DeFi data
1. Total market value of DeFi tokens: 1116.76 billion USD
Total market value of DeFi Data source: coingecko
2. Trading volume on decentralized exchanges in the past 24 hours: 43.29 USD
Trading volume on decentralized exchanges in the past 24 hours Data source: coingecko
3. Locked assets in DeFi: 1233.12 billion USD
Top ten locked assets in DeFi projects and the amount locked Data source: defillama
NFT data
1. Total market value of NFTs: 105.1 billion USD
Total market value of NFTs, top ten projects by market value Data source: Coinmarketcap
2. 24-hour NFT trading volume: 9.37 billion USD
Total market value of NFTs, top ten projects by market value Data source: Coinmarketcap
3. Top NFT sales in the last 24 hours
Top ten NFT sales growth in the last 24 hours, data source: NFTGO
Headlines
The UK Treasury is drafting new regulations to oversee the cryptocurrency market
The UK Treasury is drafting related rules requiring cryptocurrency companies to comply with a series of standards, with oversight from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Cryptocurrency will be regulated similarly to other financial products under legislation effective in 2027. UK government officials have been pushing for reforms in the crypto market. With the growing adoption of cryptocurrency as an investment and payment method, the market size has rapidly expanded. As cryptocurrency has not been subject to the same level of regulation as traditional financial products like stocks and funds, consumers have often not enjoyed equivalent levels of protection. The UK government stated that the new rules will enhance transparency in the crypto industry, boost consumer confidence, and help to more easily identify suspicious activities, implement sanctions, and hold companies accountable.
DeFi hotspots
1. Base co-founder is suspected of drawing traffic for RUG tokens and faces strong criticism from the community
December 15 news, Base co-founder Jesse yesterday on social media issued RUG tokens to draw traffic for the infamous Soulja Boy and invested funds to support, provoking strong criticism from the community. ZachXBT questioned, "Why give Soulja Boy a platform to scam new users?" ZachXBT revealed as early as April 2023, "Soulja Boy is one of the most brazen promoters in the crypto community. In my research, I found that he participated in 73 promotions, 16 NFT project launches, many of which are scams." Jesse has also promoted various MEME coins, such as the "Base is for everyone" incident (which surged to a market value of 20 million and then plummeted 90%) and his personal token jesse (the community calls this token the most failed fair launch in Base's history), with the tokens he promoted often accompanied by short-term speculative hype, but long-term performance and investment returns are unstable.
2. Kaiko: Binance's market dominance may pose systemic risks
Golden Finance reports, according to DLnews, Kaiko's latest report shows that liquidity in the crypto market is excessively concentrated in a few platforms like Binance, posing significant structural, operational, and legal risks. The report warns that although Binance is the largest exchange in the world (with a spot trading volume of $15.3 billion and derivatives open interest of $27 billion), the platform is not officially regulated, has been convicted in the U.S. for inadequate anti-money laundering measures, and does not hold the EU MiCA license. The crypto market crash in October led to $19 billion in liquidated futures positions, causing price deviations and account access issues on Binance. Kaiko researchers pointed out that if Binance experiences operational, legal, or technical shocks, it could trigger severe market volatility.
3. Aave governance forum has sparked intense debate over CoW Swap fee issues
Golden Finance reports that Aave DAO, which manages the Aave protocol, and Aave Labs, the core development company of the Aave series products, have differences over the recent announcement of the fee distribution issue arising from the integration with the decentralized exchange aggregator CoW Swap, with related disputes continuing to ferment. The issue was raised by an anonymous member of Aave DAO, EzR3aL. He pointed out that the fees generated from exchanging crypto assets through CoW Swap did not enter Aave DAO's treasury but flowed into a designated on-chain address. In fact, these fees ultimately flowed to a private address controlled by Aave Labs. EzR3aL raised several questions, including why DAO's opinion was not sought before the adjustment of the fee flow, and asserted that the ownership of these fees should belong to the DAO. EzR3aL stated, "At least $200,000 worth of Ether flows into someone's pocket every week, rather than Aave DAO." He added that this means the DAO is potentially losing up to $10 million a year. Aave Labs responded that the relevant rights to the website's front-end components and application interfaces have always legally belonged to them.
4. Robinhood tokenizes stocks on Arbitrum
Golden Finance reports that Token Terminal stated on platform X that Robinhood has tokenized stocks on Arbitrum, with a total market cap of tokenized stocks recently surpassing $13 million. Johann Kerbrat stated, "Ethereum provides us with native security guarantees, while Arbitrum gives us the engineering flexibility we need."
5. Aster announces that the third phase of the airdrop is now open for claims
December 15 news, according to official news, the third phase airdrop of the decentralized exchange Aster is now officially open for claims. The claim time window is from December 15, 2025, 12:00 UTC to January 15, 2026, 12:00 UTC, lasting for one month. Users need to go to the Aster official platform and connect their wallet to carry out the claim operation.
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