Key Market Information Gap on December 17th - A Must-Read! | Alpha Morning Report

By: blockbeats|2025/12/17 10:00:05

Editor's Picks

1. PIPPIN's Suspected Insider Trading Nets, Nearly 30% Price Drop in About 2 Hours to $3.65 Billion Market Cap

2. Trump to Deliver National Address on Thursday, May Preview New Year Policies

3. Flow Ecosystem Mainstream Wallet Blocto Announces Shutdown, FLOW Price Plunges Over 99%, Resulting in Prolonged Project Losses

4. U.S. SEC Concludes 4-Year Investigation into Aave Protocol

5. U.S. Stocks Open Lower, Crypto Concept Stocks Rise Against the Trend, Circle Soars 7.8%

Articles & Threads

1. "From Yen Rate Hike to Mine Shutdowns, Why Is Bitcoin Still Falling?"

Starting the week after the rate hike, the trend is not looking good. Bitcoin fell to around $85,600, while Ethereum lost the $3,000 mark; crypto concept stocks were under pressure, with Strategy and Circle both seeing intraday declines of nearly 7%, Coinbase fell over 5%, and mining companies CLSK, HUT, WULF experienced declines exceeding 10%. From the Japanese central bank's rate hike expectations, the uncertainty of the Fed's subsequent rate cut path, to the systemic derisking of long-term holders, miners, and liquidity providers, the reasons for this round of decline are more macro-oriented.

2. "Circle's Acquisition Sparks Token Equity Dispute, Prediction Market Upgrade Accelerates, What's Hot in the Overseas Crypto Community Today?"

In the past 24 hours, the crypto market has witnessed a variety of dynamics ranging from macroeconomic discussions to specific ecosystem developments. The mainstream discussions have focused on the token vs. equity ownership debate triggered by merger and acquisition integrations, as well as the evolution of the prediction market towards specialized trading tools. On the ecosystem development front, the Solana ecosystem continues to expand around prediction markets and cross-chain infrastructure, Ethereum is advancing its positioning between institutional entry and protocol upgrades, and the Perp DEX track is further aligning with institutional-grade financial infrastructure.

Market Data

Daily overall market funding heat (reflected by funding rates) and token unlock

Data Source: Coinglass, TokenUnlocks

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Funding Rate

Key Market Information Gap on December 17th - A Must-Read! | Alpha Morning Report

Token Unlock

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Can You Win Joker Returns Without Large Trading Volume? 5 Mistakes New Players Make In WEEX Joker Returns Season 2

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Altcoin Season 2026: 4 Stages to Profit (Before the Crowd FOMO In)

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Will Alt season come in 2026? 5 Tips to Spot the Next 100x Crypto Opportunities

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The bear market has arrived, and cryptocurrency ETF issuers are also getting involved

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The richest man had a quarrel with his former boss

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BTC Firm Above 70K! Saylor’s "Institutional Logic" vs. Moon’s "Retail Faith": Who is Really Harvesting the Market?

Bitcoin is holding firm above the $70,000 support level following a massive short squeeze that liquidated $427 million. As the "Four-Year Cycle" narrative shifts, the market is split: Michael Saylor’s cold, institutional "indiscriminate stacking" vs. Carl Moon’s high-energy retail "hopium." This article decodes these two polar-opposite strategies for the 2026 bull run and reveals how WEEX’s institutional-grade liquidity and AI trading tools empower every type of investor to convert market volatility into profit.

The Girl Who Created the SBTI Test: A Story of a Doomed Cyber Love, an E-Widow Ratfolk

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B.AI Officially Launched: Building AI Agent Financial Bedrock Platform, Driving AGI Era Business Underlying Logic

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