According to Odaily Planet Daily, crypto analyst "TXMC" published an article on the X platform pointing out that despite the recent decline in Bitcoin prices, the liveliness of this cycle continues to rise. This indicates that there is a bottom in the demand for spot Bitcoin, which is not reflected in the price trend. This may mean that the current bull market cycle has not yet ended. The analyst stated that this indicator reflects the long-term moving average of Bitcoin's on-chain activity, which is the sum of all lifecycle spending and on-chain holding activity. During a bull market, market "liveliness" usually increases as supplies change hands at higher prices, indicating the inflow of new investment capital.

Odaily Planet Daily reports that Strategy, a Bitcoin treasury company, released a recent interview with CNBC on its CEO, Phong Le, on the X platform. Le stated that Strategy does not have an inability to pay dividends, but rumors circulating claiming the company cannot fulfill its dividend obligations have led to shorting Bitcoin in the market. Regarding the establishment of a $1.44 billion dividend reserve fund, Le said that Strategy raised $1.44 billion in just eight and a half days, equivalent to 21 months of dividend payments. This was done to eliminate FUD (fear, uncertainty, and doubt) and to demonstrate to the market that Strategy can still quickly raise funds even during a Bitcoin downturn.

Odaily Planet Daily reports that former Bank of Communications (Hong Kong) senior executive Yip Chi-kin has announced his candidacy for the 2025 Legislative Council election. He proposed establishing a financial holding company to promote integration between the banking sector and other financial sectors. His platform emphasizes full support for fintech development, promoting reforms in the payment sector, and specifically states that Hong Kong should seize opportunities in several key strategic areas of fintech, including artificial intelligence (AI), digital currencies, and virtual assets, as core drivers for the growth of the entire financial industry. (Hong Kong Wen Wei Po)

Odaily Planet Daily reports that French banking giant BPCE (Banca des Savings) has announced details of its newly launched cryptocurrency trading service. The service will allow customers to buy and sell BTC, ETH, SOL, and USDC through independent digital asset accounts managed by Hexarq. A monthly management fee of €2.99 and a 1.5% trading commission will be charged. The bank also stated that while it currently covers approximately 2 million customers, it plans to expand to all 12 million retail customers by 2026, with a phased rollout to monitor adoption and system performance. (The Big Whale)

Huoxun Finance reported on December 7th that Lily Liu, president of the Solana Foundation, posted on the X platform, urging lending protocols Kamino and JupiterLend within the ecosystem to stop attacking each other and focus on expanding the market. Liu pointed out that the Solana lending market is currently worth approximately $5 billion, while the Ethereum market is 10 times larger, and the traditional financial collateral market is trillions of times larger. Liu stated, "We can attack each other (one-click lending position conversion, taunting and rude remarks, etc.), or we can focus on taking market share from the entire crypto market and the TradFi market." Previously, JupiterExchange COO Kash Dhanda responded to community concerns about his lending product JupiterLend, acknowledging that claims about JupiterLend's vault having "zero contagion risk" in previously deleted social media posts were inaccurate. Solana lending platform Kamino blocked JupiterLend's migration tool due to concerns that Jupiter's risk model misled users. Kamino's co-founder also criticized Jupiter's claims of vault segregation in a post on the X platform.