SushiSwap Approves SUSHI Emissions Boost in Vote Controlled by Single Wallet
SushiSwap’s governance voted to raise the SUSHI token’s annual emission rate from 1.5% to as much as 5%, effectively tripling the yearly supply. The decision was dominated by a single wallet that supplied roughly 99.9% of the 5.2 million voting power, with no opposition. The new cap permits up to about 14.25 million SUSHI to be minted each year, earmarked for liquidity mining, new listings, and growth incentives. The move comes as SushiSwap’s TVL sits at $108 million, far below its 2021 peak, and follows the recent departure of its long‑time head chef.
How Bitcoin Whales Move Markets, and the Signals to Ignore
Cointelegraph’s new video examines how Bitcoin whales shaped the market in 2025, highlighting a pivotal Oct. 10 crash that erased billions in retail positions while a single whale pocketed roughly $200 million. The episode also notes a wave of dormant wallets reactivating,...
Bank of America Says U.S. Banks Are Heading for Multi-Year Onchain Future
Bank of America’s latest report says U.S. banks are entering a multi‑year transition toward on‑chain finance as regulators outline a clear perimeter for stablecoins and tokenized deposits. The OCC’s conditional approval of national trust charters for five digital‑asset firms and...
Crypto ATM Operator to Expand to Texas, Citing Friendly Regulation
Bitcoin Bancorp, formerly Bullet Blockchain, announced plans to install up to 200 crypto ATMs across Texas, targeting a Q1 2026 rollout. The company highlighted Texas’ crypto‑forward stance, citing modernized money‑transmitter laws and a pro‑innovation policy environment. Texas has already become...
CME Group Expands Crypto Derivatives With Spot-Quoted XRP and Solana Futures
CME Group has introduced Spot‑Quoted futures for XRP and Solana, extending its crypto derivatives suite beyond Bitcoin and Ether. The new contracts mirror existing Spot‑Quoted structures, tracking the underlying spot price directly and eliminating typical futures premiums or discounts. CME...
Ondo Finance to Offer Tokenized U.S. Stocks, ETFs on Solana Early Next Year
Ondo Finance will launch tokenized U.S. stocks and ETFs on the Solana blockchain early next year, enabling 24/7 trading with near‑instant settlement. The platform already manages roughly $365 million in tokenized assets, making it the industry’s largest RWA issuer. This Solana...
Bitcoin Miner IREN’s 47% Slide Flagged as a Buying Opportunity by B. Riley
Bitcoin miner IREN has plunged 47% from its 52‑week high, yet B. Riley retains a buy rating and a $74 price target. The decline is attributed to weak AI sentiment rather than a break in fundamentals, as the company pushes a...
Prediction Markets Are Quietly Turning Into a New Asset Class, Citizens Says
Citizens Bank reports prediction markets have reached roughly $10 billion in monthly volume, positioning them as a nascent asset class despite being tiny versus $10 trillion U.S. equities. Platforms such as Robinhood, Kalshi and Polymarket are expanding beyond sports into macro‑economic and...
Most Influential: Pavel Durov
Telegram’s CEO Pavel Durov is positioning the messaging platform as a mainstream crypto on‑ramp by embedding a native TON blockchain wallet directly into the app. In 2025 the company raised $1.7 billion through convertible bonds, drawing interest from BlackRock, Mubadala and...
Most Influential: Sergey Nazarov
Sergey Nazarov, co‑founder of Chainlink, spent 2025 expanding the oracle network into a full‑stack infrastructure for tokenized funds, cross‑chain messaging, and real‑world data integration. Chainlink now underpins more than $27 trillion in on‑chain transaction value and powers over 70% of DeFi...
Most Influential: Roman Storm
The Manhattan trial of Tornado Cash co‑founder Roman Storm concluded with a guilty verdict on the unlicensed money‑transmitting conspiracy charge, while the other two counts hung. Prosecutors portrayed Storm as profiting from illicit use of his privacy‑preserving mixer, whereas the...
Most Influential: ZachXBT
ZachXBT remains the crypto world’s unofficial detective, using on‑chain forensics to expose fraud and recover victim funds. In 2025 he uncovered a high‑profile whale who was a convicted fraudster, linked a Monero price surge to a massive hack, and estimated...
Most Influential: Todd Blanche
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche issued a four‑page memo directing the Department of Justice to pause "regulation by prosecution" of digital assets until regulators provide clear frameworks. The crypto industry praised the guidance as a move toward certainty, though attorneys...
Ripple Expands $1.3B RLUSD Stablecoin to Ethereum L2s via Wormhole in Multichain Push
Ripple announced that its $1.3 billion RLUSD stablecoin will be deployed on several Ethereum layer‑2 networks—including Optimism, Base, Ink, and Unichain—using Wormhole’s Native Token Transfers protocol. The pilot phase will begin now, with a broader rollout slated for next year pending...
Kula Brings $50M of Impact Investing Onchain With Community-Governed RWA Model
Kula, a decentralized investment firm, has placed $50 million of impact‑investing capital on‑chain using a community‑governed real‑world asset (RWA) model. The firm issues governance tokens tied to projects such as a Zambian limestone concession, a Nepali hydropower plant, and East African...
Bitcoin Doesn’t Need Another Bull Run. It Needs An Economy
Bitcoin’s network is increasingly idle, with over 60% of coins unmoved for more than a year, causing on‑chain activity and fee income to drop. Miner rewards now rely heavily on block subsidies, while transaction fees contribute less than 1% of...
Real-World Asset DeFi Moves Into Sports Finance With Tokenized Football Club Revenues
The Decentral protocol on the Chiliz blockchain is launching a DeFi model that tokenizes football clubs' future media and broadcasting revenues. By converting these receivables into on‑chain assets, clubs can tap a $1 million USDC liquidity pool with a 90‑day lock‑up...
Over $17 Trillion Missing when On-Chain “Proof of Reserve” Standards Are Applied to Trump’s Tariff Data
President Donald Trump asserted the United States has collected roughly $18 trillion in tariff revenue, a figure far beyond recorded customs duties. Treasury data shows FY2025 customs duties at about $195 billion, indicating a massive discrepancy. The claim blends actual revenue with...
Michael Saylor's Strategy Made Second Consecutive $1B Bitcoin Purchase Last Week
MicroStrategy (MSTR) completed its second back‑to‑back roughly $1 billion Bitcoin purchase, acquiring 10,645 BTC for $980.3 million at an average $92,098 per coin. The buy raised the firm’s total holdings to 671,268 BTC, representing a cumulative $50.33 billion investment at an average cost...
Bitcoin's Parabolic Arc Snaps: Trader Peter Brandt Eyes $25K Crash Floor
Veteran trader Peter Brandt warns that Bitcoin’s signature parabolic rally has broken, opening the possibility of a sharp correction toward a $25,000 floor. The cryptocurrency peaked at $126,000 in October 2025 before retreating to just under $90,000, slicing through the...
Weekend Sell-Off Hits EdgeX’s Nasdaq-Linked Perp as $13M in Longs Liquidated
A weekend sell‑off in EdgeX’s Nasdaq‑100‑linked perpetual futures market triggered roughly $13 million in liquidations. A newly created wallet executed a six‑hour TWAP short of about $10 million, pushing the XYZ100 price down more than 3.5 % in minutes. The cascade caused a...
Fear and Greed Index in Fear 30% of the Past Year, Bitcoin Back in Extreme Fear
Bitcoin’s Crypto Fear and Greed Index has slipped to 17, placing the market in extreme‑fear territory. Over the past twelve months, fear or extreme fear accounted for more than 30% of all readings, underscoring heightened investor anxiety. A November death‑cross...
XRP Is Flooding Ethereum and Solana, but This Invisible Layer Exposes Your Wallet to a $1.5 Billion Risk
Hex Trust launched a $100 million wrapped XRP (wXRP) on Ethereum, Solana, Optimism and HyperEVM, adding to Coinbase’s cbXRP on Base and Axelar’s eXRP on the XRPL EVM sidechain. The move gives XRP access to deep DeFi liquidity, especially through RLUSD...
Crypto Coin Minute for December 15th, 2025 at 05:15 AM Pacific Time.
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Firedancer Is Live, but Solana Is Violating the One Safety Rule Ethereum Treats as Non-Negotiable
Firedancer, a ground‑up C++ validator client built by Jump Crypto, went live on Solana mainnet in December 2024 after a 100‑day, 50,000‑block test phase. The client is completely independent from the Rust‑based Agave implementation, creating a separate failure domain for the...
Firestorm Erupts in Aave Governance Forum over CoW Swap Fees
A dispute erupted in the Aave DAO after a member revealed that fees generated by the new CoW Swap integration—estimated at $200,000 per week, or roughly $10 million annually—were being sent to a private address controlled by Aave Labs instead of the...
Cardano Now Has Institutional-Grade Infrastructure, but a Glaring $40 Million Liquidity Gap Threatens to Stall Growth
Cardano has deployed the Pyth Network oracle under its new Pentad governance, shifting from push‑based to pull‑based price feeds that update every 400 milliseconds. The low‑latency oracle unlocks institutional‑grade DeFi primitives such as order‑book perpetuals and real‑time RWA products. Despite the...
Compliance, Credibility, and Consumer Trust in the New Age of Crypto ATMs
Crypto ATMs have surged to nearly 40,000 worldwide, turning cash‑based kiosks into a primary on‑ramp for digital assets. As the network expands, regulators and industry players are tightening AML/KYC, transaction limits, and real‑time scam warnings to protect consumers, especially seniors....
Why Oil-Rich Investors Are Fueling Bitcoin’s Next Liquidity Wave
Oil‑linked investors from the Gulf are increasingly allocating capital to Bitcoin through regulated spot ETFs, notably via sovereign wealth funds and family offices. In Q3 2025 Abu Dhabi’s investment council raised its IBIT holdings to roughly $518 million, illustrating the scale...
From Wall Street to the World Cup: How Football Became Crypto’s Biggest Gateway Drug
Bitcoin dropped over 25% in a month, yet institutions doubled down, treating the cryptocurrency as a long‑term reserve asset. Simultaneously, football’s fan‑token ecosystem—dubbed SportFi—has expanded to nearly 100 clubs, generating daily trading volumes near $1 billion. Token prices now move minute‑by‑minute...
Spanish Authorities Bust Crypto Kidnapping Ring After Deadly Attack
Spanish police dismantled a transnational kidnapping ring that targeted a couple for access to their cryptocurrency wallets, resulting in the murder of the male victim. Five suspects were arrested in Spain and four accomplices were charged in Denmark, with two...
Small-Cap Crypto Tokens Just Hit a Humiliating Four-Year Low, Proving the “Alt Season” Thesis Is Officially Dead
Small‑cap crypto indices have slumped to four‑year lows, with the MarketVector Digital Assets 100 Small‑Cap Index and CoinDesk 80 losing roughly 40% YTD in 2025. By contrast, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq‑100 delivered double‑digit gains of about 17‑18% each year, compounding...
Bitcoin’s Four-Year Cycle Is Intact, but Driven by Politics and Liquidity: Analyst
Bitcoin’s traditional four‑year cycle remains intact, but its drivers have shifted from the protocol‑based halving to political events and liquidity conditions, according to 10x Research analyst Markus Thielen. He points to the 2013, 2017 and 2021 peaks, all occurring in...
Standard Chartered, Coinbase Deepen Alliance to Build Institutional Crypto Infrastructure
Standard Chartered and Coinbase have broadened their alliance to create a full‑stack crypto infrastructure for institutional clients. The expanded scope covers trading, prime brokerage, custody, staking and lending services, leveraging the bank’s cross‑border banking expertise and Coinbase’s institutional platform. The...
Stablecoin Usage in Venezuela Likely to Keep Expanding Amid Economic Instability
TRM Labs reports that Venezuela’s stablecoin usage is set to expand as economic instability persists. The bolívar’s ongoing devaluation and sanctions have pushed citizens to rely on peer‑to‑peer platforms and USDT for payments and remittances. Venezuela ranks 18th globally and...
Crypto Coin Minute for December 14th, 2025 at 08:17 AM Pacific Time.
The SEC released new educational material aimed at retail investors, emphasizing the growing importance of custody decisions in the crypto market. Michael Saylor reiterated that Bitcoin hoarding will persist, arguing it secures the asset’s position within the Nasdaq‑100 index. At...
BTC OGs Selling Covered Calls Is the Main Culprit Suppressing Price: Analyst
Analyst Jeff Park warns that long‑term Bitcoin whales are suppressing spot BTC prices by selling covered call options. Market makers buying these calls must hedge by offloading Bitcoin, creating sell‑side pressure despite strong ETF demand. The strategy has helped Bitcoin...
The Securities and Exchange Commission Publishes Crypto Custody Guide
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has issued its first investor bulletin on crypto custody, outlining best practices for wallet storage and risk management. The guide contrasts self‑custody with third‑party custodians, highlighting issues such as rehypothecation and asset commingling. It...
These Three Metrics Show Bitcoin Found Strong Support Near $80,000
Bitcoin has rebounded above $90,000, a 15% gain from its November low near $80,000, while three on‑chain cost‑basis metrics converged around the $80k‑$84k range. The True Market Mean sits near $81,000, the U.S. spot ETF cost basis is about $83,844,...
Bitcoin’s $55 Billion Options Market Is Now Obsessing over One Specific Date that Forces a $100k Showdown
Bitcoin’s options market now holds roughly $55.8 billion in open interest, with Deribit accounting for about 84% of that exposure. The vast majority of contracts converge on a single expiry—December 26, 2025—centered around the $100,000 strike. Gamma is tightly packed between $86,000 and...
After 2025’s Test Run, Crypto IPOs Face Their Real Trial in 2026
2025 served as a test case for crypto initial public offerings, with Circle, Bullish, and Gemini successfully listing. Industry experts say the real test arrives in 2026, when investors will judge whether digital‑asset IPOs can sustain momentum amid price volatility....
NFT Project Pudgy Penguins Takes Over Las Vegas Sphere in Holiday Campaign
Pudgy Penguins, the 2021 NFT collection of 8,888 cartoon penguins, has purchased a $500,000 advertising slot on the Las Vegas Sphere for Christmas week, featuring multiple animated segments. The high‑profile placement signals the brand’s push into mainstream, real‑world consumer markets. Under...
Bank of Japan Set to Hike Rates to 30-Year High, Posing Another Threat to Bitcoin
The Bank of Japan is set to raise its policy rate by 25 basis points to 0.75%, the highest level in three decades, with the decision slated for Dec. 19. A stronger yen and tighter global liquidity from the hike could...
Crypto’s Machine Learning ‘iPhone Moment’ Comes Closer as AI Agents Trade the Market
Recall Labs hosted AI‑trading arenas where custom agents competed against foundational large language models on the Hyperliquid decentralized exchange. While base LLMs like GPT‑5 barely outperformed the market, specialized agents that added extra logic and data sources secured the top...
Crypto for Kids: Binance Junior Looks Safe, but the App Creates a Psychological Imprint that Parental Controls Can’t Fix
Binance launched Binance Junior, a child‑focused savings account tied to a parent’s KYC and stripped of trading functions. The app’s UI mirrors a crypto exchange, displaying yield icons and growth dashboards despite being limited to savings. While the product promises...
Brazil’s Largest Private Bank Advises Investors to Allocate 3% to Bitcoin in 2026
Itaú Asset Management, the investment arm of Brazil’s largest private bank, recommends allocating 1 % to 3 % of portfolios to Bitcoin in 2026, citing diversification and a currency‑hedging function amid geopolitical tension and shifting monetary policy. The note references Bitcoin’s volatile...
Crypto Coin Minute for December 13th, 2025 at 05:15 AM Pacific Time.
HTX secured official registration as a crypto exchange in Pakistan, marking the country’s first licensed digital asset platform. In Russia, a previously banned exchange has reconstructed a $34 million crypto liquidity pipeline, navigating sanctions to sustain market activity. YouTube announced a...
Citadel Securities and DeFi Waging War of Words Through SEC Correspondence
Citadel Securities sent a 13‑page letter to the SEC urging that DeFi protocols handling tokenized securities be treated as regulated exchanges or broker‑dealers. A coalition of DeFi advocates—including the DeFi Education Fund, a16z, the Uniswap Foundation and others—replied with its...
Bitcoin Miners Turn to Renewable Energy Amid Profit Margin Squeeze
Bitcoin miners are increasingly turning to renewable energy as hash price slips to about $39.4 per petahash‑second per day, falling below the $40 breakeven level. Companies such as Sangha Renewables, the Phoenix Group, and Canaan‑Soluna are launching solar, hydro, and...
Short-Term Bitcoin Traders Were Profitable for 66% of 2025: Will Profits Rise in 2026?
Short‑term Bitcoin holders (STHs) logged profits on 229 of 345 days in 2025, equating to a 66% profitability rate despite a negative year‑to‑date price performance. The cohort’s realized price of $81,000 served as a psychological pivot, separating periods of panic...