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Bitcoin gives up $90K at US open as two-week exchange outflows near 35K BTC

Bitcoin failed to successfully retest the yearly open after US sell-side pressure reentered to start the week, keeping volatility firmly in control.

Wall Street piles in: How Ripple’s quiet pivot led to a $40B valuation

Ripple’s $500 million raise shows its post-SEC shift is working, as Wall Street piles in under a deal reportedly offering rare protections and guaranteed returns.

Ripple’s big Singapore win: What the expanded license allows now

Singapore’s MAS has widened Ripple’s MPI license scope, enabling regulated token services, end-to-end payments and major growth across Asia-Pacific.

New DePIN protocol rolls out ZK-proof processing marketplace

Brevis has launched ProverNet, a ZK-proof marketplace where provers can earn by computing proofs and apps can buy proving capacity.

XRP bulls grow louder: What will spark the breakout toward $2.65?

XRP analysts highlighted the potential to rebound to $2.65 as institutional demand increased and derivatives traders flipped bullish.

Strategy’s Bitcoin treasury swells past 660,000 BTC after fresh $962M buy

Michael Saylor said that he pitched Bitcoin as “digital capital” to wealth funds and banks, calling it the foundation for a new yield-bearing credit asset class.

SEC ends Biden-era probe into tokenized equity platform Ondo Finance

Launched in 2023, the SEC probe into Ondo’s tokenized RWAs and ONDO token ended without charges, signaling a regulatory reset for onchain assets.

Mantra CEO tells OM holders to withdraw from OKX over ‘inaccurate’ migration plan

JP Mullin urged OM token holders to withdraw from OKX, alleging the exchange had not communicated with Mantra about the incoming token migration, resulting in inaccurate dates.

Bitcoin ’rallies are for selling‘: Top 3 arguments from BTC market bears

Many analysts say BTC’s rebound is a bull trap, warning its price could fall to as low as $40,000 over the coming months.

Binance suspends employee over using inside information for personal gain

Binance suspended an employee and alerted authorities after an internal probe found the staffer allegedly used insider information to publish a post from an official account.

Argentina weighs letting traditional banks trade crypto: Report

Argentina’s central bank is reportedly considering whether to allow traditional financial institutions to offer crypto services, marking the potential lifting of a ban.

Prediction markets emerge as speculative ‘arbitrage arena’ for crypto traders

Prediction markets offer traders more upside than holding the underlying spot crypto, but AI bots and accounts with a 100% win rate raise suspicions of insider trading.

Can panic wallets stop a wrench? Why crypto’s next security debate is physical

Jameson Lopp’s wrench attack data shows physical assaults on crypto holders surging in 2025, forcing a reckoning over whether self‑custody is worth the physical risk.

Crypto funds log second week of inflows after massive $5.5B sell-off

Bitcoin led the $716 million of inflows to crypto ETPs last week, while Chainlink saw record gains, accounting for more than 50% of its AUM.

Did BTC's Santa rally start at $89K? 5 things to know in Bitcoin this week

A Santa rally for Bitcoin and risk assets remained in the cards as the markets prepared for the last Fed interest-rate decision of 2025.

US Treasurys lead tokenization wave as CoinShares predicts 2026 growth

CoinShares said tokenized RWAs jumped 229% in 2025, led by US Treasurys, and it expects dollar-yield demand to keep driving onchain growth into 2026.

Circle and Bybit deepen USDC partnership as stablecoin nears $80B

Bybit plans deeper USDC adoption for trading and payments, with the stablecoin “already embedded” across its ecosystem.

Ethereum ‘smart’ whales open $426M long bets as ETH price chart eyes $4K

ETH’s price rising to $3,000 drove whales to open 136,433 ETH long bets, as technical indicators suggest a short-term ETH price rally toward $4,000.

Coinbase mounts a cautious comeback in India, two years after exit

Coinbase has reopened India app registrations, with local fiat on-ramps planned for 2026 following a rocky exit more than two years ago.

Binance secures global ADGM licenses to operate international platform

Binance’s international operations and liquidity will now be supervised end-to-end by the Financial Services Regulatory Authority in the financial free zone in Abu Dhabi.

The future of secure messaging: Why decentralization matters more than ever

Decentralized messengers shift security beyond encryption by reducing metadata, limiting data requests and preparing for post-quantum threats.

Ethereum’s first ZK-rollup, ZKsync Lite, to be retired in 2026

ZKsync says the first Ethereum zero-knowledge rollup blockchain will have an “orderly sunset” next year, as it has served its purpose.

Bitcoin bulls must defend key level to avoid $76K, analysts say

Bitcoin is holding a critical Fibonacci support level, but analysts warned that a break could trigger losses down to April lows of $76,000.

Philippines’ fastest-growing digital bank rolls out crypto services

The digital bank now offers BTC, ETH, SOL and more via a secure app integration with US fintech firm Alpaca.

‘Grow up... We debank Democrats, we debank Republicans:’ JPMorgan CEO

It was only last month when Jack Mallers, CEO of Bitcoin payments company Strike, accused JPMorgan of closing his personal accounts without explanation.

Robinhood set to enter Indonesia, targeting 17M crypto traders

Robinhood acquired an Indonesian brokerage and digital asset trading firm to access a market with 17 million crypto investors.

Trump’s national security strategy is silent on crypto, blockchain

Cryptocurrency and blockchain did not receive a mention in Donald Trump’s national security priorities, despite the president’s desire for the US to become a hub for crypto.

Vitalik Buterin floats gas futures on Ethereum to hedge fee spikes

Buterin proposed a system akin to prediction markets for gas fees, to provide Ethereum users with a means to hedge against future network fee volatility. 

Crypto’s other halving: Bittensor’s first 4-year cycle seen as ‘maturation’ milestone

Bittensor’s first token halving is scheduled for Dec. 14, reducing TAO issuance by half as the AI-focused network adopts a Bitcoin-style fixed supply model.

WisdomTree brings options income strategy onchain with new tokenized fund

The asset manager’s EPXC fund tokenizes a cash-secured put-writing strategy, signaling deeper integration between traditional market products and blockchain.

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