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ChainCatcher reported that Bifrost has officially launched the Ethereum omnichain liquid staking solution vETH 3. This version leverages the SLPx protocol to enable native omnichain minting of ETH LST across networks such as Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, Optimism, Polkadot, and Bifrost. Users can simultaneously earn staking rewards across multiple chain ecosystems without the need for cross-chain asset transfers.

According to Deep Tide TechFlow, on December 19, CoinDesk reported that a rate hike by the Bank of Japan is generally considered negative for risk assets, as it may lead to higher yen borrowing costs and trigger the unwinding of arbitrage trades. However, after the Bank of Japan's rate hike, the price of bitcoin rose from $85,200 to $88,000 within five hours, indicating that the rate hike expectation had already been priced in by the market. Investors were not in a hurry to exchange risk assets for yen. The bitcoin long-short ratio (the ratio of net long accounts to net short accounts) showed a bullish tendency, with 66% of traders choosing long positions in the past four hours.

According to Odaily, Conflux co-founder Forgiven posted on X stating that after a recent revamp, RWA.XYZ introduced two new industry definitions to facilitate data fabrication and disclosure of real data, replacing the previous single industry-wide data metric: Reported Asset Value: The value of represented assets, meaning RWA assets for which digital asset certificates have been issued on-chain using blockchain as a ledger, but without actual on-chain transfers or distribution activities. The current amount is 410 billions USD; Distributed Asset Value: The value of distributed assets, referring to RWA assets that use on-chain protocols and exchanges connected to public blockchains as distribution layers, allowing investors to directly or indirectly subscribe to and hold these assets via wallets or custodians. The current amount is 18 billions USD. Of the widely publicized 410 billions USD figure, about 91% comes from assets issued on the private chain Canton (Guangdong Chain), and another approximately 14 billions USD comes from Figure’s self-developed private chain Provenance, where home equity line of credit (HELOC) products are issued. These assets have almost no direct connection to the crypto market and are merely "private chain ledger tokens." Distributed Asset Value (18 billions USD) better reflects the real demand structure of the RWA industry. Forgiven cautioned not to blindly trust Wall Street or so-called white paper endorsements, as these are often capital-driven schemes in disguise, and the "scythes" are very sharp. Data websites collaborating in these schemes have benefited from crypto traffic and dividends.