Crypto market research firm Santiment stated in an article on X platform that the trading volume in the cryptocurrency sector will significantly decrease in the last few days of 2024. Overall, the trading volume in the past week has decreased by 64% compared to the previous week (including the historical peak of Bitcoin). The downward trend in trading, especially speculative altcoin trading, is not surprising. With the arrival of holidays and traders organizing year-end finances, the last week of December is usually one of the least active periods of the year. In summary, if whales continue to show a strong accumulation trend, the lack of retail participation may actually lead to at least one unexpected 2024 surge that retail investors pay little attention to.