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According to TechFlow, on December 18, QCP released a briefing stating that the latest FOMC meeting of the Federal Reserve sent cautious signals, with the policy path clearly flattening and the market expecting about 2.3 rate cuts next year. The policy remains "data-dependent," aiming to stabilize the labor market while controlling inflation. The Federal Reserve's $40 billion Treasury purchase plan has already lowered repo rates by 25 basis points to 4%, easing some funding pressures. At the same time, the mismatch between investment and returns in the AI sector is becoming increasingly prominent. Although capital continues to flow into AI infrastructure, revenue growth lags behind. If returns cannot be realized, it may trigger a broader stock market valuation adjustment. The cryptocurrency market is facing new structural risks. MSCI is evaluating the exclusion of companies with more than 50% cryptocurrency exposure from its indices, which could lead to passive outflows of up to $2.8 billion. Although regulatory environments in regions such as Japan are gradually improving, the balance between market resilience and fragility remains delicate.

PANews, December 18—According to monitoring by onchainschool.pro, from last night to early this morning, a wallet suspected to belong to the Astra Nova team transferred RVV tokens worth $430,000 to an exchange. Similar fund transfers from this wallet have been ongoing for over a month. During this period, a total of approximately $1.5 million worth of RVV has been sent to an exchange. The wallet currently still holds about $22.8 million worth of RVV tokens.

Foresight News reported that Circle has launched the Arc L1 Blockchain Builders Fund. The fund aims to accelerate innovation, with a focus on supporting project teams that can fully leverage the design advantages of Arc. This includes on-chain markets with low-latency architecture; RWA and private credit markets built on private composable rails; on-chain foreign exchange flows combining Circle StableFX and the Circle payment network; intelligent commerce for autonomous systems and the machine economy; and energy and computing protocols based on deterministic settlement.