Today's Crypto Pulse
Updated 3h agoBitcoin ETF Custody Concentrates Power, Raising Systemic Risk
Spot Bitcoin exchange‑traded funds now hold over $54 billion, roughly 1.5 million BTC. The ETF structure places the underlying coins in a trust controlled by a handful of custodians, with Coinbase identified as the dominant custodian, creating a single point of operational failure.
Also developing:
By the numbers: Pepeto raises $7M in token presale
News•Dec 17, 2025
Brazilian Stock Exchange B3 to Launch Its Own Tokenization Platform and Stablecoin
Brazil's primary stock exchange B3 announced plans to launch a tokenization platform and a real‑pegged stablecoin in 2026. The platform will enable tokenized assets to trade alongside traditional securities, using a shared liquidity pool that masks the origin of the buyer. B3 also aims to expand crypto‑linked derivatives, including weekly options on Bitcoin, Ether and Solana, pending approval from the CVM. The move builds on an existing crypto product suite that now manages roughly $2.4 billion for 600,000 investors.
By CoinDesk
News•Dec 17, 2025
Legacy Yearn Vault Exploited in Second Attack on the Protocol This Month
Yearn Finance suffered a second exploit this month, this time targeting a legacy iEarn TUSD vault and resulting in a loss of roughly $300,000. The attacker used a flash‑loan attack to manipulate the share price and swapped the stolen assets...
By The Defiant
Social•Dec 17, 2025
India Secures First CCI Approval, Boosting Crypto Trust
Getting this first of its kind CCI approval is absolutely an important regulatory milestones and IMO a big win for Indian crypto ecosystem long term. This will go a long way in building trust in the space and unlocking access...
By Sumit Gupta
News•Dec 17, 2025
Binance Mulls New US Strategy, CZ Potentially Reducing Stake: Report
Binance is weighing a strategic overhaul to re‑enter the United States, which may involve reducing co‑founder Changpeng Zhao’s controlling stake. The exchange is exploring partnerships with firms such as BlackRock and the decentralized platform WLFI to navigate regulatory hurdles. A...
By Cointelegraph
Social•Dec 17, 2025
Future Tech Moonshots Redefining Travel, Power, Communication
Draper Moonshots to watch for 2026 and beyond. @NatilusAero Blended-wing aircraft making air travel more efficient and affordable. Taking on the airplane duopoly with advanced technology. @RadiantNuclear Portable nuclear microreactors to deliver clean, reliable power anywhere in the world, from remote regions to...
By Tim Draper
Podcast•Dec 17, 2025•40 min
Ethereum’s “HTTP Moment” With Marissa Foster & Yoav Weiss
Camila Russo interviews Ethereum Foundation product lead Marissa Foster and security researcher Yoav Weiss about the Trustless Manifesto and the Ethereum Interop Layer (EIL), highlighting how hidden trust assumptions—especially in RPCs, bridges, and sequencers—threaten Ethereum’s core values as it moves...
By The Defiant – DeFi Podcast
Social•Dec 17, 2025
Altcoins Face Capitulation; Patience and No Leverage Needed
Markets end with a capitulation period/candle. That might be the phase that we're getting to with most of the #Altcoins as we're in that volatile week of macroeconomic events. At this point in time: nobody believes in #Altcoins anymore. This can change...
By Michaël van de Poppe
News•Dec 17, 2025
Aptos Drops 5% to $1.50 as Volume Spikes Above Monthly Average
Aptos (APT) slipped 5% in the last 24 hours, settling around $1.50 after a brief rally to $1.64. Trading volume surged, reaching 23% above the 30‑day moving average and 258% above the 24‑hour average during the price rejection. The technical...
By CoinDesk
News•Dec 17, 2025
Silvergate Bank Lawsuit Calls for FTX, Alameda Clients to Weigh in on $10M Settlement
A California class‑action lawsuit seeks to distribute a $10 million settlement to Silvergate Bank claimants linked to FTX or Alameda Research. More than 46,000 investors who deposited fiat into FTX‑related accounts between 2019 and 2022 can file claims before the Jan 30...
By Cointelegraph
Social•Dec 17, 2025
Bitcoin Art Evolves: Physical Pieces as Proof of Work
They asked me for a comment; the provenance is secured with @opentimestamps As a 'OG' bitcoiner it's amazing to see Bitcoin grow up so much that Bitcoin artists are doing retrospectives. And in this day and age of AI, physical art...
By Peter Todd
News•Dec 17, 2025
BNB Drops Nearly 3% to as Bitcoin Whipsaw and Tech Selloff Hit Crypto Market
BNB slipped nearly 3% to about $844 after a sharp reversal in Bitcoin and a broader tech‑stock selloff. The token briefly rallied to $872 but lost momentum as sellers triggered stop‑losses, breaking the $855‑$857 consolidation zone. Bitcoin’s volatility surged past...
By CoinDesk
News•Dec 17, 2025
Russia’s Biggest Bank Sberbank Pilots ‘DeFi Tools’ for TradFi Convergence
Sberbank, Russia’s largest bank, has begun piloting a range of decentralized‑finance (DeFi) tools despite being under U.S. and EU sanctions. The bank’s deputy chairman, Anatoly Popov, said any meaningful integration will depend on a clear regulatory framework, especially around taxation,...
By The Defiant
News•Dec 17, 2025
Crypto Stocks Pare Gains as Bitcoin Retreats From $90,000 Rally
Crypto‑linked equities retreated after Bitcoin slipped from a brief surge above $90,000 to around $86,500, a 3.9% drop in an hour. The decline pulled miners such as MARA Holdings and Core Scientific down 4.8% and 6% respectively, while other crypto...
By CoinDesk
News•Dec 17, 2025
Robinhood Looks Better Placed than Coinbase for Prediction-Market Upside, Mizuho Says
Robinhood is positioned to capture more revenue from prediction markets than Coinbase, according to a Mizuho survey. The study found Robinhood users intend to fund these trades with fresh capital, while Coinbase users are more likely to sell existing crypto...
By CoinDesk
News•Dec 17, 2025
Macquarie Sees U.S. Senate Near Crypto Deal as Market Structure, GENIUS Rules Advance
Macquarie predicts the U.S. Senate will near a crypto regulatory deal by early 2026, driven by bipartisan market‑structure negotiations and parallel GENIUS Act rulemaking. The Senate Agriculture Committee’s draft would expand CFTC authority, while the Banking Committee’s Responsible Financial Innovation...
By CoinDesk
News•Dec 17, 2025
Kyrgyzstan’s USDKG Shows How Real-Asset Stablecoins Are Evolving in Emerging Markets
Kyrgyzstan has introduced USDKG, a USD‑pegged stablecoin backed by physical gold rather than cash or Treasury securities. The token debuted on the Tron blockchain with an initial issuance of 50 million units and plans to expand to Ethereum. Its hybrid model...
By Cointelegraph
News•Dec 17, 2025
Hut 8 and Coinbase Outperform as Crypto Stocks Jump on Bitcoin's Sudden Rally
Bitcoin surged past $90,000, igniting a broad rally across crypto‑linked equities. Hut 8 led the pack, jumping 14.4% after announcing a $7 billion, 15‑year lease with AI‑infrastructure firm Fluidstack, while CleanSpark and Riot also posted gains. Coinbase rose 2.27% as it prepared...
By CoinDesk
News•Dec 17, 2025
Most Influential: Vlad Tenev
Robinhood, under CEO Vlad Tenev, completed a $200 million acquisition of Bitstamp, securing more than 50 global crypto licenses. The deal accelerates Robinhood’s push into institutional trading and tokenized assets. The platform also launched staking for ether and solana, added XRP,...
By CoinDesk
News•Dec 17, 2025
Most Influential: Jeremy Allaire
Jeremy Allaire spent 2025 turning his vision of dollar‑backed digital money into concrete policy and product milestones. He championed the GENIUS Act, which created the first federal licensing framework for stablecoins, and secured its passage into law. Circle applied for...
By CoinDesk
Social•Dec 17, 2025
Decentralization: The Key to Unlocking Blockchain Freedom
Blockchain goals: Freedom, fairness, independence, true ownership of your assets (Own you life) This is all achieved by decentralization, be it on Ethereum, Bitcoin, or Zcash. If the goals above are like a treasure, decentralization is the...
By Eli Ben-Sasson
Social•Dec 17, 2025
Questioning the End of the Four-Year Cycle
Is the 4 year cycle over? https://t.co/O19Xzidzhy
By Tyler Winklevoss says: Gemini won't hire ex-SEC chair's students
News•Dec 17, 2025
The Deepfake Reckoning: Why Crypto’s Next Security Battle Will Be Against Synthetic Humans
Generative AI has turned deepfakes into a mainstream fraud weapon, with synthetic media rising 550 % from 2019 to 2024. Crypto platforms, buoyed by regulatory clarity and growing adoption, still rely on static KYC checks that cannot stop AI‑generated video IDs...
By CoinDesk
Social•Dec 17, 2025
Bitcoin's Millisecond Chart Shows Explosive Pump
#Bitcoin millisecond chart is absolutely sending who's buying a lambo with me off this massive pump? https://t.co/L2AvrUxEGF
By Nebraskan Gooner
Social•Dec 17, 2025
Solana Upgrade, Aave Feud Highlight Token Valuation Woes
Solana’s Big Upgrade, Aave’s Civil War & the Problem With Token Value: Uneasy Money https://t.co/5kF0KLNGWg
By Laura Shin
News•Dec 17, 2025
Hut 8 Stock Surges 20% on Fluidstack AI Data Center Deal
Hut 8 shares surged 20% after announcing a 15‑year, $7 billion lease with Fluidstack for 245 MW of AI‑focused data‑center capacity at its River Bend campus in Louisiana. Google is providing a financial backstop, lowering counterparty risk, while the agreement grants Fluidstack a right...
By CoinDesk
Social•Dec 17, 2025
Exploring Future Paths of Popups, Networks, and Zones
My latest views on popups, network states, coordi-nations, zones, and where all of these things could lead us. (Long poast) https://t.co/g0kIWwiV59
By Vitalik Buterin
Social•Dec 17, 2025
Live From SF: Unveiling Our 2024 System Updates
In SF for our System Update event. We’re about to show you all the things we’ve been cooking this year. Livestream link below. #SystemUpdate https://t.co/X8jthmrXzD
By Brian Armstrong
News•Dec 17, 2025
Don't Call It QE — the Fed's $40 Billion of Bill Purchases May Not Shake Crypto Out of Its Slump
The Federal Reserve announced a $40 billion monthly purchase of short‑term Treasury bills, branding the program as Reserve Management Operations rather than quantitative easing. The move is designed to replenish bank reserves and stabilize money‑market rates ahead of the April tax‑payment...
By CoinDesk
Social•Dec 17, 2025
Eric Trump Reveals Barron Trump’s Enthusiasm for Crypto
Eric Trump says his younger brother, Barron, "loves crypto." https://t.co/TYwrftoocG
By That Martini Guy
Social•Dec 17, 2025
Privacy-First Home Robotics Powered by Near AI Cloud
Excited to share that @openmind_agi is using @near_ai Cloud for verifiable private intelligence in home robotics. Privacy is absolutely critical for any technology we bring into our homes and closely interact with. We should consider it a requirement for...
By Illia Polosukhin
News•Dec 17, 2025
Former SEC Counsel Explains What It Takes to Make RWAs Compliant
Former SEC counsel Ashley Ebersole says the SEC’s evolving stance is unlocking compliant real‑world asset (RWA) tokenization, after years of enforcement‑first policy. He highlights a model where tokenized equities are backed by shares held by regulated clearing brokers, granting full...
By Cointelegraph
Social•Dec 17, 2025
Suitcoiners Adopt SuitFi, Trend Set for 2026
Suitcoiners embracing SuitFi Will be a big trend in 2026
By David Hoffman
Social•Dec 17, 2025
Simplify Ethereum to Broaden Protocol Understanding and Trustlessness
An important and underrated form of trustlessness is increasing the number of people who can actually understand the whole protocol from top to bottom. Ethereum needs to get better at this (by making the protocol simpler).
By Vitalik Buterin
News•Dec 17, 2025
Uniform Labs’ Multiliquid Targets Structural Gap in $35 Billion Tokenized Asset Market
Uniform Labs has launched Multiliquid, an institutional liquidity protocol that enables instant, 24/7 swaps between tokenized money‑market funds and major stablecoins such as USDC and USDT. The platform integrates with tokenized Treasury products from firms like Wellington Management, aiming to...
By CoinDesk
Social•Dec 17, 2025
Crypto Exchanges Profit From Users' Liquidations
Crypto exchange owners sitting back collecting everyone's liquidations. https://t.co/HmrBlf28qz
By Nebraskan Gooner
Social•Dec 17, 2025
Bitcoin Poised to Test Key Green Resistance Level
#Bitcoin Sure feels like we've swept the highs way too many times lately to not at least test the green box below https://t.co/luvKScporv
By Nebraskan Gooner
News•Dec 17, 2025
Washington Has Started the Clock on Bank-Issued Crypto Dollars, and the Timeline Contains a 2026 Bitcoin Surprise
Washington’s FDIC has launched rulemaking under the GENIUS Act, setting a roadmap for bank‑issued stablecoins that could materialize by late 2026. At the same time, Vanguard reversed its crypto ban, granting roughly 50 million clients access to spot Bitcoin ETFs, while...
By CryptoSlate
Social•Dec 17, 2025
Wall Street's Crypto Embrace Set to Transform Finance
Wall Street is embracing bitcoin and crypto, which is going to fundamentally change finance forever. https://t.co/W1vBhOdNNj
By Anthony Pompliano
Social•Dec 17, 2025
Hard Work Beats Easy Money: Bitcoin Realigns Reality
Easy money creates easy expectations. Bailouts, stability without sacrifice, and outcomes without effort. That's not reality. Reality rewards hard work, patience, and long-term thinking. Bitcoin helps re-orient us to reality, where we belong. Do the hard thing. https://t.co/WdZIGM9CWQ
By Jack Mallers
Social•Dec 17, 2025
ZK: The Privacy, Scale, Security, Freedom Tech
ZK is for privacy ZK is for scale ZK is for security ZK is Freedom-tech
By Eli Ben-Sasson
Social•Dec 17, 2025
BTC Poised for $88K Breakout, Targeting $93‑94K
This is great. A great move upwards on $BTC and there are a lot of shorts ready to be taken out. The $88K breakout is crucial, I think that it's very likely that we'll start moving all the way to $93-94K. https://t.co/WwQsWmcxpM
By Michaël van de Poppe
Social•Dec 17, 2025
Partnering with LianLian to Revolutionize Global Treasury via USDC
Excited about the announcement with LianLian Global, one of the largest payments and cross border firms in Asia. Innovating around USDC, Arc and CPN and broad use cases on global treasury and settlement.
By Jeremy Allaire
Social•Dec 17, 2025
Even Tom Lee Might Miss Crypto Rally
🔥Tom Lee is a prolific investor but... he may be WRONG here📉👀 $BTC $ETH $SOL $XRP https://t.co/sKXGW2w5zx
By Paul Barron
Social•Dec 17, 2025
AAVE's 62% Drop Highlights Discounted Crypto Opportunities
Incredible growth and yet AAVE is still down 62% from the ATH it ticked almost 5 years ago. What a gift to investors now. There are some gem tokens trading at discounts that will feel entirely obvious in retrospect. https://t.co/VR5uQ8zyn5
By David Hoffman
Social•Dec 17, 2025
BOJ Rate Hikes Historically Trigger 20‑30% Bitcoin Falls
POLL: 🇯🇵Bank of Japan has confirmed it will increase interest rates to 75bps tomorrow👀 Since 2024, each BOJ rate hike has been followed by a Bitcoin drop of roughly 20–30% 👉 Will Bitcoin meet the same fate? $BTC $ETH $SOL $XRP
By Paul Barron
Social•Dec 17, 2025
DeFi Continues to Outperform Traditional CeFi Platforms
outperforming CeFi (context below)
By Kyle Samani
Social•Dec 17, 2025
Live on PBD's Podcast: Economics, Geopolitics, Tech & Bitcoin
I am joining @PBDsPodcast LIVE for the next two hours. Economics, geopolitics, finance and tech. Maybe even a little bitcoin talk. Tune in here: https://t.co/rATyLq0Zm1
By Anthony Pompliano
Social•Dec 17, 2025
Crypto to Enter Institutional Era by 2026, Grayscale Predicts
NEW: Grayscale says crypto markets will enter an institutional era in 2026, citing regulatory clarity, macro demand, and real-world use cases
By Wendy O
Social•Dec 17, 2025
Sky's $92.2M Buybacks Power Emission‑Free Staking
Sky achieved a total of 92.2M SKY buybacks in 2025! Important note: SKY has no token emissions or incentives, and the SKY staking yield is paid via the buybacks from protocol net profit This is just the beginning, more to come...
By Rune Christensen
Social•Dec 17, 2025
Waiting for Market Dip Before DCA with Kraken Pro
Market pulling back. I'm still not buying yet. When the DCA begins, I will let you know. I'll be using @krakenpro, easy, accurate, and fast.
By Layah Heilpern