Crypto & US Market Brief — 2025-12-30

**Crypto & US Market Brief (2025-12-29)**

📊 Fear & Greed Index
– Index today: 24 (Extreme Fear) / as of 2025-12-29 00:00
– One-line interpretation: Cautious due to market uncertainty and declining prices.

💰 Crypto News
(Top4 24h) BTC ▼0.45% | ETH ▼0.16% | SOL ▼0.55% | XRP ▼0.66%
• Here’s what happened in crypto today
• Onchain perpetual futures drive surge in crypto derivatives activity
• Flow scraps rollback plan after pushback over decentralization, security
• Tokenized stocks have ‘stablecoin moment’ as market cap hits $1.2B
• South Korean lawmaker faces scrutiny over family ties to crypto exchange: Report
• Strategy’s latest 2025 Bitcoin purchase caps active year of accumulation

Top Gainers (Crypto) (Top 3)
• Audiera (BEAT) ▲15.43%
– Driven by increased trading volume and positive news.
• Midnight (NIGHT) ▲9.90%
– Momentum from recent partnerships boosts interest.
• Chiliz (CHZ) ▲3.35%
– Gaining traction with new sports collaborations.

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📈 US Stocks News
(Indices) Nasdaq100 ▼0.49% | S&P500 ▼0.36% | Dow ▼0.50%
(M7) AAPL ▲0.13%, AMZN ▼0.19%, GOOGL ▲0.02%, META ▼0.69%, MSFT ▼0.13%, NVDA ▼1.21%, TSLA ▼3.27%
• GM’s record stock performance beats Tesla, Ford and other automakers in 2025
• Silver futures log worst day since 2021, retreating sharply from record
• Trump threatens to ‘knock the hell’ out of Iran if they build weapons

Top Gainers (US Stocks) (Top 3)
• Praxis Precision Medicines, Inc (PRAX) ▲13.25%
– Strong earnings report drives investor confidence.
• Regencell Bioscience Holdings L (RGC) ▲10.96%
– Positive guidance boosts market interest.
• DigitalBridge Group, Inc. (DBRG) ▲9.63%
– Sector momentum supports recent gains.

📦 US ETF Summary

[Index/Growth]
SPY 687.85 -0.36% (YTD +18.01%)
VOO 632.58 -0.36% (YTD +17.70%)
QQQ 620.86 -0.49% (YTD +21.86%)
DIA 484.58 -0.50% (YTD +14.34%)
IWM 249.88 -0.61% (YTD +13.00%)

[Dividend/Value]
SCHD 27.62 -0.07% (YTD +1.32%)
VYM 144.70 -0.27% (YTD +13.45%)
JEPI 57.98 -0.07% (YTD +0.85%)
SPYD 43.49 -0.02% (YTD +0.88%)
YMAX 10.21 -0.58% (YTD -40.08%)

[Thematic/Growth]
ARKK 78.61 -1.37% (YTD +38.18%)
XLK 145.87 -0.45% (YTD +26.55%)
XLF 55.34 -0.50% (YTD +14.79%)
XLE 44.62 +0.95% (YTD +6.42%)
SMH 364.21 -0.45% (YTD +48.78%)

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🎯 Today’s Strategy
– Crypto: Focus on stablecoins amidst market volatility.
– Stocks: Look for opportunities in resilient sectors.

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#crypto #bitcoin #ethereum #nasdaq #sp500 #stocks #marketupdate #riskmanagement #trend #investing

💡 GPT Investment Direction
– Crypto: Consider diversifying into stablecoins to mitigate risk.
– Stocks: Seek defensive stocks to protect against market fluctuations.

– Quote of the day: “In investing, what is comfortable is rarely profitable.” — Robert Arnott

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