Ethereum briefly fell below $3,000 on December 15, with the latest quote at $3,002, HTX market data show. BlockBeats reported the pricing based on HTX market quotes at that time.

About 2,500 ETH in Huang Licheng's 25x leveraged long position was liquidated on December 15 as Bitcoin fell below $88,000, Hyperinsight data show. The trader, also known as "Maji," retains 2,300 ETH worth $6.96 million with a liquidation price of $3,009. He had deposited 250,000 USDT to add margin and opened an 800 ETH long position 45 minutes before the partial liquidation.

XDOOR ($XD) launched an airdrop on Dec. 15 across X Layer, BSC, Ethereum and Solana, covering over 1 million addresses including OKX BOOST users, BlockBeats reports. The 5-day campaign features decreasing allocations, with unclaimed tokens directed to the LP reward pool. Official data show over 5,000 claims were made in under 24 hours.

Ripple is expanding its RLUSD stablecoin beyond the XRP Ledger to Coinbase’s Base network and other Layer 2 blockchains, CoinGape reported. The move is aimed at increasing multichain accessibility for RLUSD and follows Ripple’s recent approval to operate as a U.S. trust bank, according to the report.

BitMine Immersion has reported that its ether (ETH) holdings have increased to 3.97 million tokens, representing more than 3.2% of the total ETH supply, with combined crypto assets, cash, and investments valued at $13.3 billion as of December 14. According to a company statement cited by Wu Blockchain, the total includes a recent purchase of 102,259 ETH worth $321.1 million. Blockchain analytics firm Lookonchain, which has tracked the entity it associates with market strategist Tom Lee, has also reported ongoing accumulation of ETH by the firm.

Binance announced on Dec. 15 that users holding at least 230 Alpha points can claim 160 AIOT tokens in the second phase of the OKZOO airdrop on a first-come, first-served basis. If the reward pool remains undistributed, the points threshold will automatically drop by 5 every 5 minutes, with each claim consuming 15 Alpha points. Users must confirm their claim within 24 hours on the Alpha campaign page or forfeit their allocation.

Binance Alpha will list Magma Finance (MAGMA) on Dec. 16, the exchange announced Dec. 15. Eligible users can redeem an airdrop using Binance Alpha points through the Alpha Events page after trading opens. Further details on the listing and airdrop will be disclosed later, the announcement said.

Binance Wallet will distribute a new round of Alpha airdrops on Dec. 15 at 13:00 UTC, the company announced. Users holding at least 230 Alpha points can claim tokens on a first-come, first-served basis until the pool is depleted or the campaign ends. The project will release additional details on the airdrop event.