Cross-chain protocol Wormhole announced that Wormhole DAO will be launched in the first quarter of 2025. To participate in the first vote, W holders need to complete governance staking. The Wormhole Staking Reward Program (SRP) is underway, supporting Solana and all EVM chains, and the first reward pool (Reward Period 1) will allocate no less than 50 million W tokens. Previously, Wormhole announced that its W Staking Reward Program (SRP) was officially launched. Users can now stake W on Solana and EVM chains including Ethereum, Arbitrum, Optimism and Base. Reward Period #1 is now open and can be traced back to June 6, 2024 when W staking starts on the EVM chain, providing a reward pool of at least 50,000,000 W. The program runs through the newly launched W Dashboard, where users can manage staking, view detailed indicators and track rewards. After the initial reward period, the program will transition to a regular reward period. Of the initial 1.7 billion W (17% of the supply), approximately 858,000,000 W are currently reserved for the community. The W staking reward program is intended to be an ongoing program to encourage continued participation within the Wormhole ecosystem. Over time, new features and utilities will deepen the value of participation. Wormhole said it plans to launch the multi-chain governance system MultiGov in the first quarter of 2025, marking the beginning of the Wormhole DAO, where users can delegate, propose, and vote on Solana and EVM chains.

Bitcoin fell below $96,000 today, down about 11% since it topped $108,000 on December 17, 2024. At the same time, at Bitcoin network block height 875,560, a wallet that had been dormant since July 25, 2015 was activated and transferred 44.99 BTC, marking its first activity since its creation. The same user actually transferred a total of 59.99 BTC, moving funds from three legacy addresses (P2PKH) to two payment witness public key hash (P2WPKH) wallets. 44.99 BTC of these came from 2015, when BTC was trading at $290. Then, 43 blocks later, a dozen legacy wallets from 2017 became active, transferring a small amount of Bitcoin (0.00000547 BTC) at block 875,603. This pattern of sending bitcoin in pieces cleverly masks a much larger transfer. Once the satoshis are settled, a newly minted P2WPKH wallet receives 99.999 BTC, worth $9.7 million at current prices. On Saturday, a wallet was activated after 12 years of dormancy, transferring 104.99 BTC, which was worth just $11 at the time, for a total value of $1,200. Today, those BTC are worth more than $10 million. The transfer also moved from an old P2PKH address to a new P2WPKH address. (Bitcoin.com)

The Crypto Market Outlook 2025 highlights key areas: stablecoin growth, tokenization, crypto ETFs, DeFi innovation, and regulatory changes shaping the future. source: https://coincu.com/298237-crypto-market-outlook-2025-key-factors-to-watch

A collaborative creation from Shiba Inu and Imaginary Ones, the Shifu ($SHIFU) token, takes a significant step forward this week, integrating with both the Shibarium blockchain and the ShibaSwap decentralized exchange, unlocking new potential for the growing community. Market Implications for Shifu and Shiba Inu Industry watchers view this integration as a bullish development for both Shifu... source: https://news.shib.io/2024/12/22/shifu-takes-the-leap-newly-launched-token-embraces-shibarium-and-shibaswap/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=shifu-takes-the-leap-newly-launched-token-embraces-shibarium-and-shibaswap

Santiment said in a post on X: “The further decline in cryptocurrencies has brought Bitcoin’s public sentiment to its lowest point this year. Traders are now showing severe panic, which is good news for contrarian investors because they know that the market trend is opposite to what retail investors expect.”

اكتسبت دوجكوين (DOGE)، أكبر عملة ميمية في العالم، اهتمامًا ملحوظًا من عشاق العملات المشفرة وسط انخفاض السوق الأخير. في 21 ديسمبر 2024، نشر أحد خبراء العملات المشفرة البارزين على موقع X (تويتر سابقًا) أن حيتان العملات المشفرة قد جمعت مبلغًا كبيرًا قدره 250 مليون DOGE في الأيام القليلة الماضية. الحيتان تشتري 250 مليون DOGE ومع … source: https://btcacademy.online/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ad%d9%8a%d8%aa%d8%a7%d9%86-%d8%aa%d8%b4%d8%aa%d8%b1%d9%8a-250-%d9%85%d9%84%d9%8a%d9%88%d9%86-%d8%af%d9%88%d8%ac%d9%83%d9%88%d9%8a%d9%86-%d9%81%d9%87%d9%84-%d8%ad%d8%a7%d9%86-%d9%88/

1. NFT transaction volume reached 304 million US dollars in the past week, and Ethereum NFT accounted for 66%; 2. Coinbase released the outlook for the crypto market in 2025, focusing on five areas such as stablecoins, RWA tokenization, and DeFi; 3. Michael Saylor: Trump is seriously considering establishing a national Bitcoin reserve; 4. Google's new policy is about to take effect, requiring crypto ads targeting the UK to register with the FCA; 5. Former SEC official: Gary Gensler is trying to manipulate the SEC enforcement department after leaving office; 6. GraniteShares submitted leveraged ETF applications for crypto-related companies such as MicroStrategy; 7. Peter Schiff proposed to create "USA Coin" as a strategic Bitcoin reserve alternative; 8. Andre Cronje: Sonic is running in "safe mode" and 1620 TPS has not yet reached its peak; 9. THORChain V3 was released, introducing Cosmos ecological compatibility, Rujira application layer and other functions; 10. In the past 30 days, the balance of Coinbase Pro Bitcoin wallet decreased by 71922.34, and Binance decreased by 17883.2; 11. Azuki founder: Azuki World Bible is about to be released; 12. Halliburton, the world's second largest oilfield service company, invested in Bitcoin mining company 360 Energy; 13. The author of "Rich Dad Poor Dad": No matter how high the price of Bitcoin rises, it is never too late to start buying; 14. Pudgy Penguins CEO: Pengu is the most popular crypto meme in this cycle; 15. Huang Licheng: 1% of two different USAcoins has been purchased and is ready to be given to Peter Schiff.

Well-known trader Eugene Ng Ah Sio published his views on the altcoin market on X: "Altcoins (Alts) quickly fell back to these levels again in less than 48 hours after forming the lower shadow lows (wick lows), indicating that investors are extremely anxious about holding spot assets and are eager to sell. The market may enter a longer adjustment phase, or fall rapidly in a short period of time." Note: The lower shadow (Wick Lows) is a thin line extending downward from the body in the candlestick chart. In the positive line, it is the difference between the opening price and the lowest price of the day; in the negative line, it is the difference between the closing price and the lowest price of the day. Generally speaking, the reason for the lower shadow is that the bulls are stronger than the bears.

يعاني سوق العملات المشفرة بشكل عام، في حين أن سعر  كاردانو (ADA) يستعد لانخفاض ملحوظ بعد تشكيل نمط حركة سعر هبوطي. وسط هذه المعنويات الهبوطية المعتدلة في السوق، يبدو أن المتداولين والمستثمرين مترددون في المشاركة في العملة البديلة، وفقًا لشركة التحليلات الموجودة على السلسلة Coinglass. يشير تحليل المقاييس الحديثة على السلسلة جنبًا إلى جنب مع التحليل … source: https://btcacademy.online/%d8%b3%d8%b9%d8%b1-ada-%d9%8a%d9%86%d8%ae%d9%81%d8%b6-%d8%a8%d9%86%d8%b3%d8%a8%d8%a9-15-%d9%88%d9%87%d8%b0%d8%a7-%d9%87%d9%88-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b3%d8%a8%d8%a8/

The Bitcoin quantum computing threat is years away, but reserves already support post-quantum signatures via Taproot nodes, easing concerns about quantum risks. source: https://coincu.com/298234-bitcoin-quantum-computing-threat-expected

This week, 29 blockchain startups raised a total of $752.2 million in funding. Bitcoin mining and hosting company Riot received $594.4 million in funding.

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