XLM fluctuated, rising 11.4% in 24H

[BlackRock IBIT Transfers 657.962 BTC to Coinbase Prime] According to Arkham monitoring, approximately twelve minutes ago, BlackRock transferred 657.962 BTC, valued at approximately $57.83 million, to a Coinbase Prime address through its Bitcoin exchange-traded fund IBIT.

[South Korea's Financial Services Commission Proposes Limiting Major Shareholders' Stake in Crypto Exchanges] The South Korean Financial Services Commission has proposed defining exchanges with over 11 million users (Upbit, Bithumb, Coinone, and Korbit) as core infrastructure for virtual asset circulation and suggested limiting major shareholders' stake to 15% to 20%. The Financial Services Commission pointed out that a few founders and shareholders exert excessive control over the operation of exchanges, which poses issues, and recommended establishing a major shareholder eligibility review system similar to the alternative trading system (ATS) under capital market laws to improve ownership structures.

[UK Plans to Implement Crypto Asset Regulatory Framework by October 2027] The UK plans to incorporate crypto assets into the financial services regulatory framework by October 2027. HM Treasury submitted the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Crypto Assets) Regulations 2025 to Parliament in December 2025, proposing to include activities such as trading platform operations, custody, staking, and lending within the authorization system. The FCA has released three consultation papers recommending governance, information disclosure, anti-market manipulation measures, and prudent capital requirements for trading platforms, token issuers, and service providers. The UK government has also launched an independent review of foreign financial intervention to assess political financing risks, including cryptocurrency donations, with the report expected to be completed by March 2026.

APT broke through key resistance levels on institutional buying activity. What to know : APT climbed 1.3% to $1.73 as trading volume jumped 12% above weekly averages. The token pierced $1.72 resistance on sustained institutional flows.

[Top Whales Intensively Adjust Positions, LIT Becomes the Focus of Capital Game] From 10:00 to 21:00 on December 30, Hyperinsight monitoring revealed significant actions from both long and short whales. On the long side, the 'BTC OG Insider Whale' deposited 112,894 ETH (approximately $332 million) into Binance; Huang Licheng increased his position to 8,500 ETH long contracts and set a take-profit order targeting $2,980; the 'Firmly Bullish' whale closed a 40x leveraged long position of 150 BTC, worth approximately $13.18 million. On the short side, the address starting with 0x94d37 liquidated $271 million worth of short positions, incurring a loss of $180,000; another whale deposited 4.35 million USDC into Hyperliquid to short LIT with 1x leverage, becoming the largest on-chain short position holder for LIT.