[Northern Data, a Tether-affiliated company, divests mining business and is acquired by Rumble] Tether's AI data center company, Northern Data, has sold its Bitcoin mining business, Peak Mining, for up to $200 million to a company controlled by Tether founder Giancarlo Devasini and CEO Paolo Ardoino. Days after the announcement of this transaction, the social platform Rumble, in which Tether holds nearly 50% ownership, agreed to acquire Northern Data for approximately $767 million. Earlier this year, Northern Data was subjected to a surprise investigation by the EU, accused of large-scale tax fraud. The company denied the allegations and stated it is cooperating with the investigation.

[A Certain Whale Adds Approximately $78.61 Million in BTC Short Positions, Becoming the Largest BTC Bear on Hyperliquid] In the past hour, a whale address starting with 0xa8 has continuously added to its BTC short positions with 40x leverage, increasing its position by approximately $78.61 million. Currently, this whale's position size is around $94.08 million, with an average price of $87,200, a liquidation price of $89,400, and an unrealized profit of $360,000. The address has set stop-loss orders between $88,000 and $88,300 and take-profit orders between $79,000 and $83,000. Since opening the position on December 8, the address has realized nearly $3 million in profits and has surpassed the long positions of the 'BTC OG Insider Whale,' now becoming the largest BTC bear on Hyperliquid.

[Garrett Jin: ETH is in the bottom range, whale account incurs a floating loss of $78.3 million] Garrett Jin pointed out that the ETH-to-Nasdaq 100 ratio bottomed out near 0.11, indicating that ETH is in the bottom range; BTC's Relative Strength Index (RSI) has dropped below 30, suggesting that BTC is about to enter a bull market. Additionally, the 'BTC OG insider whale' account has a total floating loss of $78.3 million, with only $15.92 million in margin remaining. The account holds $573 million in ETH long positions, $85.18 million in BTC long positions, and $31.57 million in SOL long positions.

[Binance Announces RateX Airdrop Threshold: Requires 226 Alpha Points] Binance has announced the participation threshold for the RateX (RTX) airdrop. Users need to reach 226 Alpha Points to qualify. Claiming the airdrop will consume 15 Binance Alpha Points, and trading will begin today at 17:00.

[Arthur Hayes: Maelstrom is Aggressively Buying High-Quality Altcoins] Arthur Hayes posted on X, stating that the family investment office Maelstrom is aggressively buying high-quality altcoins.