December 18th, according to HyperInsight monitoring, possibly influenced by Binance's dual-coin investment addition, UNI experienced a short-term surge of 10%, now trading at $5.28. The whale address on Hyperliquid starting with 0x413c has unrealized gains of over 50%, with the current position size approximately $1.18 million at an average price of $4.99. This address opened a 10x leveraged long position on UNI at midnight yesterday and has been continuously adding to the position as of 4 hours ago.Furthermore, according to monitoring, the largest UNI short position held by the "Shanzhai Short Army Vanguard" significantly reduced its UNI short position by over 30% at 13:00 yesterday, with the current position size around $3.38 million and unrealized gains of $1.39 million (410%).

December 18, glassnode analyst Chris Beamish combined the "Bitcoin HODLer Net Position Change" data to indicate that current long-term BTC holders are continuing to distribute, and with ongoing supply entering the market, they are increasing selling pressure.

December 18, Norwegian Travel Retail Company (TRN) announced that it accepts Bitcoin payments at Oslo Airport. The payment solution is provided by Satoshi Consult, which has developed a solution that complies with Norwegian regulations.The solution is currently only available for orders for in-store pickup after arriving at Oslo, but Norwegian Travel Retail Company (TRN) is considering expanding it to other stores and payment methods. Paying with Bitcoin will not incur any additional fees, although network or platform fees may appear in the customer's wallet.

December 18, according to an official announcement, Binance Wallet browser extension has added custom network support. Currently, custom networks are only available for EVM-compatible chains. Users' wallet extensions need to be updated to version 1.5.0 or higher.

December 18, JPMorgan Chase has migrated its tokenized deposit product JPM Coin (JPMD) from the internal permissioned chain Kinexys to Coinbase's Ethereum Layer 2 network Base to meet institutional clients' needs for on-chain payments, collateralization, and margin settlement.JPMorgan Chase stated that currently, cash or cash-like instruments on public blockchains are mainly stablecoins, so there is a demand in the market for on-chain payment tools based on bank deposits. JPMD is a permissioned token that can only be transferred between whitelisted users and can serve as a collateral or margin payment tool for crypto transactions. (CoinDesk)

December 18, starting from 16:00 on December 18, 2025 (GMT+8), Binance Dual Investment will add Aster (ASTER), Ethena (ENA), Zcash (ZEC), Uniswap (UNI), Aave (AAVE).Supported trading pairs: ASTER/USDC, ASTER/USDT, ENA/USDC, ENA/USDT, ZEC/USDC, ZEC/USDT, UNI/USDC, UNI/USDT, AAVE/USDC, AAVE/USDT.Subscription tokens: ASTER, ENA, ZEC, UNI, AAVE, USDT, or USDC.

December 18th, according to DefiLlama data, in the past 24 hours, the trading volume of mainstream Perp DEXs has generally increased. Lighter CEO's ambiguous statement has led to a reduced market expectation for its token release this year, resulting in a decrease in its trading volume, currently ranking third, while Hyperliquid has risen to the top. At the same time, most platforms have seen limited changes in TVL, and some platforms have experienced a decrease in open interest compared to yesterday.Hyperliquid has a 24-hour trading volume of approximately $79.1 billion, a TVL of around $41.6 billion, and open interest of $66.7 billion;Aster has a 24-hour trading volume of approximately $76.3 billion, a TVL of around $13 billion, and open interest of $24.1 billion;Lighter has a 24-hour trading volume of approximately $73.2 billion, a TVL of around $14.6 billion, and open interest of $16.5 billion;EdgeX has a 24-hour trading volume of approximately $49 billion, a TVL of around $3.86 billion, and open interest of $7.48 billion;ApeX has a 24-hour trading volume of approximately $24.4 billion, a TVL of around $46.15 million, and open interest of $1.4 billion;Backpack has a 24-hour trading volume of approximately $13.8 billion, TVL not available at the moment, and open interest of $1.98 billion;Variational has a 24-hour trading volume of approximately $10.2 billion, a TVL of around $66.18 million, and open interest of $3.31 billion;Pacifica has a 24-hour trading volume of approximately $6.31 billion, a TVL of around $41.46 million, and open interest of $56.96 million.

December 18, according to Pacifica official website, the funding rate comparison page has added Lighter. Currently, users can view funding rate data from multiple platforms such as Pacifica, Binance, Hyperliquid, Bybit, and Lighter, facilitating quick comparison of rate differences between different platforms.For traders who focus on high-frequency trading and volume boosting to earn points, the funding rate can be used as a basis for selecting trading pairs with controllable trading costs. Following this logic, some high-frequency volume boost traders will prioritize trading pairs on Pacifica that have advantages to reduce trading slippage.On-chain data analysis and copy trading tool Coinbob has now launched Coinbob Pacifica (@CoinbobPAC_bot), allowing users to copy the trading strategies of high-frequency traders, earn trading points, and prepare for potential airdrop opportunities.

December 18th. According to the Financial Times, former Chief AI Scientist of Meta Platforms, Yann LeCun, plans to raise 500 million euros for his new startup. This move will value the artificial intelligence company at around 3 billion euros before its official launch, with the fundraising expected to be completed before the start of January.Sources familiar with the matter revealed that LeCun, who recently announced he would leave Meta by the end of the year, has also appointed Alexandre LeBrun, the founder of the French health tech startup Nabla, as the CEO. Details of this new company, named Advanced Machine Intelligence Labs (AMI Labs), will be announced in January, with LeCun serving as the chairman.

December 18th, according to Coinglass data, Bitcoin has experienced a cumulative decline of 23.76% since the fourth quarter. Looking back at Bitcoin's history, only the fourth quarter of 2018 with a 42.16% decline had been worse than the current data.Similarly, Ethereum has seen a cumulative decline of 31.54% since Q4, currently performing better than only 2016 (-39.47%) and 2018 (-41.62%).