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Billionaires closely related to the artificial intelligence industry became the main force in the insider selling list for the third quarter. Nvidia director Mark Stevens topped the list, with Nvidia's stock valuation nearing its lowest in over a decade.Other AI-related billionaires in the top ten include Arista Networks CEO Jayshree Ullal and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. The combined net worth of the three is approximately $302 billion.

According to the Daily Telegraph, the Reform Party in the UK received a second donation of £36 million within 48 hours. The party's largest donor, cryptocurrency billionaire Christopher Harborne, added another £36 million, matching the amount donated by Ben Delo on Friday, bringing the total raised by the Reform Party to £72 million in two days. The Reform Party has raised over £86 million this year, far exceeding the Conservative Party's £10.2 million and the Labour Party's £7.7 million.

According to the Financial Times, an increasing number of high-net-worth individuals relying on cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin to accumulate wealth are being rejected by traditional trust companies when seeking to establish offshore trusts for tax and wealth succession arrangements. Trust institutions are primarily concerned about issues related to the verification of fund sources, potential money laundering risks, extreme asset price volatility, and the loss of private keys.The report states that some trust institutions specializing in serving digital asset clients are taking on such business through on-chain analysis and enhanced compliance reviews, but most mainstream trust institutions remain cautious, fearing future legal and reputational liabilities due to the sources of crypto assets or significant devaluation.

Altrata's latest report shows that the number of billionaires worldwide will rise to a historic high of 3,795 by 2025, an increase of 8.2%, the strongest in five years. The rapid growth of super-rich wealth is driven by rising stock markets, monetary stimulus policies, and a surge in artificial intelligence investments. The total wealth of billionaires is expected to grow by 12.8% in 2025, reaching a record of $151 trillion, equivalent to nearly a quarter of the total market capitalization of the S&P 500 index. This marks the third consecutive year of accelerated growth in billionaire wealth, with an average wealth of $4 billion and a median net worth close to $2 billion.By region, the number of billionaires in North America increased by 11.6%, reaching 1,337, accounting for 35% of the global total; Europe saw nearly an 8% increase for the second consecutive year, reaching 1,081, accounting for 28%; Asia grew by 6.5%, reaching 881. The report indicates that since 2023, the surge in artificial intelligence investments has been one of the most important driving forces behind the creation of wealth among global billionaires, with its impact becoming more pronounced in 2025 and the first half of 2026. Investor enthusiasm for generative AI, large language models, cloud computing, and AI software has attracted significant capital, driving the revaluation of technology companies, with founders and major shareholders of leading global tech companies being the biggest beneficiaries.

According to The Street, the chain reaction from October 11, 2025, continues to reverberate in the crypto market. Today, these impacts are also reshaping the global billionaire rankings. Following a significant drop in digital asset prices and Coinbase's stock price, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong is no longer among the top 500 billionaires in the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.Armstrong's net worth has fallen by over $10 billion from a peak of approximately $17.7 billion. The Bloomberg Billionaires Index currently estimates his wealth at around $7.5 billion, which has caused him to drop out of the global top 500 billionaire list.This decline is highly correlated with Coinbase's stock performance. As of the time of writing, COIN's stock price has dropped about 64% from its peak of $419 on July 18, 2025. Meanwhile, Bitcoin has also fallen by about half since the beginning of October.

According to the RootData calendar page, next week includes several important news items such as project updates, macroeconomic news, token unlocks, incentive activities, and presale events. Details are as follows:December 29:HYPE will unlock 9,916,700 tokens, worth $252.87 million, accounting for 4.162% of the circulating supply;The Bank of Japan will release a summary of opinions from the December monetary policy meeting.December 30:SVL will unlock 372,307.7 tokens, worth $12.29 million, accounting for 17.271% of the circulating supply;The Trump-themed crypto mobile game "Trump Billionaires Club" is set to launch on the Apple App Store on December 30.December 31:WalletConnect is expected to transition to full decentralization by the end of 2025;OP will unlock 32,212.3 tokens, worth $8.84 million, accounting for 1.656% of the circulating supply;Binance will cease services on the Binance Live platform on December 31, with live streaming services provided by Binance Square;XMTP will launch its mainnet;Aethir will integrate its GPU services with Solana;Polyhedra will launch the EXPchain mainnet;SYMMIO will release version 0.85;The Litewallet application will officially be discontinued on December 31;Aethir has planned a major mainnet upgrade in the fourth quarter;The confidential computing feature of Horizen will be launched;The Federal Reserve will release the minutes of the monetary policy meeting.January 1:GMT earnings will decrease by 50% starting January 1, 2026;EIGEN will unlock 38,354.4 tokens, worth $14.99 million, accounting for 7.757% of the circulating supply;BEAT will unlock 21,249.0 tokens, worth $45.69 million, accounting for 15.256% of the circulating supply;Bitget will launch the 2026 Graduate Program;January 2:ENA will unlock 110,953.1 tokens, worth $23.68 million, accounting for 1.443% of the circulating supply;2Z will unlock 139,700.7 tokens, worth $16.09 million, accounting for 4.023%.January 3:2026 FOMC voting member and Philadelphia Fed President Harker will give a speech.Additionally, there is a button at the top of the RootData calendar page for generating image shares, allowing users to select important events for sharing.Risk Warning: This calendar does not constitute any investment advice.

According to Bloomberg, the founders of South Korea's largest cryptocurrency exchange, Dunamu Inc., Song Ji-hyung and Kim Heung-nyeon, agreed last week to sell the company to the fintech division of Naver Corp., with the transaction being conducted entirely in stock.According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, in this merger deal valued at $13.6 billion, Song Ji-hyung will receive a 19% stake in the merged entity, worth $2.7 billion; Kim Heung-nyeon will receive a 10% stake, worth $1.4 billion, thus placing both of them among the wealthiest people in the world.

ChainCatcher news, according to the cryptocurrency wealth report published by Henley & Partners, the number of cryptocurrency millionaires worldwide has reached 241,700, an increase of 40% from last year. The report states that the number of holders with Bitcoin portfolios exceeding $1 million has increased by 70% year-on-year, reaching 145,100. In the high-end market, there are currently 450 individuals holding at least $100 million in crypto assets, while 36 billionaires control larger holdings.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, Michael Saylor's net worth has surged by $1 billion since the beginning of this year, marking his first entry into the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, where he ranks 491st with an estimated net worth of $7.37 billion, an increase of 15.80% since January 1.According to Google Finance data, during the same period, the stock price of Strategy (MSTR) has risen by nearly 12%. The index tracks the net worth of the world's 500 richest individuals, with approximately $650 million of Michael Saylor's wealth in cash, while the remaining $6.72 billion is held in the form of Strategy stock.

ChainCatcher message, Binance co-founder He Yi forwarded the Forbes Billionaires List and congratulated NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang for ranking eleventh, making him the richest Chinese person. "Friends, have you set your sights on Jensen Huang, who surpasses the speed of physics? Congratulations to Boss Huang."According to Forbes data, Jensen Huang's current net worth is 124.1 billion dollars.

According to ChainCatcher news, the latest data from Forbes' billionaire list shows that Binance founder Zhao Changpeng (CZ) has once again become the richest Chinese person, with assets reaching 65.7 billion dollars. However, Forbes lists Zhao Changpeng's nationality as Canadian, and he currently ranks 24th.Meanwhile, the world's richest person, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, has assets valued at 401.4 billion dollars.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi reports, the consequences of President Trump's announcement of tariffs have severely impacted the global market. In the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, the world's top 500 billionaires experienced the largest consecutive two-day loss in history.From the market opening on Thursday to the closing on Friday, the billionaires on the list collectively lost $536 billion, with Friday's drop of $329 billion marking the largest single-day loss since the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. During these two days, no one lost more than Tesla CEO Elon Musk, whose company's stock plummeted over 10% on Friday, resulting in a $31 billion decrease in Musk's net worth compared to the market opening on Thursday, bringing his annual losses to $130 billion.

ChainCatcher news, according to Bitcoin.com News, the latest "World Billionaires List" released by Forbes includes 16 billionaires from the cryptocurrency sector, among them Binance founder Changpeng Zhao with a net worth of $63 billion, and Tether co-founder Giancarlo Devasini with a net worth of $22.4 billion. Coinbase founder Brian Armstrong and MicroStrategy's Michael Saylor made the list with fortunes of $9.5 billion and $7.4 billion, respectively.

According to ChainCatcher news and data from the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, since the last trading day before Trump's inauguration on January 17, several attending billionaires have seen their fortunes significantly shrink, with the total market value of their companies dropping by $1.39 trillion.Among them, the personal wealth losses of the five top billionaires are particularly notable:Elon Musk's personal wealth decreased by $148 billion;Jeff Bezos's fortune shrank by $29 billion;Google co-founder Sergey Brin's assets decreased by $22 billion;Meta's stock decline caused Mark Zuckerberg to lose $5 billion;LVMH's stock pullback resulted in Bernard Arnault's wealth decreasing by $5 billion.In the seven weeks following the start of Trump's second term, the companies behind these billionaires became the biggest losers in the market, with significant wealth retraction.

ChainCatcher news, the expectation that Trump's second term would drive market gains has evaporated. At Trump's inauguration, the wealth of many billionaires sitting behind him has astonishingly shrunk.According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, the combined wealth of five individuals has evaporated by as much as $209 billion. Compared to the day of Trump's inauguration (January 20), Musk's personal net worth has decreased by $148 billion, Bezos's personal wealth has dropped by $29 billion, Google co-founder Brin has lost $21 billion, and Zuckerberg and Arnault have seen their fortunes shrink by $6 billion and $5 billion, respectively. The total wealth of these five billionaires has decreased by $209 billion. Just yesterday alone, the combined net worth of the five billionaires plummeted by $49.78 billion.