Key Market Insights for December 17th, how much did you miss out on?
Top News
1. Coinbase to Release New Product Soon, Base Chain Tokens Surge
2. Pump Live Coin GBACK Hits $23.8 Million Market Cap, Reaches All-Time High with 53% 24hr Gain
3. Aave Governance Conflict Escalates, Community Proposal Seeks Brand Asset Control
4. US Senator Proposes Draft Bill to Establish Federal Task Force to Combat Cryptocurrency Fraud
5. Pre-Market Crypto Concept Stocks in US Slightly Down, BitMine Drops by 0.57%
Featured Articles
1. "Hyperliquid's Major Move: 'Portfolio Margin' and Its Impact on Liquidity"
This is one of Hyperliquid's most significant upgrades to date. Various DeFi protocols and Perp DEX upgrades in the past in the crypto market have actually been addressing the same problem: how to make limited funds unleash greater liquidity. The traditional financial derivative market had an extremely effective solution in the past: Portfolio Margin. This mechanism once brought an incremental scale of over $70 trillion to the traditional derivative market, fundamentally changing the rules of institutional trading. And now, Hyperliquid has brought it onto the chain. In today's liquidity crunch, this could be a turning point for a new era of prosperity in the on-chain derivative market.
2. "Selling Assets While Grabbing a Banking License: What's PayPal in a Hurry For?"
PayPal is getting into banking. On December 15, the global payment giant with 430 million active users officially submitted applications to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Utah Department of Financial Institutions to establish an industrial bank called "PayPal Bank." However, just three months ago on September 24, PayPal announced a major deal where they sold their up to $7 billion "Buy Now, Pay Later" loan portfolio to the asset management company Blue Owl.
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On-chain Fund Flow for December 17

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