Uniswap Vote, U.S. GDP: Crypto Week Ahead
The Uniswap DAO is voting on the UNIfication proposal, which would activate protocol fees, burn 100 million UNI tokens from the treasury, and tighten operational ties between Uniswap Labs and the Uniswap Foundation. Early voting indicates overwhelming support, positioning the change as a pivotal shift for the largest Ethereum‑based DEX. Meanwhile, the U.S. will release its Q3 GDP and a second‑estimate PCE inflation figure, macro data that traditionally moves crypto risk sentiment. A flurry of other DAO votes and token unlocks round out an unusually governance‑heavy week for crypto.
Hyperliquid Says Ex-Employee Responsible for HYPE Token Shorting
Hyperliquid disclosed that a wallet flagged for shorting its HYPE token belongs to a former employee dismissed in early 2024. The ex‑employee sold roughly 4,000 HYPE tokens, valued at about $134,000, in a single day in November. Hyperliquid emphasized its...
Charles Hoskinson Argues the TRUMP Token Cost Crypto a 70-Vote Senate Win and Sparked the Bitcoin-Only Crisis
Charles Hoskinson contends that the TRUMP memecoin, launched three days before President Trump’s inauguration, derailed a projected 70‑vote Senate majority for the CLARITY Act and ignited the 2025 Bitcoin‑only rally. He argues the token turned a bipartisan crypto agenda into...
Hong Kong Proposes New Rules to Tap Insurance Capital Into Cryptocurrencies
Hong Kong’s Insurance Authority has unveiled a proposal allowing its 158 licensed insurers to allocate capital to digital assets, including cryptocurrencies. The framework imposes a 100% risk charge on direct crypto holdings, meaning insurers must set aside an equal amount...
Tokenized Equity Sector Surges 2500% in 2025
Tokenized equities have exploded in 2025, with market capitalization surging from $32 million to $831 million—a 2,496% increase. The boom is driven by relaxed U.S. regulations, prompting both traditional brokers and crypto exchanges to launch tokenized stock products. Robinhood now offers nearly...
Binance Opens up Ways for Users to Generate Income Using ETH Options
Binance has launched ether options for all users, enabling them to write (sell) ETH options and collect premiums as passive income. The move expands the exchange’s derivative toolkit beyond Bitcoin, responding to growing retail and institutional demand for advanced hedging...
US Lawmakers Push to Fix Staking ‘Double Taxation’ Before 2026
A bipartisan group of 18 House members, led by Rep. Mike Carey, has urged the IRS to revise its crypto‑staking tax rules before 2026, arguing that current guidance imposes double taxation on rewards. The lawmakers want staking income taxed only...
Video Game Mods Are Spreading New ‘Stealka’ Crypto Infostealer: Kaspersky
Kaspersky has identified a new Windows infostealer called Stealka that disguises itself as video‑game cheats, mods and pirated software. The malware is distributed through legitimate hosting sites such as GitHub, SourceForge and Google Sites, often using AI‑generated fake pages. Stealka...
Fintechs’ Prediction Market Addons Will Cost Them in Churn: Inversion CEO
Venture‑capital firm Inversion Capital’s CEO Santiago Roel Santos warned that fintechs adding prediction‑market features are creating “casino‑like” experiences that boost user liquidation risk and accelerate churn. He cited Robinhood’s 2025 rollout and similar plans by Coinbase and Gemini as examples...
Crypto Coin Minute for December 22nd, 2025 at 05:15 AM Pacific Time.
U.S. senators approved the CLARITY Act markup, moving the crypto market structure framework forward. The Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network is seeking input on a new payment‑account type tailored for crypto firms. Congress also passed the PARITY Act, giving the...
‘DeFi Is Dead’: Maple Finance’s CEO Says Onchain Markets Will Swallow Wall Street
Maple Finance CEO Sid Powell declares “DeFi is dead,” meaning the distinction between decentralized finance and traditional finance will vanish as institutions move capital markets on‑chain. He predicts stablecoins will handle $50 trillion in payments by 2026, driving cost savings for...
Klarna Partners with Coinbase to Accept Stablecoin Funding From Institutions
Klarna announced a partnership with Coinbase to raise short‑term funding in USDC, the leading dollar‑pegged stablecoin. The fintech will use Coinbase’s crypto‑native infrastructure to tap institutional investors seeking stablecoin exposure, adding a new liquidity source alongside deposits, long‑term debt, and...
Crypto Market ‘Isn’t Scared Enough’ to Call a Bottom Yet: Santiment
Santiment founder Maksim Balashevich warns that crypto traders lack sufficient fear on social media to confirm a Bitcoin bottom, suggesting the price could still slide to around $75,000—a 14.8% drop from the current $88,350 level. He points to overly optimistic...
Crypto Coin Minute for December 21st, 2025 at 05:15 AM Pacific Time.
Senator Cynthia Lummis announced she will not seek reelection, prompting disappointment across the crypto community. Meanwhile, U.S. lawmakers introduced legislation to exempt small stablecoin transactions and staking rewards from taxes, aiming to stimulate broader usage. Analysts warn that a sharp...
Tom Lee Responds to Controversy Surrounding Fundstrat’s Differing Bitcoin Outlooks
Fundstrat co‑founder Tom Lee clarified why the firm’s analysts have issued seemingly conflicting Bitcoin forecasts. Head of digital‑asset strategy Sean Farrell projects Bitcoin could retreat to $60,000‑$65,000 in the first half of 2026, while Lee has suggested the cryptocurrency may...
Sell Bitcoin for Gold? Not so Fast, One Analyst Says
Bitcoin analyst Matthew Kratter argues that Bitcoin’s inherent scarcity, portability and verifiability make it a superior long‑term store of value compared with gold, whose supply grows 1‑2% annually and could double every 47 years. He warns investors against swapping BTC...
VanEck's New Avalanche ETF Filing to Include Staking Rewards for AVAX Investors
VanEck has amended its S‑1 filing for the proposed Avalanche ETF, VAVX, to allow the fund to stake up to 70% of its AVAX holdings and capture staking rewards. The rewards, after a 4% service fee to Coinbase Crypto Services,...
Ethereum’s ‘Glamsterdam’ Upgrade Aims to Fix MEV Fairness
Ethereum developers are planning the "Glamsterdam" upgrade, targeting a 2026 launch, to address MEV fairness and improve block execution. The core of the upgrade is Proposer‑Builder Separation (ePBS) under EIP‑7732, which splits block building from proposing, removing reliance on centralized...
Blockchain and No-Code Tools Challenge AWS' Dominance: Crypto Exec
AI‑driven no‑code platforms combined with blockchain are poised to erode Amazon Web Services' cloud dominance. Crypto and Web3 projects, despite branding themselves as decentralized, still depend heavily on AWS, as highlighted by two major outages in 2025 that disrupted exchanges...
XRP ETFs Are Booming, but a Quiet $15 Billion Payment Layer Matters More than the Price
Four XRP spot ETFs now trade in the U.S., collectively managing $941.7 million, up from $336 million at launch. While ETF assets have surged, Ripple’s On‑Demand Liquidity processed $15 billion in cross‑border payments in 2024, dwarfing the ETF layer. XRPL activity also grew,...
Brazil’s Gen Z Drives Crypto Boom as Stablecoins, Income Tokens Surge
Brazil’s cryptocurrency market is being reshaped by Gen Z investors, whose participation grew 56% in 2025. Younger users favor low‑volatility assets, allocating funds to stablecoins and tokenized fixed‑income products called Renda Fixa Digital (RFD). Mercado Bitcoin distributed roughly $325 million through RFD, achieving returns...
What BitMine’s 4M ETH Holdings Mean for Its Stock Valuation
BitMine Immersion Technologies disclosed nearly 4 million Ether, valued at about $13 billion, bringing its crypto treasury in line with its roughly $13 billion market capitalization. Recent financing added millions of shares, diluting the per‑share exposure to the Ether pile. The company now...
BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF a True Rarity: Massive Inflows Even with Negative Performance
BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) pulled in more than $25 billion of new capital in 2025, ranking it sixth among all U.S. ETFs by inflows. Despite a 9.6% decline in price performance, the fund out‑raised the gold‑focused SPDR Gold ETF (GLD),...
Gold Wins the Debasement Trade in 2025, but It Is Not the Full Story
In 2025 gold outperformed bitcoin dramatically, delivering a 65% gain while bitcoin slipped 7% after a 36% correction from its October peak. The two assets were neck‑and‑neck through August, but gold’s surge thereafter cemented its win in the so‑called debasement...
How a Single Copy-Paste Mistake Cost a User $50M in USDt
A user inadvertently transferred nearly $50 million USDt to a malicious wallet after copying a look‑alike address from their transaction history, marking one of the largest on‑chain losses of 2025. The scam relied on subtle address‑poisoning, where the first three and...
Fundstrat’s Circulating 2026 Crypto Outlook Warns of Pullback, Contrasting Tom Lee
Fundstrat Global Advisors allegedly circulated an internal 2026 crypto outlook that predicts a meaningful drawdown in the first half of 2026, with Bitcoin targeted at $60,000‑$65,000, Ether at $1,800‑$2,000, and Solana at $50‑$75. The report, attributed to head of digital...
Altcoin Season Never Ended, Traders Just Missed the Winners: Hayes
BitMEX co‑founder Arthur Hayes says the altcoin season never stopped; traders simply missed the assets that surged. He argues that relying on past season patterns blinds investors to current opportunities, urging a focus on new stories like Hyperliquid and Solana....
Crypto Coin Minute for December 20th, 2025 at 05:15 AM Pacific Time.
The Crypto Coin Minute recorded Bitcoin at $88,102.68, up 0.21% in the past day, while Ethereum rose 0.59% to $2,976.01. Binance Coin and XRP posted modest gains of 0.64% and 2.86% respectively, and Solana slipped slightly by 0.16% to $125.88....
Crypto's Closest Ally in Congress, Sen. Lummis, Is Retiring Next Year
Senator Cynthia Lummis, the Senate’s most vocal crypto advocate, announced she will not seek re‑election, ending her term in January 2027. As the inaugural chair of the Banking Committee’s crypto subcommittee, Lummis has driven market‑structure, tax, and Bitcoin‑reserve legislation. Her departure...
Pro-Crypto US Senator Lummis Won’t Seek Reelection in 2026
Wyoming Senator Cynthia Lummis, a leading pro‑crypto Republican, announced she will not seek re‑election in 2026, ending her Senate term in 2027. Lummis has been a driving force behind the digital‑asset market‑structure bill, which cleared the House in July and...
Blockchain Association Says No to Expanding Stablecoin Yield Prohibition
The Blockchain Association sent a letter, signed by more than 125 crypto firms, to the U.S. Senate Committee opposing any expansion of the stablecoin yield prohibition to third‑party platforms. The group argues that extending the ban, outlined in the GENIUS...
Crypto Biz: Bank Stablecoins Get a Rulebook; Bitcoin Gets a Land Grab
The FDIC released a 38‑page proposal outlining how insured banks can issue payment stablecoins through subsidiaries under the GENIUS Act, marking a significant step toward regulatory clarity. Meanwhile, corporate Bitcoin holdings are shifting as American Bitcoin Corp added over 1,000...
Galaxy Predicts Stablecoins Will Overtake ACH Transaction Volume in 2026
Galaxy Research forecasts that stablecoins will outpace the US ACH network in transaction volume by 2026, driven by a 30‑40% compound annual growth rate in supply and expanding use cases. The prediction hinges on upcoming regulatory definitions under the GENIUS...
Arthur Hayes Argues New Fed Liquidity Tool “RMP” Masks Renewed Money Printing
Arthur Hayes, co‑founder of BitMEX, argues that the Federal Reserve’s new reserve management purchases (RMP) program is essentially a rebranded form of quantitative easing that expands fiat liquidity. He claims the RMP funds government spending, inflates the currency, and disproportionately...
Michael Saylor’s Bitcoin Thesis: Money or Commodity?
Michael Saylor, executive chairman of MicroStrategy, reiterated his view that Bitcoin functions more as a hard asset—akin to crude oil—than as money, proposing a "Bitcoin central bank" model. He has leveraged corporate finance mechanisms, including Class A stock, convertible senior notes,...
Terraform’s $4 Billion Jump Lawsuit Exposes the Hidden “Shadow Trading” That May Be Artificially Holding up Stablecoin Prices
Terraform Labs’ wind‑down administrator has sued Jump Crypto for $4 billion, alleging the firm covertly traded to keep TerraUSD’s $1 peg and profited from discounted Luna terms. The case spotlights “shadow trading” as a hidden lever that may sustain stablecoin prices...
Foundation Behind Restaking Protocol EigenLayer Plans Bigger Rewards for Active Users
The EigenLayer foundation has tabled a governance amendment that creates an Incentives Committee to steer token emissions toward participants securing Actively Validated Services (AVS) and the EigenCloud suite. The plan earmarks 20% of AVS‑related fees and cloud‑service revenues for EIGEN...
Citi Is Still a Believer in Crypto Stocks Despite Bitcoin Being Rocked to End the Year
Citigroup refreshed its digital‑assets equity coverage, reaffirming a bullish outlook despite Bitcoin’s end‑of‑year slump. The bank kept Circle Financial as its top pick, maintaining a $243 price target while the stock trades near $83.60. Bullish and Coinbase also remain favored,...
Most Influential 2025's Honorable Mentions
CoinDesk’s 2025 Most Influential Honorable Mentions spotlight a resurgence in crypto privacy, with Zcash’s Zashi wallet making shielded transactions default and the Canton network securing a partnership with DTCC to tokenize U.S. Treasury securities. Prediction‑market pioneer Kalshi raised $1 billion, expanding...
Most Influential: Hsiao-Wei Wang and Tomasz K. Stańczak
The Ethereum Foundation announced Tomasz Stańczak and Hsiao‑Wei Wang as its new co‑executive directors, pairing an external client‑builder with a long‑time protocol researcher. Their hybrid leadership aims to steer the foundation as Ethereum transitions from experimental to global‑scale infrastructure. Since...
Most Influential: The Solana Developers
Solana’s 2025 ecosystem blended meme‑coin hype with tangible hardware and protocol upgrades. Early‑year memecoin mania, highlighted by the short‑lived TRUMP token, surged activity before a LIBRA‑related scandal dampened speculation. Meanwhile, the Solana Mobile team released the second‑generation Seeker phone, integrating...
Most Influential: Luke Dashjr
Veteran Bitcoin developer Luke Dashjr is leading the debate over Bitcoin’s role after the 2023 Ordinals and 2024 Runes protocols introduced NFTs and fungible tokens on the original blockchain. He argues that expanding data limits via OP_RETURN would flood the network...
Most Influential: Jeff Yan
Jeff Yan, founder of Hyperliquid, has built a decentralized exchange that handled $308 billion in volume in 2024 and processes about $10 billion in trades per day, serving over 570,000 users. The platform runs on a custom layer‑1 blockchain delivering sub‑second finality...
DraftKings Enters Prediction Markets with CFTC-Approved App for Real-World Events
DraftKings has launched DraftKings Predictions, a CFTC‑registered real‑money prediction‑market app available in 38 states. The platform lets users trade contracts on sports, finance and other real‑world events, linking to CME Group and integrating Railbird Technologies. By operating within the traditional...
Poland’s Lower House Approves Crypto Law Again, Sends Vetoed Bill Back to Senate
Poland’s lower house (Sejm) voted 241‑to‑0 to pass the Crypto‑Asset Market Act, re‑introducing the same text that President Karol Nawrocki vetoed earlier this month. The legislation seeks to align domestic rules with the EU’s Markets in Crypto‑Assets (MiCA) framework, but critics...
Solana AI Token Ava Hit by Launch Sniping Tied to Deployer: Bubblemaps
Bubblemaps identified a cluster of 23 wallets tied to the Ava token deployer that snapped up roughly 40% of the Solana‑based AI token supply at launch on Pump.fun. The coordinated buying, funded through Bitget and Binance, coincided with a dramatic...
What Malaysia’s Royal Stablecoin Reveals About Asia’s Shift to Tokenized Money
Malaysia has launched RMJDT, a ringgit‑pegged stablecoin issued by Bullish Aim on the Zetrix blockchain. The token is backed by ringgit cash and short‑term government bonds and is supported by a 500 million‑ringgit digital‑asset treasury to stabilize validator operations. Across Asia,...
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The episode demystifies the Federal Reserve's Reserve Management Purchases (RMP), arguing they are functionally equivalent to Quantitative Easing (QE) and thus constitute money printing that fuels inflation and asset price gains. Through detailed accounting T‑charts, the host shows how RMP...
Jump Trading Hit with $4B Lawsuit Tied to $50B Terra Crash: WSJ
Jump Trading and two senior executives are being sued for $4 billion by Terraform Labs’ bankruptcy administrator, who alleges the firm profited from and helped trigger the 2022 Terra collapse that erased roughly $50 billion. The complaint claims Jump entered secret agreements...
Fragmentation Drains up to $1.3B a Year From Tokenized Assets: Report
RWA.io’s new report quantifies the economic drag caused by blockchain fragmentation, estimating a current loss of $600 million to $1.3 billion per year in tokenized real‑world assets. Identical tokens trade at 1‑3% price spreads across chains, while moving capital incurs 2‑5% fees...