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The traditional financial system faces challenges due to data fragmentation and liquidity constraints, and the application of blockchain technology urgently needs to break down barriers to achieve interoperability. Oracles like Chainlink can reliably transmit real-world data to the blockchain, assist in smart contract decision-making, and become the infrastructure for DeFi and NFTs, promoting the integration of traditional finance and the crypto ecosystem.

Recently, Bitcoin led the surge in the crypto market, with an early investor’s long position floating profit exceeding $60 million. Their holdings include BTC, ETH, and SOL, each realizing different levels of profit, reflecting subtle changes in the market. The investor’s leverage allocation strategy is worth noting.

The latest data shows that the US Producer Price Index increased by 0.2% month-on-month in January, with a year-on-year increase of 3%, indicating that inflationary pressures remain. This may prompt the Federal Reserve to extend the high interest rate cycle, leading to a decline in investor interest in risk assets and impacting the cryptocurrency market, especially Bitcoin's performance.

The Pakistan Virtual Asset Regulatory Authority has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with SC Financial Technologies, planning to collaborate on cross-border payments and digital settlements using the USD1 stablecoin. This cooperation focuses on technical integration and regulatory dialogue but is not legally binding. Future efforts will need to explore how to integrate into the Pakistani financial system, reflecting a balance between innovation and regulation.

US retail sales in November increased by 0.6% month-on-month, exceeding expectations and demonstrating consumer resilience. Meanwhile, the PPI annual rate rose to 3%, higher than expected, indicating that production cost pressures have not eased. This reflects the coexistence of economic resilience and inflationary pressures, which may impact monetary policy and the crypto market.

Recently, Cardano's market has been hot, with 24-hour trading volume soaring 72.89% to $953.21 million, and the price rising 6.74% to $0.4185. The main reasons are the launch of Germany's DZ Bank regulatory platform and Bitcoin's strong performance. Additionally, Grayscale may launch a spot ETF, stimulating institutional investor enthusiasm, leading to a significant increase in trading volume.

DOT recently rebounded, with the price fluctuating between $2.05 and $2.10. The key resistance levels are at $2.32 to $2.35. Polkadot has launched a new smart contract chain to reduce transaction costs and enhance developer friendliness. Meanwhile, the MAXI presale has raised over $4.5 million, with staking yields exceeding 100%, attracting community participation.

Ripple receives preliminary approval from Luxembourg's CSSF for an electronic money institution license, meaning it can provide regulated stablecoin and digital asset payment services within the EU. XRP price rises nearly 4%, indicating a positive investor response to this news. Ripple's compliance efforts in Europe reflect its strategy of viewing regulation as a competitive advantage.

【Blockchain Rhythm】According to on-chain monitoring data, Huang Licheng's trading address just closed a ZEC long position today, earning a profit of $6,256. However, he hasn't stopped his actions and immediately shifted to rebalancing Ethereum — going long with 25x leverage on 9,000 ETH, with a scale of approximately $29.79 million, and floating profits already reaching $137,600. At the same time, he is also positioning in the HYPE asset, holding 269,000 tokens with 10x leverage (worth about $6.97 million), currently with a floating profit of $107,000. From this series of operations, it is clear that the major player is placing the heaviest bet on ETH.

【Blockchain Rhythm】Whether Bitcoin can achieve a true bull market breakthrough depends not on retail investors. Look at gold—the market size is more than ten times that of Bitcoin, yet retail investors have never been a decisive factor. What truly influences Bitcoin's price movements is precisely the flow of institutional funds.
What does this mean? It means we need to focus our efforts on attracting institutional allocations. Why are institutions still hesitant? Because the risks are still present. Ultimately, the only core threat Bitcoin faces right now is quantum computing.
Once this risk is properly mitigated, the willingness of institutions to allocate will be maximized. By then, Bitcoin's rise will have a solid foundation.

【链文】韩国知名加密交易所Bithumb宣布了一项重要进展——USDE代币现已在其韩元市场正式上线。这一举措为韩国用户提供了更多元的交易选择，进一步完善了平台的币种生态。USDE的加入，意味着用户能够直接通过韩元交易对进行操作，降低了兑换成本，提升了交易便利性。

【Blockchain Rhythm】The Solana ecosystem social token platform Believe App recently released the v2 beta version of its iOS client. This update features an interesting new gameplay — introducing a trading mechanism called the "Human Emotion Market." In simple terms, users can bet on a person's reputation rising or falling using Believe and Doubt tokens, essentially making a perpetual wager on an individual's prospects.
Currently, the platform's first market is linked to founder Ben.

Wintermute observes that Bitcoin cycles in 2025 underperform, altcoin cycles have almost disappeared, and market structure is changing. To achieve a strong rebound in 2026, institutions need to expand their investment scope, leading assets to surge or retail investors to return.

A well-known whale address is under immense pressure in the leveraged market, with its BTC and ETH short positions floating at a loss of over $6.37 million. To avoid forced liquidation, it has transferred 4.8 million USDC to Hyperliquid as margin. This incident highlights the high risks of leveraged trading and market volatility, and traders should exercise caution.

【Blockchain Rhythm】Privacy coin Monero XMR has recently performed quite impressively. Market data shows that XMR briefly broke through the $700 mark, hitting a new all-time high. The current trading price is $698.1, with a single-day increase of 8.25%. Behind this surge, the heat in the futures market is also rising simultaneously. The current futures open interest has climbed to $291 million, compared to $116 million five days ago, an increase of 150%. From the data, market attention to this privacy coin has clearly increased, showing strong growth momentum in both spot and futures markets.