This Week's Key News Preview | Federal Reserve Announces Interest Rate Decision; Stable Mainnet Launch
Highlights of the week from December 8 to December 14.Organizer: Jerry, ChainCatcher
Key News:
- Stable mainnet will launch on December 8 at 21:00
- HumidiFi public sale will restart on the evening of December 8, with anti-bot measures added
- Aster: S4 is expected to start on December 10, with 60-90% of fee income used for token buyback
- The Federal Reserve will announce the new interest rate decision on December 11
December 8 (Monday)
Stable mainnet will launch on December 8 at 21:00
Stable tweeted that the mainnet will go live at 21:00 Beijing time on December 8.
HumidiFi public sale will restart on the evening of December 8, with anti-bot measures added
The official announcement from the Solana-based dark pool DEX HumidiFi stated that it will issue a new token and restart the public sale next Monday to address the issue of community users being unable to participate due to bots concentrating on the initial public sale.
HumidiFi indicated that during the previous public sale, large-scale bots sent commands simultaneously through bulk wallets, instantly completing the purchase of all tokens, which prevented Wetlist (HumidiFi users and community) members and JUP stakers from participating.
To protect community rights, HumidiFi will proportionally airdrop new tokens to Wetlist users and JUP stakers; the addresses involved in the bot purchases will be excluded from the distribution; the new round of public sale will use a newly audited DTF smart contract to prevent similar incidents from occurring again.
Binance will update the margin collateral rate for ZEC and other assets on December 8
According to the official announcement, Binance will update the collateral rates for certain assets under the full margin model at 06:00 (UTC) on December 8, 2025, involving assets such as ZEC, BONK, SEI, ETHFI, GALA, ATOM, FLOKI, ALGO, JUP, RAY, BTTC, PYTH, APE, JTO, NEO, etc. The update is expected to be completed within 30 minutes, and the collateral rates will be adjusted based on the dollar value of users' holdings. Users should closely monitor the margin levels to avoid forced liquidation due to changes in collateral rates.
December 9 (Tuesday)
Bitcoin asset management firm Twenty One will list on the NYSE on December 9
Jack Mallers, CEO of Twenty One Capital and founder of Bitcoin financial company Strike, reminded the community on the X platform about an upcoming large Bitcoin transfer transaction.
He stated that Twenty One Capital is expected to debut on the NYSE on December 9, next Tuesday, trading under the ticker symbol XXI. As part of the transaction completion process, Twenty One Capital will transfer 43,500 Bitcoins previously held by a third party to its self-custody account, and will also update its reserve proof accordingly.
According to the official announcement, Binance is expected to suspend token deposits and withdrawals on the Polygon (POL) network at 17:00 (UTC+8) on December 9, 2025, to support its network upgrade and hard fork.
The project team will perform the network upgrade and hard fork at block height 80,084,800 (expected at 18:00 UTC+8 on December 9, 2025).
December 10 (Wednesday)
Aster: S4 is expected to start on December 10, with 60-90% of fee income used for token buyback
Perpetual contract DEX Aster announced on the X platform that the S3 token buyback has been completed, with a total of 55,720,650 ASTER tokens bought back this season, bringing the total buyback to 155,720,656 tokens. S4 is expected to start on December 10, with 60-90% of fee income used for token buyback; the dedicated wallet address for S4 buyback will be announced separately.
According to the official announcement, Binance contracts will automatically liquidate the U-based perpetual contracts SKATEUSDT, REIUSDT, FISUSDT, and VOXELUSDT at 17:00 (UTC+8) on December 10, 2025, and will delist the aforementioned perpetual contract trading pairs after the liquidation is completed. Users are advised to close their positions before trading stops to avoid automatic liquidation.
December 11 (Thursday)
The Federal Reserve will announce the new interest rate decision on December 11
At 3:00 Beijing time on December 11, the Federal Reserve FOMC will announce the interest rate decision and economic outlook summary; Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell will hold a monetary policy press conference at 3:30.
Binance will delist multiple FDUSD leveraged trading pairs on December 11
Binance will remove the following leveraged trading pairs at 14:00 on December 11, 2025: full margin trading pairs PENGU/FDUSD, NOT/FDUSD, NEIRO/FDUSD, FLOKI/FDUSD, STX/FDUSD, ZRO/FDUSD, RED/FDUSD, W/FDUSD, PYTH/FDUSD, ORDI/FDUSD, INJ/FDUSD, 1000SATS/FDUSD, SAGA/FDUSD, KAITO/FDUSD, IO/FDUSD, BB/FDUSD, PNUT/FDUSD, ETHFI/FDUSD, ARKM/FDUSD, BOME/FDUSD; isolated margin trading pairs NOT/FDUSD, FLOKI/FDUSD, ZRO/FDUSD, RED/FDUSD, W/FDUSD, PYTH/FDUSD, ORDI/FDUSD, INJ/FDUSD, 1000SATS/FDUSD, SAGA/FDUSD, KAITO/FDUSD, IO/FDUSD, BB/FDUSD, ETHFI/FDUSD, BOME/FDUSD. Users should note that the isolated margin lending services for the relevant trading pairs will be suspended at 14:00 on December 8, 2025, and automatic liquidation will occur at 14:00 on December 11, 2025.
Do Kwon faces up to 25 years in prison, sentencing expected on December 11
Do Kwon pleaded guilty to two counts of fraud in federal court in New York on Tuesday. The 33-year-old co-founder of Terraform Labs developed the TerraUSD and LUNA tokens, which collapsed in 2022, causing approximately $40 billion in losses. Although the statutory maximum sentence is 25 years, prosecutors agreed to recommend no more than 12 years in prison if he pleads guilty and shows remorse.
The presiding judge will issue a sentencing decision on December 11. This case is one of a series of major cases during the cryptocurrency winter of 2022, when several digital asset companies went bankrupt.
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