🎯Today's Crypto Pulse
Updated 2h agoWhat's happening: Michael Saylor’s Strategy adds $204M of Bitcoin in 101st purchase
The firm bought 3,015 BTC for $204.1M, raising its total holdings above 720,000 BTC and bringing the cumulative cost to roughly $54.8B. The average price of $67,700 per BTC was below its overall cost basis of $75,985.
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By the numbers: Pepeto raises $7M in token presale
News•Dec 10, 2025
Eric Trump's American Bitcoin and Anthony Pompliano's ProCap Add to BTC Holdings
American Bitcoin Corp (ABTC), co‑founded by Eric Trump, added 416 bitcoin to its reserve, bringing total holdings to 4,783 BTC and lifting its Satoshis‑Per‑Share metric to 507, a 17% increase. The stock edged higher but remains below pre‑crash levels after a 50% flash drop on Dec. 2. ProCap Financial (BRR), led by Anthony Pompliano, purchased an additional 49 bitcoin, reaching the 5,000‑coin milestone while realizing a tax‑loss that can offset future gains. Both firms now rank among the top publicly‑traded bitcoin holders, 21st and 22nd respectively.
By CoinDesk
News•Dec 10, 2025
Telegram Ring Ran Pump-and-Dump Network That Netted $800K in a Month: Solidus Labs
Solidus Labs uncovered a Telegram‑based ring called PumpCell that executed coordinated, multi‑chain pump‑and‑dump schemes on Solana, BNB Chain and other layer‑2 networks, netting about $800,000 in profit during October 2025. The group used freshly deployed tokens, liquidity seeding and sniper...
By CoinDesk
News•Dec 10, 2025
Stablecoins Break Into Top 3 Growth Drivers for Web3 Gaming: BGA 2025 Report
The Blockchain Gaming Alliance’s 2025 State of the Industry Report places stablecoin adoption among the top three growth drivers for Web3 gaming, accounting for 27.3% of developer sentiment. High‑quality game launches (29.5%) and revenue‑driven business models (27.5%) round out the...
By Cointelegraph
News•Dec 10, 2025
Helium Expands to Brazil With Mambo WiFi in DePIN Breakthrough
Helium announced a joint venture with Brazil’s Mambo WiFi, tapping the provider’s roughly 40,000 Wi‑Fi hotspots to launch its decentralized wireless network in the country. The DePIN model, built on Solana, lets individuals and businesses run hotspots that earn crypto...
By CoinDesk
News•Dec 10, 2025
Japan Plans Major Shift as Crypto Moves From Payments to Securities Law
Japan’s Financial Services Agency announced a plan to shift crypto‑asset oversight from the Payment Services Act to the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, effectively treating digital tokens as securities. The proposal tightens disclosure requirements for initial exchange offerings, mandating pre‑sale...
By Cointelegraph
News•Dec 10, 2025
Bitcoin Volatility Is Still Compressing, Dimming Year-End Rally Outlook
Bitcoin’s 30‑day implied volatility index (BVIV) fell to 49%, echoing a similar decline in the S&P 500 VIX, which slipped to 17% since late November. The compression of volatility reduces the likelihood of a meaningful upside breakout before year‑end, according to...
By CoinDesk
News•Dec 10, 2025
Blockstream Connects Lightning and Liquid for Faster, Private Bitcoin Payments
Blockstream has updated its Green mobile app to enable trustless atomic swaps between Bitcoin’s Lightning and Liquid networks. The feature lets users settle Lightning invoices directly from Liquid (LBTC) balances, eliminating the need to open or fund Lightning channels. Swaps...
By CoinDesk
News•Dec 10, 2025
Superstate Opens Onchain Capital Raises for SEC-Registered Public Companies
Superstate has launched Direct Issuance Programs (DIPs) that let SEC‑registered public companies raise capital on Ethereum and Solana using stablecoins, delivering tokenized shares instantly. The platform leverages Superstate’s SEC‑registered transfer‑agent infrastructure to update shareholder registries in real time, ensuring compliance...
By Cointelegraph
News•Dec 10, 2025
Superstate Rolls Out Direct Stock Issuance for Public Companies on Ethereum, Solana
Superstate has launched a Direct Issuance Program that lets SEC‑registered public companies issue tokenized shares on Ethereum and Solana, accepting stablecoins as payment. The platform updates shareholder records in real time through Superstate’s SEC‑registered transfer‑agent infrastructure. First issuers are slated...
By CoinDesk
News•Dec 10, 2025
Polymarket Faces Major Credibility Crisis After Whales Forced a “YES” UFO Vote without Evidence
Polymarket resolved a $16 million market on a "YES" outcome that Trump would declassify UFO files in 2025, despite no public evidence of such declassification. The settlement was driven by late‑session near‑par purchases and an UMA Optimistic Oracle vote, where token‑holders,...
By CryptoSlate
Blog•Dec 10, 2025
SEC Chair Atkins Says Most ICOs Are Outside Securities Regulators’ Purview
SEC Chair Paul Atkins told the Blockchain Association that most initial coin offerings fall outside the SEC’s jurisdiction and are better regulated by the CFTC. He cited his four‑category token taxonomy, noting that three categories—network tokens, digital collectibles, and digital...
By Laura Shin
Blog•Dec 10, 2025
$300 Million Shorts Liquidated as Crypto Rallies Ahead of FOMC Meeting
Crypto markets rallied sharply on Tuesday as Bitcoin surged 5% to a $94,601 intraday high and Ether jumped 9.7% within two hours. The rally triggered more than $300 million in short liquidations, primarily in Bitcoin and Ether positions. Traders were betting...
By Laura Shin
News•Dec 10, 2025
Ether, Silver in the Spotlight: Crypto Daybook Americas
Ether’s cross‑pair with Bitcoin hit 0.036, its strongest level since Oct. 27, while ETH, ADA, XMR and ZEC rallied over 7% in the past 24 hours. The gains are underpinned by expectations of a 25‑basis‑point Fed rate cut and a dovish tone...
By CoinDesk
News•Dec 10, 2025
Pineapple Financial Starts Migrating Its $10B Mortgage Portfolio Onchain via Injective
Pineapple Financial, a Toronto‑based fintech listed on NYSE American, has begun tokenizing its mortgage portfolio on the Injective blockchain. It has already placed data for about $412 million in funded mortgages on‑chain and plans to migrate its full $10 billion portfolio of...
By CoinDesk
News•Dec 10, 2025
Vitalik Buterin Says Ethereum Can Handle Temporary Loss of Finality
Ethereum co‑founder Vitalik Buterin downplayed a recent finality loss caused by a Prysm client bug, stating that occasional delays are acceptable as long as the wrong block isn’t finalized. He emphasized that the network continues to process transactions even when...
By Cointelegraph
News•Dec 10, 2025
Metaplanet Stock Jumps 12% as mNAV Climbs to 1.17, Highest Level Since Crypto Crisis
Metaplanet’s multiple‑to‑net‑asset‑value (mNAV) climbed to 1.17, the highest level since the crypto‑liquidity crisis of October 2023. The rise reflects its 30,823 BTC holdings, now worth roughly $2.86 billion against an enterprise value of $3.33 billion. Over the same period the stock jumped 12%...
By CoinDesk
Social•Dec 10, 2025
ARB Poised for Range-to-Range Rally Toward $0.40
The #Altcoin markets have been suffering, for sure. However, $ARB has been continuously expanding its ecosystem as TVL has been rising significantly. I think that we're in a deviation period on a TA basis. That means anything under $0.25 is a deviation...
By Michaël van de Poppe
Social•Dec 10, 2025
Ethereum Poised to Outpace Bitcoin, Eyeing New ATH
$ETH is the one to watch. I do think we'll see a test at $100K for #Bitcoin, and I would assume we'll go significantly higher. However, I do think that $ETH will outperform Bitcoin, and that's what we've already seen in...
By Michaël van de Poppe
News•Dec 10, 2025
Solana Hits Liquidity Reset That Preceded Every Major Rally This Year
Solana’s on‑chain liquidity index has collapsed to its cyclical floor, mirroring the near‑zero readings that preceded the market’s biggest rallies in March, June and August. This marks the fourth liquidity reset of 2025, a pattern that analysts associate with a...
By CoinDesk
News•Dec 10, 2025
Silk Road-Linked Bitcoin Wallets Move $3M to New Address
Silk Road‑linked Bitcoin wallets transferred roughly $3.14 million to a new, unidentified address, marking the most substantial on‑chain activity in five years. The primary wallets still hold about $38.4 million, while analysts estimate another $55 million may sit in unseized wallets tied to...
By Cointelegraph
News•Dec 10, 2025
Animoca, Solv to Help Japanese Bitcoin Companies Generate Yield
Web3 gaming leader Animoca Brands has teamed up with DeFi platform Solv Protocol to enable Japanese corporations to earn yield on their Bitcoin holdings. The collaboration leverages Solv’s Bitcoin‑backed wrapper and lending infrastructure to offer annual returns between 4% and...
By Cointelegraph
Social•Dec 10, 2025
CoinDCX November Report Shows Proof of Reserves, Growth
CoinDCX Monthly Transparency Report: November 2025 As we have been doing every month since Nov 2024, I am happy to share our latest transparency report. This month’s highlights include: >Proof of Reserves (PoR) >Key Product Enhancements >Monthly Spot Trading Volume >Top Traded Tokens &...
By Sumit Gupta
News•Dec 10, 2025
Binance Co-CEO Yi He’s WeChat Account Hacked to Push Meme Coin MUBARA
Binance co‑CEO Yi He’s WeChat account was compromised and used to falsely endorse the obscure memecoin MUBARA, triggering a rapid price surge on decentralized exchanges. Attackers accumulated roughly 21.16 million tokens, spent about 19,479 USDT to buy them, and then sold nearly...
By CoinDesk
News•Dec 10, 2025
Make Crypto Games Great Again? ‘Trump Billionaires Club’ Launches This Month
Bill Zanker’s Freedom 45 Games is set to release the Trump‑themed mobile title “Trump Billionaires Club” on the Apple App Store on Dec 30, leveraging a licensing deal for the former president’s name. The game blends a Monopoly‑style board with cryptocurrency features,...
By Cointelegraph
News•Dec 10, 2025
Allora Integrates the TRON Network, Bringing Decentralized AI-Powered Forecasts to Developers
Allora announced that its Predictive Intelligence layer is now live on the TRON network, delivering decentralized, AI‑powered forecasts directly on‑chain. The integration offers programmable inference feeds that update every five minutes to 24 hours ahead, covering volatility, liquidity and risk signals....
By CryptoSlate
Social•Dec 10, 2025
Banks Chase Crypto: ETH Becomes Wall Street’s New Backbone
TradFi needs crypto more than ever 📉➡️⛓️ On Bits + Bips, hosts Austin Campbell, Ram Ahluwalia & Chris Perkins break down: 🏦 Why banks are scrambling for crypto “dance partners” 🧱 How ETH became Wall Street’s chain 📈 Outlook for...
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 10, 2025
USDD Now Available on Binance Wallet
USDD on @BinanceWallet
By Justin Sun
News•Dec 9, 2025
Zcash Is Discreetly Sitting in US Government Wallets, Creating a Bizarre Conflict for the Regulators Attacking Privacy
The U.S. Department of Justice holds roughly $1.5 million in Zcash, seized from the 2017 AlphaBay takedown, according to Arkham Intelligence. This modest holding sits alongside a $30 billion Bitcoin cache, highlighting a paradox where regulators possess a privacy‑centric asset they are...
By CryptoSlate
Social•Dec 10, 2025
Traditional Finance Turns to Crypto for Speed
TradFi can’t build fast enough … so they’re going shopping 🛍️🏦 @perkinscr97 explains why it’s “dance partner season” in crypto 👇 https://t.co/bggQzmH61M
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 10, 2025
Instant Settlements Turn Payments Into Limitless Experiences
eXploRing fast settlement makes every Payment feel limitLess
By Tyler Winklevoss says: Gemini won't hire ex-SEC chair's students
News•Dec 9, 2025
Blockchain Trial on Canton Network Tests Collateral Reuse with Tokenized US Treasurys
Digital Asset and a consortium of banks and trading firms completed a second on‑chain US Treasury financing round on the Canton Network, showcasing real‑time collateral reuse and the inclusion of multiple stablecoins. Five transactions demonstrated that tokenized Treasurys can be...
By Cointelegraph
Social•Dec 10, 2025
ETHBTC Breaks Downtrend, Hinting at Altcoin Season
ETHBTC finally broke the downtrend that’s capped it for months. Momentum picking up on MACD. Still too early to call, but this could be a sign of a coming altcoin season. Let's see if ETH is able to hold this breakout. https://t.co/3y2P7EREdB
By Lark Davis
Social•Dec 10, 2025
ProCap Adds to Holdings, Now 5,000 BTC
ProCap Financial acquired more bitcoin yesterday and now holds 5,000 bitcoin on the balance sheet. As part of the bitcoin purchase, we capitalized on an unrealized loss, which may be used to offset future gains and provide strategic flexibility. $BRR https://t.co/imaPxZB5Zt
By Anthony Pompliano
Social•Dec 10, 2025
Banks Turn to Crypto Partnerships Amid Development Limits
1/ 🧵 THREAD: TradFi Banks Are Hunting for Crypto Partners Banks can't build fast enough. Some can't acquire due to consent orders. That leaves one option. Let’s break it down 👇 https://t.co/Sk9Ks4i9Hk
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 10, 2025
Aave Horizon Joins DeFiLlama's Platform Listings
Aave Horizon is now on DeFiLlama.
By Stani Kulechov
Social•Dec 10, 2025
Digital Capital Redefines Credit, Money, and Banking
Yesterday at Bitcoin MENA, I presented my keynote on Digital Capital, Credit, Money, and Banking. https://t.co/BwkP9GYxVr
By Michael Saylor
Social•Dec 10, 2025
Aave V3.6 Arrives Shortly
Aave V3.6 incoming.
By Stani Kulechov
Social•Dec 10, 2025
EXPAAM and BITWISE Allocator Showcase at Solana Breakpoint
Join us for the EXPAAM/BITWISE allocator event at Solana Beeakpoint
By Raoul Pal
Social•Dec 10, 2025
Vertical Stablecoin Neobanks Set to Proliferate
There will be many vertically focused stablecoin neobanks
By Kyle Samani
Social•Dec 10, 2025
Bitcoin Stayed Affordable for Everyone Before $1M
Everyone had access to #Bitcoin under $1.0M.
By Samson Mow
Social•Dec 10, 2025
Trade Less, Focus on Quality over Quantity
One thing unprofitable traders do to try & be profitable: Trade more One thing you should NOT do if you're an unprofitable trader: Take more trades Sometimes less is better. Quality over quantity. Don't over-trade to try and make it back and don't force...
By Nebraskan Gooner
Social•Dec 10, 2025
Crypto Leads Fight Against Quantum Computing Threats
The crypto industry is society’s spearhead to combat the threat of quantum computing Crypto will produce solutions that society will use to protect itself from quantum attacks This will be good for crypto Ethereum
By David Hoffman
Social•Dec 10, 2025
Crypto Social Thrives on Farcaster's Trailblazing Foundations
One door closed and another one opens. If crypto social can find success it’s because farcaster has paved a lot of the way.
By Anatoly Yakovenko
Social•Dec 10, 2025
Sentinel: Cosmos’ Top Tool Against Growing Internet Censorship
Sentinel continues to be probably the most useful app in Cosmos. Especially in an age of increasing internet censorship.
By Zaki Manian
Social•Dec 9, 2025
Messari Releases In-Depth Yield Guild Publishing Report
A new, in-depth report of @YieldGuild, our @YGG_Play Publishing business is now available from Messari - you can view the report here: https://t.co/5cpZZsdE4d
By Gabby Dizon
Social•Dec 9, 2025
Maryland Ban Costs Residents $8M in Staking Rewards
Of ten states with lawsuits against Coinbase's staking services at the start of the year, only five remain. And Maryland is one of the few that outright ban Coinbase's staking services. Maryland residents have missed out on ~$8M in rewards, and...
By Brian Armstrong
Social•Dec 9, 2025
Zcash Founder Joins Cypherpunk, Stock Surges 40%
Zcash founder Zooko Wilcox has joined Nasdaq-listed $ZEC treasury firm Cypherpunk Technologies as a strategic advisor. Following the news, the company’s stock $CYPH pumped ~40%. Source: Decrypt
By Wendy O
Social•Dec 9, 2025
TTI Shows Inverse Head‑Shoulders Breakout Amid Decline
$TTI Too far gone now but nice inverse head and shoulders breakout https://t.co/lVR1HAxYet
By Nebraskan Gooner
Social•Dec 9, 2025
T Shares Slip to Range Lows, Bounce Potential
$T Back to range lows. Could look for a bounce opportunity down here https://t.co/BLrV2NeNX9
By Nebraskan Gooner
Social•Dec 9, 2025
OSS Breakout Shows High Upside, Consider Small Allocation
$OSS I added to my watch list a couple days ago and it still looks amazing. May need to put 1-2% of my portfolio in and see if it can run. Pretty risky to chase with much size but definitely...
By Nebraskan Gooner