Matrixport released a chart today stating that in the previous cycle, Ethereum attracted incremental funds driven by expectations of smart contract platform ecosystem expansion and the narrative of "Programmable Money," propelling its price to new heights in 2020-2021. At the peak of sentiment in 2021, the market even anticipated a target of $10,000. However, the upward trend failed to continue. After retreating from its highs, Ethereum entered a long period of consolidation, generally trading within a large triangle pattern. Over the past few years, it has primarily exhibited range-bound trading with no clear trend. Structurally, the price twice attempted to break out of the range (once downward and once upward), but both attempts failed to sustain, and the price quickly returned to the range. Until a direction is confirmed, the market will likely remain range-bound. The current triangle pattern is clearly converging, with the price action space continuously compressing, and the structure is nearing its end. As this long consolidation gradually completes, 2026 may become a crucial window for Ethereum to choose a direction and enter the next phase of its price movement.

According to the latest data from gonkascan.com, Gonka's total network computing power has now exceeded 12,000 H100 equivalent GPUs, approaching the level of traditional large-scale AI computing centers. Over 9,000 high-memory GPUs (H100/H200, etc.) are used, with their proportion continuing to increase, dominating the network's effective computing power weight and enabling the network to stably support high-concurrency inference tasks for models with billions of parameters. The widespread use of mid-to-high-end GPUs has also significantly lowered the barrier to entry for nodes; as long as the minimum memory requirements are met, nodes can participate in MLNode operation. Data shows that the Gonka network supports nearly 40 GPU models, covering data center-level computing power such as H200, H100, and A100, as well as professional and consumer-grade graphics cards such as RTX 6000 Ada, A6000, A40, and RTX 4090. This forms a multi-tiered, composable global computing power supply structure, demonstrating Gonka's highly compatible and efficient decentralized computing power path, providing a more open and flexible infrastructure support for AI inference and training. Meanwhile, the daily number of users of Gonka's five major AI inference models has exceeded 3,000, with inference demand maintaining high growth. Models represented by Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-FP8 have formed continuous, high-frequency, and stable calls in the Gonka network, and their usage pattern has clearly moved beyond the testing phase, approaching the early actual production workload of mainstream AI APIs. Gonka aims to efficiently integrate global GPU computing power in a decentralized manner, providing a permissionless infrastructure for AI inference and training. Incubated by US AI developer Product Science Inc., the founding team consists of the Libermans siblings, former core product leaders at Snap Inc. The project has raised over $69 million in total funding from investors including Coatue (an investor in OpenAI), Slow Ventures (an investor in Solana), Bitfury, K5, Insight, and a partner at Benchmark.

Lighter announced the launch of its token LIT today and completed its airdrop. Based on Eastern Time, the probability of a "Lighter airdrop on December 30th" on Polymarket is as high as 95%. However, the exact airdrop date is still within Polymarket's UMA (Unified Oracle) dispute resolution period. A user submitted a dispute to the UMA oracle, arguing that the "Lighter airdrop on December 29th" result should be "yes." Based on Eastern Time, the Lighter airdrop occurred within an hour of December 29th and December 30th, which may have caused the dispute. Odaily Note: Polymarket relies on the UMA oracle to determine the outcome of events. After an event occurs, anyone can report the result to UMA. There is a dispute period after the report is submitted, during which anyone who believes the report is incorrect can raise a dispute. If there is no dispute, the report results will be accepted; if there is a dispute, UMA's dispute resolution mechanism will determine the final result. The dispute resolution method involves UMA token holders voting to determine the correct result. UMA will incentivize honest behavior and punish malicious behavior.

Simon Gerovich stated on the X platform that Metaplanet purchased 4,279 BTC in the fourth quarter of 2025 at a price of approximately $105,400 each, for a total value of $451 million. Year-to-date, the company's BTC return has reached 568.2%. As of December 30, 2025, Metaplanet held a total of 35,102 BTC, with a total purchase cost of approximately $3.78 billion and an average purchase price of approximately $107,600.

Flow plans a rollback after a $3. 9M exploit, prompting criticism from partners who favor a hard fork to fix the vulnerability without affecting innocent users. source: https://catenaa.com/markets/cryptocurrencies/flow-faces-backlash-over-3-9m-exploit-rollback-plan/

At the end of 2025, Gate founder Dr. Han released an open letter titled "Web3 Is About to Change Everyone's Life." In Dr. Han's view, a truly mature Web3 doesn't mean forcing users to face more complex technology choices, but rather liberating individuals' freedom in asset management and value flow through secure and compliant operations and user-friendly product design. In 2025, Gate continued to prioritize resource investment in its reserve mechanism, providing users with a more verifiable security foundation through a total reserve value of $11.676 billion, a reserve ratio of 124%, and transparent disclosure covering nearly 500 assets. Simultaneously, Gate continued its compliance progress in major markets such as Dubai, Europe, Australia, and the United States in 2025. Gate Technology FZE obtained a full operating license from the Dubai Virtual Asset Regulatory Authority (VARA); Gate Technology Ltd obtained a MiCA license from the Malta Financial Services Authority, authorizing it to provide cryptocurrency trading and custody services; and Gate US obtained 32 state-level licenses, covering 43 US jurisdictions. Previously, Gate Group also completed the acquisition of a licensed exchange in Japan. This continuously improving compliance framework allows users to focus on long-term asset allocation and independent decision-making without being distracted by platform risks. At the product level, Gate integrates trading, on-chain wealth management, asset management, and payment capabilities, reducing system fragmentation and operational friction, allowing users to seamlessly use the platform across different scenarios without needing to understand complex technical details. Dr. Han stated that by 2026, Gate hopes to work with the entire industry to turn this freedom from a concept into reality.

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The Lighter Discord Chinese community administrator announced that the airdrop has been completed and token trading will be available soon.

According to an official announcement, Dr. Han, founder of the cryptocurrency exchange Gate, released a year-end open letter focusing on Gate's achievements over the past year and sharing his judgment on the Web3 industry's maturation and long-term strategic thinking. This year also marks Gate's 12th anniversary. Looking back on the platform's development, Gate has made continuous breakthroughs in trading volume and compliance: its spot trading volume and liquidity rank second globally, while its contract trading volume and overall strength remain among the top three globally. Simultaneously, Gate has been advancing its compliance strategy in key markets such as Dubai, Europe, Australia, and the United States, laying a solid foundation for long-term international development. In the open letter, Dr. Han pointed out that 2025 is a crucial turning point for Web3, moving it from concept to real-world application. As blockchain infrastructure, user experience, and the compliance environment mature, Web3 is moving beyond niche technology circles and entering a wider range of real-world use cases. Gate will continue to promote the integration of Web3 into everyday scenarios such as investment, wealth management, payments, and digital asset management in a more seamless and tangible way. Looking ahead to 2026, Gate hopes to connect the entire digital economy with a unified Gate App. Dr. Han stated that Gate is not pursuing the fastest speed, but hopes to move more steadily and for a longer period, accompanying more users as they move towards the next stage of Web3.

Delphi Digital projects a rise of Web2. 5 games as GameFi saw a rough year in 2025, with funding dropping more than 55% YoY. source: https://www.cryptopolitan.com/delphi-digital-for-web2-5-as-gamefi/

Kalshi has overtaken Polymarket to become the world’s largest prediction market by trading volume, setting a new industry record after processing $2.3 billion in weekly trades.

South Korea has established a unique position in the global cryptocurrency market. However, the profits from this boom are flowing overseas, with an estimated 160 trillion won of crypto assets flowing to overseas centralized exchanges (CEXs) by 2025 alone.

The problem with the digital yuan has never been that it "chose the wrong path," but rather that its application space has been limited by the positioning of M0.

A Canadian man called Haby is accused of stealing more than $2 million from Coinbase users by posing as customer support. He tricked people into sending crypto and spent the stolen funds on luxury items, social media accounts, and gambling.

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China is preparing to introduce interest within its commercial banks, allowing investors to earn interest for their digital yuan (e-CNY) starting Jan 1, 2026. This marks a decisive shift for E-CNY, as it is no longer just a digital substitute for cash but a deposit-like monetary instrument embedded in the formal banking system.

SoftBank has agreed to buy digital infrastructure firm DigitalBridge for $4 billion to strengthen its AI-related data centre and connectivity assets. The deal, valued at $16 per share, is expected to close in the second half of next year and gives SoftBank access to DigitalBridge’s $108 billion portfolio.

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In the fourth quarter of 2025, the growth momentum of cryptocurrencies stalled, while privacy-related assets performed well, especially the decentralized digital currency Zcash (ZEC).

The digital yuan is moving from "cash-type 1.0" to "deposit-type currency 2.0," which is an inevitable choice for China to "uphold principles and innovate" in the field of digital currency.