WSJ: Tether CFO revealed that Lutnick will use his political influence to defuse the threats faced by Tether

The trading volume of Binance ZEC/USDT surged 12 times within 10 minutes, with a transaction volume of $160 million in the past 24 hours, an increase of 8.51% A surge in trading volume generally indicates an increase in market trading activity or large-scale fund buying and selling operations, which may be caused by certain important market changes or news announcements. According to AiCoin data, the comprehensive ranking of Binance contracts ranks first in the world

[Certain Contract Attacker Deposits 95 ETH into Tornado Cash] On December 25, according to CertiK Alert monitoring, a certain contract attacker deposited 95 ETH into Tornado Cash, valued at approximately $280,000. Previously, an uninitialized EIP-7702 delegate contract was initialized, and the owner role was granted to the attacker, who subsequently withdrew all funds from the delegate address.

[Erik Voorhees-Linked Address Transfers 1,635 ETH] On December 25, a wallet associated with early Bitcoin advocate Erik Voorhees transferred 1,635 ETH (worth $4.81 million) to a new address and conducted a cross-chain transfer via Thorchain. The wallet currently still holds 4,004 ETH, with a total value of approximately $11.82 million.

[Maple Releases 2025 Year-End Letter, AUM Reaches $5 Billion] On December 25, lending protocol Maple released its 2025 year-end letter, reporting an increase in assets under management (AUM) from approximately $500 million to over $5 billion. Annual revenue exceeded $25 million, with transaction volume reaching $8.5 billion and approximately $60 million in interest paid to lenders. Maple expanded its collaborations with Aave, Sky, Binance, OKX, Cantor Fitzgerald, Bitwise, Chainlink, and others, introducing its products to new users and ecosystems. The company plans to achieve a $100 million revenue target by the end of 2026.

In the past 7 days, Taraxa's total lock up volume (TVL) has increased by 1169%, becoming the fastest growing blockchain, followed by ZKsync Lite and Mezo with growth rates of 226% and 82%, respectively. （Cointelegraph）