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ChainCatcher reports that Galaxy Research has released its annual forecast for 2026, stating that the market volatility of bitcoin in 2026 will be too great to predict. However, there is still a possibility that bitcoin will reach a new all-time high in 2026, and it is expected to reach $250,000 by the end of 2027.

PANews reported on December 20 that SlowMist founder Cosine tweeted that a user suffered from an address “poisoning” attack involving similar starting and ending characters, resulting in a loss of nearly 50 million USDT. X user @web3_antivirus stated that the user first sent a small test transaction to the correct address. A few minutes later, 50 million USD was sent to a malicious address copied from the transaction history (with the same first 3 and last 4 characters). Player address: 0xcB80784ef74C98A89b6Ab8D96ebE890859600819 Poisoning address: 0xBaFF2F13638C04B10F8119760B2D2aE86b08f8b5 Expected player address: 0xbaf4b1aF7E3B560d937DA0458514552B6495F8b5

According to Odaily, a certain exchange's Institutional division has released its 2026 Crypto Market Outlook Report. The report shows that the exchange holds a cautiously optimistic attitude towards the crypto market in the first half of 2026, believing that the resilience of the US economy makes the market environment more similar to "1996" rather than "1999." Regarding institutional participation, 2026 may see the launch of the "DAT 2.0" model, with institutions shifting from simple asset allocation to more specialized trading, custody, and block space acquisition. In terms of technological development, the report predicts that growing privacy demands will drive the construction of zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) and fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) technologies, and that the AI × crypto sector will see the emergence of autonomous trading agent systems. Application-specific chains will reshape the competitive landscape of crypto infrastructure, and tokenized stocks are expected to grow rapidly due to the advantage of atomic composability. In terms of market opportunities, the composability of crypto derivatives, prediction markets, and stablecoin payments have become key areas of focus. The report forecasts that the total market capitalization of stablecoins could reach the target range of $1.2 trillion by the end of 2028.