XLM fluctuated, rising 11.4% in 24H

[Privacy Project Horizen Officially Transitions to Base Layer 3 Mainnet] Founded in 2017, the privacy project Horizen has officially transitioned to the Layer 3 mainnet on Base, aiming to provide 'compliance-optional privacy' features. The project has deprecated its old mainchain and EON sidechain while relaunching the ZEN token. Horizen plans to allocate 100 million ZEN over the next five years to support the development of privacy-focused applications in financial, gaming, and social scenarios. The new architecture supports jurisdiction-specific modular customization to enable compliant disclosures. ZEN is now trading on the Base chain and is supported by exchanges such as Binance and Coinbase.

[Bank of America Predicts Federal Reserve to Increase Asset Holdings by $45 Billion Per Month Starting in 2026] Bank of America strategists predict that the Federal Reserve will announce this week plans to expand its balance sheet by $45 billion per month starting January 2026. The plan includes purchasing at least $20 billion per month to achieve natural growth and $25 billion to reverse excessive reserve depletion, with actions continuing through the first half of 2026. Vanguard's Global Head of Rates, Roger Hallam, stated that the Federal Reserve will begin purchasing short-term Treasury bonds next year. Cathie Wood reiterated Ark Invest's prediction that Bitcoin ($BTC) will reach a price of $1.5 million.

[Standard Chartered Bank Lowers Bitcoin Price Prediction for End of 2025 to $100,000] Standard Chartered Bank's report has lowered the Bitcoin price prediction for the end of 2025 from $200,000 to $100,000 and postponed the long-term target of $500,000 to 2030. Analyst Geoffrey Kendrick pointed out that the reasons for the downgrade include the conclusion of aggressive corporate purchases by entities such as MicroStrategy and the slower-than-expected adoption of ETFs by institutions. Future price increases will be driven solely by ETF purchases. Currently, Bitcoin quarterly ETF inflows have dropped to 50,000 BTC, compared to 450,000 BTC in the fourth quarter of 2024.

Michael Saylor, founder of MicroStrategy, stated that if Bitcoin rises by 1.4% annually, the company will have unlimited energy and can continue indefinitely, while emphasizing that MicroStrategy will not sell Bitcoin. （Bitcoin Archive）

[CZ: The four-year Bitcoin cycle may no longer be valid, a 'supercycle' could be coming] Binance founder CZ stated that the four-year Bitcoin cycle may no longer be valid and a 'supercycle' could be on the horizon.