Odaily Planet Daily reports that analysts warn the US dollar index will experience its largest annual drop since 2017 in 2025, falling nearly 10%. Influenced by expectations of a Federal Reserve rate cut, the dollar is projected to continue weakening in 2026. ING's Chief International Economist, James Knightley, stated that the Fed remains in an accommodative mode. Despite the December meeting minutes revealing disagreements among policymakers regarding the future path, Polymarket predicts a 96% probability of a rate cut before June. Timot Lamarre, Director of Market Research at Unchained, believes that monetary easing will benefit Bitcoin. Owen Lau, Managing Director of Clear Street, stated that rate cuts will be a key catalyst for attracting retail and institutional investors to the crypto market in 2026.

According to Odaily, in response to the Flow cybersecurity incident that occurred on December 27, 2025, the Binance team has successfully tracked down and frozen the remaining funds held by the hacker on the Binance platform. Despite Binance's repeated attempts to contact the Flow project team and offer support, no substantive communication has been initiated to date. If the project team adopts an independent on-chain recovery plan, it is crucial to exclude centralized exchange addresses, including Binance's, as affected users have already received appropriate compensation. Furthermore, Binance urges the Flow project team to release a detailed post-incident analysis report, clearly identifying the root cause of the incident and outlining preventative measures.

According to official news, Binance released its 2025 co-CEO year-end letter on December 31st, disclosing that its global user base has surpassed 300 million. The letter points out that currently, on average, one in every 27 people globally uses crypto assets, and the industry is moving from a niche market to wider everyday applications. Regarding business data, Binance stated that the platform's total product trading volume reached $34 trillion in 2025. Retail-driven trading volume increased by 125% year-on-year, while institutional trading volume increased by 21%. On most trading days, nearly half of the global BTC and ETH trading volume occurred on the Binance platform. Binance also disclosed that its Web3 business continued to grow. In the past year, over 60% of mainstream on-chain transactions were completed through the Binance Wallet, Alpha 2.0 products handled over $1 trillion in trading volume, and 17 million users participated in on-chain project exploration, receiving approximately $780 million in airdrop rewards. Regarding compliance and security, Binance stated that user assets publicly verified through Proof-of-Reserve (PoR) have reached $162.8 billion. In the past year, the platform intercepted $6.69 billion in risky funds through risk control and AI models, and reduced the phishing attack success rate to 0.4%. Furthermore, Binance currently holds 29 compliance and security certifications globally, and its compliance team comprises 1,280 people.

According to an official announcement, Binance Futures will launch the COLLECTUSDT perpetual contract at 13:15 (UTC) on December 31, 2025, and the MAGMAUSDT perpetual contract at 13:30 (UTC). Both contracts support up to 20x leverage and will be included in a new contract launch fee promotion. Copy trading will be available within 24 hours of launch. (This news item was generated with AI assistance.)

According to Odaily Planet Daily, OKX market data shows that ETH has broken through 3000 USDT, currently trading at 3000.16 USDT, with a 24-hour increase of 0.7%. (This news item was generated with AI assistance.)