🔥🚨Castle Labs data shows L1 tokens have broadly underperformed this year: $HYPE is down 6.5%, $ETH 15.3%, SOL 35.9%, SUI 67.3%, AVAX 67.9%, and TON 73.8%.
Only BNB and TRX posted gains, up 18.2% and 9.8%, respectively.
🔥🚨🇺🇸U.S. spot $BTC ETFs recorded total net outflows of $175 million. The BlackRock spot Bitcoin ETF IBIT saw the largest single-day net outflow among Bitcoin spot ETFs at $91.37 million.
Spot $ETH ETFs posted total net outflows of $52.70 million, while Solana spot ETFs saw total net inflows of $1.48 million and XRP spot ETFs recorded total net inflows of $11.93 million.
🔥🚨Binance market data, the $BTC /$USD1 trading pair saw a brief wick at around 17:15 on Dec. 24, with BTC dropping to $24,111.22 before quickly recovering. 👀
The pair has since normalized, last trading at $87,880.10. USD1 is a stablecoin launched by Trump family-backed World Liberty Financial
⚠️ MAINSTREAM CRYPTO & PRIVATE CREDIT COULD AMPLIFY INVESTOR RISK🚨
🇺🇸U.S. regulators including the Securities and Exchange Commission and the White House are expanding access to crypto and private credit investments.
While officials stress investor choice and protection, advisors warn retail investors may struggle with complex risks, liquidity limits, and valuation issues.
Data from Morningstar shows crypto ETFs surging, raising concerns for retirement savers.
Telegram founder Pavel Durov accused French President Emmanuel Macron of promoting censorship across the EU, claiming he is trying to silence online critics.
He described the Digital Services Act as a censorship tool, linked it to Macron ally Thierry Breton, and warned that proposed EU laws would enable mass surveillance.
Durov also backed Elon Musk after the EU fined X, accusing the bloc of undermining free speech. $TON
🔥🚨Stop waiting for a dip that isn't coming. The Binance liquidation map proves the bears are getting absolutely cooked as we speak.
Look at that massive wall of short liquidations sitting right above current price; the market is literally designed to hunt your stop losses and squeeze every last cent out of the doubters.
You can stay sidelined and "wait for confirmation" while the algorithm liquidates the herd, or you can accept that the trend is shifting faster than your bias. Most of you will miss the move and buy back higher anyway. 📈🔥 $ETH $BTC
🚨🇨🇳 CHINA MAKES 95% OF YOUR "CHRISTMAS SPIRIT" - AND SHIPPED IT IN JULY
China exported $5.97 billion in Christmas decorations in 2024.
The Netherlands came 2nd with $249 million.
That's a solid 24:1 ratio.
China doesn't dominate the Christmas decoration market - it IS the freaking market.
Your "authentic Victorian ornament"? Made in Yiwu. Your "traditional Bavarian nutcracker"? Guangdong province.
That "handcrafted" nativity scene celebrating the birth of Jesus? Assembly line in Shenzhen, shipped 6 months before December.
The irony nobody mentions:
The world's most aggressively secular state manufactures the physical infrastructure of Christianity's biggest holiday for countries that claim religious heritage as cultural bedrock.
Europe's trying.
Germany, Poland, France, Denmark all export "premium" decorations.
Translation: higher prices for the same supply chain, just assembled domestically.
The Netherlands moves $249 million as a logistics hub - repackaging Chinese goods with European labels.
The diversification story:
India hit $117 million, Cambodia $103 million.
These aren't competitors, they're overflow valves for when Western retailers want to claim they're "reducing China dependency" without actually changing anything fundamental.
Mexico and the US crack the top 10 by serving regional markets.
Meaning: slightly less shipping time, same factories, different hemisphere.
Here's what the data doesn't say but everyone knows:
Those decorations were manufactured in July.
Quality-checked in August.
Containerized in September.
Arrived at warehouses in October.
Sat on store shelves in November.
By the time you're debating which inflatable Santa to buy, that product has already traveled 8,000 miles and passed through four countries' customs systems.
The entire "spirit of Christmas" supply chain runs on six-month advance planning, bulk manufacturing, and the fact that nobody wants to pay what European artisan ornaments actually cost.
🔥🚨Forget the hype about Bitcoin hitting $100K. Let’s get real for a second 💥. Adjusted for inflation to 2020 dollars, BTC never broke that magical barrier.
The so-called “all-time highs” are a fantasy dressed up in modern-dollar illusions. In reality, the peak was $99,848—yes, just shy of six figures.
Stop worshiping charts that inflate numbers to fit your narrative. Bitcoin fanboys and crypto evangelists love to paint this picture of unstoppable growth, but numbers don’t lie. This is proof that the sky isn’t the limit—it’s a carefully constructed illusion 📉 $ETH $BTC
🔥🚨SURVEY: TARIFF COSTS TO DRIVE FURTHER U.S. PRICE HIKES IN 2026
U.S. companies are preparing to raise prices again in 2026 as they continue to offset higher tariff costs, according to Morgan Stanley. Analyst Michael Gapen said recent GDP data show firms have already passed through a significant share of tariff-related nonlabor costs, helping restore profitability and reduce recession risks. While companies initially cut hiring and absorbed profit losses, they increasingly raised prices in recent quarters. Survey data suggest further price increases are planned, which could firm inflation but largely avoid layoffs.
🔥 The short-term holder market has entered a freakishly rare state of balance.🚨
Net pressure from these short-term holders has plummeted into the bottom 5% of its usual spread. And yet, the price is chilling below their realized cost—a perfect storm where demand and supply are suddenly neck-and-neck.
This isn’t just some quiet market blip; it’s a tense, hair-trigger standoff. Anyone thinking they can predict the next move without sweating? Think again. ⚡ $ETH $BTC