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BlockBeats News, December 8, according to official sources, Intercont (Cayman) Limited (NASDAQ: NCT) announced that it has signed a letter of intent to acquire a minority stake of less than 50% in Singapore Web3 technology company Starks Network Ltd. The two parties will jointly advance the development of the zCloak Network project, officially moving towards the deployment of on-chain digital asset infrastructure. zCloak Network specializes in AI digital identity, enterprise-level self-custody wallets, stablecoin payments, and AI-encrypted payment technology, and has received investment from top institutions including certain exchanges. The two parties will collaborate to apply Web3 technology to the digital transformation of payments and business processes in shipping trade, accelerating the industry's intelligent upgrade. NCT and Starks stated that this acquisition is an important step in promoting the group's long-term strategy and exploring cross-industry deployment. Both parties will jointly promote the implementation of enterprise-level Web3 technology in the global shipping and trade sectors.

BlockBeats News, December 8, Wall Street institution Bernstein pointed out in its latest analysis report: "Given the recent market correction, we believe the bitcoin cycle has broken the four-year pattern (i.e., a peak every four years), and is currently entering a prolonged bull market cycle. More sticky institutional buying is offsetting any panic selling from retail investors. Although bitcoin has pulled back by about 30%, we have observed that outflows through ETFs account for less than 5%. Based on this, we have adjusted our bitcoin target price for the end of 2026 to $150,000, and expect the peak of this cycle may reach $200,000 in 2027. Our long-term (to 2033) target price expectation for bitcoin remains at around $1,000,000."