🎯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.
Also developing:
By the numbers: Pepeto raises $7M in token presale
News•Dec 8, 2025
The Easiest and Safest Methods for Gifting Crypto at Christmas in 2025
The 2025 guide outlines the safest ways to gift cryptocurrency at Christmas, emphasizing established assets like Bitcoin and Ether for newcomers. It details three primary methods—crypto gift cards, hardware wallets, and direct transfers via exchanges—highlighting ease of use, security benefits, and practical steps. The article also warns about volatility, phishing risks, and the importance of seed‑phrase protection. Finally, it outlines tax thresholds, noting the U.S. $19,000 annual exclusion for crypto gifts.
By Cointelegraph
Social•Dec 8, 2025
Regulatory Clarity Needed to Stop India's Web3 Talent Exodus
Grateful to Rajya Sabha MP @drlaxmanbjp for raising a critical issue in parliament today: the innovation drain in India's Web3 startup ecosystem. >India has over 1,000 Web3 startups with the potential to contribute over $1.1 trillion to our economy by 2032...
By Sumit Gupta
Social•Dec 8, 2025
Bitcoin's ETF Surge Ends Traditional 4‑year Cycle
The 4-year cycle is dead. Think about this: When Gold got an ETF, it went on an 8-year bull run The spot Bitcoin ETF is wayyyyy more successful than the gold ETF And the adoption of Bitcoin by institutions, wealth funds, and nation-states is...
By Lark Davis
News•Dec 8, 2025
BlackRock Files for Listing Staked Ether ETF
BlackRock has filed an application to list a new exchange‑traded fund that would give investors indirect exposure to staked Ether. The ETF would track Ether locked in proof‑of‑stake consensus, allowing holders to earn staking rewards without directly managing the asset....
By Cointelegraph
News•Dec 8, 2025
Wall Street Piles In: How Ripple’s Quiet Pivot Led to a $40B Valuation
Ripple secured a $500 million financing round that lifted its valuation to $40 billion, drawing heavyweight Wall Street firms such as Citadel, Fortress and Galaxy Digital. The deal includes unique downside protections, offering investors a guaranteed 10% annual return or up to...
By Cointelegraph
News•Dec 8, 2025
Ripple’s Big Singapore Win: What the Expanded License Allows Now
Singapore’s Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has broadened Ripple’s Major Payment Institution licence, granting the firm permission to deliver end‑to‑end cross‑border payments, regulated XRP and RLUSD services, and on/off‑ramps. The upgrade removes the 2023 restrictions that limited Ripple to token‑only...
By Cointelegraph
Social•Dec 8, 2025
Brace for Bitcoin’s Crucial Test at $86K
This is exactly why you'll need to stay calm for a little bit if there's a move on $BTC. Great move on some #Altcoins today, but harsh rejection on the crucial resistance of #Bitcoin. Again, it's FOMC meeting week, which is...
By Michaël van de Poppe
News•Dec 8, 2025
Most Influential: Ross Ulbricht
Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the Silk Road darknet marketplace, received a presidential pardon from Donald Trump. The clemency follows a series of high‑profile pardons targeting figures linked to the cryptocurrency ecosystem. Ulbricht's release removes a decades‑old conviction for drug...
By CoinDesk
News•Dec 8, 2025
Most Influential: Rep. French Hill
Representative French Hill has emerged as a leading force behind U.S. cryptocurrency legislation, steering bipartisan efforts in the House Financial Services Committee. He championed the first comprehensive digital‑asset bill, seeking clarity for innovators while safeguarding consumers. Hill’s outreach to industry...
By CoinDesk
News•Dec 8, 2025
New DePIN Protocol Rolls Out ZK-Proof Processing Marketplace
Brevis has unveiled ProverNet, a decentralized ZK‑proof marketplace that lets provers earn by generating proofs while applications purchase proving capacity. The beta network settles payments in Circle’s USDC and will transition to the native BREV token upon mainnet launch, introducing...
By Cointelegraph
News•Dec 8, 2025
Tom Lee's BitMine Immersion Ramps Up Ether Acquisition, Adding $435M of ETH to Treasury
Tom Lee’s mining firm BitMine (BMNR) accelerated its Ethereum purchases, adding roughly $435 million worth of ETH to its corporate treasury. The acquisition represents the company’s largest weekly haul in over a month and pushes its cash reserves higher. BitMine’s immersion‑mining...
By CoinDesk
News•Dec 8, 2025
ZKsync Lite to Shut Down in 2026 as Matter Labs Moves On
Matter Labs announced that its original zk‑rollup, ZKsync Lite, will be sunset in early 2026. The company framed the move as a planned transition toward its newer ZKsync Era platform, which offers higher throughput and lower fees. Existing Lite contracts...
By CoinDesk
News•Dec 8, 2025
SEC Ends Biden-Era Probe Into Tokenized Equity Platform Ondo Finance
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has officially closed its multi‑year investigation into New York‑based tokenization platform Ondo Finance without filing any charges. The probe, launched in 2023 under former Chair Gary Gensler, examined whether Ondo’s tokenized real‑world assets and...
By Cointelegraph
Social•Dec 8, 2025
Coinbase Poised to Become Crypto’s Bank of America
Coinbase will become the crypto Bank of America #coinbase #crypto #cryptowendyo
By Wendy O
News•Dec 8, 2025
Mantra CEO Tells OM Holders to Withdraw From OKX over ‘Inaccurate’ Migration Plan
Mantra CEO JP Mullin publicly urged OM token holders to withdraw their assets from the OKX exchange, alleging that OKX had not coordinated with Mantra on the upcoming token migration and had published inaccurate migration dates. The dispute revolves around...
By Cointelegraph
Social•Dec 8, 2025
Smart Money Is Quietly Moving Into Bitcoin
In this week’s 10 minute News Block: • Vanguard finally opens the door to Bitcoin • NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang calls Bitcoin energy money, echoing Musk • Larry Fink says sovereign wealth funds are buying the dip • Strategy establishes $1.4B USD reserve …And more! The smartest...
By Natalie Brunell
News•Dec 8, 2025
Binance Suspends Employee over Using Inside Information for Personal Gain
Binance has suspended a futures‑team employee after an internal probe found the staffer used non‑public token issuance data to post on the official Binance Futures X account for personal profit. The employee was removed within minutes of the token launch,...
By Cointelegraph
Social•Dec 8, 2025
On‑chain Real Assets Offer Liquidity, Yet DeFi Risks Out
Bringing RWA's onchain has some pretty big advantages. Broader access, deeper liquidity etc But taking the next step and leverage looping them in DeFi can have pitfalls. Oracle updates are infrequent, information is asymmetric and not always transparent. Ultimately, some asset classes...
By Hugh Karp
Social•Dec 8, 2025
Quantum Computers Explore Many Possibilities Simultaneously
Quantum Computer -- how does it work? You've read the news -- a quantum computer could some day break the cryptography used to sign Bitcoin transactions. We can fix Bitcoin to prevent that, but it's really important to understand: How does...
By Eli Ben-Sasson
Blog•Dec 8, 2025
ZKSync Lite to Wind Down in 2026
Matter Labs announced that its original zkSync Lite layer‑2 network will be fully wound down by 2026. The zk‑rollup, launched as an early zero‑knowledge solution for payments, swaps and NFT transfers, has been superseded by zkSync Era, which adds EVM...
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 8, 2025
BitMines Holds $12B in ETH and $1B Cash
BITMINE NOW HOLDS 3,864,951 ETH WORTH $12 BILLION AND STILL HAS $1 BILLION IN CASH https://t.co/LwdNbajuGj
By That Martini Guy
Social•Dec 8, 2025
Preserve Capital, Manage Risk, Stay Unemotional to Avoid Bankruptcy
Nobody went broke: 1. Taking profit 2. Focusing on capital preservation 3. Implementing risk management 4. Remaining unemotional and cautious Especially when you have a lot to lose.
By Layah Heilpern
Blog•Dec 8, 2025
Jupiter COO Says Vault’s ‘Zero Contagion’ Claim Was Not Fully Accurate
Jupiter’s Chief Operating Officer Kash Dhanda acknowledged that the platform’s earlier claim of "zero contagion" risk for its Jupiter Lend vaults was not entirely correct. The vaults, marketed as isolated, actually allow rehypothecation and recollateralization of deposited assets to boost...
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 8, 2025
Bitcoin Outlook: Q1 Relief and 2025‑2026 Forecast
New edition of the RC Newsletter is out! Bitcoin – Preparing for Q1 Relief? What the rest of 2025 and early 2026 hold Sign up here: https://t.co/8wgMx1muWf #BTC #Crypto #Bitcoin
By Rekt Capital
Social•Dec 8, 2025
Phemex Event Offers up to $3M in Prizes
If you’re on Phemex this month, you’ll probably want the event page. Take a look here as theres up to $3M up for grabs: https://t.co/bTikBNEs12 Not financial advice. Always DYOR.
By That Martini Guy
Social•Dec 8, 2025
Crypto Market Meets Politics: Live Discussion with Perianne Boring
THE BREAKDOWN #635 -- CRYPTO MARKET & POLITICS -- LIVE WITH PERIANNE BORING https://t.co/tVIIpZWA2l
By David Gokhshtein
Social•Dec 8, 2025
ADGM Adds USDT to Approved Fiat-Referenced Tokens
ADGM APPROVES $USDT AS AN "ACCEPTED FIAT-REFERENCED TOKEN" ALONGSIDE $USDC, $USD1 STABLECOIN ADOPTION IS HERE🚀 https://t.co/9HtGBiQTz0
By That Martini Guy
Social•Dec 8, 2025
Staying Liquid, We Outperform BTC Amid Market Volatility
We'll see volatile weeks ahead, as there are many macroeconomic events. These will be decisive in the upcoming months and, probably, the direction of all assets, which is why we'll remain fully liquid & trade volatility at @MNFund_. Our performance in the...
By Michaël van de Poppe
Social•Dec 8, 2025
Bitcoin Slides 1.66% After US Market Opens
BITCOIN IS DOWN 1.66% SINCE US MARKET OPEN 📉 https://t.co/BIHPUtg7ya
By That Martini Guy
Social•Dec 8, 2025
Folks Finance Hits 5× FDV, Launches Points Season 2
$FOLKS remains one of the standout performers this cycle. trading over 5× its initial FDV and holding top-3 perp volume. Folks Points Season 2 starts today, with more updates rolling out this week. strong momentum and steady development from @FolksFinance https://t.co/vt4DPLVKP4
By That Martini Guy
Social•Dec 8, 2025
Crypto Bottom or FOMC Crash? Vote Now
POLL: 🇺🇸Has crypto bottomed or will the FOMC later this week dump crypto one more time?👀 $BTC $ETH $SOL $XRP
By Paul Barron
Social•Dec 8, 2025
SEC Closes Two-Year Probe, ONDO Shares Jump 9%
THE SEC HAS ENDED A TWO-YEAR INVESTIGATION INTO $ONDO - PRICE SOARES +9% 📈 https://t.co/Ktg4nglhjS
By That Martini Guy
Social•Dec 8, 2025
Metaplanet Launches “Mars” Strategy to Boost Bitcoin Purchases
BULLISH 🐂 METAPLANET TO ROLL OUT “MARS,” A STRATEGY-STYLE OFFERING TO BUY MORE $BTC https://t.co/8HXLCkWHND
By That Martini Guy
Social•Dec 8, 2025
VanEck Predicts Imminent Market Reversal, Eyes Top
JUST IN 🚨 VANECK SAYS "SEE YOU AT THE TOP" THEY KNOW THE REVERSAL IS COMING 📈 https://t.co/en3Odoe49K
By That Martini Guy
Social•Dec 8, 2025
BlackRock Files for Staked ETH ETF
BULLISH 🚨 BLACKROCK HAVE JUST FILED FOR A STAKED $ETH ETF! IT’S HAPPENING! https://t.co/cS3o1kQ9Eh
By That Martini Guy
Social•Dec 8, 2025
Crypto Empowers Personal Sovereignty Over Money and Identity
One thing normies get wrong about crypto: It's not about technology, it's about human values. It's not the hash, electricty, ZK, cryptography. Crypto is so You to Own Your Life: your money, your reputation, your relationships. You. Not banks, nor state,...
By Eli Ben-Sasson
Social•Dec 8, 2025
Ether.fi Stands Out as the Top Crypto Card
I have tried every single crypto card in the world. @ether_fi is without doubt the best I have ever used. https://t.co/jLbqrvjegH
By Layah Heilpern
Social•Dec 8, 2025
Strategy Bought Bitcoin Amid FUD, Price Climbs Higher
Strategy bought more Bitcoin while you were FUD posting on the mobile internet application. HIGHER
By Wendy O
Social•Dec 8, 2025
ETH Mirrors BTC, Targets $94K Strength, Key Levels
ETH Syncing this with BTC, strength above $94K. Breakouts above $3,245 Breakdowns below $2,650 https://t.co/cwL3xfk7Rq
By Koroush Khaneghah
Social•Dec 8, 2025
Supercycle Hype Signals Crypto Cycle’s Approaching End
Major banks and influencers are saying the 4 year crypto cycle is dead and are calling for a super cycle. Every time you hear the word supercycle, you have to be extremely cautious and realise we're getting closer and closer to...
By Layah Heilpern
Social•Dec 8, 2025
Polygon Powers Payments and Fintech on Blockchain
You ask Payments and fintechs on blockchain? It’s all on Polygon!!
By Sandeep Nailwal
Social•Dec 8, 2025
HIP-4 May Ignite Hyperliquid Prediction Market Competition
Prediction markets built on Hyperliquid? 🧠⚡ @dschamis explains why HIP-4 could open the door to explosive competition 👇 https://t.co/xrXWbomRQA
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 8, 2025
Going Bullish on Bitcoin: My Week‑Long Trade Plan
Is it time to flip bullish on Bitcoin? Here's how I'm trading the market to make money this week Watch now: https://t.co/fVd2nzKLZe
By Koroush Khaneghah
Social•Dec 8, 2025
Monday Momentum: Bitcoin Soars, Coffee Hot, Energy High
Bitcoin is above $90,000 Coffee is hot Sleep score is 87 Calendar is already full Let's have a Monday 🚀 https://t.co/l6h75g6RKE
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Social•Dec 8, 2025
User Thanks Andre Cronje, Asks Whitelist Round Count
@AndreCronjeTech Thank you for the whitelist, I appreciate it! How many rounds Whitelist do you plan to have? https://t.co/5Kc0Iy53EJ
By Andre Cronje
Social•Dec 8, 2025
JPMorgan CEO: Stablecoins Improve Cross‑border Payments
JPMORGAN CEO JAMIE DIMON SAYS STABLECOINS WILL WORK BETTER FOR INTERNATIONAL PAYMENTS! https://t.co/wiqKvJN6La
By That Martini Guy
Social•Dec 8, 2025
Strategy’s BTC Portfolio Hits 24.7% YTD Return
Strategy has acquired 10,624 BTC for ~$962.7 million at ~$90,615 per bitcoin and has achieved BTC Yield of 24.7% YTD 2025. As of 12/7/2025, we hodl 660,624 $BTC acquired for ~$49.35 billion at ~$74,696 per bitcoin. $MSTR $STRC $STRK $STRF...
By Michael Saylor
Social•Dec 8, 2025
Activate Shield Rebate, Earn Credits, Enter Competition
GET PROTECTED → GET REWARDED activate the @Phemex_official Shield rebate, claim bonus credits, then join the trading competition. all from the same link below. https://t.co/G7g87EIXey DYOR, not financial advice.
By That Martini Guy
Social•Dec 8, 2025
Long-Term Holder Supply Hits Lowest Since March
UPDATE 🚨 THE SELLING PRESSURE COULD FINALLY BE OVER! LONG TERM HOLDER SUPPLY IS AT IT’S LOWEST LEVEL SINCE MARCH. HERE WE GO! https://t.co/YFrlN3I4Ks
By That Martini Guy
Social•Dec 8, 2025
Altcoin Season May Kick Off Before Year‑end
ALTCOIN SEASON IS STARTING TO EDGE CLOSER! Will we see it happen before year end? 🤔 https://t.co/bEX0g5dtRw
By That Martini Guy