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According to the tracking data from the Web3 asset data platform RootData X, in the past 7 days, the anti-witch blockchain network Humanity Protocol has been the project with the most new followers among X (Twitter) top personalities. New influential figures following this project include DeFi analyst Ignas (@DefiIgnas), cryptocurrency investor and analyst Miles Deutscher (@milesdeutscher), and cryptocurrency trader Ash Crypto (@AshCrypto).In addition, the projects with the most followers among X top personalities also include XBIT, Relay, and Venice.

Regarding the issue of accounts being restricted as reported by users, Binance co-founder He Yi stated on the X social platform that the situation may be due to using a VPN to connect to Binance from countries or regions where services cannot be provided. The system will adjust the account to "withdrawal-only mode," and users need to contact customer support for assistance.Previously, some users claimed that they had encountered account restrictions or asset freezes on Binance and other exchanges. Binance emphasized that it is continuously increasing compliance investments and implementing risk control measures in accordance with regulatory requirements.

ARK Invest CEO Cathie Wood recently stated on the podcast "The Rundown" that the current price of gold relative to the M2 money supply has reached an all-time high, even surpassing the high inflation period of the 1970s or the Great Depression of the 1930s (when it corresponded to extreme currency collapse or hyperinflation).However, the macro environment is the opposite now: monetary supply expansion, the economy not collapsing, and ample liquidity → gold has "priced in the worst-case scenario/fear," is in a phase of "irrational exuberance," and is likely to pull back. But Bitcoin is different; it is still in its emerging stage, and "if I were an aggressive investor, I would choose to shift from gold to Bitcoin now."Additionally, Cathie Wood reiterated that the optimistic target price for Bitcoin by 2030 is $1.5 million.

The President of the United States, Trump, announced a trade agreement with India. According to the agreement, the U.S. will significantly reduce tariffs on Indian goods from 50% to 18% in exchange for India lowering trade barriers, stopping the purchase of Russian oil, and instead buying oil from the U.S. and possibly Venezuela. Trump stated that Indian Prime Minister Modi has committed to significantly increasing "buying American," including energy, technology, and agricultural products worth over $500 billion.Under the agreement, the U.S. will eliminate the previously imposed 25% punitive tariff on India for purchasing Russian oil. Additionally, Modi stated that this agreement will allow "Make in India" products to enjoy lower tariffs and expressed gratitude to Trump.Analysts believe that this move will align India's tariff levels with those of other Asian countries, helping to eliminate the drag on Indian exports and the rupee exchange rate. The Indian Minister of Trade also stated that this agreement will bring more development opportunities for the Indian economy.It is worth noting that the details of this agreement have not been fully disclosed, including the specific timeline for tariff reductions and the list of U.S. goods that India has committed to purchasing. At the same time, Trump hinted that India might replace some of its Russian oil imports by purchasing oil from Venezuela.

a16z Crypto published a long article on platform X stating that the timeline for the emergence of quantum computers capable of breaking cryptocurrencies (CRQC) is often exaggerated, and the likelihood of their appearance before 2030 is extremely low. The risk status of different cryptographic primitives varies.Post-quantum encryption needs to be deployed immediately due to the "harvest now, decrypt later" (HNDL) attack. In contrast, post-quantum signatures and zkSNARKs are less susceptible to HNDL attacks; migrating too early could bring risks such as performance overhead, immature implementation, and code vulnerabilities. Therefore, a cautious rather than hasty migration strategy should be adopted.For blockchains, most non-privacy public chains like Bitcoin and Ethereum primarily use digital signatures for transaction authorization, so there is no HNDL risk. The pressure to migrate mainly comes from non-technical challenges such as slow governance, social coordination, and technical logistics.Bitcoin faces unique issues, including its slow governance speed and the existence of millions of quantum-vulnerable tokens worth hundreds of billions of dollars that may be abandoned. In contrast, privacy chains, due to their encryption or concealment of transaction details, do face HNDL attack risks and should transition as soon as possible.a16z Crypto emphasizes that in the coming years, implementation security issues such as code vulnerabilities, side-channel attacks, and fault injection attacks are more urgent and significant security risks compared to the distant threat of quantum computers. Developers should prioritize investment in code audits, fuzz testing, and formal verification.

Cosmos ecosystem stablecoin protocol Noble announced the launch of an EVM-based Layer 1, Noble EVM, which is expected to go live on March 18. The new Noble EVM will be specifically designed for stablecoin applications.Noble is not the only Cosmos ecosystem project undergoing transformation in recent months; for example, Sei plans to fully transition to an EVM-only chain in the upcoming upgrade, abandoning its CosmWasm and Cosmos native assets.

Emmett, the head of the Solana Mobile project, posted on the X platform that before the SKR release, the team is actively identifying additional Seeker clusters, in addition to the anti-witch measures already taken. These subscription shares will be removed from the initial SKR distribution and returned to the future airdrop pool. The team did not disclose specific detection details and stated that this move aims to ensure the fairness of the SKR distribution, directing it towards users and developers who drive the platform's development.

According to OnchainLens monitoring, the whale address "pension-usdt.eth" has switched from a short position to a long position and has opened a 3x leveraged long position in Ethereum. This position contains 20,000 Ethereum, worth approximately 62.2 million dollars, with an entry price of 3,097.74 dollars and a liquidation price of 1,607.9 dollars.

Dragonfly partner Omar Kanji stated, "After activating the fee switch, Uniswap's current valuation is approximately 240 times the annual fees ($5.4 billion FDV / $23 million annual fees). Further considering the grant expenditure of 20 million UNI this year (approximately $123 million at the current price of $6.16), the protocol is expected to record a loss of about $100 million this year."

According to the “RootData 2025 Web3 Industry Annual Report”, the joint investment network among top VCs is becoming increasingly tight, with institutions like a16z, Coinbase Ventures, and Polychain participating in large rounds through deep collaboration.VC investment focus has shifted from early-stage speculation to AI blockchain, DeFi institutional applications, and infrastructure. With regulatory improvements and institutional funds pouring in, this specialized alliance model is paving the way for the AI-DeFi innovation wave in the context of Federal Reserve easing in 2026.

Lighter founder and CEO Vladimir Novakovski responded to the witch hunt screening during a Twitter Space interview, stating: "We have an appeal mechanism for the witch hunt screening, but so far, the number of appeals has been lower than we expected. If users feel that the algorithm is unfair to them, they are welcome to fill out the appeal form in Discord. We will not disclose specific algorithm details because we do not want to be targeted for optimization."

The Uniswap protocol fee switch proposal UNIfication has been overwhelmingly approved. The voting results show approximately 125 million UNI in favor and 742 against.After a 2-day lock-up period, Uniswap Labs will burn 100 million UNI tokens and activate the fee switch mechanism for versions v2 and v3 on the Ethereum mainnet, starting the burn of UNI and Unichain fees.

Lighter announced on Discord that, "We have entered the final phase of the second season points event, and we are currently conducting data analysis to remove points obtained from witch addresses, self-trading, and wash trading. All points that have been reduced (including those that have already been removed) will be redistributed to the community."

The Uniswap protocol fee switch proposal UNIfication has reached the threshold of 40 million votes in favor and is expected to officially take effect later this week. As of Monday morning, nearly 62 million votes have been cast, with voting set to end on December 25. Uniswap Labs CEO Hayden Adams stated that once the vote passes, it will enter a two-day time lock phase, during which the Uniswap v2 and v3 fee switches on the Unichain mainnet will be activated, triggering the destruction of UNI tokens.The proposal includes the destruction of 100 million UNI tokens from the Uniswap Foundation treasury and the implementation of a protocol fee discount auction system to enhance liquidity provider returns. As a result, UNI has risen approximately 25% since the voting began, with the current price at $6.18.

According to market news, the whale pension-usdt.eth closed its ETH short position one day ago with a loss of $2.097 million, and today early morning opened a new BTC long position, gradually increasing its BTC long position to the current 1,000 coins (worth $85.658 million), currently with an unrealized loss of $716,000.The whale's total profit and loss over the past week is approximately +$1.21 million, with a total profit of about $23.15 million on HyperLiquid.

According to Uniswap founder Hayden Adams, he has submitted the Unification proposal for final governance voting. The voting will start at 10:30 PM EST and end on December 25.If the proposal passes, the following actions will be executed after a 2-day time lock period: burn 100 million UNI tokens; launch the fee switch for v2 and v3 versions on the mainnet, starting the burn of UNI tokens, while including Unichain fees; Uniswap Labs will align with Uniswap governance through a contractual agreement that is legally binding under Wyoming DUNA law.

ZRO holders can participate in the third fee switch vote starting from December 20 at 00:00. This vote occurs every six months and aims to allow holders to decide whether to activate the protocol's fee switch. If the vote passes, the protocol fees will be used to buy back and burn ZRO.The voting window is from December 20 at 00:00 to December 27 at 00:00. The quorum requirement for voting is 40.59% of circulating ZRO, which means 230 million ZRO are eligible to vote. If the quorum is met, more than 50% of the votes in favor are required for it to take effect. LayerZero Labs, LayerZero Foundation, and related parties will abstain.

Bubblemaps stated that they have identified the WET sniper, "Ramarxyz, @ramarxyz," who claimed 70% of the HumidiFi token allocation, using over 1000 wallets for its presale, and is now demanding a refund from the project team.Bubblemaps indicated that at least 1100 of the 1530 addresses in the presale came from the same entity. This sniper obscured their tracks by funding thousands of new wallets from CEX. Before the presale, each address received exactly 1,000 USDC. However, one address made a mistake, as it was funded by the private wallet 547Wwc. Subsequently, it received $150,000 from AUG2N, which was also funded by 547Wwc, and that wallet is linked to the Twitter account @ramarxyz.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, a certain whale recently closed its BTC long position, realizing a profit of about 2.13 million USD. Subsequently, the whale turned to the ETH market, opening a position of 11,590 ETH with 6x leverage, with a position size of approximately 37.28 million USD, and currently has an unrealized profit of about 1.11 million USD.

Uniswap Labs posted on the X platform that the proposal contract for the Uniswap fee switch has been deployed to the Ethereum mainnet, ready for on-chain voting. Anyone who discovers a critical vulnerability will receive a reward of up to $15.5 million.