The draft of the South Korean "Digital Assets Basic Law" will include investor protection measures, but its submission has been postponed until next year due to controversy

On December 30, Lighter launched its native token, LIT. In its official statement, the project noted that all value generated by Lighter’s products and services will accrue to LIT holders. The team is currently building in the U.S., and the token is issued directly by its Class C corporation—this entity will continue to operate the protocol on a cost basis. Revenue from Lighter’s core DEX product and future services is trackable in real time on-chain, and will be allocated to growth initiatives and token buybacks based on market conditions. Regarding LIT’s token distribution: - 50% is allocated to the ecosystem; - 50% is split between the team and investors. The first and second points seasons launched in 2025 have generated 12.5 million points, which will be airdropped immediately—equivalent to 25% of the token’s fully diluted value. The remaining 25% of ecosystem-allocated tokens will fund future points seasons, partnerships, and growth plans. Both the team and invest

December 30: LookOnChain monitoring data reveals a crypto whale closed out a short position worth over $270 million across BTC, ETH, and SOL, incurring a loss of roughly $50,000. Per reports, the address sold 255 BTC on December 19 and used the proceeds to open leveraged short positions: 10x on BTC, 15x on ETH, and 25x on SOL.

On December 30, Bitcoin spot ETFs recorded a net outflow of $19.3 million yesterday, per monitoring from Farside Investors, with IBIT seeing a net outflow of $7.9 million. Ethereum spot ETFs had a net outflow of $9.6 million yesterday, while ETHA posted a net outflow of $13.3 million.

On December 30, per monitoring by The Data Nerd, ETP issuer 21Shares deposited its final 8,900 AAVE tokens—valued at roughly $1.34 million—into Coinbase Prime.

December 30th — Per GMGN monitoring, Solana-based meme coin HNUT saw a sharp price swing today, surging 703% over the past 24 hours. It’s currently trading at $0.055, with a market capitalization of roughly $55.03 million, ranking 11th by market cap and 3rd on the 24-hour trading volume leaderboard. The token’s 24-hour trading volume stands at around $5.5 million, and the number of holding addresses has exceeded 10,000. HNUT traces its roots to playful graphics and text about “Holly The Squirrel” shared on social media. However, multiple on-chain monitoring platforms (including Crypto Scope) have flagged abnormal liquidity activity and on-chain data patterns, pointing to potential rug pull risks and urging investors to exercise caution. BlockBeats advises users that meme coins are highly volatile, heavily reliant on market sentiment and hype, and lack actual value or practical use cases. Investors should be fully aware of these risks.

Per Onchain Lens monitoring, a whale deposited 3 million USDC into HyperLiquid on December 30, then spent 2.78 million USDC to purchase 108,501 HYPE at an average price of $25.63. The whale also holds 10,030 staked HYPE.