ME News news, December 21 (UTC+8), 10x Research stated, "Due to forced liquidations, setbacks in cryptocurrency legislation progress, weakening effects of corporate buying, and global policy uncertainty suppressing risk appetite, the price of Bitcoin has dropped significantly. Affected by the underperformance of the AI sector and soft labor data, the overall U.S. stock market weakened; however, the easing effect brought by falling inflation and the strong performance of semiconductor companies somewhat mitigated the decline. Driven by rising demand for safe-haven assets and increased inflows of diversified global asset allocation, gold prices have risen, approaching historical highs. MicroStrategy's stock price performed poorly, as concerns over equity dilution from equity financing purchases of Bitcoin outweighed the benefits of continued accumulation." (Source: ME)