2025-12-22
1. The daily average Transfer transaction volume of USDT and USDC is approximately $192 billion, close to twice the sum of the top five cryptocurrencies
BlockBeats News reported on December 20, "According to glassnode data, the average daily Transfer transaction volume of the two major stablecoins, USDT and USDC, is approximately $192 billion (90d-sma). This is nearly double the Transfer transaction volume of the top five cryptocurrencies (approximately $103 billion), indicating that stablecoins are taking on more liquidity and settlement activity."
2. Ethereum's "Glamsterdam" upgrade targeted for 2026, expected to reduce MEV exploitation
BlockBeats News reported on December 21st, "Ethereum developers have begun full-scale planning for the upcoming "Glamsterdam" upgrade after successfully conducting the Fusaka upgrade recently and reducing node costs. The goal is to launch in 2026. The name "Glamsterdam" is a combination of two simultaneous upgrades at Ethereum's core layers. The execution layer (where transaction rules and smart contracts reside) will undergo the Amsterdam upgrade, while the consensus layer (involving coordinating validators and finalizing blocks) will undergo the Gloas upgrade. The key of this upgrade is the proposer-builder separation (ePBS) and block-level Access Control List, which can reduce manipulation and abuse opportunities related to Maximum Extractable Value (MEV)."
3. Ethereum Foundation: Development focus shifts to security; plans to implement 128-bit security standards next year
PANews reported on December 21st that, "According to Cryptoslate, the Ethereum Foundation recently informed developers that it will shift its focus from pursuing speed to ensuring security, and plans to fully implement the 128-bit security standard by 2026. The Foundation warned that without formally verified reliability, attackers could rewrite the state, making high speed a serious vulnerability. The Foundation believes that while zkEVM has made significant performance progress over the past year, some solutions rely on unverified mathematical assumptions, theoretically posing a risk of on-chain state forgery. Therefore, the next phase of work will focus on strengthening formal verification, attack resistance, and fundamental cryptographic security."
4. Stablecoin total market capitalization slightly decreased by 0.26% this week, still maintaining all-time high
BlockBeats News reported on December 20th, "According to DefiLlama data, the total market capitalization of stablecoins slightly decreased by 0.26% this week, now standing at $309.298 billion, still maintaining its historical high. The USDT market dominance is at 60.23%."
5. Tether mobile cryptocurrency wallet to integrate AI, only supports Bitcoin, USDT, USAT, XAUT
BlockBeats News reported on December 21st, "Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino revealed that Tether is developing a mobile cryptocurrency wallet with integrated AI functionality, which will only support Bitcoin, USDT, its new stablecoin USAT, the tokenized gold token XAUT, and will integrate local private AI through QVAC."
6. The probability of the Federal Reserve keeping interest rates unchanged in January is 79%
PANews reported on December 22 that, "According to CME's "FedWatch," the probability of the Federal Reserve cutting interest rates by 25 basis points in January is 21%, while the probability of keeping rates unchanged is 79%. By March of next year, the probability of a cumulative 25 basis point rate cut is 47.1%, the probability of keeping rates unchanged is 43.4%, and the probability of a cumulative 50 basis point rate cut is 9.5%."
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