Data shows that the number of Bitcoin addresses holding more than 0.01 BTC has reached a historical high of 12.54 million.

According to Whale Alert monitoring, 2570 BTC (US$106 million) was transferred from an unknown wallet to Coinbase.

According to Whale Alert monitoring, 1,146 BTC (worth $47,761,647) was transferred from Coinbase to an unknown new wallet at 21:33 Beijing time.

The President of El Salvador stated that with the rise of cryptocurrency to $42,000, the country's Bitcoin (BTC) investment has now made profits exceeding $3 million.

On December 4th, CEO Jenny Johnson of Franklin Templeton stated in an interview with Fortune magazine that she personally invested in cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, UNI, and SUSHI tokens. However, these investments "make up a small proportion of her overall investment portfolio."<br>Johnson also expressed skepticism towards NFTs, stating that "not all NFTs are meaningful from a personal investment perspective."

According to Whale Alert monitoring, 2424 BTC (about $100 million) was transferred from an unknown wallet to Bitstamp.

According to The Block data, on December 4th, the number of Bitcoin on-chain transactions in November reached a record high of 16.42 million transactions. The previous record was in May of this year, with 16.30 million transactions.

On December 4th, market data showed that Bitcoin fell back after breaking through $42,000. According to Coinglass data, the total liquidation across the network in the past hour reached $91.44 million, with long positions liquidating $77.06 million.

On December 4th, market data shows that Bitcoin has risen and broken through $42,000, currently priced at $42,061, with a 24-hour increase of 6.2%.

Victory Securities (stock code: 8540.HK) and EMC Labs announced the launch of the compliant Bitcoin fund Victory EMC BTC Cycle Fund, which has been approved by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission for market entry. The fund is aimed at qualified professional investors and actively and periodically allocates Bitcoin based on data mining and industry research. This is currently the only virtual asset fund in Hong Kong that has been approved by the Securities and Futures Commission and accepts stablecoin subscriptions. Victory Securities Executive Director Chen Peiquan said that the fund will be able to accept deposits in US dollars, USDC or USDT, providing investors with a convenient way to participate in the compliant licensed virtual asset market.

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring on December 4th, an address that withdrew 6,000 BTC (approximately 158 million US dollars) from Binance at an average price of 26,444 US dollars between August 24th and September 2nd, transferred 1,000 BTC (41.46 million US dollars) to Binance 45 minutes ago.<br>On October 18th, November 8th, and December 4th, the address transferred 1,000 BTC to Binance each time, with an average price of 35,170 US dollars for the transfers, realizing a profit of 26.17 million US dollars. The address still holds 3,000 BTC, with a floating profit of 45.64 million US dollars.

According to Coingecko data, the current total market value of cryptocurrencies is $1.61 trillion, up 3.7% in the past 24 hours. As of now, the total market value of BTC is $811.4 billion, accounting for 50.4% of all cryptocurrencies.

Cryptocurrency mining company Argo Blockchain posted on social media platform X that it mined 145 BTC in November (an increase of 5% from the previous month) and earned $5.3 million in revenue. This was the highest monthly revenue for 2023 and a 25% increase from October.

Greeks.live stated that the increase in December exceeded expectations, with Bitcoin breaking through $41,000 and Ethereum breaking through $2,200, continuing to rise with almost no correction. Whales once again demonstrated their early market sense, and judging from the large bullish positions added back last week, 50,000 and 2,400 are clearly within reach with the current upward trend.

Market shows that BTC has broken through $41,000, currently trading at $41,020.2, with a daily increase of 4.3%. The market is volatile, please do risk control.

Reuters today reported that due to market speculation that the Federal Reserve has completed its rate hike and will begin cutting rates in early 2023, Bitcoin has surpassed $40,000 for the first time this year, reaching its highest level since April 2022. In addition, the price of Bitcoin has more than doubled within 2024, shaking off the "crypto winter" depression caused by last year's scandals such as the collapse of the FTX exchange. Other interest-sensitive assets (such as gold) have also risen sharply in the past few weeks.

MicroStrategy's Bitcoin holdings have a floating profit of over 1.8 billion US dollars. Historical data shows that MicroStrategy currently holds 174,530 bitcoins with an average purchase price of $30,252 per bitcoin.

According to Coinglass data, the total BTC contract position on the network reached 28.6 billion US dollars, with a 24-hour increase of 3.12%. Among them, CME ranked first with a position of 4.745 billion US dollars. The total ETH contract position on the network is 8.342 billion US dollars, with a 24-hour increase of 2.28%.

According to Coinglass data, in the past 24 hours, the entire network has liquidated $108 million, of which long positions have liquidated $40.87 million and short positions have liquidated $67.21 million. Among the liquidated currencies, BTC liquidated $29.47 million, ETH liquidated $14.24 million, ORDI liquidated $8.07 million, and SOL liquidated $4.69 million.

Adam Back, CEO of Blockstream, stated on social media that he believes Bitcoin (BTC) could reach $100,000 before the next halving, and in a bullish scenario, the price of Bitcoin could reach $750,000 to $1 million.