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MicroStrategy founder Michael Saylor, who has been aggressively acquiring BTC, discussed the impact of BTC market volatility and the successive entry of Wall Street giants into the market on 12/30. Saylor stated that market freedom is the most beautiful feature of BTC.

Market volatility is panic or manipulation

Saylor pointed out in the interview that the BTC market usually experiences violent fluctuations on weekends or during non-main trading hours, possibly because some well-funded crocodiles are taking actions contrary to market expectations. He mentioned, 'When the price suddenly skyrockets or plummets when it should be stable, it may be because some people panic or they adopt specific strategies different from most market participants.'

Saylor

As 2025 approaches, the encryption currency market is entering a key period of potential. According to the latest report from Franklin Templeton's Digital Assets Department, the next year will witness significant changes in regulatory clarity, institutional adoption acceleration, and technological evolution.

Regulatory Clarity: The United States May Return to the Global Innovation Center

Franklin Templeton predicts that regulatory agencies such as the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will play a key role in promoting diversified encryption investment products (such as Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) and tokenized securities). Under favorable regulatory conditions, the United States is expected to once again become the global center of encryption innovation, attracting more investment and entrepreneurs to participate in this field.

The integration of traditional finance and encryption infrastructure

The report points out that traditional finance

According to Yonhap News Agency, on 12/31, the South Korean court issued an arrest warrant for President Yoon Suk-yul, who is suspected of the crime of internal disorder, in relation to the martial law incident in early December. This is the first time in the constitutional history of South Korea that an arrest warrant has been issued for a sitting president, and it is expected to have significant political and legal implications. The Prosecutor's Office, which is responsible for investigating crimes committed by high-ranking officials, is expected to execute the arrest warrant at President Yoon's residence in the near future.

South Korean court recognizes the suspicion of internal disturbance! Arrest warrant issued for Yoon Seok-yeol

Seoul Western District Court's warrant dedicated judge 12/31

According to Bloomberg, the US Treasury Department's letter to Congress showed that the agency was targeted by a Chinese government-sponsored hacking attack, describing the intrusion as a "significant cybersecurity incident" because it was attributed to a state-sponsored actor.

The Chinese government funds hackers to infiltrate the US Department of the Treasury.

Third-party software provider BeyondTrust Inc. notified the Ministry of Finance that a hacker gained access to "the supplier's access to protect cloud-based service keys, which is used to remotely provide technical support to users of the Ministry of Finance's office." The hacker was able to remotely access certain Ministry of Finance workstations and "certain non-confidential files maintained by these users."

The spokesperson of the Ministry of Finance stated: 'The damaged BeyondTrust'

Technology stocks weakened, the US stock market fell for the third consecutive day, and there is a strong atmosphere of profit-taking at the end of the year. MicroStrategy announced another purchase of Bitcoin. BTC fell to $91,530 yesterday and seems to be taking a Christmas and New Year holiday recently.

Technology stocks lead the decline, with a strong atmosphere of profit-taking at the end of the year

After the Chicago Purchasing Managers Index unexpectedly declined, US bond yields further declined, with the 10-year bond yield hovering around 4.53%. Monday's data also showed that the inventory of homes for sale in the US increased for the fourth consecutive month in November, reaching the highest level since early 2023.

This year's so-called 'seven giant' American technology giants have driven the S&P 500 index up by more than 20%, while also causing some concerns that the gains are too concentrated in a small number of companies. However, few people believe that the momentum will end here, as none of the 19 strategists tracked by Bloomberg think that the S&P

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) will suspend trading on January 9th, which is designated as a national day of mourning to honor the late former President Jimmy Carter. President Biden announced that the day will be designated as a national day of remembrance to express respect for Carter's life and contributions.

The passing of the president is a tradition in the New York Stock Exchange.

It is a tradition for the New York Stock Exchange to suspend trading when the US President dies. The most recent occurrence was in December 2018, when the market closed to mourn former President George H.W. Bush.

The New York Stock Exchange was established in the late 18th century and first closed in 1885 to mourn the 18th President of the United States, Ulysses S. Grant.

Grayscale recently released its industry report for Q1 2025. In the report, it not only mentioned that Ethereum's performance is falling behind Solana, but also pointed out that investors are increasingly following altcoins such as Sui and Ton. In addition, the top 20 coins listed by Grayscale have also changed, with the addition of coins such as HYPE, ENA, VIRTUAL, JUP, JTO, and GRASS. Meanwhile, old-timers such as Maker, the Decentralized Finance protocol, Korean legislator Jeong Eun-hee's Stacks, UMA, TON, NEAR, and CELO have been removed.

Trump's election victory drives a strong fourth quarter

Grayscale attributes much of the strong performance in the fourth quarter to the victory of Trump in the US presidential election. According to Grayscale's Cryptocurrency Industry Market Index (CSMI), the total market value of the industry increased from 1 trillion US dollars to 3

Recently, a machine learning expert, Bojan Tunguz, who works at NVIDIA, pointed out after reading Chris Miller's "Chip Wars: The Struggle for the Most Critical Technology in the World" that the reason why Morris Chang chose to establish TSMC in Taiwan instead of the United States was because the industry in the United States was rampant with anti-immigrant and racist sentiments at the time.

Musk also commented in the comments section that in his understanding, the main reason is the large number of undeveloped technical talents in Taiwan. YouTube's Taiwanese founder Steven Chen also commented on Musk's remarks, calling it an accurate assessment of Taiwan.

Bojan: The United States may pay a price for driving Zhang Zhongmou away during the anti-immigration fervor at the time.

Bojan Tungu has worked in several technology startups and is currently serving at

Currently, it has received favor from multiple venture capitalists and successfully raised $5 million. It focuses on DuckChain, which combines AI and EVM, and will release an AI roadmap on 12/28, aiming to enable 1 billion Telegram users to easily enter the Web3 world with AI.

Mainstream AI Agent DAO

The AI roadmap of DuckChain is divided into five stages, and the following is the operating mode of the first stage:

Genesis members: The core members of the DuckChain community have their own AI agents, and members only need to pledge DUCK tokens, and the AI agents will participate in governance on behalf of the members based on pre-set AI models.

AI autonomous decision-making: AI agents will act based on AI

MicroStrategy acquisition 2,138 BTC, total holding reaches 446,400 BTC

MicroStrategy announced that it has acquired 2,138 bitcoins between December 23 and December 29, 2024, with a total transaction amount of $209 million. This acquisition brings its total bitcoin holdings to an astonishing 446,400 coins, with a cumulative purchase value of approximately $27.9 billion.

Below are the detailed contents of the company's announcement, its key performance indicators, and the impact of this move on its Bitcoin strategy.

Large-scale Bitcoin acquisition, from the proceeds of selling stocks

During this period, MicroStrategy executed 2024 10

Recently, the popular game live streamer Master GuoDong, known as the 'Stranger of the Tongshen', firmly stated during a conversation with fans that 'games related to blockchain will inevitably fail.' He also expressed a unique perspective that differs from the industry, using players' experiences to illustrate that games cannot be separated from cheating. If games are associated with tokens, cheating will devalue the currency, leading to a negative cycle.

Live streamer Ironmouth bluntly said, "Games associated with blockchain are doomed."

At 3:35 in the video, a viewer asked, 'Would you consider playing Maple Story N in the metaverse?' At this point, Guodong showed a disdainful smirk, questioning the move of bringing MapleStory into the metaverse as unnecessary, because the content of Maple Story in the metaverse is basically no different from the new MapleStory. The virtual currency Mesos and items in the new MapleStory are

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway recently increased its holdings of VeriSign, becoming its largest shareholder. Who is VeriSign, and how can it continue to increase its holdings when Berkshire has sold a large amount of cash this year?

VeriSign holds multiple blockchain patents

VeriSign is a domain registration service and internet infrastructure provider, established in 1995, primarily responsible for managing top-level domains such as .com and .net, ensuring the security, stability, and reliability of the Domain Name System (DNS).

According to reports, VeriSign

On the 27th, the Central Bank of the Republic of China announced an important personnel change. The former Director of the Business Department, Pan Rongyao, and the Director of the Information Department, Li Ruixin, will retire on January 16, 2025. It is worth noting that the position of the Director of the Information Department will be temporarily filled by Professor Chen Gong from the Department of Information Management at National Chengchi University. Professor Chen Gong is also the Executive Director of the Block Chain Innovation Laboratory at National Chengchi University, which research projects include asset tokenization and digital currencies. It is worth looking forward to whether the Central Bank intends to leverage Professor Chen Gong's research expertise to develop relevant business.

Professor borrowed from Central Bank, formerly led Blockchain Lab

According to the contents of the announcement, Mr. Chen Gong, the newly appointed director of the Information Department, is 61 years old.

Marc Andreessen, the founder of well-known venture capital firm a16z, said in an interview on 12/28 that the Silicon Valley tech industry, US policies, AI, cryptocurrency, and free markets are undergoing unprecedented and significant changes.

Silicon Valley's introspection and counterattack, the industry's large-scale entry into the policy field

Andreessen said that Silicon Valley was completely 'politically isolated' in the past, and many technology companies believed that politics had nothing to do with their core business. However, as the Biden administration's policies have an increasingly deep impact on the industry, the industry is beginning to realize that if they do not get involved in the discussion, they may face more restrictions in the future.

In the past few years, political correctness movements such as diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) have emerged, causing internal conflicts and declining productivity in Silicon Valley. Externally, there are also government measures towards encryption, AI

The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has stipulated on 12/27 that Decentralized Finance operators must collect user data, triggering a strong rebound in the industry. Related lawsuits have also officially begun on 12/27, and well-known venture capital firm a16z is fully supporting the lawsuit.

IRS requires Decentralized Finance operators to collect user transaction data

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) proposed a regulation in August 2023 for decentralized finance (DeFi) operators, requiring them to report user transaction information to the IRS to reduce tax loopholes.

According to IRS statistics, this regulation will affect approximately 650 to 875 Decentralized Finance platforms and 2 million taxpayers in the United States. However, the industry believes that Decentralized Finance is characterized by decentralization and the absence of intermediaries, IRS

Gambling is a part of human nature, and everything can be gambled, even murder cases. The prediction market platform Kalshi launched a sensational gambling contract on the UnitedHealth insurance murder case, which immediately attracted the intervention of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) for investigation, and the contract was forced to be halted just two days after its opening.

The 'murder betting' was forced to stop after only two days of operation.

The largest health insurance company in the United States, UnitedHealthcare, was executed in a gangland-style shooting on 12/5 in New York City. The US police immediately launched a large-scale search and arrested the 26-year-old suspect, Luigi Mangione. The prosecutor accused Mangione of being motivated by disgust for the American health insurance industry. Currently, Mangione is charged with murder by the prosecutor.

According to Bloomberg, a week after the murder, the prediction market platform

Chinese tech company founder Siqi Chen, of Chinese descent, launched a fundraiser on GoFundMe on Christmas to raise medical research funds for his daughter's rare tumor disease, 'diamond tumor osteophytic tumor,' with a target of $300,000. The beneficiary of the funds is the Children's Hospital Foundation at the University of Colorado. Just before the new year, a miracle happened when an anonymous donor gave him a meme coin $Mira on Solana on-chain mint, and within hours of the news exposure, the meme coin big pumped to nearly 1,800.