Important news from last night and this morning (December 29-December 30)

Spot silver plunged 10% intraday, palladium plummeted over 15% intraday, Meta acquired AI company Butterfly Effect for billions of dollars, Ethereum validator entry queue size rose to twice the exit queue for the first time in six months, staking demand rebounded; an address opened a long position of 300 BTC, becoming one of Hyperliquid's top five positions; Dragonfly partners predicted BTC would break $150,000 in 2026; the total market capitalization of tokenized stocks hit a new high of $1.2 billion.