Key Market Information Discrepancy on December 15th - A Must-Read! | Alpha Morning Report
Top News
1. CZ Confirms Further Investment in ASTER, Actual Position Size Exceeds $2 Million
2. Influenced by Binance Futures Listing, RAVE Surges Over 26% Briefly
3. ZRO, ARB, STRK to See One-time Large Token Unlock This Week
4. Coinbase Bitcoin Premium Index Maintains 12 Days of Continuous Positive Premium, Currently at 0.017%
5. Brazil's Largest Asset Management Company Suggests Investors Allocate 3% of Funds to Bitcoin
Articles & Threads
1. "They Knew the TGA Game of the Year in Advance and Made Thousands of Dollars"
Today, the highly anticipated TGA (The Game Awards) ceremony in the gaming world finally came to an end. Let's go back to 3 hours before the awards were announced. At that moment, the "Best Indie Game" was just awarded to the popular title "Light & Shadow: Expedition 33," but this raised concerns among many fans: no game in history has ever won both the "Best Indie Game" and "Game of the Year (GOTY)" at TGA. As the frontrunner for GOTY, "Light & Shadow" now faces the challenge of breaking the curse since the establishment of TGA and creating an unprecedented moment in gaming history.
2. "Why Are Crypto Cards Doomed to Extinction?"
A crypto card was once seen as a bridge between the traditional payment system and the crypto world. However, as the industry has evolved, the limitations of this model have become increasingly apparent: centralization, reliance on compliance, lack of privacy, layering of fees, and even a betrayal of the core ethos of cryptocurrency.
Market Data
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Data Source: Coinglass, TokenUnlocks
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