[Ghana Passes Bill to Legalize Cryptocurrency Trading and Plans to Explore Gold-Backed Stablecoins] The Ghanaian Parliament has passed the Virtual Asset Service Providers Bill, officially legalizing cryptocurrency trading and related digital asset activities. The bill requires individuals and entities engaged in digital asset activities to register with the Bank of Ghana or the Securities and Exchange Commission, depending on the nature of their business. Bank of Ghana Governor Johnson Asiama stated that the bill provides a foundation for licensing and supervising the industry, ensuring transparency and regulation of activities, and clarifying that no one will be arrested for cryptocurrency trading after the bill's passage. Ghana plans to explore payment, trade financing, and market infrastructure by 2026, including research into digital settlement tools such as gold-backed stablecoins. According to Web3 Africa Group estimates, Ghana is expected to process approximately $3 billion in cryptocurrency transactions from July 2023 to June 2024.

Santiment data shows that XRP's social sentiment has turned negative, and historically, retail investors' skepticism has often been associated with the eve of price increases. （Cointelegraph）

[Binance to Remove Certain FDUSD Margin Trading Pairs on December 30, 2025] Binance Margin Trading Platform has announced that it will remove multiple margin trading pairs at 14:00 (UTC+8) on December 30, 2025. This includes 10 cross margin trading pairs (e.g., EIGEN/FDUSD, ARB/FDUSD, TRUMP/FDUSD) and 8 isolated margin trading pairs (e.g., EIGEN/FDUSD, ARB/FDUSD, POL/FDUSD). The platform will suspend the borrowing function for isolated margin trading pairs at 14:00 (UTC+8) on December 24 and will automatically liquidate, settle, and cancel all open orders at 14:00 (UTC+8) on December 30. Users are advised to close their positions or transfer assets before this time.

[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.