December 18th Cryptocurrency Core News Overview, Key Points at a Glance 👇

📊 Market and Liquidation

• BTC: Attempted to rise to $90,000 but fell back, oscillating around $86,000, with approximately $139 million in long positions liquidated in 24 hours, market capitalization around $3.01 trillion.

• ETH: Lost the $2,900 neckline, dropped nearly 3% to about $2,838 during the day, with institutions withdrawing from the spot ETH ETF.

• XRP: Dropped below $2, but its ETF still received inflows in the tens of millions.

🏦 Institutions and Compliance

• Federal Reserve Easing: Withdrew the 2023 guidelines restricting uninsured banks' involvement in crypto, relaxed membership rules, favorable for banks' crypto business.

• MicroStrategy: Invested about $980 million to acquire over 10,000 BTC, total holdings broke 230,000 BTC.

• Coinbase: Officially announced new stock trading, prediction markets, and Solana DeFi integration (Jupiter), Deutsche Bank initiated a 'buy' rating with a target price of $340.

• HSBC: Launched a pilot program for institutional clients’ crypto custody; Switzerland's SIX listed the first batch of physical Bitcoin ETNs.

• DTCC: Approved by SEC to pilot tokenization of U.S. Treasury bonds in the first half of 2026.

⚙️ Technology and Projects

• Vitalik Speaks: Calls for simplifying the Ethereum protocol to reduce development and maintenance costs.

• Ripple: Expanding RLUSD stablecoin to Ethereum Layer 2 network to enhance usability.

• Vulnerability Alert: React2Shell vulnerability threatens some crypto platforms, urgent checks and upgrades needed.

📋 Regulation and Conferences

• Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission: Processing multiple VATP license applications while updating the list of suspicious virtual asset platforms.

• Blockchain Life 2025: Kicking off today in Dubai, focusing on regulation, DeFi, and Web3 gaming. $BTC $ETH $BNB #加密市场观察 #美国讨论BTC战略储备