal of the integration between traditional finance and DeFi. Unlike traditional stablecoins, JPM Coin is essentially a digital claim on bank deposits, directly corresponding to real deposits within JPMorgan's system, and it can accrue interest. This distinguishes it clearly from stablecoins like USDC in terms of regulatory attributes and fund nature, and also provides institutional clients with a new on-chain option for cash and collateral.

Brazilian Securities Exchange B3 is accelerating the development of digital asset infrastructure, planning to tokenize real-world assets (RWA), issue Brazilian Real stablecoins, and launch derivatives related to Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana, thereby officially integrating crypto assets into the country's mature stock market system. These initiatives are seen as a significant milestone in the deep integration of Brazil's traditional financial system with blockchain technology. According to information released by B3, the exchange plans to launch a complete tokenization platform by 2026. This platform will support the issuance and trading of real-world assets on-chain, initially focusing on tokenized stocks, while maintaining connectivity with the existing B3 market infrastructure. This means that tokenized assets will not operate independently but will be interconnected with traditional clearing, settlement, and liquidity systems.