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Odaily reported that the bullish predictions for bitcoin in 2025 have not met expectations. By the end of 2025, bitcoin is trading at around $88,000, down about 6% for the year. The performance of major institutional forecasts is as follows: BlackRock CEO Larry Fink stated in January that if major investors all allocate to bitcoin, its price could reach $700,000. Bernstein previously predicted that bitcoin could reach $200,000 by the end of 2025 or early 2026. Standard Chartered had set a year-end target of $200,000; although bitcoin peaked at $126,000 in October, it subsequently retreated, and the bank has since lowered its target to $100,000. Bitwise had repeatedly predicted that bitcoin would surpass $200,000 in 2025. Fundstrat co-founder Tom Lee had forecasted that bitcoin could reach $200,000 to $250,000 this year, but recently revised his statement, saying it might return above $100,000 before the end of December. ARK Investment Management CEO Cathie Wood has lowered her bullish prediction for bitcoin in 2030 from $1.5 million to $1.2 million (WSJ).

BlockBeats News, December 30, according to BonkFUN's official announcement, the community round for the ONE token, related to the "One Piece" series IP and launched with a new model, has officially ended, with a total burn amount exceeding $1.16 million. The oversubscription phase for this project will end at 23:00 (UTC+8) tonight. According to the rules, participants will receive token allocations based on their actual contribution proportion, and any funds exceeding the allocation will be refunded immediately after the oversubscription phase ends. ONE is an on-chain expansion attempt combining the One Piece series IP, trading card game (TCG), and RWA, exploring new fan economies and payment methods. Its TGE is expected to take place in January 2026.

According to PolyBeats monitoring, on December 26, Trump publicly stated in an interview that the US had "destroyed" a key facility inside Venezuela.As a result of this news, the probability for the Polymarket market "Will there be a military conflict between the US and Venezuela before the end of 2025" surged from 2.3% to 28% yesterday, and even triggered settlement. Mainstream media such as CNN subsequently reported that the operation was actually a drone strike carried out by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). However, this settlement result was later appealed.Today, Polymarket updated its rules, stating that both parties in a military conflict must be armed forces, and actions by non-military intelligence agencies (such as the CIA) do not meet the settlement criteria. This rule update caused the market probability to plummet from 28% to 5% within 12 hours, sparking community controversy.