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Wintermute Founder: Mission Over Price, Will Continue Long-Term ETH Holdings
Evgeny Gaevoy, founder and CEO of Wintermute, stated: "When the Ethereum Foundation released its mission statement, I saw more criticism than celebration, which is quite reasonable. After all, most of us in the crypto industry have transformed and integrated into the existing world system.
More seriously, the Ethereum Foundation is currently the only player with both resources and network effects that can not only maintain the cypherpunk dream but also actually realize it. In the short term, will this be reflected in

Aave will introduce the Aave Shield feature, which will automatically block swaps that have a price impact exceeding 25%.
Aave published a post-mortem on a swap incident, stating that a user exchanged approximately $50.43 million worth of aEth USDT for about $36,000 worth of aEth AAVE via the CoW Swap router on the Aave frontend, resulting in a price impact of approximately 99.9%.
Aave explained that the transaction took place within a third-party swap protocol and that the core lending protocol was unaffected. The incident was caused by the user executing a large order in a market with ex

WLFI: Lock Up $5 Million in Tokens for Team Communication Opportunity
World Liberty Financial (WLFI), a crypto project involving the Trump family, stated on its website that investors who lock up approximately $5 million worth of WLFI tokens for a continuous 6-month period can gain access to communications with the project's business development team and executives, while also receiving governance voting rights.
The project refers to holders who lock up approximately 50 million WLFI tokens as "Super Nodes." World Liberty documents show that its "support team" members include Eric Trump, Donald

Listed Company UTime Proposes to Acquire Web3 Data Platform "Feixiaohao" for $80 Million
Nasdaq-listed UTime Limited (ticker: WTO) announced the signing of a non-binding letter of intent to acquire 100% equity stake of Feixiaohao Technology Inc., the operator of "Feixiaohao," for up to $80 million. The transaction structure consists of $64 million in stock consideration (common shares or convertible preferred shares) and $16 million in cash.

Tether Seeks to Boost Valuation to $500 Billion, Plans Complete Audit by End of 2026
Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino has now made the United States the core of his expansion plans and has gained support from allies of the Trump administration, including Commerce Secretary and longtime Tether supporter banker Howard Lutnick, whose family company has also invested in Tether.
Tether launched a new token in the U.S. market this year and has stepped up lobbying efforts in Washington. Meanwhile, Tether is also attracting investors globally, attempting to establish the company's valuation at $500 billion, m

U.S. Senate Passes Bill Clause to Ban CBDC Issuance, Ban May Last Until 2030
The U.S. Senate approved a bipartisan housing bill with 89 votes in favor and 10 against, which includes a clause prohibiting the Federal Reserve from issuing central bank digital currency (CBDC). The ban will last at least until the end of 2030, requiring the Federal Reserve not to issue or create CBDC or similar digital assets directly or through intermediaries such as financial institutions. However, the bill's prospects in the House remain uncertain.
Some lawmakers have raised objections to clauses in the bill tha

U.S. SEC Chair: Pushing for Regulatory Streamlining, Supporting Equity Tokenization Innovation Exemptions
According to the SEC website, Paul S. Atkins, Chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), delivered remarks at the Investor Advisory Committee's annual meeting, focusing on three major topics.
First, reducing unnecessary information disclosure burdens and advocating the "minimum effective dose regulation" principle, emphasizing that rules should be centered on materiality and flexibly adjusted based on company size; simultaneously recommending an extension of the applicable

U.S. CFTC Releases Advisory Opinion on Prediction Markets, Emphasizing Trading Platform Compliance Requirements
According to the CFTC website, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has released an advisory opinion on prediction markets, covering the listing and trading of event contracts. Given the rapid development of prediction markets, the division aims to encourage growth and innovation in these markets while reminding Designated Contract Markets (DCMs) to fulfill their regulatory obligations under the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) and Commission regulations.
The advisory opi

Vitalik: Ethereum's Core Value is a Global Shared "Bulletin Board," Smart Contracts and Payments are Merely Add-On Features
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin posted on X platform stating that Ethereum's fundamental value is not smart contracts or payment functionality, but rather as a publicly writable and readable "bulletin board" that provides data availability support for cryptographic protocols.
He pointed out that many cryptographic protocols—including secure online voting, software version control, certificate revocation, and others—require a public data space. Ethereum's upgraded Peer

South Korea's National Tax Service Launches Virtual Asset Transaction Tracking System Construction, Paving the Way for 2027 Taxation
The system construction comes ahead of the government's plan to begin taxing virtual asset profits starting in January of next year. According to the announcement, the National Tax Service has launched a bidding process for the construction of the "Virtual Asset Transaction Analysis and Comprehensive System" project. The project was posted by the Public Procurement Service, which is responsible for government and public institution procurement, on its e-bidding p

Ripple Launches $750 Million Share Buyback, Valuation Reaches $50 Billion
Sources familiar with the matter say that blockchain payments company Ripple has initiated a share repurchase program with a maximum scale of $750 million, valuing the company at approximately $50 billion.
The buyback will be conducted through a tender offer, allowing investors and company employees to sell their shares back to the company. The program is expected to run until April. This buyback plan comes shortly after Ripple's attempt last year to repurchase $1 billion worth of shares at a $40 billion valuation. At th

Wells Fargo Files "WFUSD" Trademark Application in the US to Enter Cryptocurrency Trading, Payment, and Tokenization Services
According to The Block, the financial giant Wells Fargo, with an asset management scale of $2.1 trillion, has filed a "WFUSD" trademark application in the United States. The trademark application covers three international classes.
Class 009 includes downloadable software for digital asset trading, payments, and wallet functions. Class 036 covers cryptocurrency trading and exchange services, as well as financial information processing and electronic business related to

Kalshi's injunction request was denied, with a U.S. judge ruling that prediction markets do not take precedence over state gambling regulation
Chief Judge Sarah D. Morrison of the Southern District of Ohio ruled that there is no historical evidence to suggest that Congress intended federal law to take precedence over state sports gambling regulation, and accordingly dismissed Kalshi's preliminary injunction request.
Kalshi previously sued the Ohio Casino Control Commission in an attempt to prevent enforcement actions against platform event contracts under state gambling laws. Last year, the re

French Couple Victimized by Fake Police with Knives, Forced to Transfer About $1 Million in BTC
According to Cointelegraph, a French couple was attacked by three assailants posing as police officers with knives at their home in Le Chesnay-Rocquencourt, western Paris. They were forced to transfer approximately 900,000 euros (about $1 million) in Bitcoin. Afterward, the couple was bound and injured, and the assailants fled in a white van. The case has been handed over to the Versailles Prosecutor's Office for investigation into gang-related crimes, with no arrests reported yet.
This incident is

Ethereum Foundation to Stake Approximately 70,000 ETH Using Bitwise Infrastructure
According to PR Newswire, asset management firm Bitwise announced that the Ethereum Foundation is using its on-chain staking division's open-source software Dirk and Vouch for vault staking. The Ethereum Foundation has completed its first deposit of 2016 ETH and plans to ultimately stake around 70,000 ETH, worth approximately $140 million.
The staking aims to ensure network security and client diversity through Dirk's distributed signer and Vouch's multi-client verification tools.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury submitted a 32-page report to Congress, acknowledging that crypto mixers have legitimate privacy uses and recommending legislation to freeze suspicious digital assets. The report states that crypto mixers can be used for lawful financial privacy purposes, allowing users to protect sensitive information such as personal wealth, business payments, or charitable donations. This stance marks a shift from their position in 2022 when they sanctioned Tornado Cash.