Wall Street financial infrastructure giant DTCC (Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation) announced that it has selected the privacy-oriented blockchain Canton Network as its asset tokenization partner network. It will collaborate with Canton's creator, Digital Asset, to tokenize US Treasury bonds held in DTC's custody. The two companies plan to launch an MVP (Minimum Viable Product) in a controlled production environment in the first half of 2026 and scale up gradually based on customer demand. (CoinDesk)

According to Lookonchain monitoring, Arthur Hayes received a total of 32.42 million USDC from Binance, Galaxy Digital, Wintertermute, and other platforms in the past two days.

According to Bloomberg, sources familiar with the matter said Binance is exploring ways to relaunch its US subsidiary, Binance US, including a possible recapitulation to reduce Changpeng Zhao's (CZ) controlling stake. CZ's status as the controlling investor has been a major obstacle to the company's expansion in several key states. Discussions are ongoing and no decision has been made.

Wu learned that Tether has announced the launch of PearPass, a peer-to-peer password manager. This application does not rely on cloud servers; all login credentials are stored only on the user's local device and synchronized between user devices via peer-to-peer encryption. PearPass is an open-source application and has completed third-party security audits.

Wu learned that Liu Honglin, founder of Mankiw Law Firm, stated in an article that regarding the recent rumors of "Hangzhou and Chengdu police checking phones and forcibly transferring virtual currency," his legal team, after verification and legal analysis, believes that this news is an exaggerated exaggeration of individual cases involving fraud and gambling, and is not a universal enforcement policy targeting ordinary cryptocurrency holders. He pointed out that enforcement actions must follow legal procedures; phones cannot be checked without a search warrant, and the disposal of virtual assets involved in a case requires case filing and seizure procedures. The idea of "transferring any cryptocurrency seen" is logically untenable.

According to Wu, McAndrew Rudisill, Chairman and CEO of Ethereum Treasury company ETHZilla, released a letter to shareholders disclosing that the company is transforming to build a tokenized real-world asset (RWA) on-chain business, focusing on areas including auto loans, home loans, and land/commercial real estate, and expects to launch its first RWA token in early 2026.

According to Wu, based on the TrustWallet Github repository, Trust Wallet added a BEP-20 asset U (0xDa182944E84092e11370CA521f10AEF488888888) to the UTechStables (U) stablecoin on December 15th. The description states that United Stables is developing transparent, secure, and programmable stablecoin infrastructure for global markets; U is a fully collateralized, operation-grade stablecoin designed for institutional trading, DeFi liquidity, treasury operations, and cross-border settlements; it is the first stablecoin to aggregate liquidity, fully collateralized 1:1 with cash and audited stablecoins. CoinMarketCap has also listed United Stables (U). Previously, BNB Chain announced the launch of a new stablecoin focusing on multi-scenario liquidity integration; meanwhile, CZ (Cai Zhe) has shown interest in UTechStables.

Wu learned that, regarding US Senator Bernie Sanders' push to implement a pause in the construction of data centers providing computing power for AI development and deployment, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin believes that rather than simply slowing down, it is more crucial to establish the ability to "pause computing power," which could reduce available computing power by 90%–99% within 1 to 2 years. He added that he personally prefers a "slowdown + more decentralized development path," and believes that focusing governance on ultra-large computing clusters would help achieve this goal. At the same time, he pointed out the need to distinguish between ultra-large computing clusters and consumer-grade AI hardware, and cautioned that related measures could be circumvented, and their actual effectiveness still needs careful evaluation.

Wu learned that the SlowMist team sent a security notification to the cryptocurrency exchange ICRYPEX Global, indicating the discovery of a potentially serious vulnerability. SlowMist advised ICRYPEX Global to contact them as soon as possible to coordinate follow-up steps. The SlowMist team detected potentially suspicious activity related to Futureswap. The root cause is that an attacker created a malicious proposal and used flash loans for voting, ultimately enabling the attack contract to gain control and transfer tokens from other users. Users are advised to remain vigilant.

Wu has learned that the Hyper Foundation has proposed a validator vote to formally confirm that HYPE in the Assistance Fund has been burned, permanently removing the relevant tokens from circulation and total supply. The Assistance Fund automatically converts transaction fees into HYPE during L1 execution and deposits them into a system address. This address never owned the private key, and the funds cannot be retrieved. Validators who vote "agree" will acknowledge that this portion of HYPE has been burned, requiring no on-chain action, and will prohibit any future protocol upgrades from accessing this address. Voting intentions must be expressed on the governance forum by December 21st, and users can delegate to validators before December 24th. The final result will be calculated using a stake-weighted consensus mechanism.