Today's Fear and Greed Index rose to 76 (yesterday's was 72), and the level changed from greed to extreme greed. Note: The threshold of the Fear Index is 0-100, including indicators: volatility (25%) + market trading volume (25%) + social media heat (15%) + market research (15%) + Bitcoin's proportion in the entire market (10%) + Google hot word analysis (10%).

The Block’s GMCI index shows that Meme Coin and the AI ​​index have seen the largest gains in 2024, while L1 tokens and the top 30 crypto projects by market cap have also performed well. However, in 2024, two of the twelve total indexes fell overall: GMCI Gaming fell by about 16% in 2024, and GMCI L2 fell by about 30%. The Gaming Index holds 12 digital assets in the gaming track, with its top holdings Beam (BEAM), ImmutableX (IMX), and Gala (GALA) accounting for nearly 60% of the index’s value. Notably, the index does not include TON, even though the Telegram-based crypto game has an audience of nearly 1 billion and TON’s value grew by more than 100% in 2024. The L2 Index holds only 9 assets, with its top three holdings Mantle (MNT), Polygon (POL), and Arbitrum (ARB) accounting for more than 60% of the index’s value. While MNT rose throughout 2024, falling prices for POL (formerly MATIC) and ARB dragged down the index. However, 2025 could reverse the downward trend of the L2 index. Linea plans to launch its token in the first quarter of 2025, which could help revitalize the industry. Unichain, the L2 network developed by Uniswap, also plans to launch its mainnet in "early 2025," adding another chain to Optimism's superchain ecosystem. The GMCI 30 index, which represents the top 30 digital assets by market capitalization, rose nearly 90% in 2024, although it fell about 5.2% that month. The index performed third best among the 12 indices in 2024, behind only Meme Coin and the AI ​​Index.

According to Onchain Lens, 5 hours ago, Vitalik Buterin sold 340 billion LDOG (DOG) for 5.2 ETH, worth US$18,937.

According to PANews, 10x Research's latest report highlights the complex and volatile nature of the cryptocurrency trading environment during the December 2024 U.S. Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting and the subsequent holiday season. Despite the challenges, certain sectors present profitable opportunities. Bitcoin remains in a consolidation phase, lacking a sustained upward trend and fluctuating within a tactical trading range, offering strategic positioning opportunities rather than a simple bullish trend. The beginning of the new year is expected to bring some initial enthusiasm, but it is not anticipated to replicate the bullish sentiment seen from late January to March or late September to mid-December 2024. A positive performance is expected at the start of the year, followed by a slight pullback before the release of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) data on January 15. If inflation data is favorable, it could reignite optimism, potentially driving the market up before the January 20 inauguration. However, this momentum might weaken, with the market possibly experiencing a slight decline before the FOMC meeting on January 29. From January to mid-November 2024, Bitcoin's dominance surged from 50% to 60%, significantly hindering the performance of altcoins. Although the dominance metric briefly dropped to 53% within three weeks, sparking hopes for an altcoin season, it quickly rebounded to nearly 58% and then consolidated around 55%. This consolidation underscores Bitcoin's enduring dominance as the primary driver of the cryptocurrency market, suggesting potential challenges for altcoins unless Bitcoin's dominance metric declines again.

According to PANews, Interactive Brokers is tightening its risk exposure to MicroStrategy (MSTR) by gradually increasing margin requirements. By January 13, 2025, the minimum margin requirement will be raised to 50%. This move indicates the company's preparation for potential significant market volatility.

10x Research noted in its market analysis that while some initial enthusiasm is expected at the start of the new year, it is not yet time to experience the kind of bullish sentiment seen in late January to March or late September to mid-December 2024. The year is expected to start well, followed by a slight pullback ahead of the release of CPI data on January 15. Favorable inflation data could reignite optimism and drive a rally ahead of Trump's inauguration on January 20. However, the momentum could wane and the market could pull back a bit ahead of the FOMC meeting on January 29. From January to mid-November 2024, Bitcoin's dominance rose from 50% to 60%, creating significant headwinds for altcoins. Although the dominance metric briefly fell to 53% over a three-week period (sparking hopes for an altcoin season), it quickly rebounded to nearly 58% before stabilizing around 55%. This consolidation highlights Bitcoin’s enduring dominance as the primary driver of crypto markets, while also signaling a possible challenge for altcoins unless the Bitcoin dominance metric falls again.

Coinglass data shows that in the past 24 hours, the entire network has been liquidated for $126 million, of which long orders have been liquidated for $79.2533 million and short orders have been liquidated for $46.834 million.

On January 5, Microstrategy‘s Michael Saylor posted the BTC chart on the SaylorTracker website. source: https://www.cryptopolitan.com/michael-saylor-hints-at-new-crypto-purchase/

According to PANews, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin recently shared his insights on decentralized acceleration (d/acc) and its significant connection with cryptocurrency. Buterin highlighted that d/acc extends the core values of cryptocurrency, such as decentralization, censorship resistance, and open economic and social principles, into other technological fields. Cryptocurrency users, as early adopters, naturally become a testing ground for d/acc technologies. The community's focus on practical application makes it an ideal incubator for d/acc, especially in areas like information and bio-defense. Cryptocurrency practitioners excel in collaborative efforts. Technologies like blockchain and zero-knowledge proofs can be applied to build d/acc's financial, governance, and social media infrastructure, enhancing privacy protection. Currently, many prediction markets based on blockchain are becoming more complex, decentralized, and democratized. Collaborating on cryptocurrency-related technologies, such as formal verification, hardware and software security, and robust governance, benefits both cryptocurrency projects and the realization of d/acc goals. This collaboration strengthens the security and resilience of Ethereum's blockchain, wallets, and DAOs while reducing vulnerabilities to network attacks, including threats from superintelligent AI. Beyond these direct intersections, a crucial shared focus is funding mechanisms. The cryptocurrency community can assist d/acc by exploring these mechanisms and applying them effectively within their environment, preparing for broader adoption in open-source science and technology. Looking ahead, two major challenges are anticipated in the coming decades: the rapid development of new technologies, particularly artificial intelligence, which could yield positive or negative outcomes, and a decrease in international cooperation, with many actors prioritizing self-interest. However, Buterin remains hopeful, noting the availability of powerful tools to accelerate progress, such as AI aiding technological development, brain-computer interfaces boosting productivity, and the internet and social media expanding coordination. Cryptocurrency enhances financial power, while information defense and collaboration tools improve quality. Additionally, significant advancements have been made in cybersecurity, software development, bio-defense, and biotechnology. Buterin envisions broad alliances reclaiming cherished principles, with cryptocurrency already gaining global recognition and d/acc having similar potential. With these tools, humanity can improve both biological entities and the environment, ensuring that d/acc's 'defense' aspect is achieved without infringing on others' freedoms. The concept of free pluralism allows for diversity, and shared human goals drive us to complete our mission. Despite the daunting task of building a brighter 21st century, Buterin believes humanity is up to the challenge.

According to BlockBeats, Bitcoin experienced a slight recovery this morning, reaching a high of $98,836. The current price stands at $98,496, marking a 24-hour increase of 0.25%.

In addition to researching projects and participating in transactions at the micro level, we also need to pay attention to the macro changes and phased progress of the entire industry.

BTC continued its upward rebound trend overnight, and once again stood above the 30-day moving average of 98.3k.

2024 may be the most important year for on-chain development after the summer of DeFi, and on-chain narrative investment opportunities continue to emerge.

Stablecoins have the potential to challenge the market dominance of Visa and Mastercard, especially as merchants and consumers alike are eager to reduce payment fees.

Don't stress too much, the launch is only 10%-20% of your long-term success, don't make it complicated.

Despite the overall market decline, AI infrastructure and agents are reaching all-time highs, attracting liquidity and attention, and many opportunities are expected to continue in the future.

An article published on the financial media Forbes website stated: Stablecoin has become one of the most successful asset use cases in the crypto field, relying on blockchains such as Ethereum, Solana and Tron to significantly promote cross-chain transactions.

Bitcoin has opened up a decentralized, 24/7, borderless and trusted digital world. But who are the natives of this digital world? It wasn’t until 2024 that Agents appeared in the Crypto world, and the answer began to become clear.

On the 16th anniversary of Bitcoin’s birth, the BTC hash rate (the total computing power of the Bitcoin network) reached an all-time high of 1,000 EH/s, which is almost twice the network hash rate 12 months ago.

The concept of virtual currency was proposed in the first decade of this century. With the enthusiasm of many "gold diggers", its value has been greatly inflated several times. Some issuers and investors of virtual currency have also made a lot of money.