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Gemini wins CFTC approval for prediction market, may expand into crypto futures, options and perps
Gemini's Designated Contract Market will offer binary event contracts and may expand into other CFTC-regulated deriva…
The Daily: Silk Road bitcoin wallets wake up, SEC Chair Atkins signals quick action on crypto priorities, and more
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
The Protocol: Stripe’s Tempo Testnet Goes Live
Also: ZKSync Lite to Sunset, Blockstream App Update, Axelar’s AgentFlux
Most Influential: Rushi Manche
The Movement Labs’ co-founder’s secret dealings and subsequent scandal stoked industry-wide anxieties about opaqu…
Helium Expands to Brazil With Mambo WiFi in DePIN Breakthrough
The partnership represents one of Helium’s most significant international expansions so far.
Blockstream Connects Lightning and Liquid for Faster, Private Bitcoin Payments
The new update enables trustless swaps between Lightning and Liquid, removing technical hurdles for fast, self-custod…
Binance co-CEO Yi He’s WeChat account hacked to promote and profit from memecoin
The hacker spent 19,479 USDT to buy 21.16 million of the tokens, making around $55,000 from the subsequent pump, acco…
Elon Musk’s SpaceX moves another $95 million of its bitcoin stash amid reported 2026 IPO plans: Arkham
The transaction marks the ninth such transfer this year, likely to consolidate custody and upgrade from legacy bitcoi…
KindlyMD enters $210 million USDT loan agreement with Kraken
The proceeds would be used to repay its prior loan agreement with Singapore-based Antalpha formed in October.
Bitcoin treasury XXI shares sink 20% in NYSE debut despite rising BTC price
Twenty One wants to distinguish itself from pure bitcoin-holding firms by pushing into brokerage, credit, and other f…
PNC rolls out direct bitcoin trading for high-net-worth clients through Coinbase tie-up
PNC says the move is driven less by near-term trading demand and more by keeping clients from shifting crypto activit…
Stripe-Backed Blockchain Tempo Starts Testnet; Kalshi, Mastercard, UBS Added as Partners
Tempo, built by Stripe and Paradigm, has started testing payment-focused blockchain and has onboard a slew of institu…
Luxor expands hardware business into GPUs to support Bitcoin miners diversifying into AI
The company is extending its procurement, logistics, and financing capabilities to help miners rapidly deploy acceler…
IREN Raises $2.3B, Repurchases Debt in Balance Sheet Overhaul
The bitcoin miner extended maturities, reduced coupon costs and strengthened its capital structure.
Tassat Wins U.S. Patent for 'Yield-in-Transit' Onchain Settlement Tech
The IP covers intraday, block-by-block interest accrual during 24/7 settlement and underpins Lynq, an institutional n…
Binance confirmed a rogue employee used the company account to pump a personal token 4,600% in minutes
On Dec. 7, at 05:29 UTC, someone deployed a token called “year of yellow fruit” on-chain. Less than one minute la…
CFTC clears path for ETH, Bitcoin and USDC to be used as collateral in derivatives markets
The move builds on a CFTC initiative in September expanding the use of tokenized collateral, particularly stablecoins…
Tether joins $80 million funding round for Italian humanoids built for high-risk industrial jobs
The deal deepens Tether’s push into AI and robotics, following recent investments in brain-computer interfaces and …
The Daily: Robinhood’s expansion plans, BlackRock’s staked Ethereum ETF filing, Strategy’s biggest Bitcoin buy since July, and more
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Binance post confirming insider trading sends ‘year of the yellow fruit’ meme token even higher
The suspected token, called "year of the yellow fruit," was promoted using official Binance channels just seconds aft…
Yearn Finance details $9 million yETH exploit, confirms partial recovery and outlines remediation plan
DeFi protocol Yearn Finance has detailed how a multi-phase numerical bug and unsafe math enabled an exploiters steal …
Circle partners with Bybit in push to drive USDC adoption outside Coinbase ecosystem
Bybit will increase USDC’s presence across its ecosystem by boosting liquidity in spot and derivatives markets.
ZKsync Lite to Shut Down in 2026 as Matter Labs Moves On
The company framed the move, happening in early 2026, as a planned sunset.
Robinhood to enter Indonesia by acquiring local crypto trading firm
Robinhood said it is buying Indonesian brokerage PT Buana Capital Sekuritas and digital asset trader PT Pedagang Aset…
Coinbase reopens app in India after two-year hiatus: report
Indian users can currently trade only between cryptocurrencies, with a full fiat on-ramp expected in 2026, TechCrunch…
Meta cuts to metaverse ‘black hole’ could free up billions for AI and lift shares by 20%: analysts
The lack of user traction, combined with years of mounting spend, has fueled concerns that the division, Mizuho analy…
Turkey’s Paribu to buy CoinMENA in deal worth up to $240 million, adding Dubai and Bahrain licenses
Paribu has acquired CoinMENA in a transaction valued at up to $240M, expanding the platform’s regulated footprint i…
‘I’m not betting on a markup this month’: Lawyer outlines three issues still holding up the crypto market structure bill
Senate negotiators are struggling to finalize a bill as disputes over stablecoin yield, conflicts of interest, and De…
Crypto sleuth ZachXBT claims British threat actor tied to $243 million Genesis creditor theft ‘likely arrested’
A British hacker tied to the $243 million Genesis creditor theft has possibly been arrested in Dubai, according to on…
Kalshi inks exclusive CNBC deal as prediction markets surge into mainstream media
Between Kalshi and Polymarket, the two prediction markets platforms have generated a cumulative volume exceeding $45 …