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Social•Dec 5, 2025
Bitcoin Poised for $100K Santa Rally, Bullish Sentiment
Bitcoin set for a return to $100K? Fear & Greed sentiment is lifting. Deribit options show $100K as the most popular December call. Put/Call ratio sits at a bullish 0.37. Crypto traders are betting on a Santa rally. 🎅 Steven Ehrlich writes https://lnkd.in/g3KaMURD
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 5, 2025
Judge Rules Kalshi Subject to Nevada Regulations, Case Ongoing
A federal judge recently ruled in favor of Nevada state regulators against Kalshi, deciding that the prediction market is subject to state regulations. 👨⚖️⚖️ But @TuongvyLe12 says the case may be far from over. 🗣️ https://t.co/bNUUUZukP7
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 5, 2025
Bitcoin Avoids $50K Crash, Traders Eye $100K Rally
1/ 🚨 THREAD: Bitcoin Just Dodged a Potential Drop to $50K — Now Options Traders Bet on $100K Two weeks ago BTC threatened to collapse far below $80K. Now the technical picture has flipped and smart money is positioning for a...
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 5, 2025
Crypto Crackdown Ends, New Threat Takes Center Stage
Crypto enforcement actions in the U.S. now appear to be a thing of the past under the Trump administration. 🔻🏛 But something more dangerous may have taken the front burner, @TuongvyLe12 says ⚠️ https://t.co/QIVC4kpSig
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 5, 2025
Strategy's Bitcoin Treasury Model Faces Critical Scrutiny
Is Strategy's Bitcoin treasury model unraveling? 🤔 In this special episode of Unchained, Vinny Lingham and Mark Palmer join Steve Ehrlich to debate: 💡 The impact of Strategy's preferred stocks on common stocks 🧏 The timing of Strategy's cash reserve...
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 5, 2025
Ethereum Developers Show Growing Market Awareness
Are Ethereum devs now more aware of the market? In this episode of Uneasy Money, hosts Kain Warwick, Taylor Monahan & Luca Netz delve into: 💥 Ethereum's Fusaka upgrade 🧐 The reactions to Infinex's ICO 🚀 Hyperliquid's growing equities perps...
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 4, 2025
Institutions Flock to Tether when Banks Wobble
Stablecoin fears come and go… but Tether keeps printing. After this week’s discussions, @perkinscr97 says institutions remember one thing: when Silicon Valley Bank wobbled, capital ran into Tether, not out. 👀💸 https://t.co/bBLJ7LioKM
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 4, 2025
Bob Diamond Lauds Hyperliquid's Flawless, Uninterrupted Market Operations
"To see a market action like that, and buyings like that, and operations like that, and not a single break, not a single second of downtime, feels terrific! I don't know another exchange that can say that." - Bob Diamond about...
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 4, 2025
Value Outperforms as High‑beta Momentum Fades Across Markets
The high-beta sprint might be over. @ramahluwalia says on @bitsandbips that value is quietly outperforming across markets — not just in crypto. Rotation… or warning sign? 🤔📊 https://t.co/mqgr3N8p05
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 4, 2025
Value Outperforms, High‑Beta Sprint Likely Ending
The high-beta sprint might be over. Ram Ahluwalia says on Bits + Bips that value is quietly outperforming across markets — not just in crypto. Rotation… or warning sign? 🤔📊 #crypto #cryptopodcast #markets
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 4, 2025
Blockchain Seen as Finance’s Future, Says CEO
"The blockchain being recognized as the potential future of finance is a real thing" - Bob Diamond, CEO at Atlas Merchant Capital https://t.co/WqqIaWA6qH
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 4, 2025
Saylor's Bitcoin Buys at Peaks Underperform Gold
"The average cost of Bitcoin for Saylor is $75K, and it is at $92K. For the past 2-4 years, he has made the least returns than Gold and pretty much everything else as it stands today. So it hasn't been...
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 4, 2025
Bitcoin Strategy Boosts Shareholder Returns, Says Mark Palmer
"First of all, with regard to taking care of common shareholders, if you look at the performance of Strategy shares since the company adopted its Bitcoin acquisition strategy... it's been one of the most successful investment strategies that has ever...
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 4, 2025
Fundamentals Remain Strong Despite Recent Price Drop
"As human beings, we can dissect and filter out this noise, and use our analysis to make a call if it (the price) is justified at this level. That's why we were quite bullish about a few weeks ago, because...
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 4, 2025
Traditional Finance Firms Gradually Increase Crypto Exposure
"I actually see a lot of TradFi companies embracing crypto. We saw that Vanguard and Bank of America are opening up their offering to their clients. Maybe over time, you would allocate from 1% in crypto to 5% in crypto." -...
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 4, 2025
Live Crypto Stocks Showdown: Bull vs Bear on MSTR
LIVE: Crypto Stocks + MSTR Bull–Bear Showdown + Behind the HYPE (DAT) https://t.co/fmPWNpd2GP
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 4, 2025
Fusaka Upgrade Mirrors Pectra Yet Ships More Easily
On paper Ethereum's Fusaka upgrade has the same EIPs as Pectra but Fusaka was likely easier to ship. 📄🚢 Here's why according to @prestonvanloon 🗣️🤔 https://t.co/LgJR87RFfJ
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 4, 2025
Fusaka Could End ETH’s Layer‑2 Value‑Extraction Bearish Outlook
One of the biggest reasons analysts were bearish on Ethereum in the past year was supposed excessive value extraction by layer 2s, as the layer 1 effectively provided data availability for free with blobs. This may now be about to change...
By Laura Shin
Blog•Dec 4, 2025
Solana Mobile Plans SKR Launch in January
Solana Mobile announced that its native utility token, SKR, will debut in January 2026 as the backbone of the Seeker Web3 phone ecosystem. The token will have a 10 billion supply with a linear inflation model and will release 30 percent of...
By Laura Shin
Blog•Dec 4, 2025
Polymarket Opens US App to Waitlisted Users
Polymarket has begun rolling out its regulated U.S. iOS app to users on a waitlist after receiving a Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) approval order. The launch starts with sports prediction markets, marking the platform’s return following a 2022 ban...
By Laura Shin
Blog•Dec 4, 2025
25% of Bitcoin Supply Is Underwater: Glassnode
Glassnode reports that more than a quarter of Bitcoin’s circulating supply is currently underwater, meaning holders are sitting at a loss. The on‑chain data shows the market structure echoing the early‑2022 crypto‑winter setup, with weakening demand across ETFs, spot, and...
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 4, 2025
Crypto Roundup: Bitcoin Dip, Ethereum Upgrade, Polymarket US Return
In today’s Unchained Daily newsletter: 🟧 A quarter of all bitcoin is underwater again 🧩 Ethereum’s Fusaka upgrade finally goes live 📱 Polymarket makes its U.S. comeback with a new app 📡 Solana Mobile gears up to drop the SKR...
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 4, 2025
Ethereum Fees Set to Drop After Fusaka Upgrade
Wondering what to expect for Ethereum after Fusaka? 🤔 @prestonvanloon says to expect even cheaper fees. ⛽️ 💸 https://t.co/o0LbOG11xc
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 4, 2025
Ethereum Fees Set to Drop After Fusaka Upgrade
Wondering what to expect for Ethereum after Fusaka? 🤔 Preston Van Loon says to expect even cheaper fees. ⛽️ 💸 #crypto #ethereum #fusaka
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 3, 2025
Fusaka Launch Accelerates Ethereum Scaling and L2 Readiness
Ethereum’s Fusaka upgrade is LIVE less than six months after Pectra. In this guest episode of @Unchained_pod, @prestonvanloon joins @christine_dkim to dig into: 🧏 What Fusaka means for Ethereum users and layer 2 developers 🤔 How the faster timeline impacted layer 2 and...
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 3, 2025
Class Actions Pose Greater Threat to Crypto Than Regulators
Class action suits against crypto companies are piling up fast. In this episode of DEX in the City, hosts @TuongvyLe12, @kkirkbos & Jessi Brooks break down: 😬 Why class action suits may be more dangerous for crypto than enforcement actions 😅 Is Kalshi...
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 3, 2025
DeFi Summer Gas Fees Reached $500 Per Claim
"If you go back to DeFi summer, it (gas fee) used to be $500 to claim your $SNX staking rewards" - @kaiynne on ETH gas fee https://t.co/2fYqdV5qt7
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 3, 2025
L2 Scaling Finally Drives ETH Fees to Mere Cents
"The entire reason why we went to this L2 scaling roadmap was that the L1 was so congested...and now we are in this situation where an ETH transaction must be down to cents now" - @kaiynne on ETH gas fees https://t.co/2fYqdV5qt7
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 3, 2025
Evaluating Ethereum's Fusaka Upgrade: Is It Worth It?
LIVE: Ethereum’s Fusaka Upgrade: Is It Really That Good? https://t.co/2fYqdV5YiF
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 3, 2025
Live: DEX Slump, Instant Unstaking & Ethereum Upgrade
Tune in today! We have 2 episodes livestreaming on Unchained On Air 👇🏻 At 3pm ET: Uneasy Money with hosts @kaiynne, @tayvano_, and @LucaNetz ➡️ they discuss DEX volumes down, instant unstaking, Infinex's launch & more. At 4pm ET: @christine_dkim discusses...
By Laura Shin
Blog•Dec 3, 2025
Celestia Project Astria Network Shuts Down
Astria Network, a Celestia‑based project that built a shared sequencer for rollups, announced its shutdown on X, citing block 15,360,577 as the final block. Co‑founder Josh Bowen confirmed the decision after the team had already signaled trouble by planning to retire...
By Laura Shin
Blog•Dec 3, 2025
Aave DAO Rethinks Multichain Expansion Strategy
The Aave DAO is evaluating a governance proposal to scale back its multichain expansion by shutting down Aave V3 deployments on zkSync, Metis and Soneium, each yielding only $3,000 to $50,000 annually. The plan also introduces a $2 million annual revenue...
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 3, 2025
DeFi Voters Prune Chains, Astria Halts, CNN Uses Real‑time Odds
In today’s @Unchained_pod Daily newsletter: 🏦 Aave voters lean toward cutting loose underperforming chains 🪐 Celestia’s Astria project calls it quits and halts the network 📺 CNN taps Kalshi’s real time odds to power its coverage And more! 📩 Don’t miss out—read here & sign...
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 2, 2025
Institutions Stay Calm While Retail Panic Over Crypto Turmoil
Retail panic vs. institutional calm. 😬💼 This week on Bits + Bips: 📉 Why markets whipsawed 🔍 The Strategy CEO BTC-sale chaos 💸 Tether’s balance-sheet drama ⚡️ A possible shift from high-beta to quality 🛡️ Vanguard rescuing crypto? In this...
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 2, 2025
Victims' Families Sue Binance over Alleged Terror Funding
"Families of victims from Oct. 7 are suing Binance, saying that the company helped fund terrorism that day, and that funding killed 'my family member'. This is a very personal claim, not another securities claim or an unregistered token, but...
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 2, 2025
Regulators Choose Provable Claims, Not Legal Spaghetti Toss
"Plaintiff's attorneys take a big bowl of spaghetti, and they throw it on the wall to see what sticks... And regulators are often more strategic when they bring lawsuits. They are not gonna bring a claim that can't be proven." -...
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 2, 2025
DEXs Face Lawsuits, Crackdowns, and Market Outages
Title: Lawsuits, Crackdowns & a Market Outage: DEX in the City https://t.co/HnQzpOSb7C
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 2, 2025
Crypto Lawyers Debate Bans, Decentralization on DEX Podcast
Tune in at 12pm ET for @DEXintheCityPod with @Jessi_Brooks1, @kkirkbos, and @TuongvyLe12! Our favorite crypto lawyers discuss the legal third rail, crypto bans, why decentralization matters, and more! 📺: X, YouTube, PumpFun, Twitch
By Laura Shin
Blog•Dec 2, 2025
Yearn Recovers $2.4M Stolen in $9M Exploit
Yearn Finance disclosed that a recent exploit siphoned roughly $9 million from its vaults, but the protocol’s security team successfully recovered $2.4 million of the stolen assets. The breach was traced to manipulated oracle feeds that fed false price data to smart...
By Laura Shin
Blog•Dec 2, 2025
Coinbase Launches Instant Unstaking
Coinbase announced the rollout of an Instant Unstaking feature, allowing users to withdraw staked assets such as ETH, SOL, and ATOM without enduring the typical network unbonding periods. The service leverages a proprietary liquidity pool and charges a fee ranging...
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 2, 2025
Crypto Updates: Kalshi on Solana, Chainlink ETF, Coinbase Unstaking, Yearn Recovers
In today’s @Unchained_pod Daily newsletter: 🎯 Kalshi brings its prediction markets onchain and straight onto Solana 🔗 Chainlink’s ETF moment arrives as mainstream access expands ⚡ Coinbase adds the nuclear button for unstaking 🛠️ Yearn patches the damage and recovers part of its $9...
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 2, 2025
Crypto Roundup: On‑chain Markets, ETF Access, Unstaking Updates
In today’s Unchained Daily newsletter: 🎯 Kalshi brings its prediction markets onchain and straight onto Solana 🔗 Chainlink’s ETF moment arrives as mainstream access expands ⚡ Coinbase adds the nuclear button for unstaking 🛠️ Yearn patches the damage and recovers...
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 1, 2025
Crypto Slides as BOJ Pivot Sparks Tether Turmoil
Crypto Dumps on BOJ Pivot Signal as Tether, Strategy Turmoil Hit Markets: Bits + Bips https://t.co/7tcyRL3ZIu
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 1, 2025
Bank‑issued Stablecoins Preserve Brand, Loyalty, and Control
A bank-issued stablecoin isn’t just infrastructure. It’s branding, loyalty, and control over the customer experience. Outsourcing to USDC or USDT means losing all of that, says Nakul Chandraraju from @MNEE_cash. https://t.co/JPeGXIbxo5
By Laura Shin
Deals•Oct 24, 2025
Spark Allocates $100M to Superstate’s Crypto Carry Fund (USCC)
Decentralized lending platform Spark has moved $100 million of its stablecoin reserves into Superstate’s Crypto Carry Fund (USCC) to capture higher crypto yields. The allocation comes as Spark manages yield for a $9B USDS liquidity reserve and seeks enhanced returns...
Laura Shin
Deals•Oct 23, 2025
Mill City Ventures III Leads $450M Private Placement to Back Sui Group DAT
Mill City Ventures III announced a $450 million private placement to create a digital asset treasury (DAT) centered on the SUI token, including a $25 million cash investment from the Sui Foundation and purchase of $140 million in locked tokens...
Laura Shin
Deals•Oct 23, 2025
Kalshi Previously Raised $300M at $5B Valuation; Now Fielding Offers up to $12B
Prediction-market startup Kalshi announced a $300 million funding round that valued the company at $5 billion and is now reportedly fielding fresh VC offers valuing it between $10 billion and $12 billion. The new offers are reported but not confirmed.
Laura Shin
Deals•Oct 21, 2025
Coinbase Acquires Cobie’s Echo and Up Only NFT in $375M Deal
Coinbase has acquired Cobie (Jordan Fish)’s fundraising platform Echo and the Up Only NFT in a $375 million transaction, with the NFT itself sold for $25 million in USDC. The deal brings Echo’s fundraising tools and access to token sales...
Laura Shin
Deals•Oct 17, 2025
Ripple Labs Leads $1B Raise to Create XRP Digital Asset Treasury via SPAC
Ripple Labs is leading a fundraising effort seeking at least $1 billion to establish a new XRP digital asset treasury (DAT) via a SPAC, contributing some of its own XRP holdings to the new firm. The initiative follows Ripple's $1...
Laura Shin
Deals•Oct 8, 2025
Forward Industries Raises $1.65B in PIPE Led by Galaxy, Jump Crypto and Multicoin Capital
Forward Industries secured a $1.65 billion private investment in public equity (PIPE) financing round led by Galaxy Digital, Jump Crypto and Multicoin Capital. The funding supports its launch of a zero-fee Solana validator and follows the firm committing over 6.8...
Laura Shin
Deals•Mar 1, 2025
Coinbase Acquired Iron Fish Team in March 2025 to Build Private Transactions on Base
Coinbase acquired the Iron Fish team in March 2025 to work on adding private transactions to Base, its Ethereum layer-2 network. Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong confirmed the acquisition and teased further details to come.
Laura Shin