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Websea officially announces the launch of a new community representative group------Websea Star Goddess Group. The first batch of members consists of five highly representative community forces: Websea "Wave Goddess," "Star Sea Goddess," "Guardian Goddess," "Escort Goddess," and "Trust Goddess."As the core business card of the brand image and a bridge connecting global users, the Websea Goddess Group will break the boundaries between the platform and users, injecting strong vitality into global communities around core dimensions such as deep interaction, content co-creation, ecological promotion, and community building.In the future, the Websea Star Goddess Group will deeply participate in Websea Global Summit, online and offline community activities, and ecological cooperation, growing together with global users and jointly creating a next-generation Web3 trading ecosystem that is warmer, more immersive, and more inclusive.

According to the official announcement, Gate's DEX infrastructure platform Gate DexBuilder has officially launched its first event contract Builder and initiated a $3 million funding program, open for global project parties, developers, communities, and Web3 applications to collaborate, promoting the ecological construction of the event contract market.The event contract Builder is dedicated to lowering the development threshold for market products, providing partners with integrated infrastructure services covering market creation, trading, liquidity support, settlement, and operational management. Through infrastructure services such as APIs and SDKs, partners can quickly deploy branded event contract products without building the underlying trading and settlement systems from scratch.Currently, the program is open for applications from brokers and comprehensive trading platforms, crypto wallets, Web3 applications, media information platforms, AI Trading, AI Agents, quantitative trading platforms, as well as sports, esports, and entertainment products. Selected projects can receive up to $3 million in funding and ecological resource support, covering product research and development, technical integration, liquidity building, market promotion, and user growth.Jason Fung, the project leader of Gate DexBuilder and Head of Global Partnerships, stated that the development of the event contract market requires more application scenarios and infrastructure support. Gate DexBuilder hopes to lower the construction threshold through the event contract Builder, helping more partners explore innovative applications in the event contract market. In the future, Gate DexBuilder will continue to open up the infrastructure capabilities of the event contract market, working with global Builders to explore more innovative application scenarios and promote further development of the market ecosystem.

According to unfolded data, U.S. publicly traded companies hold a total of 1.24 million BTC, accounting for 92.7% of the total Bitcoin holdings of publicly traded companies worldwide.In the past 12 months, U.S. publicly traded companies have increased their holdings by 510,000 BTC, more than three times the Bitcoin mining output during the same period.

According to official news from the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the public welfare project Game Changers Coalition (GCC) has expanded to Bangladesh, Indonesia, and Bolivia, increasing the number of countries covered globally to 11. As a strategic partner of the project, Bitget has been continuously providing resources such as digital education, artificial intelligence, and financial literacy to youth in emerging markets since 2025. So far, GCC has reached over 642,000 youth, parents, and teachers worldwide, with female participants accounting for 52%.Bitget CEO Gracy Chen stated that the rapid growth exhibited by youth when given appropriate opportunities is encouraging, and Bitget hopes to help more young people build long-term digital skills through this collaboration. Sandra Visscher, Executive Director of UNICEF Luxembourg, stated that the expansion of the project not only means a further increase in the scale of educational coverage but will also help promote inclusive development, cultivate female leaders, and unlock the development potential of emerging markets.

Bitcoin Treasuries.NET posted on platform X that the number of bitcoins currently held by Strategy MSTR is 1.3 times the total amount held by all governments worldwide.

The cryptocurrency trading platform Gate officially launched a new wealth management service system, Gate Wealth, aimed at ultra-high-net-worth individuals and institutional investors worldwide, providing private banking-level comprehensive services that connect Web3 and traditional finance. Gate Wealth integrates digital assets, fiat currency systems, and real-world assets (RWA) into a unified allocation framework, covering a diverse range of asset classes including cryptocurrency liquidity management, RWA fixed income assets, structured products, global stocks, ETFs, foreign exchange, metals, commodities, U.S. Treasuries, and primary market opportunities.Relying on a multi-jurisdictional compliance framework, an institutional-level liquidity network, and a professional research team, Gate Wealth offers 24/7 exclusive services, supporting large transaction execution, asset allocation, portfolio optimization, and dynamic rebalancing. In terms of building global financial service capabilities, Gate's entities have obtained or completed financial, payment, and virtual asset-related licenses, authorizations, or registrations in multiple core jurisdictions, providing a compliant foundation for Gate Wealth's cross-border asset allocation and multi-asset services.

According to The Block, Kraken's parent company Payward's xStocks framework will launch a service that allows Kraken and partner platform users to participate in U.S. stock IPOs at the offering price and receive on-chain tokenized shares corresponding 1:1 with the underlying stock, which is held by a regulated custodian.Users can submit non-binding subscription intentions through partner platforms weeks before the IPO. Payward will aggregate demand and collaborate with the underwriting team to allocate shares, completing pricing, allocation, and token issuance on the listing day.xStocks tokens can circulate across multiple chains such as Ethereum, Solana, and TON, and can be used in combination with DeFi protocols.

According to official news, the application channel for Gate Card is currently open, and global user participation continues to rise. Currently, Gate Card supports over 100 countries and regions worldwide, covering approximately 130 million merchants that accept Visa, and is compatible with Apple Pay and Google Pay, usable for various consumption scenarios such as online shopping, offline retail, and dining travel.At the same time, Gate Card has launched a brand video that showcases scenarios around global consumption, mobile payments, and the everyday application of crypto assets, further conveying the product concept of "integrating crypto payments into real life."It is reported that Gate Card offers up to 5% cashback on spending, supports cashback in multiple currencies including BTC, ETH, USDT, GT, and provides benefits such as free card application, no annual fee, and no monthly fee. Industry insiders believe that as the mobile payment ecosystem and crypto assets become further integrated, crypto payment products are gradually extending from transaction scenarios to high-frequency consumption scenarios. In addition, Gate Card has recently launched a limited-time referral reward activity. Users who invite friends to complete card opening and spending can both receive up to 165 USDT in rewards.

ChainCatcher reports live that Lily Liu, President of the Solana Foundation, delivered a keynote speech at the 2026 Hong Kong Web3 Carnival. She pointed out from a macroeconomic perspective that global production, users, and resources are distributed globally, but capital formation is not; only 20 stock exchanges in 14 countries account for 94% of the global market value of approximately $145 trillion, with two-thirds concentrated in the United States. This means that about 180 countries have almost no access to capital markets, and their economies can only rely on debt rather than equity financing, failing to provide ownership pathways for their citizens.She proposed the vision of an "Internet Capital Market," where any asset from anywhere can raise capital from anyone globally, priced in dollars and settled on an open track. Stablecoins are the key infrastructure for this vision, enabling any country to participate in the global financial system, while Solana provides the underlying settlement and execution layers. She also contrasted "Universal Basic Ownership" (UBO) with the widely discussed "Universal Basic Income" (UBI) in the AI era, arguing that blockchain allows anyone with a mobile phone to hold a part of their country's economy, representing basic property rights in the digital age without resorting to placing everyone in a welfare system.

According to official news, $SUN has officially integrated AEON Pay, opening a new era of cryptocurrency payments. $SUN is now fully connected to the AEON Pay payment system, covering over 50 million online and offline merchants worldwide. Users can easily use $SUN for payments in diverse scenarios such as shopping, dining, and entertainment.This strategic cooperation between $SUN and AEON Pay is not only a large-scale extension of the liquidity of the TRON ecosystem into everyday consumption scenarios, but also an important milestone for $SUN in laying out an AI-driven digital economy. $SUN is accelerating its evolution from a purely cryptocurrency asset to a core payment tool in the digital economy era.

According to Fortune, the cryptocurrency startup Bridge, acquired by Visa and Stripe in 2025, plans to expand its stablecoin-supported card business to 100 countries across Europe, Asia, and Africa. This collaboration has already been implemented in 18 countries, allowing users to make payments at Visa-accepting merchants using the stablecoin balance in their crypto wallets.Zach Abrams, co-founder and CEO of Bridge, stated that Visa's strong merchant network and acceptance built over the past 40 years remain highly valuable in the world of stablecoins. Additionally, Bridge will participate in a pilot project that Visa is conducting, which explores the feasibility of using stablecoins on the blockchain for payment settlements instead of traditional bank transfers.Cuy Sheffield, Visa's head of cryptocurrency, said, "If we can move billions on-chain, we can move trillions on-chain."

The publicly listed company Hyperscale Data increased its holdings by 11 BTC. Currently, the company holds a total of 575.54 BTC, ranking 62nd among publicly listed companies globally in terms of holdings.

According to CoinTelegraph, Keith Grossman, president of the crypto payment company MoonPay, stated that tokenization will change the financial industry at a faster pace than digital technology has disrupted traditional media (such as printed newspapers, physical music copies, and other analog formats).Grossman mentioned that while many are concerned that digitization will destroy media, it is actually forcing media to transform. The tokenization of real-world assets (RWA), which is the process of representing traditional assets on-chain, will compel traditional institutions to make adjustments. This is no longer hypothetical; BlackRock is offering tokenized funds; Franklin Templeton is operating tokenized money market funds on public blockchains; major global banks are piloting on-chain settlements, tokenized deposits, and real-time asset transfers.

The founder of TRON, Justin Sun, attended the media briefing titled "Truth Revealed, Justice Demonstrated ------ Progress of Global Judicial Pursuit of TUSD Reserve Assets" held at the Peninsula Hotel in Hong Kong, where he disclosed key facts and interim results regarding the illegal occupation and misappropriation of TUSD reserves, attracting significant attention from the fintech and blockchain industries. Justin Sun expressed his heartfelt gratitude to the Dubai International Financial Centre Courts (DIFC Court) and its Digital Economy Court for making a fair and decisive ruling, and stated that efforts are actively underway globally to trace the whereabouts of the missing funds, with the goal of fully recovering them and demanding that any wrongdoers return the corresponding reserve assets.According to the latest judicial documents, the DIFC Courts issued an indefinite global asset freeze order against Aria Commodities DMCC on October 17, involving an amount as high as $456 million. The court pointed out that the funds in question "involve significant matters that require trial," including forgery of authorization, breach of trust obligations, illegal transfer of reserves, and cross-border money laundering. All relevant individuals and entities are required to fully disclose the flow of funds, or they will face severe legal consequences.

The cryptocurrency exchange Bybit celebrates its seventh anniversary and announces the launch of the #7UpBybit themed New Year celebration event. From now until January 6, 2026, users can upgrade their Mantle Egg character by completing tasks and participate in a total prize pool of up to $2.5 million.The event features three main segments: six rounds of continuous prize pool rewards (with a maximum single pool of 202,600 USDT), a super grand prize leaderboard (with the champion exclusively receiving 77,777 USDT), and a lucky draw with a 100% winning rate.In 2025, Bybit achieved remarkable results in regulatory compliance and business innovation, successfully obtaining the EU MiCAR license and the UAE SCA full license within the year. While Bybit TradFi leads the way in bridging traditional finance channels, Bybit's Byreal DEX saw trading volume surpassing $830 million, ranking among the top five in Solana DEX fees and revenue. This year's WSOT also set a Guinness World Record.Over the seven-year journey, Bybit continues to empower global traders with innovation and transparency.

Camp Network announced a partnership with All Access to tokenize 53 music festival IPs worldwide. The music festival brands involved include It's The Ship, DWP, 808 Festival, S2O Festival, and Sunset by NEON, among others.Camp Network stated that this is the largest music festival IP tokenization practice in history, transforming global entertainment IP into an investable asset class and converting culture into an on-chain economy.

According to Ming Pao, JPMorgan President Daniel Pinto stated at the "Hong Kong Female CEO Summit 2025" that if the regulatory policies for stablecoins around the world are not unified, it will limit their practical applications in cross-border small payments. He believes that regulatory agencies should embrace new technologies and develop regulations for their additional risks, rather than completely reshaping the system.Franklin Templeton President Jenny Johnson pointed out that as long as companies understand the rules, they can develop their business accordingly. She cited tokenization as an example, stating that Hong Kong could adopt principle-based regulation in formulating specific rules, focusing on the core principle of "whether customers are treated fairly."Former HKEX Chairman Laura Cha stated that the Hong Kong Monetary Authority's proactive approach to stablecoin regulation is the right direction, and regulatory authorities should establish a clear and transparent framework.