NEW: On Farcaster, Vitalik Buterin says prediction markets are "healthier to participate in than regular markets.” They're bounded between 0-1, reducing pump-and-dump risks.

A Lighter team-linked wallet transferred $6.4 million worth of tokens to Bitget last night, following a previous transfer of $4.8 million worth of Light tokens.

Japan's Central Bank May Raise Interest Rates to Address Yen Weakness

Spot gold hits record high

LIGHT: 24-hour trading volume reached $2.13 billion, a 77.7% drop in five and a half hours.

Chinese Crypto Twitter Reads Santa Rally as a Litmus Test for 2026

중국 크립토 트위터, 산타 랠리…2026년 시험대

HINT: LayerZero to integrate #Cardano? The Pentad is "talking to LayerZero," wXRP on Solana is powered by LayerZero, Solana Co-Founder wants $ADA "bridged to Solana" with "liquid markets," and Charles replied, "we should have Tier-1 bridges set up soon. Let's get some trading."

China leaves benchmark lending rates unchanged for seventh month in a row in December

Whale 0xa923 sold 230,350 $AAVE($37.8M) for 5,869 $stETH($17.62M) and 228 $WBTC($20.2M) at a loss in the past 4 hours. This big dump resulted in a loss of ~$13.75M and triggered a 10% drop in $AAVE's price.