Gate News bot message, The #BitcoinOG(1011short), holding over $680M in long positions across $BTC, $ETH, and $SOL, has transferred 368,106 $ETH valued at $1.08B to 5 new wallets.

ETHZilla Corporation has released a letter from the Chairman to shareholders, summarizing the strategic progress over the past five months, emphasizing plans to bring real-world assets on-chain and tokenize them, and has partnered with regulated broker Liquidity.io to launch compliant tokenized assets on the Ethereum Layer 2 network.

PANews 12月17日消息，以太坊联合创始人Vitalik Buterin在X平台回应美国参议员Bernie Sanders提议暂停建设大型AI数据中心的话题。Vitalik认为，真正有效的方式应是预备未来关键时刻“削减90-99%算力”的能力，而不仅是立即减速；他也支持区分“超大型集群”与消费级AI硬件，并推动去中心化式发展。

BlockBeats News, December 17 — According to official data from Pacifica, the operations of top traders on the profit leaderboard are no longer limited to hedging and volume washing. Instead, they are placing high-frequency long and short positions while betting on the direction, balancing point accumulation and account returns. A typical address is the top address on the profit leaderboard in the past 30 days (LmTE1), which currently holds ETH and BTC short positions with returns exceeding 100%, and engages in high-frequency rebalancing and opening/closing positions every minute. Additionally, since becoming active on October 4, this address has recorded a profit of $1.65 million from an active capital of $800,000, and has achieved approximately $1.87 billion in trading volume, ranking third in monthly trading volume. Based on analysis of trading users on X, this trading volume may have accumulated around 730,000 points for the user. On-chain data analysis and copy trading tool Coinbob is now live on Coinbob.

In the recent market volatility, Ethereum (ETH) has experienced a significant whale sell-off, prompting investors to focus on whether key support levels are holding. Data shows that approximately 28,500 ETH were sold off in a short period, totaling over $80 million, but the price did not immediately experience a runaway decline. As of now, ETH price is fluctuating around $2,950. Despite the substantial selling pressure, the market has shown some absorption capacity, indicating that short-term sell-offs have been partially digested, but the overall downside risk has not been completely eliminated.

JPMorgan Chase is once again increasing its investment in blockchain finance. According to The Wall Street Journal, this globally largest bank by market value has officially launched its first tokenized money market fund based on the Ethereum blockchain, MONY, and plans to inject $100 million of its own funds. External investors are expected to participate in subscriptions starting December 16. This move is seen as an important signal of traditional financial institutions' growing recognition of Ethereum (ETH) as an institutional-grade financial infrastructure. From a strategic perspective, JPMorgan Chase's choice of Ethereum as the underlying public chain highlights its advantages in smart contracts, security, and ecosystem maturity. As the tokenization of real-world assets (RWA) accelerates, Ethereum is gradually becoming the core platform for institutions to test and implement on-chain financial products.

Ethereum (ETH) price continues to fluctuate below $3000, with ETF fund outflows and cooling derivatives trading jointly suppressing market sentiment. As of press time, ETH is at $2919, down approximately 0.5% in the past 24 hours, with a total decline of 12% over the past week, retracing about 41% from the all-time high of $4946 in August this year. From the trading data, market activity has significantly decreased. Ethereum's daily trading volume has fallen to approximately $22.3 billion, a 27% decrease week-on-week, indicating that the willingness to buy has continued to weaken below key resistance levels. The derivatives market is also weak; according to CoinGlass data, ETH derivatives trading volume has decreased by 31% to $58 billion, with open interest reduced to $36.87 billion, reflecting that traders are more inclined to reduce positions rather than leverage for a rebound.

On Wednesday, the cryptocurrency market continued its correction trend, with the overall market capitalization falling below the $30 trillion mark for the third time in a month, as the market began testing lower support levels. The decline was mainly concentrated in mainstream assets such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP, indicating signs of institutional fund position adjustments rather than retail panic selling. Market data shows that Bitcoin dropped about 1.5%, to $86,580, retracing some of its gains from the previous trading day. Ethereum retreated from an overnight high of nearly $2,980 to around $2,930. Ripple (XRP) faced resistance at the $1.90 level and failed to continue its previous recovery. Since these assets all have active ETF products, the market generally believes that the price weakness more reflects changes in institutional sentiment.

Asset management firm Grayscale stated in its latest report, "2026 Digital Asset Outlook: The Dawn of the Institutional Era," that under the continued macroeconomic pressures and clarifying regulatory environment, the cryptocurrency market is accelerating into the "Institutional Era" and may sustain a long-term structural bull market. Grayscale believes that the traditional four-year crypto cycle driven by Bitcoin halving is gradually weakening, replaced by more stable institutional capital inflows and a deeper integration of digital assets with the traditional financial system. This shift signifies that the crypto market is transitioning from a highly speculative phase to a mature stage focused on asset allocation and financial infrastructure.

The Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) has shown a significant shift in its regulatory stance on cryptocurrencies in its latest 2025 annual report. In this 86-page report, FSOC officially removed digital assets from the "Systemic Financial Risk" watchlist, marking a fundamental change in the U.S. regulators' core assessment of the crypto industry. Unlike the 2024 report, which focused on stablecoin run risks and market confidence shocks, the 2025 report no longer emphasizes risk warnings but instead highlights regulatory clarity, compliance frameworks, and the actual financial functions of digital assets. FSOC explicitly states that distributed ledger technology has practical value in enhancing transaction efficiency and security. A key background for this shift is the passage of the "Guidance and Establishment of the U.S. Stablecoin National Innovation Act" (GENIUS Act) in July 2025. This legislation provides a clear framework for stablecoin issuance, reserve management, and risk control, and is seen as a crucial institutional foundation for reducing financial stability risks and promoting stablecoin innovation in the United States.

ETHZilla Chairman and CEO McAndrew Rudisill revealed in a letter to shareholders that the company is transforming into a business focused on tokenizing real-world assets, with plans to launch its first RWA token in early 2026. As of now, ETHZilla holds approximately 93,790 ETH, valued at about $276.4 million.

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

Gate News bot message, after experiencing complete liquidation, Machi (@machibigbrother) has returned to trading. According to Onchain Lens, Machi deposited $1.2M USDC into HyperLiquid and opened an ETH long position with 25x leverage. Previously, as the market declined, Machi was completely liquida

PANews 12月16日消息，据Lookonchain报道，与Konstantin Lomashuk相关的一个钱包在过去一小时内以约2,928美元的价格抛售了14,585枚ETH，套现约4,271万美元。

Liquid Capital founder Yi Lihua stated that he is optimistic about ETH's fundamentals, but since the major crash on 1011, market liquidity has decreased, with the derivatives market dominating the spot market. Fluctuations are normal, and spot investments may not always buy at the lowest price. ETH remains a core asset for medium- to long-term investment.

On December 16, news: Smart Wallet 0xA33…AE12C started reducing its holdings, taking partial profits on ETH. The address bought 19,973 ETH in April this year, recently sold 9,999.95 at an average price of $2,921.35, earning $11.92 million. Currently, it has collateralized 40,697 WETH on Aave and borrowed $39.05 million.

Gate News bot message, two whales dumped 14,000 $ETH ($40.82M) in the past 2 hours. Address 0x2802 sold 10,000 $ETH ($29.16M) at $2,915.5 on Dex. Address 0x4c0A sold 4,000 $ETH ($11.66M) via CEX and Gate.

As blockchain applications continue to grow, scalability issues have become a core challenge that public chains cannot avoid. Ethereum (ETH) has been vigorously developing Layer-2 scaling solutions in an attempt to increase throughput and reduce transaction fees while avoiding long-term congestion on the mainnet. This strategy has achieved certain success in user experience and is also seen as an important pillar for Ethereum's mainstream adoption. However, from an economic model perspective, this pillar is facing pressure. Data shows that Ethereum's on-chain revenue has significantly declined this year, dropping from approximately $2.52 billion at the beginning of the year to about $604 million. Behind this revenue decline is the reality that transaction fees are being heavily diverted to Layer-2 networks.

The cryptocurrency market has been under continuous pressure recently, and the so-called "Christmas rally" is becoming increasingly unlikely. On Monday, major digital assets such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Ripple (XRP) all declined collectively, with prices falling to at least a one-week low, and the derivatives market liquidation scale also significantly expanded. Data shows that Bitcoin has fallen more than 3% in the past 24 hours, with the price dropping from nearly $90,000 in early Monday trading to a low of $85,833, hitting a new low since early December. Ethereum also performed poorly, declining over 4% intraday to $2,955; Ripple dropped about 4.5%, falling back to $1.90, also hitting a new low since December. Over the past week, almost all of the top ten cryptocurrencies by market cap, except stablecoins, have weakened across the board.

Ripple Labs officially launches its USD-backed stablecoin RLUSD multi-chain expansion pilot, marking Ripple's further deployment in the stablecoin and multi-chain infrastructure space. According to an official statement, RLUSD will be expanded to multiple Ethereum L2 networks, including Optimism, Base, Ink, and Unichain, through a pilot program before obtaining full regulatory approval. This expansion was completed in collaboration with Ripple and the cross-chain interoperability protocol Wormhole. Wormhole's cross-chain technology allows assets to be securely transferred between different blockchains and is regarded as a key infrastructure in the current multi-chain ecosystem. RLUSD has previously been issued on the XRP Ledger and Ethereum mainnet. Ripple stated that expanding to Ethereum L2 is crucial for building a more scalable, efficient, and interoperable financial system.

A whale betting on ETH withdrew 21,850.15 ETH from the exchange between December 5 and 15, at an average price of $3,231, currently with an unrealized loss of $6.246 million. Currently, ETH is stored in five wallets, one of which is in a long position mode, collateralizing ETH to borrow USDT.

Gate News Bot Message, December 16th, according to CoinMarketCap data, ETH (Ethereum) is currently priced at $2939.12, down 5.44% in the past 24 hours, with a high of $3446.62 and a low of $2899.69. The 24-hour trading volume reached $28.031 billion. The current market capitalization is approximately $354.738 billion, a decrease of $20.393 billion from yesterday. Ethereum is a leading platform for innovative applications and blockchain networks. The platform supports various use cases such as decentralized finance (DeFi), non-fungible tokens (NFT), and digital asset tokenization through smart contracts. Currently, the total value locked in DeFi on the Ethereum ecosystem is $14.43 billion, with an average network transaction cost of only $0.00089. In the past 24 hours, there have been 20.44 million transactions. Ethereum is committed to building a faster, safer, and more user-friendly network, and it has the largest and most active developer ecosystem in the Web3 space.

BlockBeats News, December 15 — According to official sources, BitMine announced today that the total value of its held cryptocurrencies, cash, and "potential investment" assets has reached $13.2 billion. As of 6 p.m. Eastern Time on December 14, the company's cryptocurrency holdings include: · 3,967,210 Ethereum · 193 Bitcoin · $38 million worth of Eightco Holdings (NASDAQ: ORBS) shares · $1 billion in cash. "BitMine continues to steadily accumulate Ethereum, adding 102,259 ETH over the past week. Cryptocurrency prices have stabilized over the past week, further confirming that the market has begun to recover from the price shock on October 10," said BitMine Chairman, Fund

ChainCatcher News, the AI intelligent agent project Owl AI officially launched version V1 on December 14th, debuting four major intelligent agents for public trial. These agents are designed to meet different risk control and investment return needs, providing users with flexible and personalized support. Previously, the internal testing of Owl AI concluded smoothly on December 13th, attracting over 12,000 users during the period, with 3,800 daily active users, and more than 63,000 total questions asked, demonstrating high engagement and market potential. The official statement indicates that version V1 is currently free to use, and users can accumulate points to unlock future platform benefits. Additionally, when version V1.5 is launched, subscription fees will be fully refunded to users' accounts as a "strategy trial fund" under certain conditions, which can be used to invest in high-quality strategies within the Strategy Marketplace. Owl AI is a

Spain and Denmark police recently jointly cracked a cross-border violent crime case targeting cryptocurrency holders. The gang engaged in kidnapping with the aim of stealing digital assets, ultimately resulting in the death of one victim, highlighting the ongoing rise in "Wrench Attack" risks in the cryptocurrency field in recent years. Spanish authorities reported that police have arrested five suspects domestically and cooperated with Danish police to charge four other involved individuals. The joint investigation revealed that the criminal organization specifically targeted individuals holding cryptocurrencies, using gun threats and physical violence to force victims to surrender access to their digital wallets.

As the flow of spot Ethereum ETF funds improves, the price structure of Ethereum (ETH) is gradually showing bullish signals. According to the latest market data, as of December 15th Asian time, Ethereum's price is approximately $3,113. Although it has retreated compared to last week, positive changes are emerging in both technical and capital aspects, creating conditions for a subsequent rebound. Previously, Ethereum's decline was mainly driven by decreased on-chain activity, phased profit-taking, and risk aversion triggered by macroeconomic uncertainties. At the same time, the overall liquidation pressure in the crypto market has increased, also weighing on ETH prices. However, based on current indicators, the market may have entered a consolidation phase.

PANews 12月15日消息，据Onchain Lens数据，一位昨日以7倍杠杆平仓ETH多头头寸并亏损334万美元的巨鲸，在过去30分钟内再次开仓，使用8倍杠杆建立了一个价值1700万美元的新ETH头寸。

Doha Bank recently completed a digital bond issuance worth $150 million, utilizing the Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) infrastructure provided by the European Clearing Bank, enabling same-day issuance and settlement. This case demonstrates that in regulated capital markets, permissioned DLT platforms are gradually becoming the mainstream choice for institutional issuance of tokenized debt, rather than relying entirely on public blockchains. The digital native bond was listed and issued on the International Securities Market of the London Stock Exchange and settled instantly through the European Clearing Bank's digital financial market infrastructure. The platform is operated by a central securities depository and is a regulated, permissioned DLT system that balances efficiency improvements with compliance requirements. Standard Chartered Bank served as the sole global coordinator and sole arranger for this transaction, responsible for the bond structure design, execution, and full issuance process.

Kyle Samani revealed that he entered the cryptocurrency space through Ethereum and profited, but he abandoned Ethereum at the Devcon3 conference in 2017 due to the rising Gas fees and the urgent need for scalability.

Recently, risk appetite in the crypto market has warmed up, and the rotation of funds between Bitcoin and Ethereum has accelerated significantly. Ethereum (ETH) failed to break through the $3400 level a few days ago and retreated to a stage low of $3045, then showed signs of stabilization. As of press time, ETH is at $3118, with a slight rebound on the daily chart and a weekly increase of about 2.5%, with some funds beginning to accumulate on dips during the pullback. On-chain data shows that funds are shifting from Bitcoin to Ethereum. Since July, the inflow of funds into Bitcoin has dropped sharply from a high of approximately $62 billion to about $4 billion, reflecting a change in investor risk appetite. Against this backdrop, Ethereum has become the main beneficiary, especially favored by whale funds.

The Prysm development team recently released an after-action report detailing the mainnet anomaly that occurred after the Fusaka upgrade on December 4, 2025. The issue once threatened the stability of the Ethereum network but was ultimately resolved thanks to the diversity mechanism of client implementations. The report indicates that the problem occurred at epoch 411,392 (December 4 at 21:49 UTC) after the Fusaka upgrade was activated. Prysm consensus clients, when processing certain proof data, triggered大量历史状态的重复计算, leading to rapid exhaustion of CPU and memory resources, causing nodes to experience denial-of-service (DoS)-style performance degradation. This was not a protocol design flaw but an implementation issue within clients under specific boundary conditions.