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As of December 13, Coinglass data shows: - Over the past hour, $184 million in total has been liquidated across the network, with $182 million from long positions and $3.27 million from short positions. - Over the past 24 hours, 115,515 traders globally have been liquidated, totaling $395 million. The largest single liquidation was on Hyperliquid’s ETH-USD pair, amounting to $5.68 million.

On December 13, Standard Chartered Bank forecast that gold prices will hit a new record high again in 2026, with a full-year 2026 average of $4,488 per ounce and $4,750 per ounce in Q4 2026. (FX168)

Per HTX market data, Bitcoin dropped below $90k on Dec 12, flipping from a 24-hour gain to a loss with a 0.02% decline.

December 12th — On-chain analyst Ai Auntie (@ai_9684xtpa) reports that "Big Brother Whale" Huang Licheng was liquidated again, this time for 6,489 ETH, resulting in a $720k loss. Currently, he holds only a 2,500 ETH long position worth $7.79M, with a liquidation price of $3,074.62 and an unrealized loss of $314k. His account now has just $340k, having lost $2.44M over the past week.

December 12. Hyperliquid announced today that its upcoming network upgrade will roll out the Portfolio Margin feature, which is already live in pre-alpha on the testnet. In Portfolio Margin mode, margin requirements for spot and perpetual contract trading are fully unified, significantly boosting capital efficiency. Additionally, Portfolio Margin accounts automatically earn interest on all idle borrowable assets. All HIP-3 DEXes are part of the Portfolio Margin calculation, though not all collateral assets from HIP-3 DEXes are eligible to be borrowed. Down the line, new asset classes on HyperCore and derivative primitives will also support Portfolio Margin. Users can provide liquidity using eligible quote assets to earn rewards. Official Note: Portfolio Margin will initially launch in pre-alpha with an extremely low total borrowable asset cap. Users are advised to test using a new account or sub-account with less than $1,000 in assets. If the cap is hit, the account will aut

On December 12th, BitMine Chairman Tom Lee labeled the $14 billion cash reserve established by Strategy— a subsidiary of Bitcoin Asset Treasury (DAT)— a "wise move." Despite Strategy’s stock price dropping more than 50% over the past six months, the cash buffer will let the firm continue paying shareholder dividends during Bitcoin price slumps without having to offload its $61 billion in Bitcoin holdings. Lee noted that in prior Bitcoin downturns, Strategy’s stock traded below its Net Asset Value (NAV)— and building the cash reserve was explicitly to prepare for such scenarios. As the largest Ethereum treasury firm (holding over $120 billion in ETH), BitMine has not formally set up a U.S. dollar reserve. However, Lee stated that cash and staking income will also shield BitMine during market downturns.