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According to Blockchain for Europe, the European Blockchain Association, in collaboration with Dr. Ulrich Bindseil, former Director General of Market Infrastructure and Payments at the European Central Bank, and Erwin Voloder, Director of Research and Strategy at the Association, jointly released a report titled "Reforming MiCA to Support Euro Stablecoins."The report recognizes the significance of MiCA as a milestone regulatory framework, but also points out that some of its design choices may place Europe in the unfavorable range of the regulatory "Laffer curve"—excessively stringent requirements could weaken the EU's market competitiveness and drive related businesses outside the EU.The report proposes a series of targeted and pragmatic reform suggestions aimed at fostering a more competitive, resilient, and globally influential euro stablecoin ecosystem under MiCA, and calls on policymakers, industry participants, and various stakeholders to actively engage in discussions to jointly promote the continuous improvement of the MiCA framework.

According to the Wall Street Journal, energy analysts warn that if the Houthi armed group in Yemen resumes attacks on shipping in the Red Sea, the oil market could face even more severe turmoil. Renewed attacks could cut a significant amount of oil from global supply and drive up oil prices. Saudi Arabia has been transferring as much crude oil as possible from the Persian Gulf to its Red Sea port of Yanbu, with cargo primarily heading to Asia from there. Although this has not fully offset the amount of oil that cannot pass through the Strait of Hormuz, it has helped limit the rise in global oil prices.Analysts indicate that if Houthi attacks make it too dangerous for tankers to approach Yanbu, up to several million barrels of crude oil could be stranded in the Middle East each day. At that point, Saudi Arabia may be forced to cut production alongside Kuwait and Iraq.

As concerns over potential oil supply shocks eased, Bitcoin continued to rise on Tuesday, boosting global market risk appetite. The International Energy Agency (IEA) announced on Tuesday that it would hold an extraordinary meeting to discuss whether to release emergency oil reserves. WTI crude oil prices subsequently fell to $82, having surged to nearly $120 over the weekend, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 indices rose about 0.5% at midday.Crypto-related stocks also climbed: stablecoin issuer Circle (CRCL) rose 6%, with a two-week cumulative increase of nearly 100%; digital asset infrastructure company BitGo (BTGO) gained over 8%; and blockchain company Figure (FIGR) increased by 12%. After the announcement of Nigel Farage joining, UK Bitcoin treasury company Stack BTC (STAK) saw its stock rise over 200%. The correlation between Bitcoin and software stock ETF (IGV) is weakening, indicating that BTC may begin to exhibit a more independent trend during periods of macro uncertainty.

According to CCTV News, the second plenary session of the Fourth Session of the 14th National People's Congress was held today at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, where Zhang Jun, President of the Supreme People's Court, delivered the work report of the Supreme People's Court.The report shows that in the past five years, 9,326 cases of crimes endangering cybersecurity were concluded, involving 22,000 people, an increase of 158.5% (in terms of case numbers) compared to the previous five years. The law has been used to punish crimes such as online rumors, online pyramid schemes, and online violence, promoting comprehensive governance of cybersecurity. Two young individuals maliciously "doxxed" others, illegally obtaining and disseminating personal privacy information, and were convicted and sentenced according to the law. Strict penalties have been imposed for crimes involving money laundering and illegal foreign exchange using virtual currencies, working together to prevent illegal cross-border capital transfers. It is clarified that drivers who activate assisted driving functions after drinking should still bear criminal responsibility, and technological applications must adhere to legal boundaries.

According to official news, Optimism announced that it will stop supporting op-geth and op-program on May 31, 2026. During this period, security patches and critical bug fixes will still be released, but new feature development, including the next Karst hard fork, will only take place on op-reth. The fault proof program of op-program will also be migrated to kona-client, and the current deployment is expected to continue to be usable before the Karst hard fork.Chain operators must complete the migration by the time of the Karst hard fork; otherwise, chains still running op-geth will not be able to follow the main chain. cannon-kona can run in the existing op-node environment without the need to use kona-node, which is an optional component. Node operators should migrate to op-reth as soon as possible to maintain network compatibility and receive support for new features.

Binance CEO He Yi retweeted JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon's view that "the market may have short-term corrections, but the trend is positive," and stated, "The future and the storm have arrived. The bigger the waves, the more valuable the fish?"According to his retweeted post, JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon stated in a television interview: Blockchain is real and becoming increasingly effective, and cryptocurrencies are better than the existing financial system! The "experimental" phase in the crypto space is over, and while the market may have short-term corrections, the trend is positive.

Vitalik Buterin posted on the X platform, stating that there is an important synergy between the FOCIL mechanism and the account abstraction proposal Ethereum's EIP-8141 (based on 7701). EIP-8141 elevates smart accounts (including multi-signature, quantum-resistant signatures, key changes, Gas sponsorship, etc.) to "first-class citizens," meaning that operations from these accounts can be directly packaged as on-chain transactions without additional encapsulation.At the same time, privacy protocols can achieve a multi-tenant account model through the paymaster or 2D nonce mechanism, thereby gaining the same level of native support. FOCIL provides a censorship-resistant fast transaction inclusion mechanism. With the combination of both, various transactions, including smart wallet transactions, Gas sponsorship transactions, and privacy protocol transactions, can be included in blocks by one of the 17 roles (proposers or inclusions) randomly selected for each time slot.Vitalik stated that this design can ensure that transactions are almost guaranteed to be completed on-chain within 1-2 time slots in adversarial environments. In the current version, each FOCIL volume is approximately 8kB, which is relatively small, but there is a path for future expansion that could support most transactions in a block entering through the FOCIL channel. This architecture is similar in characteristics to the multi-parallel proposer (MCP) design, but differs in that FOCIL does not control the "last look" related to MEV, which is still allocated through the ePBS auction mechanism.Vitalik emphasized that even if 100% of block time slots are monopolized by adversarial parties through the proposer-builder separation (PBS) mechanism, refusing to connect to the public mempool or discriminating against specific applications, FOCIL can still ensure that all transactions receive fast inclusion. Although this design does not eliminate the centralization risk of the proposer role, it significantly weakens its power. Under the EIP-8141 framework, transactions from smart wallets or privacy protocols can be directly received by FOCIL inclusions through the public mempool without additional intermediaries or encapsulation processes.Vitalik concluded that Ethereum is accelerating the advancement of core architecture upgrades.

Liquid Capital (formerly LD Capital) founder Yi Lihua shared a photo with the Chief Information Officer and Chief Development Officer of Ethereum's second-largest crypto treasury (DAT) company SharpLink, stating, "Continuing to build for Ethereum, together with SharpLink, stay confident and keep up the hard work."

Gate officially launched the third phase of the "Joint Earnings Coin" event from December 26, 2025, 12:00 to January 26, 2026, 12:00 (UTC+8), with a total prize pool of up to 1,000,000 USDT. During the event, users can invite friends to join Gate and participate in the event, allowing them to share the prize pool with their friends, with a maximum of 50 USDT available per individual per draw. The more invitations, the greater the rewards.

According to Jinshi, affected by the Christmas holiday, U.S. stocks closed early on Wednesday, with the Dow initially rising by 0.6% and the Nasdaq up by 0.22%. The S&P 500 index rose by 0.32%, continuing to set a new closing high. Micron Technology rose by 3.77%, Apple increased by 0.53%, and Intel fell by 0.52%. The Nasdaq Golden Dragon China Index closed down by 0.07%, with Zhihu rising by 1.81%, while Alibaba and Xpeng Motors both fell by 0.7%.

According to 4E observations, an "ancient whale that has interacted with the Ethereum Foundation" has significantly flowed funds back on-chain. Since yesterday, its address has purchased 7,318 ETH at an average price of $3,016, amounting to approximately $22.07 million. This address previously sold 12,575 ETH at last August's peak, and its total holdings have now rebounded to 10,529 ETH, indicating that deep participants are repositioning.On the regulatory front, the U.S. Nasdaq ISE has proposed to significantly raise the options position limit for BlackRock's IBIT from 250,000 to 1 million, reflecting strong expectations for the demand for spot Bitcoin ETF derivatives; the SEC has released a revised 2025 plan, pointing towards clearer crypto regulations, safe harbor provisions, and DLT-specific rules, clearly promoting the better integration of digital assets into traditional market structures.In terms of market sentiment, BitMine Chairman Tom Lee has softened his previous prediction of "Bitcoin at $250,000 by year-end" to "expected to return above $100,000," but still believes that setting a new high is possible; on the institutional side, Ark Invest has increased its holdings by over $16 million in Coinbase and CoreWeave, with large capital continuing to bet on crypto and AI infrastructure.4E Commentary: The return of ancient whales, the relaxation of ETF derivatives, the trend towards structured regulation, and continued institutional buying collectively form a mildly bullish signal. The "expectation gap" for Bitcoin has shifted from extreme optimism to rational optimism, while Ethereum is regaining attention from on-chain deep players. The funding and regulatory environment are improving simultaneously, and the market is entering a phase of "policy warmth, stable funds, and rising sentiment" resonating with three factors.

ChainCatcher news, on the evening of October 23, the world's first Chinese decentralized contract trading platform SunPerp held a themed live event "Sun Wukong 72 Debates: The Liquidation Confession!" to review the market impact of the Black Swan event on October 11 with several industry KOLs and traders. Regarding the recently launched $100 million "Together Plan," the platform stated that the event aims to provide special subsidies and restart support for traders affected by the Black Swan event, to jointly build a healthy trading environment and reignite market confidence.According to official social media news, Sun Wukong's trading volume on the 22nd was 80 million USDT, and the platform's cumulative trading volume has surpassed 2.5 billion USDT, with total assets reaching 73 million USDT. Currently, the $100 million Together Plan event is ongoing, and from October 10, 2025, 08:00 to October 12, 07:59, users who experience liquidations >50U on any DEX platform can apply for a maximum incentive fund of 5000 USDT. Registration will close on November 25.