1. CZ suggests national leaders buy Bitcoin as soon as possible
Binance founder CZ stated that he is telling national leaders that if they do not buy Bitcoin now, they may have to purchase it at a price of $50 million per coin in the future. -Original text
2. $9.1 billion in shorts will be liquidated if Bitcoin reaches $100,000
If the price of Bitcoin rebounds to $100,000, it will result in the liquidation of approximately $9.1 billion in short positions. -Original text
3. Gold may usher in a historic year, Federal Reserve may cut interest rates
Director of the U.S. National Economic Council Hassett stated that unless there is a "black swan" event, the U.S. will usher in a golden year in economic history. He said he would be disappointed if the growth rate in the first and second quarters next year is only 3%, and believes the growth rate could easily increase by another percentage point. Hassett also expects Federal Reserve policymakers to lower interest rates at next week's meeting and said now is a good time for the Fed to cautiously cut rates. -Original text
4. Musk criticizes EU's €120 million fine and calls for its abolition
Musk expressed strong dissatisfaction with the EU's €120 million fine on social media platform X, and posted on X that the EU's decision is absurd, even imposing a fine on him personally. He stated he would respond to relevant senior EU officials and called for the abolition of the EU. The U.S. government condemned the EU's fine, considering it to be specifically targeting American companies. U.S. President Trump warned that if the EU continues to punish American tech companies, the U.S. will impose tariffs on the EU. -Original text
5. U.S. SEC to hold cryptocurrency and privacy roundtable
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will hold a roundtable on cryptocurrencies, financial surveillance, and privacy on December 15, with participants including Zcash privacy project founder Zooko Wilcox. Analysis points out that the SEC may evaluate the regulatory weight of privacy projects in its rulemaking process during the meeting. If zero-knowledge proofs are deemed compliant, they may be included in relevant regulations; if the meeting splits into "privacy rights" and "privacy facilitates crime" camps, the surveillance-based framework may continue, potentially triggering legal action from privacy advocates. -Original text
6. Hardcore short whale earns over $20 million in floating profit on 20x leveraged BTC short
According to Hyperbot data, after a brief drop in Bitcoin price, a whale address (0x5D2...9bb7) that shorted BTC four times in a row now has a floating profit of over $20 million on a 20x leveraged BTC short. The current position is about 860 BTC, with a liquidation price of $101,746. -Original text
7. Emperor Holdings and Hong Kong Polytechnic University establish stablecoin R&D center
Hong Kong-listed company Emperor Holdings invested HK$1.7 million to establish a stablecoin R&D center with Hong Kong Polytechnic University. The center will focus on the development of regulatory-compliant stablecoins and real-world asset (RWA) tokenization. Its goals include formulating an RWA framework consistent with Hong Kong's "Stablecoin Bill" and "Virtual Asset Policy Declaration 2.0," and promoting innovations in AI-driven tokenization and real-time asset valuation models. -Original text
8. French bank BPCE launches in-app crypto trading service
French bank BPCE will launch cryptocurrency trading features for customers within its application. -Original text
