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Gold Rises 65% in 2025, Silver Surges 150%

Odaily Planet Daily News: The 2025 precious metals market showed a strong performance. On December 31, spot gold closed down 0.46% at 4,318.65 USD per ounce. Against the backdrop of global "de-dollarization," the Federal Reserve's resumption of a rate-cutting cycle, and continued central bank gold p...

SafePal Launches 2026 Limited Edition Mastercard Designs for Bank Users

BlockBeats news: On January 1st, Web3 wallet brand SafePal launched a limited-edition Mastercard design for its banking feature users, valid until January 31st, 2026. Both new and existing users who meet the requirements can claim the card before January 31st, and once successfully claimed, it will ...

NEO Founders Clash Over Financial Transparency

It's surprising to see that an established domestic public blockchain can reach such a point. Even more ironic is the fact that top-tier domestic AI projects like Manus, Kimi, and Minimax have had major news in two consecutive days—either being acquired for billions of dollars or securing hundreds o...

Bitcoin Futures Trailblazer Amir Zaidi Returns to CFTC as Chief of Staff

The US derivatives watchdog is bringing back a familiar face from Bitcoin’s first leap into regulated markets, as Amir Zaidi returns to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission as chief of staff ahead of what Washington calls a pivotal year for crypto rules. The CFTC said on Dec. 31 that Chairman Mi...

Federal Reserve Meeting Minutes Reveal Internal Divisions, Most Officials Support Further Interest Rate Cuts

Original Title: "Federal Reserve Meeting Minutes: 'Most' Officials Expect Further Rate Cuts to Be Appropriate After December, Some Advocate Maintaining Rates 'For a Period of Time'" Original Author: Li Dan, Wall Street Insights   The minutes showed that, while overcoming significant internal disagre...

Amir Zaidi Joins CFTC as Chief of Staff to Oversee Regulated BTC Futures

BlockBeats news: On January 1st, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) officially announced that Amir Zaidi, a key policymaker who previously advocated for the launch of regulated Bitcoin futures in the U.S., has returned to the CFTC after six years away, assuming the role of Chief of...

Hyperliquid Whale Positions Reach $5.56 Billion, Short Positions Slightly Outweigh Longs

According to ChainCatcher, data from Coinglass shows that Hyperliquid's whale positions currently amount to $5.56 billion. Long positions total $2.674 billion, accounting for 48.09% of the positions, while short positions amount to $2.886 billion, accounting for 51.91%. The profit and loss for long ...

U.S. CFTC Appoints Amir Zaidi as New Chief of Staff, Formerly Oversaw Bitcoin Futures Approval

PANews January 1, 2023 — According to an announcement on the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) official website, CFTC Chair Mike Selig has announced that Amir Zaidi will serve as the CFTC's Chief of Staff. Amir Zaidi held multiple positions at the U.S. CFTC from 2010 to 2019, includin...

CFTC Announces Amir Zaidi's Return as Chief of Staff, Viewed as Positive for the Crypto Market

According to a ChainCatcher report, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that Amir Zaidi, a key policymaker who previously oversaw the launch of regulated Bitcoin futures in the U.S., has returned to the CFTC after six years away, now serving as the agency's chief of staff....

BitFuFu Celebrates 5th Anniversary, Discloses Mining Over 29,000 BTC

Odaily Planet News: On the occasion of its fifth anniversary, Leo Lu, Chairman and CEO of BitFuFu, released an open letter to users, systematically reviewing the company's development path and long-term strategy since its establishment in 2020. The letter disclosed that BitFuFu has cumulatively mine...

Delphi Digital: Bitcoin May Face Liquidity Inflection Point as Gold Completes Repricing in Expansionary Cycle

According to a ChainCatcher report, digital asset market research firm Delphi Digital posted on the X platform that gold prices have risen by 120% since the beginning of 2024, marking one of the strongest surges in history. This increase occurred without the backdrop of an economic recession, quanti...

India's RBI Urges Prioritization of CBDCs Over Stablecoins

Odaily Planet Daily News: In its December Financial Stability Report, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) stated that countries should prioritize the development of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) over privately issued stablecoins. This is because CBDCs can maintain monetary uniformity and the i...

Lawsuit Against Mark Cuban and Dallas Mavericks Over Voyager Digital Rejected

According to ChainCatcher, citing The Block, a cryptocurrency class-action lawsuit accusing Mark Cuban and the Dallas Mavericks of defrauding investors by promoting the now-bankrupt cryptocurrency lending platform Voyager Digital has been dismissed. The lawsuit claimed that Cuban made numerous fals...

U.S. Senate to Hold Revised Meeting on the Responsible Financial Innovation Act in the First Week of January

BlockBeats news: On January 1st, after several months of delays, the U.S. Senate Banking Committee is expected to advance the consideration of a regulatory bill for digital asset markets during the second week of January this year.According to related reports and informed sources, the banking commit...

Global Sovereign Wealth Funds to Reach $15 Trillion in Assets by 2025

Odaily Planet News: According to the latest report released by the Global Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute (SWF), in 2025, the total assets managed by global sovereign wealth funds reached a record $15 trillion. At the same time, many sovereign wealth funds have increased their investments in the tec...

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