U.S.-listed spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded roughly $782 million in net redemptions during the Christmas week, with data on December 29 showing this was the sixth consecutive trading day of outflows and taking the cumulative figure above $1.1 billion, according to BlockBeats. Friday marked the largest single-day withdrawal of the period at about $276 million, including nearly $193 million leaving BlackRock's IBIT and around $74 million exiting Fidelity's FBTC, while Grayscale's GBTC continued to see smaller but steady redemptions. As a result, total assets across Bitcoin spot ETFs fell to roughly $113.5 billion, down from more than $120 billion in early December, although Bitcoin's price remained near $87,000 over the same timeframe, BlockBeats reported. Some institutional commentators cited by the report said holiday-related outflows are not unusual and argued that ETF flows in January, once regular trading activity resumes, may offer more meaningful signals.

Indian police in Hyderabad arrested a former Coinbase customer support employee on Dec. 29 in connection with an internal data breach disclosed by the exchange in May 2024, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong confirmed, BlockBeats reports. The investigation traced the breach to December 2023, finding that criminals bribed overseas support staff to access internal systems and steal sensitive data on 69,461 users, including names, addresses, phone numbers, emails and government-issued ID documents. Coinbase said attackers demanded $20 million; the company refused and launched a $20 million bounty program to help capture those involved. In its Q2 earnings, Coinbase disclosed $307 million in related expenses for user compensation, legal fees and security upgrades; the company faces a shareholder class action alleging delayed disclosure and investor misrepresentation, and said it continues working with international law enforcement.

Ethereum could trigger about $395 million in cumulative long liquidations on major centralized exchanges if its price falls below $2,900, Coinglass data cited by BlockBeats show. The same data show a move above $3,000 would correspond to roughly $497 million in total short liquidations across leading CEXs. BlockBeats noted that liquidation charts indicate the relative intensity of each cluster rather than exact contract values, with higher bars suggesting stronger price reactions driven by liquidity waves.

A whale address sold 100,000 HYPE worth approximately $2.5M on Dec. 29 and transferred the proceeds to execute a 5-hour TWAP order for 500,000 LIT valued at roughly $1.73M, MLM data show. The TWAP has purchased 77,000 LIT for about $266,000 so far, involving addresses 0xd9225c2b6383f6e532c01c34d7588b1106b9e30b and 0xa71d664f7899dbe4ac768c1b162c4c5610e978aa. A linked wallet unstaked an additional 100,000 HYPE worth approximately $2.54M at nearly the same time, which will unlock in 7 days. The address received 684,415.94 HYPE at TGE as the 20th-largest airdrop recipient and has generated over $17M in cumulative HYPE profits.

Centralized exchanges recorded a cumulative net inflow of 31,000 ETH over the past 24 hours on December 29, Coinglass data cited by BlockBeats show. Binance saw inflows of 22,300 ETH, followed by Coinbase Pro with 11,600 ETH and Gate with 2,745.41 ETH. OKX posted the largest net outflow in the same period, with 2,072.21 ETH leaving the platform.

Bitcoin has gained about 27,701% since 2015, far exceeding silver's roughly 405% and gold's about 283% returns over the same period, leading crypto analyst Adam Livingston to call it a "top asset", Cointelegraph reported on Dec. 29. Gold advocate Peter Schiff countered that performance should be measured only over the past four years, arguing "Bitcoin's time has passed", while Orange Horizon Wealth co-founder Matt Golliher noted commodity prices tend to converge toward production costs as higher prices boost supply, contrasting this with Bitcoin's fixed supply. In 2025, gold reached around $4,533 per ounce and silver neared $80 as Bitcoin remained relatively flat and the U.S. Dollar Index fell nearly 10% for one of its weakest years in a decade. Arthur Hayes said looser Federal Reserve policy and a weaker dollar would support scarce assets including gold, silver and Bitcoin long-term.

Centralized exchanges recorded a net inflow of 2,593.63 BTC over the past 24 hours, Coinglass data show. Kraken led with a net inflow of 1,372.71 BTC, followed by Binance at 591.79 BTC and Gate at 565.12 BTC. Coinbase Pro reported the largest net outflow during the period, with 294.74 BTC leaving the platform.

Uniswap set all interface fees on its app and API to zero on Dec. 28, BlockBeats reports. The change follows approval of a fee switch activation proposal that will enable fee switches on Uniswap v2 and v3 on the Unichain mainnet after a two-day timelock, triggering UNI token burns. The proposal will burn 100,000,000 UNI from the Uniswap Foundation's treasury and introduce a protocol fee discount auction system to boost returns for liquidity providers.