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🔒 Cypherpunk announces investment in ZEC (Zcash) Cypherpunk has purchased 56,418 ZEC for $29 million, at an average price of $514 per coin. The company now holds a total of 290,062 ZEC, representing 1.76% of the circulating supply. CEO Will McEvoy stated that the company’s goal is to increase its holdings to 5% of total supply, meaning further purchases are planned.

💰 Metaplanet bought 4,279 BTC, bringing its total holdings to 35,102 BTC

📈 The queue for entering Ethereum validators is almost twice as long as the exit queue This is the first time in the past six months that entry demand has exceeded exits, signaling renewed interest in Ethereum staking.

📊 crypto prices: BTC ≈$87,237 ETH ≈$2,943 SOL ≈$123,59 BNB ≈$851 XRP ≈$1,86 Market cap ≈$3T Fear & Greed Index: 23 ("Extreme fear") Altseason Index: 17

💸 Strategy reports another $109M worth of Bitcoin purchases Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) reported buying 1,229 bitcoins for $108.8 million at an average purchase price of $88,568 per bitcoin between December 22 and 28. As of December 28, Strategy holds 672,497 bitcoins (more than 3% of total supply), for which the company has spent about $50.44 billion since 2020, with an average purchase price of $74,997 per BTC. The purchase was fully financed through the issuance and sale of MSTR shares, which fell another 7% over the week. The company’s stock is now trading more than 60% below its July peak.

😳Trust Wallet reveals number of users affected by the $7M hack Trust Wallet CEO Eowyn Chen said that last week’s hack of the browser extension affected 2,596 wallets. However, the team received around 5,000 compensation claims, indicating a large number of fraudulent or duplicate requests. The developers previously acknowledged a vulnerability in version 2.68 of the browser wallet, released an update to version 2.69, and promised to compensate users for losses estimated at $7 million. According to Chen, the top priority is accurate verification of wallet owners so that compensation goes only to legitimate victims. Claim reviews are being conducted in parallel with the technical investigation.

🧑‍🎓 A member of the Zcash community has written a full academic-style paper titled “The Case for ZEC at $10,000”, arguing why ZEC could realistically reach $10,000 (currently around $530). The author highlights a key difference between Bitcoin and Zcash (both have a 21 million supply cap and use PoW): data privacy. While all Bitcoin transactions and balances are fully transparent, Zcash uses zk-SNARKs, which allow transaction validity to be verified without revealing the amount, sender, or recipient. Zcash offers a dual address model: Transparent addresses — for compatibility with exchanges and regulatory requirements Shielded addresses — for cases where privacy is needed This hybrid approach is presented as a practical compromise that allows Zcash to remain listed in jurisdictions where privacy-focused coins like Monero are often delisted.

📊 crypto prices: BTC ≈$89,848 ETH ≈$3,033 SOL ≈$127,69 BNB ≈$864 XRP ≈$1,90 Market cap ≈$3,11T Fear & Greed Index: 24 ("Extreme fear") Altseason Index: 15

📉Amid the holiday period, spot Bitcoin ETFs are going through “bloody” times. The products recorded six consecutive days of outflows from December 18 to 26. In total, Bitcoin-based funds lost around $1.1 billion over this period. Ethereum ETFs showed a similar trend: investors continue to withdraw funds, though in smaller amounts.

☠️ Google search interest for “cryptocurrency” is near yearly lows - crypto seems to interest almost no one right now. In the past, this could be seen as a good buying opportunity. But traditional patterns no longer work, so now… who knows.

📊 crypto prices: BTC ≈$87,701 ETH ≈$2,940 SOL ≈$124,02 BNB ≈$843,20 XRP ≈$1,88 Market cap ≈$3T Fear & Greed Index: 24 ("Extreme fear") Altseason Index: 17

📈 Bitcoin mining difficulty has increased by 35% in 2025 At the same time, the market value of mined coins has fallen by 10% over the same period.

🗓 If December closes in the red for Ethereum, it will already be the ninth red month in 2025. Something like this has only happened once before — during the bear market of 2018.

🫡 A DDoS attack disrupted data collection during the Trust Wallet incident Blockchain security researchers discovered a tampered analytics script in the browser version of Trust Wallet that was sending user data to a third-party domain, metrics-trustwallet, disguised as official project infrastructure. The domain was registered shortly before the attack and was used to collect telemetry when pages loaded. Shortly after the scheme was uncovered, unknown users from a darknet forum launched a DDoS attack against the server, making it unavailable. As a result, data exfiltration was effectively stopped, significantly reducing the impact of the attack.

📊 crypto prices: BTC ≈$87,490 ETH ≈$2,931 SOL ≈$123,11 BNB ≈$841,03 XRP ≈$1,85 Market cap ≈$3T Fear & Greed Index: 23 ("Extreme fear") Altseason Index: 17

📊 Binance is the absolute leader among CEXs by the volume of client digital assets held on the platform (72%, $163.9B).

🦎 CoinGecko released a report stating that the memecoin season ended in early 2025 following the launches of TRUMP and LIBRA. By early 2025, market cap hit $150B driven by Pump.fun and tokens like BONK, PEPE, and TRUMP, but later fell to $47.2B by November. The report highlights key risks: rug pulls, sniping, bundling, fake tokens, and honeypots. Despite thousands of new coins, most market value remains concentrated in DOGE, SHIB, and PEPE.

📊 Top 5 Layer-1 blockchains by daily active users in 2025: Leader — BNB Chain (4.32M), followed by Solana, Near, Tron, and Aptos.

👛 Trust Wallet users lost $7M in a hack The Trust Wallet team confirmed a security incident that affected only the browser extension version 2.68. Developers released an urgent update (v2.69) and promised to compensate affected users. Total losses are estimated at ~$7 million. The mobile app and other extension versions were not affected.

What users of version 2.68 should do: 1.Do not open the Trust Wallet extension if you’re on version 2.68 2.Go to your browser’s Extensions settings and disable Trust Wallet 3.Enable Developer Mode (top right of the extensions page) 4.Click Update (top left) 5.Make sure version 2.69 is installed — it is considered safe

The wallet’s native token TWT dropped 7% within hours before the official announcement, but recovered shortly after the news was published.

📈 Synthetic stablecoin USX briefly lost its peg today The USX stablecoin (market cap ~$285M) on Solana temporarily depegged earlier today. The Solstice team stated that the collateral and net asset value remain unchanged and overcollateralized, calling the issue a secondary market liquidity problem, not a solvency one. The peg has since largely recovered.