12/19 Cryptocurrency Hot News:

1. The U.S. November CPI data recorded 2.7%, and the interest rate futures expect a 62 basis point easing from the Federal Reserve.

2. A whale spent $10.35 million to buy ETH and opened a 20x leveraged short position.

3. The U.S. SEC accuses VBit's founder of misappropriating $48.5 million in funds.

4. Polymarket: The probability of Hassert being nominated as Federal Reserve Chair has risen to 52%.

5. U.S. stocks opened high, with the Nasdaq up 338 points and the Dow up 321 points.

6. Trump praised Waller as "great" and specifically commended Bowman; the mystery of the new Federal Reserve Chair will be revealed in a few weeks.

7. An OG insider whale deposited 5,152 BTC into Binance, with a total value of $444.73 million.

8. The founder of Cardano criticized Trump's crypto policy, which harms the industry's prospects.

9. The crypto market saw a total liquidation of $541 million in the past 24 hours, with the largest single liquidation being a BTC long position worth $6.195 million.

10. CZ's opposing whale faces liquidation risk again, with a floating loss of over $40 million and a total position value of $237 million.

11. JPMorgan: By 2028, the scale of stablecoins may reach $500-600 billion, not reaching the $1 trillion level.

12. The Bank of Japan will announce its interest rate decision between 10:30 AM and 12:30 PM this morning (most commonly around 10:45-11:30). Governor Ueda Kazuo will hold a press conference at 2:30 PM (UTC+8). The probability of Japan "raising rates by 25 basis points in December" has reached 98%. If the rate hike occurs as scheduled today, Japan's benchmark interest rate will rise from 0.50% to 0.75%, marking the highest point since 1995 and signaling Japan's official farewell to the extremely low interest rate era that lasted for 30 years.