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Market news: Vestis, a supplier of workplace supplies, is interested in acquisition by several acquisition companies.Oracle Bone Inscriptions fell by 10%, the biggest drop since December 2023.Poland will take over the rotating presidency of the European Union in the first half of 2025. On December 10th, local time, the Council of the European Union announced that Poland will take the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union from January to June, 2025. On the same day, Polish Prime Minister Tusk said that the Russian-Ukrainian peace talks may begin this winter. Tusk said at the Polish government meeting, "The (EU rotating) presidency has a common responsibility for the direction of the political structure, and may also decide the situation during the (peace) negotiations. Although there are still doubts, peace talks may begin this winter. " (CCTV News)

Institution: Bitcoin seems difficult to maintain its upward momentum. Bitcoin rose slightly in the day, but the transaction price was lower than the key level of $100,000 recently, because this cryptocurrency seems difficult to maintain its upward momentum. Last Thursday, after President-elect Trump nominated Paul Atkins, who supports cryptocurrencies, as the chairman of the SEC, Bitcoin reached a record high of $103,000. Trade Nation analyst David Morrison said in a report: "Yesterday, Bitcoin briefly broke through the $100,000 mark again, but shortly after the opening of the US stock market, with the selling of the stock market, Bitcoin plummeted."The chief financial officer of Goldman Sachs said that it is expected that strategic M&A activities will accelerate in 2025.The Baltic dry bulk freight index hit a 15-month low, and the Baltic dry bulk freight index fell by 12 points or 1.03% to 1156 points, the lowest level since September 2023. The freight index of headland ships dropped by 29 points to 1503 points, which was also the lowest level since September 2023. The average daily profit of Cape ships dropped by 238 dollars to 12,464 dollars. Panama's freight index fell 2 points to 1077 points. The average daily profit of Panamax dropped by 22 dollars to 9,691 dollars. The freight index of super handy bulk carriers fell by 4 points to 967 points, the lowest level since August 2023.

The Economic Affairs Committee of the Brazilian Senate approved Isabella Correa as the head of institutional relations of the Central Bank.OPEC Secretary-General Haitham al Ghais was re-elected. The next regular meeting of OPEC will be held on May 28th, 2025.Trump's nominated chairman of the SEC once blamed the US government for FTX's downfall, and Trump's nominated chairman of the US Securities and Exchange Commission once blamed the FTX cryptocurrency exchange's collapse on an unusual suspect, that is, the US government itself. Atkins, 66, witnessed the disaster of FTX with his own eyes, and the collapse of the encryption empire still reverberates in the digital asset world. Patomak Global Partners, his consulting firm in Washington, DC, was listed as a creditor of FTX bankruptcy case, and the date of signing the consulting agreement of its board of directors was January 2022, about 10 months before the bankruptcy of Bankman-Fried. According to court documents, the company also served as a lobbyist for FTX. Atkins pointed out in a podcast last year that "the collapse of FTX was an international disaster, and I think it was because the United States did not formulate rules to adapt to this new technology". He also admitted that the fraud of Bankman-Fried was the core reason for the collapse of the exchange.