[Hyperliquid Lists Lighter as a Direct Competitor and Responds to HYPE Short Selling Incident] On December 23, Hyperliquid stated in an official announcement that it considers Lighter, along with Binance and Aster, as direct competitors, emphasizing its architectural advantages of being 'fully on-chain, operated by 24 validators, and with no hidden states.' Lighter, on the other hand, focuses on 'verifiable execution' and proof mechanisms, providing auditability for CLOB-like trading structures. The competition between the two parties over decentralized trading infrastructure is intensifying. Additionally, Hyperliquid addressed community concerns regarding the suspected insider short selling of the HYPE token, stating that the wallet in question belongs to a former employee who was dismissed in early 2024. The company clarified that the individual's actions are unrelated to the team and emphasized that strict HYPE trading and compliance restrictions are enforced internally.

[Trader James Wynn BTC Long Position Floating Profit at 65%, Previously Predicted BTC to Reach $92,000] On December 23, HyperInsight monitoring revealed that trader James Wynn's address (0x8da) holds a 40x leveraged BTC long position with a floating profit of $76,000 (65%). The position size is approximately $4.72 million, with an average entry price of $86,800 and a liquidation price of $84,500. Today, his newly opened ZEC long position was liquidated and stopped out within less than four hours, resulting in a loss of approximately $10,000. Monitoring shows that James Wynn's position directions often align with his publicly stated views on the X platform, such as switching from short to long after posting a bullish outlook on BTC on December 21. Another address of his (0x507) closed a BTC long position in the past seven hours, realizing a profit of approximately $20,000, and opened a 10x leveraged kPEPE long position.

[Offshore RMB to USD Breaks 7.02] According to Sina quotes, the offshore RMB to USD exchange rate has broken 7.02, marking the first time since October 2024.

[Franklin Templeton XRP Spot ETF Holdings Exceed 100 Million Units] Franklin Templeton updated the XRP Spot ETF holdings data. As of December 22, the ETF's holdings reached 101,552,283.62 XRP, with a market value of $192,683,271.89. The assets are custodied by Coinbase Custody, with a total net asset value of $183.41 million and 8,900,000 outstanding shares.

[U.S. Spot Ethereum ETF Single-Day Net Inflow of $84.59 Million] According to monitoring by Trader T, the U.S. spot Ethereum ETF saw a net inflow of $84.59 million yesterday.