How Tokenized US Treasuries Are Replacing DeFi’s Foundation
Tokenized US Treasury products have surged to roughly $9 billion across 60 offerings, a five‑fold increase in 18 months. Major asset managers such as BlackRock, Franklin Templeton, Circle, and JPMorgan now issue on‑chain Treasury‑backed funds that can be redeemed in stablecoins. These tokens are being used as high‑grade collateral for crypto derivatives and integrated into DeFi lending and rate‑curve protocols, though redemption windows and KYC requirements limit full composability. The shift signals a structural migration of traditional dollar‑denominated collateral onto public blockchains, reshaping DeFi’s monetary base.
Exodus Joins Stablecoin Race with MoonPay-Backed Digital Dollar
Exodus (EXOD) is launching a fully reserved, USD‑backed stablecoin in partnership with fintech firm MoonPay, with the token slated to go live in January 2026. The stablecoin will be built on M0 infrastructure and will power the upcoming Exodus Pay product, enabling...
Zero-Knowledge Tech Is the Key to Quantum-Proofing Bitcoin
Quantum computing breakthroughs are accelerating, putting the $4 trillion Web3 asset base at risk as Shor's algorithm can break ECDSA signatures used by Bitcoin and Ethereum. Researchers argue that zero‑knowledge (ZK) cryptography, especially zk‑STARKs and lattice‑based proofs, can be built on...
Bitcoin's Massive Underperformance to Stocks in Q4 Bodes Well for January, Says K33's Lunde
Bitcoin hovered around $87,500 on Dec. 16, posting a modest 2% gain over 24 hours while underperforming the S&P 500 by roughly 26% in the fourth quarter. The lag mirrors earlier cycles where a weak quarter precedes a rebound as fund...
US Senator Sounds Alarm on DeFi, Cites PancakeSwap Amid Market Structure Delay
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren sent a letter to the Treasury and Justice Departments demanding disclosure of any investigations into decentralized finance platforms, specifically naming PancakeSwap and Uniswap as potential national‑security threats. She highlighted alleged money‑laundering links to North Korea and...
3 Reasons Why Trader Demand for XRP Evaporated: Is $1 Next?
Trader demand for XRP has evaporated, with Binance futures taker‑buy volume collapsing by roughly 96% since its July peak. The estimated leverage ratio on the pair has slumped to 0.18, indicating widespread deleveraging across retail, mid‑size and institutional participants. Wallet...
Marshall Islands Launches World’s First Blockchain-Based UBI on Stellar Blockchain
The Republic of the Marshall Islands has launched the world’s first blockchain‑based universal basic income using the USDM1 sovereign bond on the Stellar network. Developed with the Stellar Development Foundation and Crossmint, the program swaps quarterly cash deliveries for instant...
Gnosis Hard Fork to Recover Balancer Funds Sparks Debate on Immutability
Gnosis Chain will execute a hard fork on Dec 22 to return roughly $9.4 million frozen after the Balancer V2 hack, which siphoned $128 million across multiple chains. The fork requires validator software updates and will penalize nodes that do not follow the...
How Scammers Target Crypto Users During the Holidays and How to Stay Protected
The holiday season is seeing a surge in crypto‑related scams, as cybercriminals exploit increased online activity, heightened emotions, and festive promotions. Scammers employ phishing emails, fake wallet apps, bogus token presales, romance “pig‑butchering,” and impersonation attacks that have risen sixfold...
Polkadot Advances as Coinbase Unlocks Integration with USDC Stablecoin
Polkadot (DOT) rose 1.9% to $1.91 after Coinbase announced USDC integration, sparking a technical breakout. Trading volume jumped 17% above the monthly average, with institutional participation three times the norm. The price held above a $1.87‑$1.88 support zone, forming higher...
Solana Enters Brazil’s Main Exchange as Valour Expands Regulated Crypto Access
Valour, a subsidiary of DeFi Technologies, received approval to list a Solana exchange‑traded product (VSOL) on Brazil’s primary stock exchange, B3. The ETP, denominated in Brazilian reais, will track Solana’s price and joins existing Valour offerings for Bitcoin, Ether, XRP...
U.S. FDIC Proposes First U.S. Stablecoin Rule to Emerge From GENIUS Act
The U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has issued its first rule proposal under the GENIUS Act, opening a 60‑day public comment period for a new application process that lets depository institutions launch stablecoin subsidiaries. The rule outlines a 120‑day review...
CoreWeave Collapse Sparks Fears of Cracks in AI Infrastructure Boom
CoreWeave’s stock has tumbled more than 60% since its June high as investors confront mounting doubts about the AI infrastructure surge. The company’s growth strategy hinges on high‑interest debt to buy NVIDIA GPUs and on a handful of marquee clients...
Brazil to Test Blockchain in State Real Estate Auction to Reduce Fraud, Disputes
Brazil’s Court of Auditors in São Paulo will conduct its first public auction entirely recorded on a blockchain, selling ten warehouses. Every document, from titles to bids, will be timestamped and cryptographically sealed on an undisclosed ledger. The pilot, run by...
Most Influential: Oleg Ogienko
A7A5, a ruble‑pegged stablecoin launched in 2025, emerged from Russia’s sanctions‑tightened financial system and aggressive capital controls. The ruble’s 40% rally against the dollar, driven by policy rather than fundamentals, created demand for a blockchain‑based payment rail that bypasses traditional...
Most Influential: Guy Young
Ethena Labs CEO Guy Young created a new class of digital assets called yieldcoins, merging DeFi infrastructure with traditional finance basis trades. Within two years, Ethena grew to a $15 billion protocol, deploying synthetic dollar USDe and yield‑bearing sUSDe across exchanges...
Bulls Beware — BofA Fund Manager Survey Flashing Contrarian Sell Signal
The Bank of America Global Fund Manager Survey shows professional investors at peak optimism, with cash reserves falling to a record‑low 3.3% and 42% of managers overweighting equities—the highest level since December 2024. Commodities also enjoy strong backing, posting an...
Crypto Asset Manager Bitwise Says Bitcoin Will Break Its Four-Year Cycle in 2026
Bitwise’s chief investment officer Matt Hougan predicts bitcoin will break its historic four‑year halving cycle and reach new all‑time highs in 2026. He argues that the halving’s supply shock, falling interest rates and tighter leverage will be outweighed by institutional...
Number of Crypto Users in the UK Drops Even as Amount Held Increases
The UK Financial Conduct Authority reports that crypto ownership fell from roughly 7 million adults in 2024 to about 4.5 million in 2025, dropping the adult participation rate from 12 % to 8 %. Despite the contraction, the average portfolio value rose to just...
Crypto’s ‘Super App’ Race Is on as Industry Enters Aggregation Era: Report
Crypto platforms are entering an aggregation era where the primary value lies in owning the user relationship rather than the underlying protocol. Exchanges such as Binance, Kraken, Coinbase and OKX are racing to become the default gateway for trading, payments,...
Solana Under ‘Industrial Scale’ DDoS Attack: Co-Founder Says It’s ‘Bullish’
Solana co‑founder Anatoly Yakovenko announced the network is under a six‑terabit‑per‑second DDoS attack, one of the largest ever recorded for a blockchain. Despite the massive traffic, the network showed little visible latency or slot‑misses, leading Yakovenko to label the assault...
Filecoin Falls on Above-Average Volume, Drops Below $1.30 Support Amid Wider Slide
Filecoin (FIL) dropped 4.2% to $1.28, briefly sinking to $1.23 before stabilizing. The decline occurred alongside a 185% volume surge, far exceeding its seven‑day average and confirming strong institutional activity. Technical analysis places immediate support between $1.278 and $1.285, with...
Crypto Bank Custodia Files Petition for a Rehearing by All Appellate Judges
Wyoming‑based crypto bank Custodia has filed a petition for an en banc rehearing before the full Tenth Circuit, challenging the October decision that upheld the Federal Reserve’s refusal to grant it a master account. The bank argues the panel gave the...
Spain’s Regulator Sets Out MiCA Transition Rules for Crypto Platforms
Spain’s securities regulator CNMV has published a detailed Q&A that explains how the EU’s Markets in Crypto‑Assets Regulation (MiCA) will be applied locally. The guidance clarifies authorization procedures, notification duties and day‑to‑day conduct for crypto‑asset service providers. Crucially, Spain shortens...
Visa Brings Circle's USDC Settlement to U.S. Banks Following $3.5 Billion Stablecoin Pilot
Visa is rolling out USDC settlement for U.S. banks, letting issuers and acquirers settle VisaNet obligations with Circle’s dollar‑pegged stablecoin on the Solana blockchain. The pilot program has reached a $3.5 billion annualized run rate, with Cross River Bank and Lead...
U.S. Bitcoin, Ether ETFs See Largest Outflows Since Nov. 20 as BTC Declines
U.S. spot bitcoin and ether ETFs recorded a combined $582 million net outflow on Monday, the largest since November 20, as Bitcoin fell to $85,100. The outflows were led by Fidelity’s Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund ($230.1 million) and the iShares Ethereum Trust ($139.1 million)....
Alexander Ray, Our Partner Within the CTDG Initiative and a Web3 Entrepreneur, Co-Founder of Albus Protocol and JPool, Has Passed...
Alexander Ray, a veteran enterprise engineer turned Web3 entrepreneur, co‑founded Albus Protocol, JPool, and the PointGroup venture studio. He helped build Solana’s liquid‑staking infrastructure, managing over 1.3 million SOL across 170 validators, and created a privacy‑preserving compliance layer for regulated DeFi....
KindlyMD Faces Nasdaq Delisting Risk After Failing to Meet Minimum Share Price Levels
KindlyMD, a health‑care and bitcoin‑treasury firm, has been notified by Nasdaq that its share price has stayed below $1 for 30 consecutive trading days, triggering a delisting warning. The company must close above the $1 threshold for ten straight days...
Bitcoin Sharks Stack at the Fastest Pace in 13 Years, with BTC Down 30%
Mid‑size Bitcoin holders, known as sharks, added roughly 54,000 BTC over the past week, pushing their total to about 3.575 million coins. This represents the fastest accumulation rate for this group since 2012, even as Bitcoin trades around $85,000, down 30%...
Bitcoin's Bearish Turn Deepens as 75 Out of Top 100 Coins Trade Below Key Averages; Nasdaq Resilient
Crypto market breadth has narrowed sharply, with 75 of the top‑100 digital assets trading below both their 50‑day and 200‑day simple moving averages. Bitcoin’s price slipped to $87,000 from a recent $126,000 peak, pulling major coins like Ether, Solana and...
StraitX to Debut Singapore and U.S. Dollar Stablecoins on Solana for Quick Currency Exchange
StraitX will debut its Singapore‑dollar (XSGD) and U.S.‑dollar (XUSD) stablecoins on the Solana blockchain in early 2026, allowing users to swap SGD and USD instantly on‑chain. The tokens already hold market caps of $13 million and $50 million and have processed over...
Most Crypto Sectors Lagged Bitcoin over Past 3 Months: Glassnode
Glassnode’s on‑chain data shows Bitcoin fell 26 % over the past three months but still outperformed most crypto sectors, which saw steeper declines. Ether dropped 36 %, AI tokens 48 % and memecoins 56 % in the same period. The analysis highlights a capital...
New React Bug that Can Drain All Your Tokens Is Impacting 'Thousands Of' Websites
A critical remote‑code‑execution flaw in React Server Components, catalogued as CVE‑2025‑55182 and dubbed React2Shell, is being actively exploited. The vulnerability impacts React versions 19.0 through 19.2.0 and any framework that bundles these packages, such as Next.js, putting thousands of websites...
ARK Steps in as Crypto Stocks Extend Multi-Day Selloff
Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest added roughly $59 million to crypto‑related equities on Monday, buying Coinbase, Bullish, Circle, Bitmine Immersion Technologies and CoreWeave as the sector endured a multi‑day selloff. Prices across the group fell between 6% and 11% during the session,...
MetaMask Adds Bitcoin Support After Teasing It 10 Months Ago
MetaMask announced native Bitcoin support, allowing users to buy, swap, send, and receive BTC directly within the wallet. The feature arrives ten months after a February tease and joins existing integrations with Ethereum, Solana, Monad and Sei. Bitcoin transactions will...
Trump to ‘Look Into’ Recently Convicted Samurai Wallet Co-Founder
U.S. President Donald Trump announced he will review the case of Samourai Wallet co‑founder Keonne Rodriguez, signaling a possible pardon. Rodriguez and fellow founder William Lonergan Hill were sentenced in November to five and four years for operating an illegal...
SBI, Startale to Launch Regulated Yen Stablecoin for Global Settlement
SBI Holdings and Startale Group have signed an MOU to create a fully regulated, yen‑denominated stablecoin for global settlement, with issuance handled by Shinsei Trust & Banking. The token will complement Startale’s USDSC dollar stablecoin and aligns with Japan’s new...
Japan’s SBI and Startale Plan Regulated Yen Stablecoin in 2026 Under New Framework
Japanese financial conglomerate SBI Holdings and Web3 infrastructure firm Startale have signed an MoU to create a fully regulated yen‑denominated stablecoin, to be issued by Shinsei Trust & Banking and circulated via SBI VC Trade. The token, designed for tokenized...
PayPal, Issuer of PYUSD, Applies for Utah Industrial Bank License
PayPal has filed for a Utah industrial bank license to launch PayPal Bank, a new lending arm that will provide business loans and interest‑bearing savings accounts. The company also applied for FDIC deposit insurance, signaling a move beyond its payments and...
Crypto Coin Minute for December 16th, 2025 at 05:15 AM Pacific Time.
Ripple launched a multichain pilot for its RLUSD stablecoin, deploying it on Ethereum layer‑2s and bridging via Wormhole to test cross‑chain liquidity. Spanish and Danish police arrested a crypto‑linked kidnapping gang tied to a Málaga murder, highlighting law‑enforcement focus on...
Nasdaq, Home of Coinbase, Strategy Stocks, Seeks 23-Hour Trading Amid Investor Demand
Nasdaq announced plans to file with the SEC for a 23‑hour trading schedule, extending stock and exchange‑traded product sessions to five days a week. The new timetable would run a day session from 4 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET, a one‑hour pause,...
Crypto Investors Gain Critical Protection in Bankruptcy, Even as a “Conservative” Rule Threatens Liquidity
The UK Treasury has set October 2027 as the launch date for a comprehensive crypto‑asset regime that will require exchanges, custodians and other intermediaries to obtain FCA authorisation under FSMA‑style rules. The FCA’s consultation expands the regulatory perimeter to include stablecoin...
Bitget Tests TradFi Trading with Forex, Gold and Stock Derivatives Using USDt
Bitget has opened a private beta for a TradFi trading feature that lets crypto users trade major fiat pairs, gold and stock derivatives using Tether’s USDt as collateral. The service merges traditional markets with Bitget’s existing crypto spot and derivatives...
U.S. SEC Chief Warns Watchdogs Need to Be Limited in Tapping Crypto's Power to Snoop
SEC Chairman Paul Atkins warned that unchecked government access to blockchain data could turn crypto platforms into a mass‑surveillance tool, likening it to a financial panopticon. He emphasized that while crypto can enable privacy‑preserving compliance solutions, current policy gaps risk...
UK Supreme Court Refuses BSV Appeal, Narrowing $13 Billion Lawsuit Against Crypto Exchanges
The UK Supreme Court refused to hear Bitcoin Satoshi Vision (BSV) investors' appeal, leaving in place lower‑court rulings that sharply narrowed a $13 billion lawsuit against major crypto exchanges. The decision underscores that UK courts will not enforce claims based on...
Bitcoin Parabola Breakdown Raises Chance for 80% Correction: Veteran Trader
Veteran trader Peter Brandt warned that Bitcoin has broken its long‑standing parabolic advance, a pattern that historically precedes steep corrections. The cryptocurrency is already about 20% below its all‑time high, and Brandt suggests an 80% drawdown could be possible if...
BlackRock Expands Crypto Bet with 7 Senior Hires Across U.S. and Asia
BlackRock announced seven senior digital‑asset hires—six in the United States and one in Singapore—to accelerate its crypto and tokenization initiatives. The U.S. roles will expand the iShares digital‑asset ETF suite, including the $70 billion‑AUM iShares Bitcoin Trust, while the Singapore position...
Digital Asset ETPs Post Third Straight Week of Net Inflows, Led by US Demand
Crypto exchange‑traded products (ETPs) recorded $864 million in net inflows last week, with the United States contributing roughly $796 million. Bitcoin and Ether products dominated the inflows, pulling in $522 million and $338 million respectively, while Solana and XRP added modest amounts. Multi‑asset crypto...
Hedera Slides to Lowest Point in a Year as Crypto Market Plunges
Hedera Hashgraph (HBAR) fell 5.8% to $0.1127, its lowest level since November 2024, after failing to breach the $0.1194 resistance. An 86% volume surge validated the ceiling but triggered a cascade of selling that pushed the price through key support zones....
Bitcoin Hashrate Sees Sharpest Post Halving Drop Since 2024 Amid China Machine Shutdowns
Bitcoin’s 30‑day simple moving average hashrate posted its steepest post‑halving decline since April 2024, dropping about 8% after roughly 400,000 machines were shut down in China. Former Canaan chairman Jack Kong reported the offline equipment removed roughly 100 exahashes per second, pulling...