According to MLM monitoring, as reported by Odaily Planet Daily, Lighter withdrew a total of 32.05 million USDC from its platform and transferred it to its vault address, with approximately $100,000 remaining in Lighter's fee wallet. Of this $32.05 million, approximately $8.6 million has been deposited back into Lighter since October 16th, with approximately $7.5 million going into LLP (the fees generated are returned to holders and reflected in LLP earnings). This is unusual, as it has never been publicly disclosed or mentioned in any documents before, representing approximately 25% of total revenue used for this purpose. The remaining approximately $21.9 million USDC was transferred to a Coinbase escrow address. Lighter also disclosed that its vault address is hardcoded into account 0 in the contract, responsible for receiving platform fees, and the address can be changed through the contract mechanism.

According to Odaily Planet Daily, the ether.fi Foundation spent 700,000 USDT last week to buy 987,709.78 ETHFI, bringing the total buyback amount to $13,182,149 to date.

Odaily Planet Daily reports that Kim Byung-ki, the floor leader of South Korea's ruling Democratic Party, is facing pressure to resign. Multiple South Korean media outlets have revealed that while the National Assembly was pushing for criticism of Upbit, South Korea's largest cryptocurrency exchange, his son was interning at competitor Bithumb, raising concerns about a potential conflict of interest. According to a former aide to Kim Byung-ki, at Byung-ki's request, his team launched a "concentrated attack" at the National Assembly level against Upbit's operator, Dunamu, accusing it of monopolistic practices in the domestic cryptocurrency exchange market. This instruction reportedly occurred in February of this year, when Byung-ki was still a member of the National Assembly's Political Affairs Committee, which has direct oversight authority over financial institutions and cryptocurrency exchanges. Investigative media outlet NewsTapa previously reported that Byung-ki's son was placed in an internship at Bithumb's data analytics team shortly after a private meeting between Kim Byung-ki and Bithumb executives in November 2024. In the following weeks, Kim Byung-ki repeatedly criticized a "trading platform with a market monopoly" at committee meetings. Although he did not name names, it was widely interpreted as referring to Upbit. However, Kim Byung-ki himself has denied the conflict of interest allegations, emphasizing that his remarks were based on his principled stance against market monopolies, and that his son's employment was "completely unrelated" to his legislative and regulatory activities. (DL News)

According to Odaily Planet Daily, JOJO briefly broke through 0.83 USDT and is currently trading at 0.8276 USDT, with a 24-hour increase of 2615.1%.

Gold prices fell sharply on Monday after hitting a record high over the weekend, with international spot gold prices briefly dropping to around $4,300 per ounce. In the context of thin liquidity ahead of the year-end holidays, gold is facing strong profit-taking, amplifying the correction after its sharp rise in recent months. Furthermore, a moderate rebound in the US dollar has also added pressure on gold. However, some analysts believe that despite the short-term pullback in gold prices, the overall macroeconomic background still supports its upward trend. The market continues to expect the Federal Reserve to ease monetary policy next year. In addition, political developments in the United States, particularly concerns about central bank independence, maintain an uncertain environment that favors safe-haven assets. (Golden Ten)