[Prysm Releases Mainnet Incident Report: Resource Exhaustion Causes Validators to Lose Approximately 382 ETH] The Prysm team released a report stating that on December 4, the Ethereum mainnet Prysm nodes experienced resource exhaustion due to processing specific attestations, resulting in the loss of 248 blocks across 42 epochs, with a missing rate of approximately 18.5%. Network participation temporarily dropped to 75%, and validators lost approximately 382 ETH. The root cause was Prysm repeatedly replaying old states to verify attestations from unsynchronized nodes. The issue gradually eased after December 4 at 12:45 (UTC+8), and the fixes have been included in versions v7.0.1 and v7.1.0.

**[NYDIG: Limited Initial Returns from Stock Tokenization, Long-Term Value to Gradually Unfold]** Greg Cipolaro, NYDIG's Global Head of Research, stated that the initial tokenization of real-world assets like stocks offers limited direct returns to the crypto market and blockchain networks. Short-term benefits mainly stem from transaction fees and the network effects brought by custody services, while long-term value will be unlocked as accessibility improves. Currently, compliance structures such as KYC restrict the composability of tokenized assets, but as tokenized assets integrate into DeFi scenarios and regulatory frameworks become more open, the ability to capture on-chain value will strengthen.

[Johnny Ng: No Major Changes in the Development of Hong Kong Stablecoins, Progressing Steadily] Hong Kong Legislative Council member Johnny Ng stated in a post that the development of Hong Kong stablecoins will not see major changes and will progress steadily, starting with the local market as a trial, with the goal of expanding to the international market. Hong Kong has already promoted the regulatory sandbox to explore the compliant development of RWA and future regulatory directions. With the influx of Web3 companies into Hong Kong, the demand for developers is rapidly increasing. Johnny Ng will assist the industry in building a talent ecosystem in the future, promoting more developers and practitioners to settle in Hong Kong.

[TRM Labs Report Predicts Venezuela's Fiat Currency Depreciation Will Drive Continued Growth in Stablecoin Usage] The TRM Labs report highlights that as geopolitical tensions escalate, leading to macroeconomic instability and the continued depreciation of the fiat currency, the bolívar, Venezuela's demand for stablecoins as a store of value and medium of exchange will continue to rise. Regulatory ambiguity, uncertainty surrounding the authority and enforcement capabilities of the crypto regulatory body SUNACRIP, and declining public trust in traditional banking have sustained local reliance on blockchain and driven increased usage. Data from Chainalysis' '2025 Cryptocurrency Adoption Index Report' indicates that Venezuela ranks 18th globally in cryptocurrency adoption and 9th when adjusted for population size.

[Analyst Ali Says Crypto Exchange Leverage Drops to Lowest Level Since May] Analyst Ali pointed out that due to investors reducing risk, the leverage on cryptocurrency exchanges has dropped to its lowest level since May.