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UK FCA kills EU PRIIPs, rolls out Consumer Composite Investments, and lets wealthy clients opt out of consumer duty as it rewires post‑Brexit retail markets. Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority announced reforms aimed at increasing retail investment participation, including the elimination…
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OCC Letter 1188 confirms U.S. banks can run riskless principal crypto trades, capping a 2025 rollback of Fed, FDIC and OCC hurdles on custody and tokenized rails. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency published Interpretive Letter 1188 on…
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On-chain sleuth ZachXBT traces 3,670 ETH to suspect Danny Khan as Dubai raid, Genesis creditor theft and Kroll SIM swap links surface amid U.S. indictment. British cybercrime suspect Danny Khan, also known online as Danish Zulfiqar, has reportedly been detained…
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Tajikistan passes law imposing steep fines and up to 8 years in prison for Bitcoin miners using stolen electricity amid worsening winter energy shortages. Tajikistan’s parliament has approved legislation imposing prison sentences of up to eight years for individuals who…
Markets
Ethereum whales and sharks accumulated 934,240 ETH over three weeks while retail sold 1,041 ETH, fueling a price rebound as volatility cooled, Santiment shows. Ethereum has experienced a price rebound following accumulation by large holders over the past three weeks,…
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Strive Asset Management launches $500m stock sale to buy more Bitcoin, expand its 7,525 BTC treasury, and fund corporate needs amid MSCI index exclusion debate. Strive Asset Management has announced a $500 million stock sales program intended to fund additional…
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New Nicholas AfterDark ETF plans to hold Bitcoin only overnight and rotate into Treasuries during U.S. hours to exploit BTC’s non-U.S. session outperformance. Bitcoin has demonstrated a persistent pattern of stronger performance during non-U.S. trading hours over the past year,…
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Stripe-backed Tempo blockchain launches public testnet with Mastercard, Klarna, UBS and Kalshi, targeting sub-cent stablecoin payments for mainstream finance. Tempo, a payments-focused blockchain backed by Stripe and crypto investment firm Paradigm, launched its public testnet, the company announced, marking a…
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Bitwise’s $1.25b 10-asset crypto fund wins SEC approval to uplist from OTC to NYSE Arca as a regulated ETP, giving institutions index-style exposure to top coins. The Bitwise 10 Crypto Index Fund commenced trading as a regulated exchange-traded product on…
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Aave Labs has proposed deploying Aave V3 on MegaETH at mainnet launch to capture early liquidity and borrowing demand. Aave Labs has submitted a new governance proposal to launch Aave V3 on MegaETH at mainnet Day 0, aiming to draw…
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DeFi TVL rebounds near $140b as perp DEXs, spot volumes, and stablecoin flows jump, but hacks and regulation keep sentiment fragile. DeFi is expanding again. TVL is rising. Volatility stays high. The sector still lags the broader crypto market, but…
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Bitcoin perpetual futures open interest has stayed below 310K BTC since October’s liquidation, signaling muted leverage and weaker speculative activity. Bitcoin’s (BTC) perpetual futures market has experienced a significant decline in speculative activity, with Open Interest remaining at suppressed levels,…
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Standard Chartered-backed Libeara’s MG 999 fund offers tokenized, synthetic exposure to gold for institutional investors in Singapore, pairing gold-linked performance with lending to jewelry retailers like Mustafa Gold amid rising global demand for safe-haven assets. Libeara, a blockchain infrastructure platform…
Predictions
Cardano’s ADA price is currently trading near $0.43 on Binance, sitting just under short‑term resistance around $0.45 while intraday support clusters near $0.42–$0.40. The structure favors a choppy, leveraged range with a slight downside skew into late December unless bulls…
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Dogecoin (DOGE) price is currently trading near 0.14 USDT on Binance. Price is sitting in the lower half of its 2025 range and stays locked inside a clean bearish channel that started after rejection around 0.21. Dogecoin price levels, structure,…
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Bloomberg’s Eric Balchunas rebuts Bitcoin–tulip comparisons, citing 17 years of recoveries, ETF demand, and halving-driven scarcity as proof of lasting asset value. Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas has challenged comparisons between Bitcoin and the Dutch tulip mania of 1637, citing…