PANews Columns

PANews reported on December 16 that, according to OKX market data, BTC has just fallen below $86,000 and is currently trading at $85,911.90 per coin, down 1.30% on the day.

Federal Reserve official Williams stated that a cooling labor market and easing inflation risks justified the Fed's decision to cut interest rates last week. This was Williams' first public comment on last week's rate cut decision.

Aster introduces Shield Mode, providing on-chain traders with a secure and efficient trading model.

This $5 million round will be primarily used to advance the assetization and versatility of digital avatars.

The easing of geopolitical risks and the rising expectations of interest rate cuts have boosted market sentiment, and funds have flowed back into the crypto market. The inflow of ETFs and stablecoins has increased significantly, the prices of mainstream coins have stabilized and rebounded, Bitcoin has fluctuated strongly at a high level, and Ethereum has followed the rise but with slightly weaker momentum. The altcoins have stopped falling and fluctuated, and the market has entered the end of consolidation. In the short term, we will pay attention to the breakthrough of funds and the signal of structural strengthening. The overall market is ready to welcome the start of a new round of market.

This weekly report focuses on the Coinbase narrative.

Exhausted traders from 2017 to 2025 are demanding a reckoning and a final ruling on the crypto issue; and most importantly, our most beloved assets deserve their all-time highs.

If PayPay and Binance Japan can successfully launch an integrated product, even if it only allows millions of users to purchase cryptocurrencies through a familiar payment portal, it will be enough to change the world's judgment on the feasibility of crypto payments.

a16z is building a moat in Seoul, attempting to transform the crypto world into a compliant, controllable, and inefficient "on-chain Nasdaq".

In this network, USDT is the blood, PSB's ruble deposits are the skeleton, Garantex/Cryptex are the capillaries, and A7A5 is a newly grown heart valve—its existence is to keep this cycle beating outside of SWIFT.

How can Solana gain market share in an increasingly competitive market?

With Trump in charge of the Federal Reserve, what impact will this have on Bitcoin in the coming months?

The largest liquidation of Bitcoin positions in history, a textbook market liquidity stress test, and the moment when traditional cryptocurrency cycle theory came to an end.

South Korea's financial regulators are caught in a tug-of-war between "openness" and "caution" in the field of cryptocurrency

The financial world is moving towards an on-chain era, but your holdings may not see a surge in value.

How will the crypto industry evolve in 2026? The a16z team provides a detailed analysis.

The Bank of Japan may raise interest rates to a 30-year high; the yuan exchange rate hits a 14-month high; HashKey's Hong Kong IPO raises $200 million; the UK plans to regulate cryptocurrencies in 2027; Goldman Sachs says stock market opportunities in 2026 are not in AI.

The U.S. SEC released guidelines for cryptocurrency custody; Exor's board of directors unanimously rejected Tether's offer to acquire a stake in Juventus Football Club; 16 crypto startups raised $176 million this week, bringing total investment this year to over $25 billion.

The U.S. SEC has approved the DTC to tokenize assets such as stocks and bonds, and the OCC has allowed crypto companies to apply for banking licenses, promoting the integration of traditional finance and DeFi and accelerating the construction of a digital finance regulatory framework.

From DeFi to RWA, and then to compliant development, Ondo has accurately grasped industry development trends and seized the opportunities brought by each trend.

PANews attempts to analyze the current market capital landscape using data from several sources, including order book depth, the options market, and stablecoins. The ultimate conclusion is that the market does not appear to have experienced a genuine recovery, but rather is trapped in a structurally divided state characterized by continuously declining liquidity and institutional funds accelerating their defensive posture.

Delving into the on-chain data, these whales reveal a diverse range of personalities. Some are "contrarian indicators" who hold substantial funds but repeatedly fail, some are "snipers" who lie in wait for half a year to strike a decisive blow, and others are "cold-blooded machines" that use algorithms to harvest retail investors every second.

Bitcoin and Ethereum have gained institutional recognition through ETFs, while US stocks attract funds with their stable returns. Together, these factors have squeezed out the survival space of inferior altcoins.

The price-driving logic for Bitcoin has shifted from on-chain signals to off-chain funds and leverage, with five signals jointly determining the direction of this bull and bear market cycle.

JPYC and Common Stability are not direct competitors at the current market stage, but rather parallel tracks serving completely different markets.

This article provides a systematic quantitative analysis and strategic deconstruction of the most outstanding top vaults in the Hyperliquid ecosystem.

Amid uncertainty surrounding interest rate cuts in 2026 and the yet-to-be-determined new Federal Reserve chairman, high-beta assets, including AI technology stocks and Bitcoin, have not yet attracted significant investment.

Amid a liquidity crisis and the "cyclical curse," BTC, after experiencing a tumultuous November, found a brief respite in December.

CryptoHayes' annual forecast review: From BTC's pullback to $70,000 to its year-end surge to $250,000, with multiple bets on ETH, SOL, etc., forming a unique cultural landscape in the crypto industry.

When CZ handed Peter Schiff a 1-kilogram gold bar, the entire room fell silent for three seconds.