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The following are the 24-hour long/short ratios for BTC perpetual futures on the top three global crypto futures exchanges by open interest: Overall: 50.04% long, 49.96% short 1. Binance: 49.97% long, 50.03% short 2. OKX: 47.84% long, 52.16% short 3. Bybit: 49.42% long, 50.58% short

South Korean crypto exchange Bithumb announced that it has placed Bonfida (FIDA) on its delisting watchlist. According to the exchange, the designation follows a comprehensive review that identified multiple deficiencies in the project's disclosures on key information, including its business plan, as well as in the actual progress of its business operations.

South Korean crypto exchange Coinone announced that it has added Trust Wallet Token (TWT) to its delisting watchlist. Deposits for TWT will be suspended starting at 7:00 a.m. UTC on Dec. 30.

Metaplanet, a publicly listed Japanese company that holds Bitcoin as a key treasury asset, announced the purchase of an additional 4,279 BTC. The company now holds a total of 35,102 BTC, worth approximately $3 billion.

Selling pressure from Bitcoin long-term holders (LTHs) has paused for the first time in approximately six months, while Ethereum whales are accelerating their accumulation. According to Cointelegraph, crypto influencer Ted Pillows stated, citing CryptoQuant data, that the halt in selling by LTHs—the first since July—could signal a potential short-term rebound. Holdings by LTHs, defined as wallets holding BTC for over 155 days, declined from 14.8 million BTC in mid-July to 14.3 million in December, but the sell-off has slowed significantly. Conversely, the crypto newsletter Milk Road reported that Ethereum whale addresses have accumulated around 120,000 ETH since Dec. 26. Wallets holding over 1,000 ETH now control about 70% of the total supply, a share that has been rising since the end of 2024.

A Bitcoin OG, an early, long-term holder, deposited 112,894 ETH, worth approximately $330 million, to Binance about 10 minutes ago, according to Onchain Lens. The sending address, identified as “1011short” and beginning with 0x99E1E, currently holds a five-times leveraged long position in BTC, ETH, and SOL on Hyperliquid and is facing an unrealized loss of $50 million. Deposits to exchanges are typically interpreted as a potential precursor to selling.

Lighter, a decentralized perpetual futures exchange, announced on X its plan to launch a native token, LIT. The token will be distributed equally among the project's ecosystem, team, and investors.

Whale Alert reported that 77,385 ETH has been transferred from an unknown wallet to Binance. The transaction is valued at about $228 million.

Binance has announced it will delist 14 isolated and cross margin trading pairs at 6:00 a.m. UTC on Jan. 6. According to an official notice, the affected pairs include BCH/FDUSD, TAO/FDUSD, AVAX/FDUSD, LTC/FDUSD, SUI/FDUSD, ADA/FDUSD, and LINK/FDUSD.

An address believed to belong to the hacker behind the exploits of DeFi platforms Indexed Finance and KyberSwap has sold over $2 million in cryptocurrency after approximately one year of dormancy, Crypto Briefing reported, citing on-chain analytics firm Lookonchain. Over the past eight hours, the wallet sold off holdings of UNI, LINK, CRV, and YFI. U.S. prosecutors have previously identified Canadian national Andean Medjedovic as the perpetrator behind the 2021 Indexed Finance hack and the 2023 KyberSwap exploit. He was indicted for stealing an estimated $65 million from the two incidents and remains a fugitive.

An address presumed to belong to crypto venture capital firm Maven 11 deposited 10 million ENA, worth approximately $2.05 million, to Binance about 20 minutes ago, on-chain analyst The Data Nerd reported. The address received 18.18 million ENA ($4.48 million) last month through a vesting schedule and had previously deposited 3.68 million ENA to the exchange.

U.S. spot Ethereum (ETH) ETFs recorded $9.63 million in net outflows on Dec. 29, marking the fourth consecutive day of net outflows, according to data compiled by Trader T. BlackRock's ETHA saw net outflows of $13.28 million, while Fidelity's FETH experienced net inflows of $3.65 million. No net flows were reported for the remaining ETFs.

U.S. Bitcoin spot ETFs experienced a net outflow of $19.31 million on Dec. 29, extending their withdrawal streak to a sixth consecutive trading day, according to data from Trader T. The outflows were primarily driven by Invesco's BTCO ($10.41 million), BlackRock's IBIT ($7.94 million), and Ark Invest's ARKB ($6.66 million). In contrast, Fidelity's FBTC was the only exception, attracting a net inflow of $5.70 million. All other ETFs reported zero net flows.

The following shows estimated liquidation volumes and position ratios for major crypto perpetual futures over the past 24 hours: - BTC: $82.12 million liquidated (68.46% longs) - ETH: $56.43 million liquidated (58.64% longs) - SOL: $10.37 million liquidated (93.35% longs)

According to CoinNess market monitoring, BTC has fallen below $87,000. BTC is trading at $86,986.83 on the Binance USDT market.

Kaizen, a custom prediction market protocol built on Mitosis (MITO), has launched its closed beta service. The protocol integrates the user experience of a prediction market with liquidity from decentralized perpetual futures exchanges (Perp DEXs). Users can instantly create predictions by inputting desired conditions such as asset, price, and duration. In response, professional market makers known as "Solvers" competitively provide probability quotes and automatically hedge positions on a Perp DEX. The platform also allows users to earn interest on USDC deposits through miUSDC while awaiting prediction outcomes. The beta test has been rolling out sequentially since mid-December, with initial features including user-defined prediction creation, the Solver competitive quoting system, and a settlement structure based on miUSDC.

An estimated 160 trillion won ($115.3 billion) is flowing out of South Korea's cryptocurrency market to overseas exchanges this year, with the corresponding fee revenue also moving offshore, according to a new report from Tiger Research. The Asian Web3 research and consulting firm stated that the core reason for the capital flight is an "asymmetry of investment opportunities," noting that overseas exchanges offer derivatives and pre-market trading that allow investors to capture early profits. The report warned that it is not just capital that is leaving. Based on the estimated outflow, Tiger Research calculated that Binance has likely earned around 2.73 trillion won ($1.97 billion) in fee revenue, followed by Bybit with 1.12 trillion won ($807 million), OKX with 580 billion won ($418 million), Bitget with 270 billion won ($194.5 million), and Huobi with 70 billion won ($50.4 million). The firm argued that simply blocking access to these exchanges is not a solution, as it could create a "balloon effect" that disperses funds into regulatory blind spots. Instead, it recommended an approach that allows for innovation within a manageable framework.

South Korean crypto exchange Bithumb has announced it will delist BOA at 6:00 a.m. UTC on Jan. 30, 2026. The exchange explained that the materials submitted by the BOA foundation were insufficient to resolve the issues that led to the token being placed on the delisting watchlist. Bithumb added that after a comprehensive review of the asset's trading and adoption status, it determined that BOA no longer meets the criteria for continued listing support.

Haseeb, a managing partner at Dragonfly, predicts that major tech companies are highly likely to launch their own cryptocurrency wallets next year, Cointelegraph reported. He also anticipates that Fortune 100 companies, particularly in the finance and fintech sectors, will build their own blockchains. Haseeb suggested these would likely be private chains connected to public blockchains, built on platforms such as Avalanche (AVAX) and Optimism (OP). He noted that firms like JPMorgan, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, and IBM are already developing and testing their own chains. Haseeb added that it is highly probable one of the major tech firms, such as Google, Meta, or Apple, will either launch a crypto wallet or acquire a related company within the next year.

Brevis (BREV), a Zero-Knowledge (ZK) based verification computing platform, has announced the opening of its airdrop claim checker. The checker will remain open until 6:00 a.m. UTC on Jan. 3, during which community members must verify their eligibility and complete the necessary procedures. Participants can confirm their status using their wallet, X account, and Discord. Brevis stated that specific details on the airdrop allocation and claim schedule will be released at a later date. Eligibility was determined using a strong Sybil filter to screen for users with multiple accounts. The platform specified that a claim address can only be linked to a single X or Discord account, and an already-qualified wallet cannot be reused for a claim tied to a different account.

CoinMarketCap's Altcoin Season Index stands at 19, unchanged from yesterday. The index is calculated by comparing the price performance of the top 100 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization, excluding stablecoins and wrapped coins, against Bitcoin over the past 90 days. An "altcoin season" is declared when 75% of these top coins outperform Bitcoin during that period, with a score closer to 100 indicating stronger altcoin performance.

The Crypto Fear & Greed Index from data provider Alternative rose one point from yesterday to 24, remaining in the extreme fear category. The index measures market sentiment on a scale of 0 to 100, where 0 indicates extreme fear and 100 represents extreme greed. It is calculated based on volatility (25%), market volume (25%), social media mentions (15%), surveys (15%), Bitcoin's market cap dominance (10%), and Google search trends (10%).

Upbit, South Korea's largest cryptocurrency exchange, has listed only one domestic project—colloquially known as a "Kimchi coin"—among 54 new assets added this year, News1 reported. The sole South Korean addition was Story (IP). In contrast, seven of the 10 cryptocurrencies delisted from the exchange in 2025 were domestic projects. This has significantly reduced the presence of South Korean projects on the exchange, which holds a 70% market share. According to the report, the trend stems from domestic exchanges adopting risk-averse listing policies due to government regulations. Industry insiders are now calling for an end to regulatory uncertainty to encourage local companies to resume new blockchain initiatives.

Investment in the GameFi sector fell by more than 55% in 2025 compared to the previous year, according to crypto data analytics platform Delphi Digital. The firm described 2025 as a difficult year for the industry, noting that highly anticipated games underperformed and enthusiasm for the sector has cooled. However, Delphi Digital added that Web2.5 games, which incorporate blockchain technology, are experiencing quiet growth.

U.S. President Donald Trump announced that he plans to name a successor to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell in January, adding that the possibility of firing Powell remains.