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Cryptocurrency company ALT5 Sigma encounters trouble due to expired audit credentials and is unable to operate legally in Texas. Although the company is working on renewal, its stock has plummeted by 77%, investors are concerned about its situation, quarterly reports have not yet been submitted, and it faces the risk of delisting from NASDAQ. This case highlights the importance of compliance risks.

Trend Research recently purchased 27,598 ETH, investing approximately $83.05 million, demonstrating continued confidence in Ethereum. Its total on-chain holdings have increased to 607,598 ETH, and despite currently experiencing an unrealized loss of about $117 million, it remains actively deploying DeFi strategies.

A short-selling expert strikes again, shorting with 10x leverage during Bitcoin's pullback, holding a short position of 409.58 BTC worth $36 million. The entry cost was $87,892, indicating their confidence in the bearish market and their judgment of a subsequent decline.

On December 29th, a major trader closed a SOL short position, earning $58,300, but then increased their short positions on ETH and BTC to $46.07 million and $77.05 million respectively, increasing risk and experiencing significant unrealized losses, facing liquidation risk.

Rainbow Six Siege recently experienced a severe hacking incident, with hackers taking control of the game's core systems and distributing 2 billion virtual currency R6 points to each player. Ubisoft responded swiftly by revoking recent points and suspending the game servers, striving to restore order. This incident has seriously impacted the game's economic balance and player trust.

The Solana ecosystem is facing a test of market fairness due to a class-action lawsuit. The core controversy lies in professional traders using MEV tools to manipulate transaction order during token issuance, resulting in retail investors losing up to $5.5 billion. This case could reshape the understanding of trading fairness and serve as a warning to other public blockchains.

【币界】以太坊开发团队最近动作频繁。据悉，社区已经给下两次重大升级定好了名字——上半年有「Glamsterdam」，下半年则是「Hegota」，这个时间表暂定在2026年实施。
开发速度明显在加快。之前大家吐槽以太坊更新慢，这次升级频率的加快也算是直接回应了这些声音。
那这两个升级要搞什么呢？Hegota的细节目前还没完全定下来，起码得等到2月才能最终敲定。不过从早期的讨论方向看，核心目标指向Verkle树的实现——简单说就是为了降低运行节点的硬件门槛，让更多人能参与网络，进一步提升去中心化程度。这对生态来说是个不错的方向。

Pump.fun's recent buyback data has attracted attention. On December 28, it repurchased 7,958.42 SOL tokens, amounting to approximately $972,000, completing a buyback of 530.2 million PUMP tokens. Since the buyback program was launched on July 15, a total of about $222 million worth of tokens have been repurchased, reducing the circulating supply by 16.085%. This move helps manage inflation expectations and enhances token scarcity.

Since the beginning of this year, XRP's exchange balances have plummeted rapidly, but on-chain demand remains strong, and the decline has been relatively moderate. The market is optimistic about clearer future regulations, which could provide XRP with a breathing space.

Pump.fun project transferred $617.5 million USDC to Kraken and moved $1 billion USDC to Circle over the past ten months. At the same time, the project sold 4.19 million SOL tokens, totaling $757 million. This reflects a gradual liquidation and concentration of funds in mainstream exchanges, with different interpretations from the market.

Although the price of Ethereum has stagnated, the total value locked in on-chain DeFi still accounts for 68%. Institutions like Bitmine are increasing ETH staking, but the derivatives market is overly leveraged, putting pressure on the spot price. Market volatility is detached from fundamentals.

In the past 24 hours, the exchange net inflow was 431.42 BTC, with leading exchanges leading the way, and a single-day net inflow of 1970.96 BTC. Bitfinex and KuCoin followed closely, while Kraken experienced a net outflow of 1369.91 BTC, indicating market sentiment differences across platforms and changes in capital allocation.

The three major US stock indices are basically flat, but all recorded gains this week. Precious metals performed well, with spot silver rising significantly and gold also increasing. Relatively speaking, blockchain concept stocks underperformed, and market sentiment was clearly divided, making it worth observing future trends.