Planet Midday News
1. Glassnode: Over the past three months, almost all cryptocurrencies have averaged lower returns than BTC;
2. Grayscale: Bitcoin is expected to reach a new high in the first half of 2026;
3. Magic Eden: Ordinals buyback is now live, with 15% of the proceeds going towards permanent collection;
4. SEC Chairman Paul Atkins warns that cryptocurrencies could become a tool for financial surveillance;
5. Brother Machi's ETH long positions were all liquidated, leaving his account with only $15,919.
6. Cathie Wood's Ark Invest continued to buy shares in companies such as BitMine, totaling $56.44 million;
7. Moonrock founder comments on Circle's acquisition of the Axelar team: This is yet another disguised form of RUG (Russian Conflict).
8. Monad's on-chain transaction fee revenue has been below $5,000 for five consecutive days, reaching only $3,824 on December 15th;
9. Bitwise CEO: Cryptocurrency will be integrated into all aspects of financial services within 12 months;
10. Trump: Will review the case of Samourai Wallet developers;
11. 6MV founder: Circle's vice president once bluntly told Axelar co-founder, "I don't care about your investors."

