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According to the "2026 Skynet Prediction Market Report" released by CertiK, the trading volume of prediction markets is expected to grow to $63.5 billion in 2025, achieving a fourfold increase, with Kalshi, Polymarket, and Opinion becoming the dominant platforms. However, this growth in scale also brings new risks, including oracle vulnerabilities, administrator key abuse, and Web2.5 architecture issues.The report notes that prediction markets have been deemed legal financial products in the U.S. through CFTC rulings, but are banned in several EU countries as unauthorized gambling. Additionally, regulatory differences among U.S. states may further complicate compliance. In December 2025, a security incident involving Polymarket's third-party certification provider exposed centralized failure points in the hybrid Web2/Web3 architecture.The research also estimates that during the peak of airdrops, manual trading volume on some platforms reached 60%, severely distorting liquidity metrics. CertiK predicts that in 2026, prediction markets will see enhanced technical privacy and accelerated institutional adoption, but platforms must simultaneously address issues such as liquidity maintenance, security infrastructure development, and the sustainability of revenue models to achieve long-term growth.

Huobi HTX "New Year's First Lesson" series course fifth lecture (advanced course) will officially start tonight at 7 PM, featuring special guest Chloe Zheng, Senior Researcher at HTX Research, with the course theme "Surge! Seizing the Hundredfold Track in Advance".The core focus of the course revolves around three major highlights:Understanding new regulatory rules: clarifying compliance boundaries and seizing the bonus window brought by institutional entry;Identifying potential tracks: breaking down the logic of stablecoins and RWA explosions to pinpoint hundredfold targets;Mastering practical paths: teaching you to use ETF/ETP + RWA tokenization tools to low-risk ambush high-certainty opportunities.This advanced course requires completing one public class's study and answering questions to earn credits; after completing the questions, you can secure your course seat.

According to GlobeNewswire, Bitcoin financial services company Fold has announced the launch of a brand new unified app experience.This update integrates Bitcoin rewards, everyday spending, and account activity into an intuitive financial hub, aiming to provide users with a clearer and more convenient view of their financial management.

The founder of Equation News, vida, posted that he has bottomed out on silver. "The reason is that silver is currently playing out a script similar to the 10.11 incident, and I want to see if I've picked up some bloody chips," vida added that he is not familiar with the precious metals market.ChainCatcher reminds: The precious metals market has been highly volatile in the past few hours, so please be aware of the risks.

According to GMGN monitoring, Cobie, the founder of Echo XYZ, tweeted about "Copper Inu" today on platform X, leading to the emergence of several meme coins named "COPPERINU" on the Solana chain. The token with the highest market cap quickly surged to $12 million and has now retraced to about $9 million, with a price of approximately $0.009.In the tweet, Cobie stated, "You don't have to worry about waking up one day to find Copper Inu has taken all of copper's market share. They won't pop up like some digital assets do, with new products emerging every few seconds to disrupt existing value."Additionally, GMGN monitoring indicates that the address ranked first in holdings (A1EC...) belongs to Equation founder himgajria's publicly disclosed on-chain address. This address invested about $10,000 when COPPERINU's market cap was only around $80,000, and it currently has an unrealized profit exceeding 10,000%. Although some has been sold, the total profit still reaches approximately $740,000.

According to market news, a newly created wallet has deposited 3.6 million USDC into the HyperLiquid trading platform and opened a 10x leveraged long position in ZEC (Zcash). Currently, the wallet also has additional buy orders in the $400 to $401 range.

1inch released its 2025 data review, stating that the platform completed approximately $214 billion in token exchange transactions throughout the year, a year-on-year increase of 39%, with about 114 million transactions executed, more than doubling from the previous year.In terms of network distribution, Ethereum remains the main trading hub for 1inch, with a total transaction volume of approximately $97.1 billion; BNB Chain recorded a transaction volume of about $82.1 billion, with a year-on-year increase of nearly 10 times; Arbitrum and Base recorded transaction volumes of approximately $13.2 billion and $8.8 billion, respectively. In addition, 1inch noted that the demand for cross-chain transactions significantly increased in 2025, with a total cross-chain exchange volume of approximately $697 million, completing 148,000 transactions, with nearly 48,000 users utilizing related features.Ethereum remains the core node for cross-chain liquidity, with major flows including Ethereum→BNB, BNB→Ethereum, and Ethereum→Arbitrum. 1inch pointed out that trading activity is further concentrating on core networks, while newly connected networks are also beginning to gradually contribute to transaction volume.

SharpLink Gaming co-CEO Joseph Chalom tweeted that the surge in stablecoins, tokenized RWA, and the growing interest from sovereign wealth funds could drive Ethereum's TVL to increase significantly by 2026, with the stablecoin market size reaching $50 billion.Joseph Chalom stated that tokenized RWA will reach $300 billion by 2026, and the management scale of tokenized assets will grow tenfold, expanding from the tokenization of individual funds, stocks, and bonds to the tokenization of entire fund portfolios. The amount of ETH held by sovereign wealth funds and the scale of tokenization will grow 5-10 times. Over the past year, financial services companies, including JPMorgan, Franklin Templeton, and BlackRock, have shown increasing interest in Ethereum, which is a major catalyst. Notably, SharpLink unstaked 35,627 ETH this morning, worth $104.4 million.

According to Beincrypto, Bitcoin financial services company Fold Holdings (NASDAQ: FLD) announced on December 22 that it has been included in the U.S. small-cap benchmark index Russell 2000, becoming the first publicly traded Bitcoin financial services company to be selected, currently holding over 1,500 BTC.At the same time, global index provider MSCI is considering excluding companies with digital asset holdings exceeding 50% of total assets from its indices. According to analysis by JPMorgan, if Strategy is excluded by MSCI, it could face an outflow of $2.8 billion, and if other indices follow suit, the outflow could reach $8.8 billion. The MSCI consultation period will end on January 15, and the final decision will be announced; currently, 38 companies are at risk of exclusion, with a total market capitalization of $46.7 billion.

According to GlobeNewswire, Bitcoin financial services company Fold Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLD) today announced that its stock has been included in the Russell 2000 Index.As the first publicly traded Bitcoin financial services company, Fold holds over 1,500 bitcoins in reserves. The company's Chairman and CEO, Will Reeves, stated that this inclusion in the index is an important milestone that will enhance the company's visibility among institutional and retail investors.

Binance CEO He Yi stated in the "Bonnie Blockchain" podcast that CZ actively invited He Yi to be an advisor for Binance during the ICO period, which led to He Yi's involvement in the revision and writing of the BNB white paper.After the completion of the BNB ICO, CZ invited He Yi to join again the day before the BNB launch, saying, "Tomorrow BNB is going to launch, and if BNB increases tenfold after it goes live, I won't be able to make you this offer. So you either agree today, or we can only renegotiate later." This conversation ultimately led to He Yi's decision to join Binance before the BNB launch.

According to market news, a certain whale opened long positions on ETH using two addresses before the crash, with the current positions as follows: Address One has a 25x long ETH position valued at 24 million USD, with an opening price of 3,467.75 USD, a liquidation price of 2,779 USD, and an unrealized loss of 1.98 million USD; Address Two has a 25x long ETH position valued at 22.6 million USD, with an opening price of 3,396.43 USD, a liquidation price of 2,196.54 USD, and an unrealized loss of 1.36 million USD.

According to GlobeNewswire, Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin financial services company Fold Holdings released its Q3 2025 financial report, which disclosed that the company's treasury holdings have reached 1,526 BTC, valued at approximately $154 million, with a total business transaction volume of $235 million, a year-on-year increase of 43%.

ChainCatcher news, the world's first Chinese decentralized contract trading platform "Sun Wukong" has been online for only 7 days, and the cumulative trading volume has exceeded 2 billion USDT. On October 16, the trading volume reached 85 million USDT, a month-on-month increase of 17%; the platform's asset scale rose to 63 million USDT, a month-on-month increase of 16%.In terms of liquidity, the depth of K2 trading pairs has significantly improved. Among them, the depth of BTC at 0.1%, 0.15%, and 0.01% increased by 330%, 288%, and 156% respectively compared to the previous day; the depth of ETH at 0.1%, 0.15%, and 0.01% increased by 264%, 210%, and 150% respectively, continuously optimizing the user trading experience.In addition, the Sun Wukong platform has launched a deposit interest activity: users can enjoy an annualized return of 12% by depositing USDT, with no lock-up, no freezing, and no limit, helping users' assets to grow flexibly.