
Arbitrum DAO is voting on a $1.5 million annual incentive program to reward active governance delegates. The proposal requires delegates to hold at least 200,000 ARB, vote on proposals, and publicly explain their rationale within five days, with payouts ranging from $300 to $700 per vote. As of the latest Snapshot, 55.8 % of votes favor the program, while 27.5 % abstain and 16.5 % oppose. If approved, the rewards will be distributed for one year, with unused funds returning to the treasury.

Robinhood’s shares slipped 8% after the broker reported a sharp decline in November trading activity across equities, options and crypto. Platform assets fell 5% month‑over‑month to $325 billion. Crypto trading volume dropped 12% from October and was 19% below a year‑ago...

ERCOT’s interconnection queue has swelled to 226 GW, with AI data centers accounting for roughly 73% of the demand. This year alone, developers submitted 225 large‑load requests, while the generation queue lists 1,999 proposals totalling 432 GW, dominated by solar and battery...

KYD Labs, a Solana‑based ticket sourcing platform, unveiled TIX, a DeFi lending layer designed to finance live events. The solution tokenizes tickets as real‑world assets, allowing venues to obtain upfront capital from on‑chain liquidity providers. KYD Labs currently supports over...

SEC Commissioner Caroline Crenshaw, the agency’s only remaining Democratic member, will leave in January, 18 months after her term expired. In a Brookings event she warned that the SEC’s lax enforcement has turned markets into a casino‑like environment, especially for...

Internet Computer (ICP) dropped 4.28% in the last 24 hours, sliding from $3.52 to $3.3735. A brief rally to $3.60 generated a volume spike, establishing that level as a key resistance zone. The token then formed lower highs and lows,...

Belarus’s Ministry of Information blocked the domains of major crypto exchanges Bybit, OKX, Bitget, Gate, Bingx and Weex, citing inappropriate advertising under its mass‑media law. The move coincided with Russia’s central bank hinting it may relax crypto access for a...

Save the Children has launched a Bitcoin Fund, developed with digital‑asset firm Fortris, that lets the charity hold bitcoin donations for up to four years. The fund gives donors the option to decide when to convert their crypto, aiming to...

Stream Finance’s original team has sued its new operator, Caleb McMeans (alias 0xlaw), alleging mismanagement that caused a $93 million loss and the platform’s collapse. The Dec 8 complaint in the Northern District of California says McMeans ran the protocol as his...

Hong Kong‑based OSL Group is launching the USDGO stablecoin, a U.S. dollar‑pegged token issued under federal oversight through Anchorage Digital. The token is fully collateralized 1:1 with liquid U.S. assets, including Treasury securities, and embeds KYC and AML controls. USDGO...

Cathie Wood, CEO of Ark Invest, remains fiercely bullish on crypto, forecasting Bitcoin at $1.2 million by 2030 after trimming a previous $1.5 million target. She cited rapid stablecoin expansion as a factor that could siphon transactional demand from Bitcoin. Ark’s spot...

After a year of federal investigations, Polymarket founder Shayne Coplan cleared all regulatory hurdles and revived his prediction‑market platform. The company is now valued at $9 billion, bolstered by a $2 billion investment from Intercontinental Exchange and partnerships with the UFC, NHL...

Sirgoo Lee announced his resignation as CEO of Upbit in 2025, ending a tenure that saw the exchange capture more than 80% of South Korea’s on‑shore crypto volume. Under his leadership, Upbit instituted robust risk controls, recovering over 94% of...

In 2025 crypto‑focused traders on X (formerly Twitter) turned their personal profit‑and‑loss dashboards into real‑time spectacles, moving billions of dollars through meme tokens and perpetual‑swap DEXs. Pseudonymous figures such as James Wynn amplified a $7,000 PEPE bet into a $25 million...

Arthur Hayes, co‑founder of BitMEX and now CIO of Maelstrom, has shifted from exchange building to macro‑driven investing. He leverages a high‑visibility social media presence to share market theses, blending geopolitical analysis with short‑term calls. Hayes was an early advocate...

Coinbase has appointed Chainlink’s Cross‑Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) as the exclusive bridge for all its Coinbase Wrapped Assets, covering tokens like cbBTC, cbETH, cbDOGE, cbLTC, cbADA and cbXRP. The wrapped assets represent roughly $7 billion in market value, enabling users to...

JPMorgan reported that crypto trading volumes slumped across the board in November 2025, with spot activity down roughly 20% and stablecoin turnover falling 26% month‑on‑month. Derivatives and NFT markets also weakened, while U.S. crypto ETFs experienced heavy outflows – $3.4 billion...

Bitcoin treasury adoption slowed sharply in Q4 2025, with only nine new corporate adopters versus 53 in Q3, bringing the year‑to‑date total to 117 companies. Despite the slowdown, the largest corporate treasuries kept buying, highlighted by Strategy’s $962 million purchase, keeping...

BlackRock filed a staking‑enabled Ethereum trust that bundles three distinct risk layers: protocol slashing, a multi‑entity custody lien, and a variable yield structure controlled by the sponsor. The filing proposes staking 70‑90% of the trust’s ETH through vetted providers while...

dYdX announced the launch of its first spot trading product on the Solana blockchain, extending access to U.S. traders for the first time. The move diversifies the exchange beyond its derivatives‑centric legacy and leverages Solana’s low‑cost, high‑speed infrastructure. dYdX highlighted...

Swedish fintech leader Klarna announced a partnership with Privy, a Stripe‑backed wallet infrastructure provider, to develop crypto wallet features for its user base. The collaboration builds on Klarna’s recent launch of KlarnaUSD, a dollar‑pegged stablecoin, and aims to embed crypto...

Mexico's central bank, Banxico, reaffirmed its cautious stance on digital assets in its year‑end report, pledging to keep a “healthy distance” between virtual assets and the traditional financial system. The bank highlighted legal‑tender status, extreme price volatility, cybersecurity, money‑laundering and...

The UK Financial Conduct Authority has placed pound‑pegged stablecoin payments at the top of its 2026 growth agenda, fast‑tracking a dedicated regulatory sandbox for prospective issuers. Companies must apply by 18 January 2026 to test their stablecoin solutions under FCA guidance before...

Cboe BZX has formally certified 21Shares’ XRP spot ETF, ticker TOXR, moving the product one step closer to market launch. The fund becomes the fifth spot‑based XRP ETF to receive exchange approval and will track the CME CF XRP‑Dollar Reference...

Coinbase announced a direct integration with Solana’s decentralized exchange infrastructure, enabling users to trade any Solana‑based token without a traditional listing. The move follows a similar Base‑chain DEX rollout and signals the exchange’s push to broaden on‑ramp access to fast‑growing...

Sky's Keel has launched a $500 million "Tokenization Regatta" to attract real‑world asset (RWA) projects to the Solana blockchain. The program offers direct capital and technical support to issuers of tokenized debt, credit, and funds, and has already drawn interest from...

Marketnode and Lion Global Investors have launched the Singapore Physical Gold Fund on the Solana blockchain, tokenizing gold bars that are fully vaulted and insured in Singapore. The on‑chain offering lets investors subscribe, trade, and redeem units through Marketnode’s platform...

Bubblemaps revealed that roughly 30% of PEPE’s genesis supply was held by a single wallet cluster, which sold about $2 million of tokens the day after the memecoin’s April 2023 launch. The early sell‑off added pressure that prevented PEPE from breaching a...

Fintech leader Revolut and Binance‑owned Trust Wallet have launched an EU‑wide integration that lets users buy crypto instantly with Revolut Pay, cards or bank transfers and have the assets deposited directly into their self‑custodial Trust Wallet. The service supports Bitcoin, Ether,...

Poland's ruling coalition re‑submitted Bill 2050, an 84‑page crypto‑asset proposal identical to the vetoed Bill 1424, despite President Karol Nawrocki’s earlier rejection. Government spokesman Adam Szłapka insists the text is unchanged, while critics argue it over‑regulates the market. The bill would name the...

UAE telecom giant e& has signed an MoU with Al Maryah Community Bank to pilot AE Coin, a dirham‑pegged stablecoin licensed by the Central Bank of the UAE. The trial will embed the token into e&’s payment infrastructure, allowing customers to settle...

Oracle reported a fiscal Q2 FY26 revenue miss, with cloud‑infrastructure sales at $4.1 billion below expectations and legacy software declining. The company’s long‑term debt jumped 25% to $99.6 billion, and analysts project net debt could reach $290 billion by 2028. The earnings disappointment...

Norway’s central bank, Norges Bank, announced that a central bank digital currency (CBDC) is not warranted at this time, citing the country’s already secure, efficient and low‑cost payment infrastructure. The decision follows years of experimentation, including the retail‑focused Project Icebreaker...

Crypto markets experienced a massive leverage unwind on Dec 11, 2025, with over $514 million in positions liquidated in a single day. Long bets bore the brunt, accounting for $376 million versus $138 million in short liquidations, highlighting a heavily bullish bias before the...

The New York Stock Exchange unveiled Valentina Picozzi’s sixth "disappearing" Satoshi Nakamoto statue, marking a visible shift toward crypto acceptance on Wall Street. The artwork was installed by Bitcoin‑focused firm Twenty One Capital as it launched trading this week. The NYSE framed the piece...

Australia’s securities regulator ASIC has granted class relief that removes the need for separate Australian Financial Services licences for stablecoin and wrapped‑token intermediaries. The exemption also authorises the use of omnibus accounts, cutting compliance costs and simplifying record‑keeping. ASIC says...

The U.S. House approved the $900 billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) without the promised anti‑central bank digital currency (CBDC) provision. Republicans led by Rep. Keith Self had secured a deal to embed a CBDC ban, but the amendment was stripped...

Senate Democrats have issued a counter‑offer on the crypto market‑structure bill, accepting much of the Republican framework but insisting on stronger disclosure, secondary‑market safeguards, and ethics rules aimed at officials with crypto ties. The proposal also seeks tighter limits on...

Bitcoin held steady above $91,000 after the Federal Reserve’s 25‑basis‑point rate cut, trading in a narrow $91k‑$92k range as Asian markets opened. CryptoQuant data shows a sharp drop in exchange inflows and whales pulling back deposits, reducing immediate sell pressure....

Bhutan launched TER, a gold‑backed token on the Solana blockchain, issued through the special‑purpose Gelephu Mindfulness City. The token is fully collateralized by physical gold and managed by DK Bank, the country’s first licensed digital bank, which handles issuance, distribution,...

Analysts identified two Silk Road‑linked Bitcoin wallets that moved 3,421 BTC (about $322 million) in May 2025, routing the funds to a new P2WPKH SegWit address rather than an exchange. A follow‑on consolidation on Dec. 10 added roughly $3 million from over 300 similarly...

The article observes a stark downturn in crypto markets, with altcoin prices collapsing, meta‑projects dying quickly, and numerous funded ventures shutting down, even as Bitcoin trades above $90,000. It argues that such pessimism is cyclical, noting that history repeatedly shows...
On December 11, 2025, a new Solana‑based protocol launched a mechanism that bypasses traditional SEC registration, raising questions about legal ownership of tokenized shares. Meanwhile, a Trump‑affiliated crypto platform announced a $1 million reward pool in a Solana meme coin to...

Sygnum’s APAC HNWI Report 2025 reveals that 87 % of Asia’s high‑net‑worth individuals already hold crypto, with an average portfolio allocation of roughly 17 %. More than half of these investors own over 10 % of their assets in digital currencies, and six...

Superstate has launched Direct Issuance programs that let issuers create SEC‑registered shares on Ethereum and Solana, settling primary sales in stablecoins and recording ownership on the transfer agent’s ledger. The first live deployment tokenized 32,374 Galaxy Digital shares on Solana,...

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced the formation of a CEO Innovation Council to guide derivatives market‑structure reforms, focusing on tokenization, crypto assets and 24/7 trading. The inaugural roster includes crypto‑industry leaders Tyler Winklevoss (Gemini), Arjun Sethi (Kraken) and...

The Federal Reserve lowered its policy rate by 25 basis points to a 3.5%‑3.75% range, but Chair Jerome Powell delivered mixed forward guidance, suggesting only a single cut may occur by 2026. Analysts say the ambiguous outlook is curbing the...

The Federal Reserve trimmed its benchmark rate by 25 basis points, marking the third cut of 2025, and the decision sparked mixed reactions across digital assets. Bitcoin edged up 0.5% to $93,488 while Ethereum surged 3.4% to $3,405, yet XRP...

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued a report warning that banks could face penalties for unlawful "debanking" of controversial sectors, including digital‑asset firms, after President Trump’s executive order demanded fair banking access. The review of nine...

Binance co‑CEO Yi He’s WeChat account was hijacked on Dec. 10 after a recycled phone number enabled a social‑recovery attack. The attackers used the compromised profile to promote a low‑liquidity token, earning roughly $55,000 before the posts were removed. Binance worked...