Total open interest of ZEC perpetual futures contracts is approximately $713 million, with a 24-hour increase of 25%.

On December 9, per HTX market data, the total market cap of privacy coins hit a recent peak of roughly $22.5 billion on November 16 and has been declining ever since. Its current value stands at around $16 billion, marking a roughly 30% drop from the peak. Monero (XMR) reached $480 on November 9 but now trades at $373, while Zcash (ZEC) hit $750 on November 7 and currently trades at $420.

On December 9, Trump defended his tariff policy in a Truth Social post: "Tariffs are convenient and quick to implement, which has drastically boosted our national security. The U.S. is now the world’s strongest economic power ever. Only evil forces want to see this end! The biggest historic threat to American national security would be an unfavorable U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the tariff issue—at that point, we’d be completely defenseless economically."

**December 9 —** PolyBeats monitoring shows unverified images of a Thai F-16 conducting an airstrike on a Cambodian target emerged on Cambodian Telegram and Facebook yesterday. Thailand’s military later confirmed it took “retaliatory action” following the death of a Thai soldier in a border clash. This news sent the probability on the prediction market *“Will Thailand attack Cambodia before December 31?”* soaring from 28% to 100% in a 2-hour window (8 a.m.–10 a.m. yesterday morning). The market later settled at “Yes.” Amid rapid geopolitical escalation, Polymarket launched a new market one hour ago: *“Will Thailand attack Cambodia on December 9?”* The daily-settling market had very low initial trading volume. Shortly after launch, new reports and images surfaced: The Bangkok Post confirmed on social media that the Royal Thai Army destroyed a Cambodian casino (used as a drone control station) with an F-16. The Thai Air Force is now targeting a rocket base threatening Thai com

Bybit to List HumidiFi (WET) Spot Trading, Launching Dec. 9, 2025 In an official announcement, cryptocurrency exchange Bybit confirmed it will add HumidiFi (WET) to its spot trading platform. Trading for WET will go live on **December 9, 2025, at 11:00 PM UTC+8**. ### Notes on U.S. English adaptation: 1. **Date format**: Uses *month/day/year* adjacent (Dec. 9, 2025) or spelled out (December 9, 2025) — both common in U.S. contexts. 2. **Tone**: Concise, direct (matches crypto exchange "快讯" style). 3. **Clarity**: Explicitly labels "cryptocurrency exchange" for context; keeps timezone (UTC+8) clear for global users (standard in U.S. fintech comms). 4. **Avoid jargon overcomplication**: "Trading pair will go live" is natural for U.S. crypto audiences.

December 9 — Nikkei Asia reported that Singapore-based FundBridge Capital has launched the MG999 On-Chain Gold Fund, a private credit fund focused on tokenized on-chain gold. The fund will be issued via the Libeara tokenization platform, incubated by Standard Chartered’s SC Ventures. Mustafa Gold serves as the fund’s first borrower.

December 9th Per Coinbob Popular Address Monitoring (link: https://t.me/Coinbob_track_CN), the "BTC OG Insider Whale" (address 0xb31) now holds 7,000 ETH in long positions—with an unrealized profit of $3.45 million (8% gain), average entry price of $3,068, and total position size ~$217 million. Earlier today at 11:00 AM, the whale placed a limit order to buy 2,000 ETH at ~$3,120 (~$62.4 million), which was fully filled. Since its first trade on Hyperliquid, the whale has a 6-1 performance record: - Aug 21: Opened $30M ETH long, closed Aug 25 (profit) - Oct 11: Two addresses opened $110M combined BTC/ETH shorts; one (0x2eA) closed Oct 11, 0xb31 added to the position Oct 13, fully closed Oct 15 (profit) - Oct 20: Opened $30M BTC short, closed Nov 23 (profit) - Nov 4: Opened $20M BTC long, closed Nov 8 (loss) - Nov 25: Opened $10M ETH long, closed Nov 28 (profit) - Nov 29: Opened $3M ETH short, closed same day (profit) - Dec 7–present: Opened $70M ETH long (unrealized p