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According to Odaily, Bitget Wallet has announced the upgrade of its periodic incentive event, FOMO Thursday, to version 2.0. The first phase will collaborate with Vision to distribute $100,000 worth of VSN as event rewards. The new mechanism introduces instant lotteries and a task-driven model, aiming to strengthen the connection between users' on-chain actions and incentives. Compared to the previous 1.0 version, which was mainly staking-based with delayed lotteries, FOMO Thursday 2.0 supports a wider range of on-chain interactions, such as trading, inviting, and content sharing. Each time a user completes a task, they trigger an instant lottery with results returned in real time. The event features both basic and advanced prize pools. In the advanced pool, users receive deterministic rewards upon completing specified tasks, reducing uncertainty in participation. The first phase partner, Vision, is supported by a certain exchange. Its ecosystem offers staking, governance, fee discounts, and includes the Layer 2 network Vision Chain focused on RWA scenarios, as well as the exchange's DeFi wallet and Launchpad products. FOMO Thursdays 2.0 has now been integrated into its Rewards Hub as a unified entry point for user participation and rewards.

According to Deep Tide TechFlow, on December 26, as reported by Golden Ten Data, two members of Barclays FICC Research stated in a research report that the Bank of Japan may raise interest rates in July and December 2026. These members indicated that this outlook is based on Japan's "spring wage negotiation cycle." They noted that the Bank of Japan's recent rate hike once again demonstrates that the wage increases decided during the annual spring negotiations are not only the starting point of the Bank of Japan's "wage-price cycle" narrative, but also the most powerful bargaining chip in negotiations with the Japanese government regarding rate hikes. The members added that the Bank of Japan must also pay due attention to the risk of another depreciation of the yen, just as it has done so far.

BlockBeats News, December 26, this morning Trust Wallet officially issued a security alert, confirming that version 2.68 of the Trust Wallet browser extension has a security vulnerability. According to on-chain investigator ZachXBT, hundreds of Trust Wallet users have already had their funds stolen, with losses amounting to at least $6 million. The following are security incidents previously encountered by several mainstream browser extensions: The Trust Wallet browser extension was also found to have a WebAssembly vulnerability in November 2022, which only affected new wallet addresses created between November 14 and 23, 2022. This led to the theft of about $170,000 in funds. Trust Wallet discovered the issue through its bug bounty program, fixed the vulnerability, and fully compensated affected users. MetaMask experienced the "Demonic" vulnerability in 2022, affecting older versions prior to 10.11.3, where private keys could be exposed in browser memory. However, there were no known large-scale fund losses. From 2023 to 2025, the official MetaMask wallet extension operated securely, but was frequently affected by fake extensions. A Chainalysis report showed a surge in unusual theft incidents among MetaMask users in 2025, mainly due to malicious fake software and phishing, rather than the security of the extension wallet itself. MetaMask has since issued monthly security reports, but as a popular Ethereum extension wallet, it remains a primary target for impersonation. Phantom (the main Solana wallet extension) was also affected by the "Demonic" vulnerability in 2022, but likewise had no known large-scale fund losses. In early 2025, a security controversy involving the Phantom wallet extension arose when a user lost $500,000, attributed to private keys being stored in memory without encryption by Phantom, leading to a hacker attack and a class action lawsuit filed in the Southern District of New York. Phantom officially issued a statement strongly denying all allegations, calling the lawsuit "groundless" and emphasizing that Phantom is a non-custodial wallet and that users are responsible for their own fund security. Rabby Wallet (a DeFi-friendly extension) suffered a hack in 2022 due to a vulnerability in Rabby Swap, resulting in the theft of about $200,000 in crypto assets. The vulnerability did not originate from the extension itself, but rather from the built-in Swap feature. The most common way browser extension wallets are compromised is through downloading fake applications. In 2025, there were multiple outbreaks of such incidents in the Firefox store, affecting several mainstream crypto extension wallets including MetaMask, Phantom, and Trust Wallet. In contrast, direct official vulnerabilities in extensions are relatively rare. Users are advised to download only from the official Chrome Web Store to ensure the safety of their funds.