Daily News | BTC Breaks Through $107,000, Hitting A New Historical High, FLOKI Subcoin CAT Surged 40%

2024-12-17, 04:31

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## Crypto Daily Digest: BTC ETFs continue to receive large inflows, HYPE continues to rise sharply, attracting market attention
According to Farside Investors data, yesterday’s net inflow from US <a  rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"  href="/price/bitcoin-btc" target="_blank" class="blog_inner_link">Bitcoin</a> spot ETFs was $637.5 million. BlackRock IBIT had a net inflow of $418.8 million, Fidelity FBTC had a net inflow of $116.1 million, and Ark ARKB had a net inflow of $47.7 million.

Yesterday, the net inflow of US <a  rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"  href="/price/ethereum-eth" target="_blank" class="blog_inner_link">Ethereum</a> spot ETF was $20.4 million. Bitwise ETHW had a net inflow of $8.7 million, Grayscale ETH had a net inflow of $7.6 million, and BlackRock's ETHA data has not been updated yet.

**HYPE's market cap surpasses LTC to rank 26th on the crypto ranking list, temporarily reported at $9.3 billion **

According to Hyperliquid data, HYPE continued its upward trend and broke through $28, with a 24-hour increase of 13.26%, setting a new historical high. Its market cap was temporarily reported at $9.3 billion, surpassing LTC to rank 26th on the crypto ranking list, with a 24-hour trading volume of $336 million.

According to DefiLlama data, Hyperliquid's current TVL report is $3.114 billion, and the platform has already entered assets (supporting USDC and USDT) of $2.164 billion.

Hyperliquid is a Layer1 blockchain designed specifically for decentralized derivatives trading, and its mainnet has not yet been launched. As of now, Hyperliquid has not accepted any investment. At present, on chain deposit and withdrawal of Hyperliquid still need to be bridged through Arbitrarum, and over 60% of USDC tokens on the Arbitrarum chain are held by Hyperliquid addresses.

**The market cap of DeSci project ResearchCoin (RSC) has briefly exceeded $140 million, setting a new historical high**

According to Gate.io market information, the market cap of DeSci project ResearchCoin (RSC) has briefly exceeded $140 million, setting a new historical high. It is now reported at $113 million, with a 24-hour increase of 16.87%.

ResearchCoin is a crypto research platform co-founded by Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong and others, belonging to the DeSci (Decentralized Science) track. The project aims to change the traditional publishing model of scientific journals. Users earn ResearchCoins (RSCs) by publishing content to ResearchHub, and the number of RSCs received is proportional to the value of the content perceived by other community members.

**MicroStrategy increases holdings of 15,350 BTC by approximately $1.5 billion**

Last night, MicroStrategy founder Michael Saylor posted on social media that MicroStrategy has increased its holdings of 15,350 Bitcoins at an average price of approximately $100,386, with a total value of approximately $1.5 billion.

As of now, MicroStrategy holds 439,000 Bitcoins with a total purchase cost of approximately $27.1 billion and an average purchase price of approximately $61,725.

## Market Trends:  BTC Remains Strong, Cat Meme Coin CAT Surges
### Market Hotspots
The new coin VANA has been launched, and after its launch, the price of VANA once exceeded $35, and the current increase has narrowed to around 40%; VANA is an EVM compatible Layer1 blockchain with a current circulation of approximately 30% and a circulating market cap of $800 million; The community believes that VANA's rat trap is severe, and in reality, not many tokens have been airdropped into the hands of real users;

Meme coin CAT surged by over 40%. CAT is a subcoin of the well-established trending meme coin FLOKI. In September of this year, FLOKI airdropped CAT tokens to users holding over 400,000 FLOKI tokens; At the time of airdrop, the market cap of CAT was around $100 million, and the current circulating market cap of CAT is $410 million; When the market cap of an established coin is too large to be easily sold, airdropping another token to split the market cap and then selling it to gain popularity is another way of operating an established coin.

### Mainstream Coins
BTC remains strong, breaking through $107,000 this morning, while BTCD has continued to rise over the past week;

ETH is relatively strong and still consolidating around $4,000. ETH has been underperforming SOL in the early stages of this market trend, and the current ETH/SOL exchange rate has reversed;

Altcoins generally experienced a pullback, BTC rose due to bloodsucking, and no new hot topics are emerging in the market. Trending projects on SOL and <a  rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"  href="/price/solana-sol" target="_blank" class="blog_inner_link">Solana</a> chains temporarily stalled.

## Macro news: The US stock market mixed ups and downs, and the Fed will hold its interest rate meeting early Thursday morning this week
The three major indexes of the US stock market fluctuated, with the S&P 500 index rising 0.38% to 6,074.08 points; The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.25% to 43,717.48 points; The Nasdaq index rose 1.24% to close at 20,173.89 points. The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield is 4.39%, while the 2-year Treasury yield, most sensitive to the Federal Reserve policy rate, is 4.25%.

According to CME's "FedWatch", the probability of the Fed keeping current interest rates unchanged until December is 4.6%, and the probability of a cumulative 25 basis point rate cut is 95.4%. Goldman Sachs' report suggests that the Federal Reserve may signal to slow down the pace of interest rate cuts at this week's meeting. Although it will still cut interest rates by 25 basis points this week, the Fed's recent comments indicate a willingness to slow down, including lower-than-expected US unemployment rates and inflation still above target. Goldman Sachs predicts that the Federal Reserve will continue to cut interest rates in March, June, and September next year, with final rates slightly higher than 3.5% to 3.75%.

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<div>Author:**Icing**, Gate.io Researcher
<div>Translator:Joy Z.
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