According to Odaily Planet Daily, Alternative data shows that the cryptocurrency fear and greed index dropped to 21 today (from 23 yesterday), indicating that the market remains in a state of "extreme fear." Note: The fear index ranges from 0-100 and includes the following indicators: volatility (25%) + market volume (25%) + social media buzz (15%) + market surveys (15%) + Bitcoin's share of the overall market (10%) + Google trending topics (10%).

Huoxun Finance reported on December 14th that on-chain analyst Murphy published an analysis stating that 153 companies hold a "non-zero balance" of BTC. Among them, the top 29 listed companies hold a total of 1.082 million BTC, while the remaining listed companies hold 54,331 BTC. Besides the BTC held by physical enterprises, spot ETFs currently hold a total of 1.311 million BTC, with BlackRock holding 777,000 BTC, Fidelity holding 202,000 BTC, and Grayscale holding 167,000 BTC. Global governments hold a total of 615,000 BTC, with the US government holding 325,000 BTC, ranking first. Furthermore, there are 3.409 million BTC held on-chain for 10 years without being moved. Apart from some established trading platforms' cold wallets and true BTC OGs, many should be attributed to "lost private keys or untraceable address owners," including over 1 million BTC belonging to Satoshi Nakamoto. Therefore, all long-term holders own a total of 14.35 million coins, which is approximately 68.3% of the total BTC supply.

According to a report by ETNews on December 14th, KB Financial Group released the "2025 South Korea Rich List Report," which analyzes individuals with over 1 billion won in financial assets and real estate. The report shows that the number of high-net-worth individuals in South Korea is growing at an annual rate of 9.7%, from 130,000 in 2011 to 476,000 in 2025. Their total financial assets are also growing at an average annual rate of 7.2%, from 1,158 trillion won in 2011 to 3,066 trillion won in 2025, surpassing the 3,000 trillion won mark for the first time this year. Furthermore, the proportion of real estate assets in the asset portfolios of South Korean high-net-worth individuals has decreased, while the proportion of physical assets such as gold and jewelry, as well as other assets such as crypto assets, has increased.

According to Odaily Planet Daily, Wang Yongli, former vice president of the Bank of China, wrote an article titled "Grasp the Essence, Embrace Innovation, and Effectively Accelerate the Development of the Digital RMB." In it, he points out that China's policy orientation of firmly promoting the development of the digital RMB and resolutely curbing virtual currencies is fully clear. This policy orientation has exceeded many people's strong expectations and is still subject to considerable social controversy. Therefore, it is necessary to explain the reasons for resolutely curbing virtual currencies, while simultaneously accelerating the innovative development and widespread application of the digital RMB both domestically and internationally, quickly forming its unique advantages in international payments, and forging a successful Chinese path for the development of digital currencies.

Odaily Planet Daily reports that Charlie Noyes, a general partner at crypto venture capital firm Paradigm, announced in a post on the X platform that he has resigned from his position. However, he will continue to participate in Kalshi affairs as a board observer alongside Paradigm founder Matt Huang, and will also provide support to Paradigm's portfolio companies and founders. Charlie Noyes joined Paradigm at the age of 19 as the firm's first employee and was promoted to general partner in February of this year.