According to ChainCatcher, Ethereum's core developers have announced plans to increase the network's gas limit from 60 million to 80 million following the BPO hard fork scheduled for January 7. This move aims to enhance transaction throughput and reduce fees. Galaxy Digital's Vice President of Research, Kim, noted that Nethermind representatives believe developers are ready to implement this increase. However, Ethereum Foundation engineer Busa emphasized the need to complete two client optimizations first: the execution layer's blob response and the consensus layer's maximum blob flag. Increasing the gas limit will allow more transactions and smart contract operations per block. While this won't match the speed of Layer 1 solutions like Solana, it will strengthen Ethereum's appeal as a secure settlement layer while maintaining its decentralization advantages. Ethereum has already increased its gas limit three times this year, with the developer community aiming to reach 180 million by the end of 2026.

Bitget is launching a new BSU contract trading event, open to both new and existing users. Completing your first contract trade, daily trades, and cumulative trading volume tasks will unlock a specific number of blind box rewards. The blind box prize pool includes trial funds, trial vouchers, and airdrops of popular tokens. Additionally, all users ranking in the top 1,000 by trading volume and accumulating 10,000 USDT in trading volume will collectively unlock 20,000 USDT, with a maximum of 3,000 USDT per person. This prize pool requires trading the designated BSU token. Detailed rules have been published on the official Bitget platform. Users can register by clicking the "Join Now" button to participate in the event. The event ends on December 24th at 22:00 (UTC+8).

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Exploring alleged plans for Trump to appoint a new Federal Reserve Chair and the impacts on monetary policies. source: https://coincu.com/news/trump-fed-chair-interest-rates/

Speculations arise with no official evidence on Trump's rumored Fed Chair pick for significant rate cuts. source: https://coincu.com/news/trump-fed-chair-speculation/

According to Coinglass data monitoring, the total liquidation amount across the network in the past 24 hours was $541 million, of which $383 million were long positions and $158 million were short positions. A total of 152,942 people were liquidated in the last 24 hours. The largest single liquidation occurred on the HYPE-USD trading pair on the Hyperliquid platform, worth $11.0805 million.

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Bitcoin price attempted to start a fresh increase but failed at $90,000. BTC is now consolidating and might struggle to clear the $88,000 zone. Bitcoin started a fresh decline below the $87,000 zone. The price is trading below $87,500 and the 100 hourly Simple moving average source: https://www.newsbtc.com/analysis/btc/bitcoin-price-rejection-90k/

BlackRock has become one of the first major U. S. corporations to publicly commit to supporting the federal government’s newly launched child investment account initiative, signaling growing private-sector backing for the program. Matching Contributions for Employees Under the plan, BlackRock will match government contributions made to so-called “Trump Accounts” for eligible U source: https://www.ethnews.com/blackrock-commits-to-matching-government-contributions-in-new-child-savings-program/

Vaults are non-custodial blockchain infrastructures that enable functionalities that are not available in traditional finance.

The AI ​​investment boom reached a turning point at the end of 2025, with the market shifting from a "buy and ask questions" approach to a "return-first" approach. Demand is genuine, but tight fiscal conditions and macroeconomic weaknesses amplify risks. If profitability is not achieved by 2026, valuation adjustments are inevitable.

Jinse Finance launches its daily cryptocurrency and blockchain news bulletin, "Jinse 8 AM," issue 2912, providing you with the latest and fastest news on the digital currency and blockchain industry.

Private lending is gaining momentum on tokenized real-world assets (RWA) platforms.

Jinse Finance launches the "Jinse Web3.0 Daily," providing you with the latest and fastest news on MEME, DeFi, DAO, NFT, and the metaverse industry.

The payment industry may seem "old," but it has always been the earliest and most easily restructured part of the financial system by technology.

Recently, a dispute has surfaced between Aave DAO and Aave Labs. The former is responsible for the governance protocol, while the latter is the developer of Aave products.

HashKey, RWA, Reshaping the Asian Crypto Narrative Through the Narrow Gate Between Compliance and Innovation: Five Key Takeaways from HashKey's IPO (Jinse Finance) - HashKey's IPO is at a historical crossroads.

Cryptocurrency: Bitcoin Crash, Institutional Bottom-Fishing, Regulatory Breakthroughs: Three Major Storms Await the Crypto Market at the End of 2025. (Jinse Finance) At the end of 2025, the cryptocurrency market enters a "stormy mode."

Since 2023, JPMorgan Chase has withdrawn nearly $350 billion in cash from its Federal Reserve accounts and invested most of it in U.S. government bonds.