Odaily Planet Daily reports that US President Trump has stated he will select the next Federal Reserve Chairman in early January. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has organized and overseen the candidate selection process, establishing an agenda that could bring about comprehensive changes to the Fed and push for interest rate cuts. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is at a crucial juncture in what could be a defining moment in his administration. While the transition of power at the Fed poses risks for Bessent, a more plausible possibility is that he will gain new power. He will work with a cooperative Fed Chairman who may be inclined to grant the Treasury Secretary powers long considered inaccessible to the more politically charged branches of the executive branch. This would give the Treasury a greater say in the Fed's large-scale asset purchases and sales (referred to as quantitative easing and quantitative tightening, respectively). (Jinshi)

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a whale withdrew 3,000 ETH from Binance, worth $8.81 million.

According to Huoxun Finance on December 25th, GarrettJin, suspected to be an insider, analyzed that last week's decline in the US AI sector was mainly due to misinterpretations of Broadcom CEO comments and rumors of a "Chinese EUV Manhattan Project," lacking fundamental support over the next 6 to 12 months. This week, AI concept stocks rebounded across the board, with the Nasdaq recovering all its losses, indicating stabilizing market sentiment. Chart regression analysis shows that ETH and the Nasdaq 100 still have a high correlation (Beta approximately 1.11, R² 0.089), highlighting ETH's high correlation with macroeconomic trends as a technology asset.

Huoxun Finance News, December 25th - According to official news, MEET48, the world's first idol fan economy ecosystem built on Web3 and deeply integrating AI and UGC, announced the official conclusion of its second "MEET48 Best 7: Stage of Light" large-scale voting event today. In this "MEET48 Best 7," fans cast a total of 20,342,242 votes for their idols. As of noon today, according to DappBay data, MEET48's event dApps achieved 619.48K TXNs and 356.18K active user addresses (UAW) in the past 7 days, becoming the top-ranked dApp in the BSC ecosystem's social track within 24 hours in terms of UAW across the entire chain and the top-ranked dApp in terms of UAW within the BSC ecosystem within 7 days. It is reported that the top 7 idols in the final vote will receive event rewards provided by MEET48, while the top 3 idols in the final vote (SNH48-Hu Xiaohui, SNH48-Liu Zengyan, and SNH48-Zhang Leilei) will receive rewards such as studio songs, overseas travel vlogs, and themed photo albums. Tomorrow afternoon from 1:30 PM to 6:00 PM in Seoul, South Korea, MEET48 will jointly host the "MEET48 2026 AI Entertainment UGC Platform and Web3.0 Development Strategy Launch Conference" with AIGC digital content creator L1 ecosystem POChain, the AIUGC virtual idol music and dance development ecosystem simulation game AuditionsGO (developed by the original operation and marketing team of "Audition"), HashGlobal, Web3 Entertainment Alliance, and TheFan, with technical support from BNBChain. The seven idols who were the first "MEET48 Best 7" and ranked top in WIPA will also present several exciting performances and hold fan appreciation handshake events, interacting closely with the audience.

Odaily Planet Daily reports that the People's Bank of China (PBOC) held a press conference to interpret the "Opinions on Financial Support for Accelerating the Construction of the Western Land-Sea New Corridor." At the conference, Wang Xin, Director of the Research Bureau of the PBOC, stated that the "Opinions" grasp the new trends in international cooperation such as digital finance and green finance, and innovatively drive high-level financial opening-up in the central and western regions. For example, it supports provinces and municipalities along the corridor to participate in multilateral central bank digital currency bridge projects, promoting the use of central bank digital currencies in cross-border payments; and supports strengthening cooperation based on the China-Singapore Green Finance Working Group mechanism in areas such as the formulation and application of green finance standards, green financial products, and financial support for green technologies. (The Paper)