Bitcoin holds near $82,500 as ETF outflows clash with Wall Street buying and macro caution
Traders are weighing persistent ETF outflows and softer macro signals against renewed institutional accumulation near the average buyer's break-even level.
Yahoo Finance · +8 outlets
Polkadot launches dotUSD, a DOT DAO-governed decentralized stablecoin, as DOT jumps about 11%
Polkadot's first protocol-governed stablecoin launch and a 53.6% cut to annual DOT issuance drove a double-digit token rebound from around $1.24.
Hokanews · +14 outlets
CFTC moves to fold event contracts into swaps rules as legal fight over prediction markets continues
The proposal would place prediction markets under existing swaps regulation, drawing support from Kraken's parent and pushback from the industry.
CoinDesk · +10 outlets
Ledger investigates potential wallet tampering after reports of about $86 million stolen
The hardware wallet maker is probing a theft tied to a crypto wallet reseller, one of the largest reported losses linked to its ecosystem.
CoinDesk · +13 outlets
Coinbase brings crypto derivatives onto a single regulated global exchange
The move consolidates Coinbase's derivatives offering under one regulated venue as it expands beyond spot trading.
Yahoo Finance Singapore · +14 outlets
DWF Labs subsidiaries sue BitGo for $141 million over early token sales
The dispute, also involving entities linked to Trump-backed WLFI, centers on token sale terms and has drawn competing accounts of the claims.
Decrypt News · +14 outlets
Ex-Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky agrees to up to $35M penalty and permanent industry ban in NY settlement
The New York Attorney General's settlement closes a major enforcement case stemming from Celsius' 2022 collapse.
CoinDesk · +5 outlets
XRP Ledger patched decade-old bug that could have created billions of dollars in XRP from nothing
The flaw, disclosed after being fixed, would have allowed unauthorized XRP issuance on the ledger.
CoinDesk · +14 outlets
SpaceX spectrum deal reshapes telecom and satellite stocks
AST SpaceMobile fell sharply on the deal while analysts flagged disruption risk for carriers and upside for tower operators.
Yahoo Finance · +14 outlets
Robinhood Chain slowdown spreads from fees to trading as transactions fall more than 40%
Activity on Robinhood's chain has cooled sharply, and the team is weighing a payment-based transaction ordering system.
CoinDesk · +7 outlets
Starknet jumps as it says it is actively considering a shift to Layer 1
The Ethereum rollup's STRK token hit a nine-month high after the L1 pivot was floated.
Yahoo Finance · +13 outlets
Warren Buffett warns of a reality check for stock investors as valuations stretch
Buffett's caution on stretched equity prices has circulated widely amid investor jitters.
Yahoo Finance · +13 outlets
Newer AI models missed more payment fraud in Coinbase's benchmark
The findings suggest frontier models do not automatically improve on fraud detection tasks used in crypto payments.
CryptoSlate · +5 outlets
Zcash developers set January target for quantum-resistant payments after bunker mode scare
The privacy coin's developers are prioritizing post-quantum cryptography after a security alarm.
CoinDesk · +2 outlets
Morgan Stanley cuts MARA, RIOT and GLXY price targets on AI credit concerns
The bank trimmed targets for bitcoin miners pivoting to AI data centers while keeping large upside estimates.
Yahoo Finance · +5 outlets
Bitcoin and ether liquidity rebounds a year after the $19 billion flash crash
Order book depth has recovered, though questions remain about leverage and risk controls.
CoinDesk · +14 outlets
US banks enter correction territory ahead of results, and Wall Street sees a buying opportunity
Bank shares have slid into a correction just before the sector's earnings season.
Yahoo Finance · +1 outlets
Senate Democrat presses Cantor Fitzgerald on Tether ties and Lutnick family profits
The inquiry adds congressional scrutiny to the relationship between Tether and Cantor Fitzgerald.
Decrypt News · +1 outlets