According to @CoinMarketCap, the Web3 gaming sector’s market cap fell 67% to $7.8 billion and trading volume was halved to $2.2 billion (source: @CoinMarketCap). According to @CoinMarketCap, the Fear and Greed Index peaked at 76 as the market neared altcoin season and then dropped to 28, placing sentiment in fear territory and providing key context for positioning in GameFi and broader altcoins (source: @CoinMarketCap). (Source)

According to @CoinMarketCap, venture funding for Web3 gaming fell 70% over the year, with Q1 at $147M, Q2 at $73M, Q3 rebounding to $129M (+77%), and activity drying up in Q4 (source: @CoinMarketCap on X, Dec 29, 2025). According to @CoinMarketCap, dozens of Web3 games shut down as 30-day retention dropped about 60% and unsustainable play-to-earn models depleted project treasuries (source: @CoinMarketCap on X, Dec 29, 2025). (Source)

According to the source, traders should vet Web3 games' longevity to avoid allocating to soon-to-be dead coins, as stated in the source tweet on Dec 29, 2025. According to the source, the GameFi sector could see a glow-up in 2026 after a sleepy 2025, indicating a watchlist-led approach and patience in positioning, per the same source. According to the source, participants are encouraged to prepare now to capitalize on New Year launch activity with proactive research and risk controls, as noted by the source tweet. (Source)

According to @CoinMarketCap, AlphaTONCapital acquired 51% of Gamee, which it characterized as a major step for GameFi into TradFi. According to @CoinMarketCap, FIFA launched its own blockchain and the FIFA Rivals mobile game while migrating from Algorand to Avalanche, a network shift that puts AVAX and ALGO in focus for traders following the update. According to @CoinMarketCap, @playsolana shipped the PSG1 handheld console with an integrated crypto wallet, a hardware milestone that directs attention to Solana’s SOL in the context of ecosystem adoption highlighted by the source. According to @CoinMarketCap, the GameFi.com domain sold for $300,000 on Dec 24, adding a notable transaction data point to the GameFi development timeline reported by the source. (Source)

According to @OnchainLens, over the past 2 days a single whale spent a total of $2.66M in USDC/USDT to acquire 8.58M $FARTCOIN, linked to wallet fx4E7VEysZciM5nqNbCeEUYPzfYSStuz19SWskTqxnk (source: @OnchainLens). According to @OnchainLens’s reported totals, this implies an average acquisition price of roughly $0.31 per FARTCOIN (source: @OnchainLens). According to @OnchainLens, the activity is concentrated in that wallet, which traders can monitor for subsequent inflows or outflows tied to $FARTCOIN (source: @OnchainLens). According to @OnchainLens, no additional details on venue, execution, or intent were provided (source: @OnchainLens). (Source)

According to dYdX Foundation, the community has approved renewing and extending the dYdX Surge Rewards Program for an additional six months starting January 1, 2026. Source: dYdX Foundation on X, Dec 29, 2025. According to Mintscan proposal 331 for the dYdX chain, the governance proposal is marked Passed, confirming the renewal timeline referenced by the Foundation. Source: Mintscan proposal 331. According to dYdX Foundation and Mintscan proposal 331, the confirmed six-month rewards window provides a defined schedule that traders can incorporate into liquidity and trading plans on the dYdX Chain during H1 2026. Source: dYdX Foundation on X and Mintscan proposal 331. (Source)

According to @CNBC, European markets are set to start the last trading week of 2025 in flat territory. According to @CNBC, this indicates a neutral open for regional equities at year-end, with no additional index or sector specifics disclosed in the update. According to @CNBC, the post does not reference any direct impact on cryptocurrencies or digital assets. (Source)

According to @CNBC, AI agents could soon handle booking flights and online shopping, and Visa and Mastercard want to participate in this commerce shift, per CNBC. In light of CNBC's report, traders can watch payments-sector price action and AI-commerce headlines as potential sentiment catalysts for both payment stocks and the broader digital asset market, anchored by CNBC’s coverage. (Source)

According to @CoinMarketCap, CMCLabs has opened applications for its accelerator to help crypto startups scale to a global audience, as stated in its December 29, 2025 announcement. source: @CoinMarketCap on Twitter, Dec 29, 2025 Applications can be submitted via the official link shared in the announcement to kickstart projects onto the world stage. source: @CoinMarketCap on Twitter, Dec 29, 2025 Market participants seeking early discovery signals can monitor official CMCLabs announcements for selected projects and timelines. source: @CoinMarketCap official communications (Source)

According to Lookonchain, smart trader address pension-usdt.eth closed his ETH short about an hour ago with a realized loss of $3.4 million. Source: Lookonchain on X, Dec 29, 2025. Lookonchain reports the address has completed roughly 70 trades with an 83% win rate and $21.84 million in cumulative profits. Source: Lookonchain on X, Dec 29, 2025. In an earlier update the same day, Lookonchain noted the trader flipped from long to short, closing an ETH long for a $278,000 gain before opening a 3x short on 20,000 ETH, a $58.44 million position. Source: Lookonchain on X, Dec 29, 2025. Lookonchain also shared a Hyperdash link to track the address’s performance in real time. Source: Lookonchain on X, Dec 29, 2025. (Source)

According to @OnchainLens, Arkham Intel identified Trend Research as the 66,000 ETH Borrowed Whale, with entity data shown on Arkham Intel at intel.arkm.com/explorer/entity/trend-research. @OnchainLens reports the wallet withdrew 11,520 ETH (~$34.93M), supplied it to Aave V3, borrowed $20M USDT, and sent the funds back to Binance to buy more ETH, citing Arkham Intel traces. @OnchainLens also documented a newly created wallet that bought 40,975 ETH (~$121.05M) from Binance, supplied it to Aave V3, and borrowed $63M USDT, with addresses referenced on Arkham Intel at intel.arkm.com/explorer/address/0xB8551abD2BB66498f6D257AE181d681Fd2401E8A and intel.arkm.com/explorer/entity/eace0656-de11-44fa-932f-5a77f07fead8. Taken together, these transactions indicate leveraged long positioning and at least $20M in immediate buy-side capacity for ETH via Aave-to-Binance flows, per the on-chain data cited by @OnchainLens and Arkham Intel. (Source)

According to @Andre_Dragosch, low ISM readings historically imply significant runway for Bitcoin in the next bull cycle (source: @Andre_Dragosch on X). He reports that BTC performance from ISM cycle bottom to cycle peak averaged +1,747% with a median of +1,631% based on a referenced chart by @sminston_with (source: @Andre_Dragosch on X). He characterizes the backdrop as an asymmetric macro set-up into 2026, framing a bullish risk-reward context for BTC if the ISM low is in place (source: @Andre_Dragosch on X). (Source)

According to @lookonchain, the #66kETHBorrow whale identified by Arkham Intelligence as Trend Research bought another 11,520 ETH worth $34.93M on Dec 29, 2025; source: Lookonchain on X https://twitter.com/lookonchain/status/2005514075221250329 and Arkham Intelligence entity page https://intel.arkm.com/explorer/entity/e3f9ef15-6571-481b-b185-7fecbd21a935. @lookonchain also reports the address bought 40,975 ETH ($121M) in the past 5 hours and had previously acquired 528,272 ETH ($1.57B); source: Lookonchain on X https://x.com/lookonchain/status/2003632344641745201. Since Nov 4, cumulative purchases reached 569,247 ETH ($1.69B), of which $881.5M used to buy ETH was borrowed from Aave; source: Lookonchain on X https://x.com/lookonchain/status/2003632344641745201. (Source)

According to @ai_9684xtpa, Binance’s USD1 Earn offers 20% APR but is capped at $50,000 per user and trades at a premium, which may reduce net returns for users swapping in just to participate, based on the author’s review of the offer. According to @ai_9684xtpa citing the Binance campaign page, Binance Web3 Wallet users can stake USDT to receive sUSDD at a 13.52% APY, where 12% derives from USDD’s base yield and roughly 1.52% is the current extra subsidy. According to @ai_9684xtpa citing the Binance campaign page, the sUSDD promotion runs from Dec 11 to Jan 10, has a $100 minimum, no deposit cap, a total $300,000 prize pool distributed $10,000 daily, and has attracted $290 million in deposits so far, which means the extra subsidy portion of APY floats with participation. According to @ai_9684xtpa, USDD transitioned in January to a community-driven overcollateralized stablecoin. According to CoinMarketCap data cited by @ai_9684xtpa, USDD supply rose from $482 million to $816 million since the Dec 11 Binance Wallet campaign start, a 69% increase, with an estimated 35.5% of new tokens minted due to the Binance Earn-related activity. (Source)

According to @simplykashif, India Gold ETF inflows have crossed $3.5 billion for the first time ever, nearly three times the inflows recorded in 2024, indicating a record surge in investor allocations to gold ETFs (source: @simplykashif). (Source)

According to @justinsuntron, TRM Labs traced recent wallet drains tied to the 2022 LastPass breach and detailed how the stolen crypto moved through mixers and off-ramps, underscoring ongoing relevance for traders monitoring on-chain flows, source: Justin Sun on X https://twitter.com/justinsuntron/status/2005503336485888076 and TRM Labs blog https://www.trmlabs.com/resources/blog/trm-traces-stolen-crypto-from-2022-lastpass-breach-on-chain-indicators-suggest-russian-cybercriminal-involvement. TRM Labs reports that on-chain indicators suggest Russian cybercriminal involvement in these movements, which it mapped across transaction paths and services, source: TRM Labs blog https://www.trmlabs.com/resources/blog/trm-traces-stolen-crypto-from-2022-lastpass-breach-on-chain-indicators-suggest-russian-cybercriminal-involvement. Justin Sun emphasizes that recent hacks and drains show why on-chain visibility still matters for traders tracking potential inflows and exits, source: Justin Sun on X https://twitter.com/justinsuntron/status/2005503336485888076. (Source)

According to @BullTheoryio, Bitcoin (BTC) jumped 2,600 USD in the last four hours, triggering about 102 million USD in short liquidations, while the total crypto market cap added roughly 80 billion USD to reclaim 3 trillion USD; gold and silver fell as BTC pushed higher (source: @BullTheoryio on X, Dec 29, 2025). According to @BullTheoryio, this price acceleration alongside large liquidations points to a short-squeeze driven move and may mark early rotation from metals into crypto, a dynamic traders watch for momentum follow-through and BTC dominance shifts (source: @BullTheoryio on X, Dec 29, 2025). (Source)

According to @OnchainLens, a newly created wallet withdrew 600 BTC worth about $53.84 million from Binance to address bc1qwhha92cx40prme2y5h4qdqegxurde3y5zn4wk5 on Dec 29, 2025 (source: Onchain Lens). Based on the figures reported, the transfer implies an average value near $89,733 per BTC, useful for gauging whale cost basis in the short term (source: Onchain Lens). The 600 BTC withdrawal equals roughly 133 percent of current daily Bitcoin issuance of about 450 BTC since the April 2024 halving, underscoring its size versus new supply (source: Bitcoin.org and Bitcoin Core documentation). Large exchange outflows reduce coins held on-exchange and are tracked by traders to assess immediate sell-side liquidity on that venue (source: Glassnode Academy). For trade monitoring, watch Binance BTC exchange netflow and order book depth to see if outflows persist or reverse, as tracked by analytics providers such as CryptoQuant and Glassnode (source: CryptoQuant and Glassnode). (Source)

According to @StockMKTNewz, Bitcoin (BTC) has climbed back over 90,000 in a real-time update, indicating an intraday move above this level, source: X platform @StockMKTNewz, Dec 29, 2025. The post confirms BTC trading above 90,000 at the time of publication, giving traders an immediate price reference for short-term decision making, source: X platform @StockMKTNewz, Dec 29, 2025. (Source)

According to @ai_9684xtpa, BTC briefly broke above 90,000 dollars and the on-chain trader nicknamed the 1011 flash-crash short insider showed an unrealized loss narrowed to 24.86 million dollars at the snapshot, with reported positions of 203,340.64 ETH at a 3,147.39 entry (unrealized loss 22.65 million dollars), 1,000 BTC at a 91,506.7 entry (unrealized loss 1.64 million dollars), and roughly 511k SOL at a 130.19 entry (unrealized loss 0.573 million dollars). Source: X post by @ai_9684xtpa Dec 29, 2025 https://twitter.com/ai_9684xtpa/status/2005486721509802181 and Hyperbot tracker https://hyperbot.network/trader/0xb317d2bc2d3d2df5fa441b5bae0ab9d8b07283ae. In a later update after a morning drop, 2,683.68 SOL orders were fully filled and the SOL position stood at 511,612.85 coins (about 61.57 million dollars) with an average entry of 130.19 and an unrealized loss of 5.03 million dollars; SOL price cited at 120.4 dollars, total portfolio value about 740 million dollars, and cumulative unrealized loss widened to 58.04 million dollars. Source: X post by @ai_9684xtpa Dec 29, 2025 https://x.com/ai_9684xtpa/status/2004358713008926785 and Hyperbot tracker https://hyperbot.network/trader/0xb317d2bc2d3d2df5fa441b5bae0ab9d8b07283ae. (Source)