CME FedWatch data show an 86.7% probability the Federal Reserve will keep interest rates unchanged at its January meeting, BlockBeats reports. The tool indicates a 13.3% chance of a 25-basis-point cut.

Crypto liquidations totaled $182 million on Dec. 25, with long positions accounting for $121 million and short positions $60.35 million, Coinglass data show. The figures cover the past 24 hours across the market.

Funding rates across major centralized and decentralized exchanges signaled a broadly bearish market on Dec. 24, Coinglass data show. BlockBeats reports that rates above 0.01% imply bullish positioning, while levels below 0.005% signal bearish sentiment, with 0.01% serving as the baseline.

BlackRock transferred 2,292 BTC worth about $199.8 million and 9,976 ETH valued at roughly $29.23 million into Coinbase on December 24, on-chain data show. The deposits were identified via blockchain records cited by BlockBeats.

Wintermute OTC head Jake said on Dec. 24 that BTC, ETH and SOL trading below their respective moving averages is driving short-term speculators to exit these assets, BlockBeats reports. He noted most traders behave as trend followers, particularly those focused on profit. Jake added capital would return systematically once these tokens move back above key moving averages, restoring market momentum.

Binance Wallet has implemented checks to identify malicious addresses and warn users when they attempt to send funds to them, CZ said in a Binance Square post on December 24, BlockBeats reports. He said all wallets should verify receiving addresses via a simple blockchain query and block users from sending to flagged addresses. CZ also called for a security alliance to maintain a real-time blacklist so wallets can perform checks before sending transactions, adding that wallets should avoid displaying spam transactions and filter out transfers with very small values.

A whale fully closed short positions in BTC, ETH and SOL on Dec. 24, booking total profits exceeding $3.96 million, Onchain Lens data show. The whale had previously sold 255 BTC on Hyperliquid.

A trader at address 0x880a closed multiple short positions in ETH, HYPE and other tokens over the past 6 hours on December 24, Hyperinsight data show. The address currently holds about $68.30M in ETH shorts at an average entry of $3,132 with a liquidation price of $3,767, and roughly $41.97M in HYPE shorts at an average of $31.7 and a liquidation level of $34.27, bringing total open positions to around $111M and making it the largest short position holder in ETH and HYPE on Hyperliquid. The account has turned roughly $20M in capital into more than $104M in cumulative profit since October, including $1.3M realized on December 24, operating as a high-frequency multi-asset swing trader with an average holding period of about 20 hours. The trader previously concentrated shorts in PUMP, PAXG and HYPE, which once accounted for 83.6% of positions, while recent focus has shifted to ETH and HYPE shorts, now representing 98.6% of the portfolio.