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This article summarizes cryptocurrency news as of December 24, 2025, including the latest updates on Bitcoin, Ethereum upgrades, Dogecoin trends, real-time cryptocurrency prices, and price forecasts. Major Web3 events today include: 1. Yili Hua: ETH's future target is $10,000, currently the best buying zone; 2. Polymarket user accounts were hacked, causing controversy; official response: related to third-party login tools 3. Mentougou hacker may sell 1,300 BTC within 7 days, currently still holding 4,100 BTC

In the past 6 hours, the whale address "20 million wave hunter" has been continuously closing short positions in ETH, HYPE, and others. Currently, the holdings amount to approximately $111 million, mainly focused on ETH and HYPE, with profits exceeding $104 million.

Gate News bot message, the cryptocurrency market experienced a decline as traders reduced risk exposure following macro news developments. Open Interest decreased by 5%. $ETH and $BTC ETFs recorded outflows last week, totaling nearly $1 billion, demonstrating institutional investor caution. $BTC tra

Recently, legendary trader Arthur Hayes has once again attracted market attention. According to on-chain data monitoring, he recently transferred 682 ETH into a mainstream CEX, which is worth approximately 2 million USD at current prices. This move is widely interpreted by the market as a potential sell signal and further reinforces the market expectation that “Arthur Hayes is betting on DeFi and is temporarily bearish on ETH.” The on-chain analysis platform Lookonchain revealed that Arthur Hayes has been systematically reducing his ETH holdings and shifting funds into yield-oriented DeFi tokens. Data shows that he has previously sold about 1,871 ETH, valued at approximately 5.53 million USD, and allocated the proceeds into DeFi project tokens such as ENA, PENDLE, and ETHFI. In the past week, Hayes has invested several million dollars into Ethena, Pendle, and ether.fi ecosystems, demonstrating a high level of confidence in DeFi yield models and protocol tokens.

Gate News Bot message, December 24th, according to CoinMarketCap data, as of press time, ETH (Ethereum) is currently trading at $2927.89, down 1.16% in the past 24 hours, with a high of $3073.35 and a low of $2777.12. The 24-hour trading volume reached $19.497 billion. The current market capitalization is approximately $353.381 billion. Ethereum is a decentralized open-source blockchain network and software development platform powered by the cryptocurrency Ether (ETH). As a next-generation permissionless global infrastructure for applications, the Ethereum network is open to everyone, with no permission requirements, built and maintained collectively by thousands of individuals, organizations, and users worldwide.

Over the past week, Ethereum (ETH) prices have generally remained sideways with fluctuations. On the surface, the market appears calm, but technical charts and on-chain data reveal clear signals of structural changes. Several indicators show that Ethereum is building a potential medium-term reversal pattern, while the selling pressure from long-term holders has significantly decreased. This combination is relatively rare in history. From a technical perspective, on the daily chart, Ethereum is forming a classic inverse head and shoulders pattern, which is one of the more reliable bullish reversal structures in the crypto market. The current neckline of the pattern is around $3,400 and appears relatively flat. Historical experience suggests that once a flat neckline is effectively broken, it is often accompanied by a stronger trend of upward movement. Based on this pattern, once ETH breaks above the neckline with increased volume, its theoretical target price could reach the $4,400 area.

Odaily Planet Daily reports that Matrixport released a chart today stating that, based on pricing logic, the main driving force behind cryptocurrency asset prices remains the inflow of incremental capital, rather than changes in user numbers or application scenarios. This is especially evident in the Ethereum ETF: during the nearly $10 billion influx of funds, ETH prices rose from about $2,600 to $4,500; when the capital inflow slowed, prices quickly retraced previous gains. In an environment with relatively limited new real demand, Ethereum and the broader crypto market remain highly sensitive to marginal changes in capital flow. Compared to the previous bull market, where the main narrative centered around "adoption, revenue, and network growth," and investors were willing to pay a premium for these expectations; in this cycle, price performance is more largely dependent on where the capital flows.

According to Foresight News, Jack Yi, the founder of Liquid Capital, tweeted that "Trend Research is preparing to invest $1 billion to continue increasing its holdings in Ethereum (ETH), and on this basis, we will continue to buy ETH. We practice what we preach and strongly advise against shorting; there is no doubt this will be a historic opportunity."

Li Hua Yi stated on the X platform that now is an ideal time to buy ETH, optimistic about the bull run in 2026, with a target price set at $10,000. He recalled missing out on the rise in the past due to closing all positions during the Bear Market, and has now completed the top escape and continues to increase the position, advocating for trend investing and patient waiting.

The founder of Liquid Capital, Yi Lihua, stated on social media that now is the best time to buy ETH, with future targets expected to exceed $10,000. He reviewed previous investment experiences, emphasizing the importance of patience and trend investing, and believes that the current strategy is to continuously increase the position.

Huang Licheng has continuously increased the position of ETH long orders in the past 10 hours, with a total scale increasing to 21.62 million USD, an average price of 2978 USD, and unrealized losses of about 110,000 USD. His open orders range from 2960 to 3125 USD, with some already executed. Other previously held long orders have been closed.

Foresight News reports that, according to SoSoValue data, the overall trend of the crypto market zone is a continuous pullback, with a general decline of about 2% to 9% over the past 24 hours. Among them, the NFT zone fell by 9.46%, with Pudgy Penguins (PENGU) down 4.66%. Previously, Audiera (BEAT), which had a large rise, experienced a pullback, dropping 41.28%, but APENFT (NFT) still rose 3.66%. In addition, Bitcoin (BTC) decreased by 1.12%, falling below $88,000; Ethereum (ETH) declined by 2.01%, maintaining around $3,000. In other zones, the PayFi zone dropped over the past 24 hours.

According to ChainCatcher news, crypto analyst Emmett Gallic (@emmettgallic) has monitored that a certain ETH Whale has increased its holdings by 46,378 Ethereum (approximately 137 million USD). This whale currently holds 580,000 ETH, with unrealized losses of 188.6 million USD.

A whale named "66kETHBorrow" has purchased 40,975 ETH in the past 5 hours, bringing the total purchased amount to 569,247 ETH, valued at approximately $1.69 billion, of which $881.5 million was borrowed.

ChainCatcher message, Ethereum treasury protocol ETH Strategy dashboard updated, showing a holding of 11,778 ETH, total value of 34.4 million USD, STRAT token price of 0.24 USD, expected to launch STRAT linear unlocking and lending products on November 29.

Gate News bot message, Fasanara Capital has purchased 6,569 $ETH (worth $19.72 million) in the past two days, deposited it into Morpho, and borrowed $13 million $USDC to buy more $ETH.

According to ChainCatcher news, monitored by Hyperinsight, the "largest BTC short" on Hyperliquid is currently shorting 165 million USD BTC with 20x leverage, with unrealized gains of 2.4 million USD and an average entry price of 88,077.9 USD. It also holds a short order of 54 million USD ETH, with unrealized gains of 1.8 million USD, and a short order of 18 million USD SOL, with unrealized gains of 500,000 USD.

Gate 新闻机器人消息，一位交易者三个月前将 $600K USDC 充值到 Hyperliquid，并以 25 倍杠杆开了一个姨太多头头寸。该头寸目前的价值约为 1500 万美元，死拿 5,063 姨太，强制平仓价格为 2,882.84 美元。

Gate 新闻机器人消息，根据12月23日的更新，比特币ETF记录了686 BTC的1天净流出($60.1M)以及2,747 BTC的7天净流出($240.79M)。以太坊ETF显示出122 ETH的1天净流出($358K)和164,861 ETH的7天净流出($485.02M)。相比之下，Solan

Wintermute released a market report indicating that as the holidays approach, Bitcoin's market share is rising, with buyer strength for major coins outpacing sellers. Both BTC and ETH have seen increased buying, and retail investors are starting to shift back to major coins, showing that the market consensus is for BTC to lead the rise.

Thin market liquidity and rising precious metal prices have kept Bitcoin below $90,000. Analysts warn that the record options expiration on Friday will increase volatility, with about 300,000 BTC options contracts expiring, with a notional value of approximately $23.7 billion.

Odaily News According to monitoring by The Data Nerd, 1 hour ago, GSR (0x123...abc) transferred 2000 ETH to DBS Bank, worth 5.93 million dollars. In the past 2 days, GSR has transferred a total of 4400 ETH to DBS Bank, with a total value of 13.2 million dollars.

Ethereum (ETH) is facing significant phase pressure. Recent data shows that after several weeks of capital inflows, approximately $555 million was withdrawn from Ethereum-related products last week, making it the largest outflow among digital asset funds during that period. This change has significantly cooled market expectations for "Ethereum to dominate the altcoin season in 2026." According to data disclosed by CoinShares, this is the first week of net outflow for Ethereum in a month. Analysts believe that the delay of the Clarity Act at a critical juncture is one of the important factors triggering the capital withdrawal. The flow of funds shows that almost all ETH outflows come from the US market, indicating that the price trend of Ethereum is highly related to the US crypto regulatory environment.

According to Jinse Finance, PeckShield monitoring reports that the wallet addresses 0x1209...e9C and 0xaac6...508 were attacked due to private key leaks, resulting in approximately 2.3 million USDT being stolen. The attackers then exchanged these USDT for 757.6 ETH and laundered the funds through Tornado Cash.

PANews, December 23 news, according to the official announcement, Gate CandyDrop will officially launch the全民Airdrop 8.0 event from December 23, 2025, 16:00 to January 6, 2026, 16:00 (UTC+8). Users can participate in sharing 30 by completing specified Futures Trading and inviting friends tasks.

Gate News Bot news, on December 23, according to CoinMarketCap data, as of the time of writing, ETH (Ethereum) is currently priced at $2963.27, falling by 2.21% in the last 24 hours, with a high of $3073.35 and a low of $2777.12. The 24-hour volume reached $20.807 billion. The current market capitalization is approximately $357.652 billion, a decrease of about $8.088 billion since yesterday. Ethereum is a decentralized, open-source blockchain network and software development platform powered by the cryptocurrency Ether (ETH). As a secure, global infrastructure for the next generation of unstoppable applications, the Ethereum network is open to everyone, permissionless, and built and maintained by thousands of individuals, organizations, and users around the world. Ethereum supports a variety of innovative application scenarios. In digital payments

The crypto market is witnessing aggressive operations again. A Bitcoin whale has recently significantly increased shorting positions on Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and Solana (SOL), with a total short position size reaching $243 million, drawing heightened attention from the market regarding short-term trends. On-chain data indicates that the whale's latest actions clearly release bearish signals, but in a highly volatile environment, this bet also comes with extremely high risks. According to the on-chain analysis platform Onchain Lens, the wallet at address 0x94d3 has recently adjusted its position continuously. Last Friday, this address sold 255 BTC at an average price of approximately $85,378, cashing out about $21.77 million, while significantly expanding its leveraged short positions. Currently, the overall shorting scale of this whale has reached 1,899 BTC, 18,527.53 ETH, and 151,209.08 SOL, with a total risk exposure of approximately $243 million at current prices.

Led by Fundstrat co-founder Tom Lee, the Ethereum treasury company BitMine has recently made significant purchases of Ethereum, attracting high market attention. According to on-chain analysis firm Lookonchain, citing data from Arkham, BitMine purchased approximately 29,462 ETH from platforms like BitGo on Monday, with a transaction amount of about $88 million. Although BitMine has not officially confirmed the single transaction, the overall trend of accumulation has been corroborated in the company’s disclosures. A formal announcement released by BitMine later indicated that the company had purchased a total of 98,852 ETH last week. As of now, the total amount of Ethereum held by BitMine has reached 4,066,062 ETH, with an average acquisition cost of approximately $2,991. Based on the current Ethereum price, its Ethereum treasury size is around $12 billion, further solidifying its position as the world's largest enterprise-level ETH holder.

Odaily News According to SoSoValue data, yesterday (Eastern Time December 22) the total net inflow of Ethereum Spot ETF was 84.5895 million USD. The Ethereum Spot ETF with the highest single-day net inflow yesterday was Grayscale Ethereum Trust ETF ETHE, with a single-day net inflow of 53.7027 million USD, currently ETHE's historical total net outflow reaches 4.998 billion USD. Following that is Grayscale Ethereum Mini Trust ETF ETH, with a single-day net inflow of 30.8868 million USD, currently ETH's historical total net inflow reaches 1.502 billion USD. As of the time of writing, the total net asset value of Ethereum Spot ETF is 18.203 billion USD, and the ETF net asset ratio (market capitalization as a proportion of Ethereum's total market capitalization) reaches

Gate News bot message, Gate market shows that ETH falls below 2950 USDT, current price 2949.79 USDT.

BlockBeats news, on December 23, according to Farside monitoring, yesterday the net inflow of the U.S. Spot Ethereum ETF was 84.6 million USD, ending a streak of seven consecutive trading days of net outflows, among which: ETHE net inflow was 53.7 million USD; Grayscale ETH net inflow was 30.9 million USD.

The price of Bitcoin recently briefly rebounded to around $90,000, bringing some breathing space to the long-depressed crypto assets market. However, most analysts believe this is more of a technical rebound rather than a trend reversal. Overall, the second half of 2025 could become one of the weakest periods for Bitcoin's performance since 2018, as traders' concerns about market momentum are intensifying. In the past 24 hours, mainstream crypto assets have generally maintained a range-bound fluctuation. XRP, Ethereum (ETH), Solana (SOL), Cardano (ADA), and Dogecoin (DOGE) have all risen by about 2%, indicating a recovery in short-term sentiment. However, Aave (AAVE) has continued to decline by about 7% due to ongoing governance disputes, becoming one of the weakest-performing tokens in the market.

Gate News Bot news, on December 23, according to CoinMarketCap data, as of the time of writing, PLUME (Plume) is currently priced at 0.02 USD, with a pump of 4.57% in the last 24 hours, and the current market capitalization is approximately 55.3 million USD, having risen by 2.41 million USD compared to yesterday. Plume is a public blockchain dedicated to expanding Real World Assets (RWA) by transforming real assets into globally accessible financial tools with true crypto-native utility. The ecosystem includes Plume Chain (Real Asset Chain), Arc (Asset Onboarding Tool), pUSD (Ecosystem Stablecoin), pETH (Native ETH Liquid Staking Token), Nest (Real Yield Platform), and Plume Passport (RWAfi Wallet) among its core products. Additionally, Plume offers Skylink (Cross-chain Yield), Nexus (On-chain Data Highway), and Developer SDK as developer tools.

Odaily News According to Arkham monitoring, BlackRock has increased its holdings of BTC and ETH valued at a total of 17.64 million USD this morning, including an increase of 4,534 ETH through its Ethereum exchange-traded fund ETHA, worth approximately 13.62 million USD; in addition, it has increased its holdings of 45.379 BTC through its Bitcoin exchange-traded fund IBIT, worth 4.02 million USD.

Gate 新闻机器人消息，巨鲸 0xa339 在过去 20 分钟内以 $2,970 的价格出售了 5,306 姨太 ($15.76M)，完全偿还了所有贷款。然后，这只巨鲸从 Aave 提取了剩余的 24,700 姨太 ($74.41M)。 根据Lookonchain，这只巨鲸在过去2天内以每个$2,869的价格出售了20,599姨太($59.1M)。

According to Jinse Finance, monitoring by Arkham ZH reveals that the multi-billion dollar Hyperunit Whale associated with Garrett Jin has seen its ETH Position, worth over $620 million, rise by more than $50 million in unrealized gains over the past 3 days. His equity in the Hyperliquid (HL) account has grown from $150.04 million on Friday to currently over $208.07 million, with this transaction still overall losing about $18 million.

According to BlockBeats news on December 23, Onchain Lens monitored that Aave founder Stani Kulechov spent 1,699 ETH (5.15 million dollars) to buy 32,660 AAVE at an average price of 157.78 dollars. He currently holds 84,033 AAVE, valued at 12.6 million dollars, with unrealized losses of 2.29 million dollars.

Gate News bot message, Gate market shows, ETH falls below 3000 USDT, current price 2999.43 USDT.

Gate News bot消息，Lookonchain发布了涵盖2025年12月15日至12月21日的每周报告。稳定币增加了$509M ，而中心化交易所(CEX)的交易量在现货和永续市场表现不一。上市公司增加了907 BTC的持有量。巨鲸活动依然强劲，Bitmine购买了

Odaily News ETHZilla, a treasury company for Ethereum, disclosed on the X platform that it has sold 24,291 ETH, with proceeds of approximately 74.5 million USD. This transaction is reportedly part of the redemption of outstanding senior secured convertible notes. In the future, the company's value will be driven more by the income and cash flow generated from its RWA tokenization business, and thus will stop publicly disclosing the mNAV panel. However, it will still regularly disclose its assets and liabilities and update changes in ETH treasury and shares through SEC filings and social media.

Last week, Bitcoin treasury company MSTR did not purchase BTC, holding 671,268 coins, with unrealized gains of $10.114 billion. Ethereum treasury company BMNR increased its holdings by 98,852 ETH, with a total holding of over 4 million coins, with unrealized losses of $3.37 billion.

Gate News bot消息，巨鲸0xDDC4在六个月的缺席后恢复了交易活动，花费500姨太($1.53M)购买了9,629 AAVE。在过去的一年中，这只巨鲸累计持有39,213 AAVE($6.2M)，平均价格为$264，目前持有未实现损失为$4.15M。

On-chain analyst Onchain Lens detected that a certain Whale expanded its short positions after selling 255 BTC and added SOL shorts. Currently, this investor holds short positions in BTC, ETH, and SOL, facing a floating loss of over $2.35 million.

Matrixport released a report stating that since late August, the options skew for BTC and ETH has remained negative, indicating an increased market risk aversion towards downside risks. Although the skew has recently rebounded, it still leans towards bearish overall, and market sentiment is gradually improving.

Backpack has announced that its lending feature is officially launched on the X platform, allowing users to use assets such as BTC and ETH as collateral for loans and enjoy rewards points. Lending can earn floating returns, while borrowing involves liquidation risks. Currently, only lending services are offered, excluding Spot and Perptual Futures, and residents of Japan can now participate in the rewards points program.

Recently, the Ethereum (ETH) market has shown a clear pattern of differentiation. On one hand, overall risk appetite continues to cool, with traders and institutional funds opting to wait and see or retreat; on the other hand, some key long-term funds are quietly positioning themselves, creating an important foreshadowing for the future market. According to on-chain data, medium and small-scale holding addresses have been continuously reducing their ETH positions over the past few months. With rising macro uncertainties, these investors tend to lower their risk exposure and avoid potential volatility. In sharp contrast, the true "Ethereum whales" have begun to take action. Since July, large addresses holding over 10,000 ETH have been consistently increasing their holdings, with their net purchases nearing historical highs.