BTC and ETH options with a nominal value of approximately $3.526 billion will expire and be delivered on Friday

[Circle Mints 1 Billion USDC on Solana] According to Onchain Lens data monitoring, within the past 9 hours, Circle has minted 1 billion USDC on the Solana blockchain. Additionally, within the past 11 hours, Circle and Tether have collectively minted a total of $2 billion worth of USDC and USDT.

[Strategy Executive Claims Increasing Bitcoin Holdings Benefits Shareholders, Seeking Undeveloped Capital] Strategy Executive Vice President Andrew Kang stated in an interview that continuously increasing Bitcoin holdings will benefit the company's shareholders. The company is actively seeking undeveloped capital and areas that can drive growth in digital credit demand. He believes Bitcoin still has significant room for growth.

[Wallet Associated with Arthur Hayes Deposits 6.27 Million ENA to Bybit] According to monitoring by Onchain Lens, the wallet address 0x229…A86E associated with Arthur Hayes (@CryptoHayes) deposited 6.27 million ENA to Bybit, valued at $1.28 million.

[Tom Lee Analyzes Holiday Trading Period Crypto Market Dynamics] Tom Lee, co-founder of Fundstrat and chairman of BitMine, posted on the X platform, pointing out that the final holiday trading period of the year is typically marked by many institutional investors exiting the market. Algorithmic trading programs and bot trading programs begin to dominate the market, while tax-loss selling also impacts the market. These factors collectively shape the market dynamics during the last few days of December. BitMine previously disclosed that it had increased its holdings by 44,463 Ethereum last week and mentioned that year-end tax-loss selling tends to depress the prices of cryptocurrencies and related stocks, with the impact being particularly significant between December 26 and 30. Today's news reveals that BitMine has once again staked Ethereum worth 118,944 ETH and increased its holdings by 32,938 ETH.

[Probability of the Federal Reserve keeping interest rates unchanged in January next year is 85.1%] According to CME 'FedWatch' data, the probability of the Federal Reserve cutting interest rates by 25 basis points in January next year is 14.9%, while the probability of keeping interest rates unchanged is 85.1%. By March next year, the cumulative probability of a 25 basis point rate cut is 45.2%, the probability of keeping rates unchanged is 48.3%, and the cumulative probability of a 50 basis point rate cut is 6.5%.