Balancer Hackers Are Now Converting Stolen Funds to ETH

December 23rd — PeckShieldAlert monitoring detected that wallets 0x1209...e9C and 0xaac6...508 were hacked due to private key exposure, resulting in losses of approximately 2.3 million USDT. The attacker swapped the stolen funds for 757.6 ETH and laundered the assets through the TornadoCash mixer.

On December 23, per BitcoinTreasuries.NET, Canadian publicly traded firm Matador Technologies (ticker: MATA) has unveiled plans to raise $58 million to acquire additional Bitcoin (BTC), targeting 1,000 BTC in holdings by the end of 2026.

NEW YORK, Dec. 23, 2025 — BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, officially labeled Bitcoin the top investment theme of 2025 at a high-profile investment summit in New York on Dec. 22, 2025, per FinanceFeeds. This move reinforces the institutional narrative shaping the current market cycle. The head of BlackRock’s iShares division proposed a strategy at the summit, positioning Bitcoin alongside U.S. Treasury bonds and the “Tech Big Seven” stocks as the three pillars of a modern diversified investment portfolio. This recognition marks a major evolution in BlackRock’s stance: from early explorations to fully integrating digital assets into its core macroeconomic framework. The firm’s focus is no longer just offering access to speculative assets, but acknowledging Bitcoin as a core component of the global monetary system’s infrastructure. BlackRock’s 2025 thesis hinges on the “macro mirror” argument, where Bitcoin’s performance increasingly mirrors global concerns over sov

As of December 23, Coinglass data shows the top crypto spot assets by net fund flows over the past 24 hours: ### Top Net Inflows - USDC: $168M - FDUSD: $7.72M - LTC: $6.09M - PAXG: $3.33M - XAUT: $3.06M ### Top Net Outflows - BTC: $3.33B - ETH: $81.56M - XRP: $60.06M - ZEC: $16.67M - USDE: $14.13M （Note: "M" = million, "B" = billion – standard shorthand for U.S. financial/ crypto updates）

On December 23rd, CryptoQuant analyst Axel shared data on social media indicating that both current market sentiment and on-chain structure are pointing to weakness in the crypto market—short-term holders are already facing losses, and all key recent support levels have now become resistance.

December 23 — CoinDesk, citing Nikkei News, reports that the Japanese government has established a policy to advance the digitization of local government bonds (issued as security tokens). The administration plans to submit relevant legislation to the 2026 regular session of the Diet and will finalize specific policy directions this month based on local governments’ needs. Experts note that blockchain-based digital municipal bonds enable intermediary-free, rapid issuance and settlement, plus real-time access to investor information. This model can integrate various rewards — including monetary returns, non-monetary benefits, and social contributions — and is expected to serve as a tool for direct individual financing.