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Ethereum founder Vitalik emphasizes the importance of protocol simplicity, noting that excessive complexity can impact security and autonomy. He is concerned that adding new features during development may lead to protocol bloat and suggests introducing simplification and garbage collection mechanisms to slow down development pace and prevent useless features from dragging down the protocol.

ETH's recent trend shows increased volatility, with prices rising but trading volume shrinking, forming a divergence between price and volume. Technical indicators suggest bullish momentum is strengthening, but the overall trend still faces downward pressure. Key levels include buying opportunities and selling pressure points, with attention needed on changes in trading volume.

HeyElsa is a project focused on crypto AI Agents, launching the ELSA token with a supply of 1 billion. The distribution plan includes 7% for the team, 34.49% for the foundation, 40% for the community, 10.51% for investors, and 8% for liquidity. Community tokens will be unlocked 20% at TGE, with the remaining linearly released over 48 months. The project raised $3 million in funding in 2025, aiming to convert natural language commands into on-chain operations and explore the integration of AI and Web3.

dYdX Foundation releases the 2025 Annual Report, with total trading volume surpassing $1.55 trillion, and Q4 becoming the highest trading quarter of the year. The DYDX buyback program has been expanded to 75%, and the number of token holders has increased to approximately 98,000, demonstrating a continued rise in community engagement and market enthusiasm.

Liquidity issues in the crypto market are the main reason institutional investors hesitate. Despite interest in crypto assets, insufficient market depth makes large transactions difficult, causing new funds to stay on the sidelines. Addressing this structural bottleneck is key to attracting large-scale capital.

Trader James Wynn stated on social media that Ethereum is performing strongly, hinting that a market cycle may be brewing. He believes that the first quarter of 2025 will show a bullish trend, focusing on assets such as Ethereum, PEPE, DRB, and BYTE. His unique insights into the market may reveal the upcoming market movement.

【BitPush】Ethereum market slightly weakens. According to real-time data from Gate.com, the current price of the ETH/USDT trading pair is $3299.8, down only 0.22% in the past 24 hours. Although the decline is limited, it also reflects cautious market sentiment at present.

Pudgy Penguins has issued two types of soul-bound tokens to OpenSea users, rewarding loyal holders and buyers. The goal is to strengthen community identity, encouraging long-term holding while expanding the participation base.

While incentive subsidies can attract users, once the subsidies are stopped, users tend to leave quickly because most of the locked funds are for incentives and lack genuine demand. DeFi protocols need to address issues like impermanent loss after normalizing incentives to achieve sustainable revenue and capital efficiency, ensuring long-term survival.

Recently, a major crypto whale lost over $282 million worth of Bitcoin and Litecoin due to social engineering scams. Hackers used THORChain to launder the funds and exchange them for Monero, which then surged 60% in price. Investigations show that some of the stolen funds are still traceable, and there is potential for further breakthroughs in the case. Remind everyone to stay vigilant against social engineering scams.

In on-chain data monitoring, it was found that the RALPH project initially invested 28.8 million RALPH tokens with 12.3 SOL in the early stages, which has now appreciated to $1.07 million, with a return of 642 times. This highlights the importance of internal address layout and explains why traders focus on whale and large holder movements.

DOGE's recent price increase has broken through the early morning high, indicating active bullish momentum, but trading volume has shrunk, and market enthusiasm is lacking. Technical indicators show that the bulls are gaining strength, with short-term support at 0.1346 and resistance at 0.1516. It is important to watch whether it can effectively break through the resistance level.

【Crypto World】Interestingly, a major on-chain movement of around 300 million USD has just been detected—approximately $300,025,499 USDC transferred from one anonymous address to another. Such large-scale stablecoin transfers often reflect the activities of big players on the chain, possibly preparing for the next market move?

【Crypto World】A major move has just occurred. 672 Bitcoins have moved from an unknown wallet into Coinbase Institutional. Based on the current price, this transfer amounts to approximately $63.98 million. Institutional-level exchange fund inflows like this usually indicate that large investors are repositioning their holdings or that institutions are reallocating assets. Whether it's institutional accumulation or asset allocation adjustments, transfers of this magnitude are worth paying attention to.

The article discusses how ordinary investors often suffer losses in trading when facing the power of institutions and platforms. It recommends investors choose high-quality assets and hold them long-term to achieve better returns. Using examples of Buffett and Gates, it emphasizes the importance of holding positions and the scarcity of high-quality assets, suggesting that long-term gains from going long outweigh those from shorting.

Bitmain Technologies, a Bitcoin mining company, received a Nasdaq warning after its ADS stock price remained below $1 for 30 consecutive trading days. If it does not recover by July 2026, it will face delisting risk. This situation reflects the impact of market pressure on the mining industry and may prompt the sector to reevaluate its profitability models.

Today, the options market is experiencing a wave of expirations, with 20,000 BTC options expiring. The Put Call Ratio is 1.39, indicating a strong bearish sentiment, with the biggest pain point at $92,000. ETH has 120,000 options expiring, with a Put Call Ratio of 1.04, showing a slightly bearish outlook, with the biggest pain point at $3,200. Overall sentiment is cautious but not overly pessimistic.

The on-chain analysis platform Lookonchain detected that a whale borrowed 18.3 million USDe through Aave over 20 days, then purchased 8,337 XAUT, totaling approximately $38.4 million. This indicates institutional views on precious metal assets and the activity of leveraging strategies during periods of high macro uncertainty, also revealing market trends to retail investors.

Decentralized social prediction platform Slips recently completed a $3.5 million seed round of funding, combining P2P prediction markets with location-based social networking to promote online and offline interactions. The funds will be used to enhance financial infrastructure and improve user fund liquidity and market access.

【Crypto World】More institutions are strengthening digital asset allocations. Investment advisory firm Digital Wealth Partners has decided to entrust approximately $250 million worth of Bitcoin to Two Prime for management, operating through a separate managed account. This independent account structure is becoming increasingly common in institutional-level digital asset management, providing more granular risk isolation and professional management for assets. It seems that more and more traditional financial institutions are taking long-term allocations of digital assets like Bitcoin seriously.