Daily | Binance Launchpool lists BIO; Trump appoints Bo Hines as executive director of the President’s Digital Asset Advisory Council; MicroStrategy is officially included in the Nasdaq 100 Index

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Important information:

• Trump appoints Bo Hines as executive director of President’s Digital Asset Advisory Council
• Binance Mining Pool Launches Merged Mining of Junkcoin (JKC) and Pepecoin (PEP)
• U.S. Senator Cynthia Loomis proposes allowing the Federal Reserve to hold Bitcoin
• MicroStrategy was officially included in the Nasdaq 100 Index today
• Binance Alpha announces fifth batch of project tokens
• Binance Launchpool Lists Bio Protocol (BIO)
• Hong Kong media: If you want to cash out your virtual currency back to the mainland, customs regulations stipulate that each person can carry no more than 20,000 yuan in RMB each time.

"What important events happened in the past 24 hours?"

[Binance Launchpool Lists Bio Protocol

(BIO)](https://www.chaincatcher.com/article/2158766)

Binance Launchpool lists Bio Protocol (BIO). Users can invest BNB and FDUSD into the BIO reward pool on the Launchpool website after 08:00 on December 24 (East Eight District time) to obtain BIO. The BIO activity lasts for a total of 10 days.

Binance will list Bio Protocol (BIO) at 18:00 on January 3, 2025 (Eastern Eighth District time) , and open the BIO/USDT, BIO/BNB, BIO/FDUSD and BIO/TRY trading markets.

[MicroStrategy was officially included in the Nasdaq 100 Index

today](https://www.chaincatcher.com/article/2158765)

American MicroStrategy (stock code: MSTR) was officially included in the Nasdaq 100 Index today.

[Binance Alpha announces fifth batch of project

tokens](https://www.chaincatcher.com/article/2158763)

According to official news, Binance Alpha announced the fifth batch of project tokens, including ZEREBRO, COOKIE, WHALES, and ORDER.

[Binance Mining Pool Launches Merged Mining of Junkcoin (JKC) and

Pepecoin (PEP)](https://www.chaincatcher.com/article/2158718)

According to an official announcement, Binance Pool officially launched merged mining of Junkcoin (JKC) and Pepecoin (PEP). Mine LTC and earn rewards in LTC, DOGE (Doge), BELLS (Bellscoin), LKY (Luckycoin), JKC and PEP.

[Hong Kong media: If you want to cash out virtual currency back to the

mainland, customs regulations stipulate that each person can carry no more than 20,000 yuan in RMB at a time.](https://www.chaincatcher.com/article/2158756)

According to Hong Kong Wen Wei Po, after mainland investors cash out their virtual currencies in Hong Kong, there are restrictions on bringing cash back to the mainland. Customs now stipulates that each person can only carry up to 20,000 yuan in RMB at a time. Bank transfers involve Issues such as the source and purpose of funds must comply with national compliance and legal policies. A virtual asset exchange shop located near Tsim Sha Tsui MTR station stated that customers are required to provide proof of identity whether they are buying or cashing out, and the amount exceeds HK$10,000.

[Crypto conference attendee information stolen and traded on market,

raising security concerns](https://www.chaincatcher.com/article/2158712)

A batch of data containing sensitive information about cryptocurrency conference attendees is circulating on the market. These lists may contain information such as full names, phone numbers, nationalities, job roles and companies, as well as personal and business social media links. Some lists even include the attendee’s ticket purchase date, ticket type, operating system used when purchasing the ticket, social media follower count, cryptocurrency wallet address, and information entered into a text field sent to the event organizer.

Cointelegraph obtained a “sample” of such lists from sellers via Telegram, which included four lists of approximately 60 to 100 attendees that appeared to come from multiple events, each containing different data points about attendees. A single seller has access to lists in multiple countries, suggesting that international trade in blockchain event attendee data is not isolated but organized.

It is worth noting that the investigation revealed that the data resellers were suspected to be from Russia. The seller claimed that the data would be used for "marketing promotion and finding customers," and even tried to justify the sale of "undisclosed" data, claiming that the data was "not sensitive information" and that "most people are open to this type of marketing."

[Statistics: 17 tokens listed on Binance Alpha rose and 12 fell, with

small market capitalization tokens seeing higher gains.](https://www.chaincatcher.com/article/2158693)

According to statistics from Twitter user @sankin_eth, since Binance Alpha has listed 29 tokens, 17 tokens have risen and 12 tokens have fallen. Small market capitalization tokens generally have higher gains. The biggest increase was the token Shoggoth, which surged 134.66%; followed by FROG and BOB, which rose 123.19% and 122.08% respectively. GNON and TERMINUS also doubled, with increases of more than 104%.

On the other hand, some tokens experienced large declines. APX fell the most, reaching 28.12%; GRIFFAIN and SD fell 25.41% and 21.39% respectively.

[Japanese listed company Metaplanet announced an increase in its

holdings of 619.7 Bitcoins](https://www.chaincatcher.com/article/2158679)

According to the official announcement, Japanese listed company Metaplanet announced that it purchased an additional 619.70 Bitcoins for 9.5 billion yen (approximately US$60.69 million), and it currently holds a total of 1,761.98 BTCs.

[Musk responded to speculation that "Biden may pardon SBF": I would be

shocked if this didn't happen](https://www.chaincatcher.com/article/2158729)

Musk responded to a tweet about "Guess who may get an early pardon from President Biden, the second largest donor to the Democratic Party (the picture has an AI photo of Biden and SBF)" and said, "If this happens I would be shocked if it didn’t happen.”

[Data: Justin Sun’s address unsecured 42,904 ETH from Lido, equivalent

to approximately US$139 million](https://www.chaincatcher.com/article/2158677)

According to Spot On Chain monitoring, in the past seven days, Justin Sun's address redeemed 39,999 ETH ($143 million) from Lido Finance and ether.fi, and then deposited all of it into HTX.

Since November 10, he has deposited 108,919 ETH ($400 million) into HTX as the price of ETH began to rise, at an average price of $3,674, often near local highs.

Currently, he has 42,904 ETH ($139 million) in the process of being unstaking from Lido and may soon be deposited into HTX.

[U.S. Senator Cynthia Loomis proposes allowing the Federal Reserve to

hold Bitcoin](https://www.chaincatcher.com/article/2158641)

U.S. Senator Cynthia Loomis of Wyoming recently mentioned the possibility of turning Bitcoin into a reserve asset and proposed how the plan could be implemented, including involving the Federal Reserve.

Loomis said she wants to give the Federal Reserve the ability to buy and hold BTC as part of a larger strategic Bitcoin reserve plan to deal with the national debt problem. I want to give it to them. I wish our federal government had a strategic Bitcoin reserve to help support the U.S. dollar as the world’s reserve currency.

[Trump appoints Bo Hines as executive director of President’s Digital

Asset Advisory Council](https://www.chaincatcher.com/article/2158628)

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump announced the appointment of Bo Hines as the executive director of his “President’s Digital Asset Advisory Council” to lead its “Crypto Council.”

Bo Hines is a former college football player who unsuccessfully ran for House of Representatives in 2022. "In his new role, Bo Hines will work alongside David Sacks to drive innovation and growth in the digital asset space while ensuring industry leaders have the resources they need to succeed," Trump wrote.

[Michael Thaler advises Amazon founder to buy $600 million worth of

Bitcoin](https://www.chaincatcher.com/article/2158625)

Microstrategy executive chairman Michael Thaler has suggested that Amazon founder and billionaire Jeff Bezos buy $600 million worth of Bitcoin.

“What are some great articles worth reading in the past 24 hours?”

[Conversation with BitMEX CEO Stephan Lutz: No hacker attacks in ten

years, we have never taken shortcuts in security](https://www.chaincatcher.com/article/2158720)

As the oldest cryptocurrency derivatives exchange in the industry, BitMEX was co-founded in 2014 by Arthur Hayes, Ben Delo and Sam Reed. BitMEX has always regarded security and high performance as the main line of its development. On the one hand, BitMEX has never had a capital security incident in the past ten years and has maintained an industry record. BitMEX, on the other hand, is described as a “peer-to-peer trading platform offering leveraged Bitcoin contracts.” It allows users to effectively bet on the future price of Bitcoin with up to 100x leverage, making it a handy tool for professional investors.

On the occasion of BitMEX's tenth anniversary, ChainCatcher invited BitMEX CEO Stephan Lutz to discuss the changes, crises and achievements in the development process of BitMEX, as well as the future development vision of BitMEX.

[ZEN has risen for 3 days in a row. Can Grayscale Trust’s positions be

followed?](https://www.chaincatcher.com/article/2158706)

Recently, Grayscale launched Optimism Trust Fund and Lido Trust Fund one after another. Among its trust funds, SUI and ZEN also continued to rise despite a correction. Is the trust fund launched by Grayscale a collection of blue-chip tokens, and will it be profitable in the long run? This article takes you through the 26 crypto trusts currently launched by Grayscale and their investment returns.

[Blockworks’ 27 predictions for 2025: The United States will become the

center of encryption, and Base will be Solana’s main competitor](https://www.chaincatcher.com/article/2158734)

1. The United States will re-emerge as the core center of global cryptocurrency.

More and more entrepreneurs will return to the United States and set up offices in New York.

The U.S. cryptocurrency conference will also be larger than similar events in Asia.

2. More than 10 DeFi protocols will officially launch fee switches, including Uniswap.

3. DeFi protocols will gradually adopt rehypothecation of customer assets as a new business model .

This trend will involve areas such as cross-chain bridges and liquid pledged tokens (LSTs).

Meme Hot List

According to the Meme token tracking and analysis platform GMGN market data, as of 19:40 on December 23:

The top five popular Ethereum tokens in the past 24 hours are: USACOIN, PEPU , MYSTERY , DOGE , USACOIN

The top five popular Solana tokens in the past 24h are: MONKEY, SHIKOKU, loading , PW , BROTHERS

The top five popular tokens in the past 24h Base are: VIRTUAL , WOOF , BARRY , LORDY , HOTTIE