a16z-backed Lead Bank partners with Loop Crypto

December 12: Data from Hyperinsight shows the "BTC OG Insider Whale" ramped up its long positions in SOL by more than 20x and ETH by over 5x in less than 10 minutes. The wallet address continues to actively add to its holdings. As of press time, its SOL long position has grown to 212,000 tokens, while its ETH long position stands at 148,800 tokens. The total value of these positions exceeds $600 million.

On December 12, per monitoring by The Data Nerd, a crypto whale received 700 bitcoins from Galaxy Digital 8 hours earlier. Over the past three days, the whale has accumulated a total of 1,900 bitcoins.

On December 11, 21Shares rolled out its XRP ETF—ticker symbol TOXR—on the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE).

On December 11, Binance Futures confirmed via its official website that it has added support for perpetual contracts tied to traditional asset XAU (spot gold). A prior announcement noted that Binance today launched its "TradFi Perps"—perpetual contracts for traditional assets. The core difference between TradFi Perps and U-based perpetual contracts centers on the trading hours of their underlying assets: - Cryptocurrencies trade 24/7, but traditional assets like XAU typically follow a 24/5 schedule with one hour of daily maintenance. - These traditional assets are also subject to both scheduled and unscheduled market closures.

On December 11, Solana announced that Animoca Brands is partnering with Republic to tokenize its equity on the Solana blockchain.

On December 11, OKX released historical performance data for its FlashEarn product across Periods 1 through 10. Notably, the 10th Period’s NIGHT event stood out: OKB’s average annualized yield hit 180.01%, while USDT’s averaged 44.36%. Other assets like BTC, ETH, and ADA also delivered notable returns in certain periods—ADA reached a 234.68% average annualized yield in the 10th Period. Looking at the five events from Periods 6 to 10 (NIGHT, SEI, 2Z, ALLO, MMT), OKB’s annualized yields fluctuated between 6.84% and 180.01%, while USDT’s ranged from 4.74% to 44.36%. In the earlier Periods 1 to 5 (BARD, XPL, PENGU, YB, MET), OKB and USDT maintained stable performance, with BTC posting returns of over 16% in some periods. OKX emphasized that the above historical annualized figures are for reference only and do not constitute investment advice. By subscribing to FlashEarn products, users can earn both basic yield rewards and new coin airdrops, achieving dual value appreciation throu