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Finance

Crypto's 'Best Days Are Ahead': Tom Lee's Bitmine Immersion Adds $320M of Ether

The company is likely sitting on about $3 billion in unrealized losses on its holdings of nearly 4 million ether tokens.

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Markets

Juventus Fan Token Slides Over 13% After Tether Bid Rebuff, Even as Club Shares Surge

Juventus Football Club shares surged after stablecoin issuer Tether made, and was rebuffed on, a €1.1 billion takeover bid, while the club’s fan token saw a double-digit pullback.

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Tech

Ripple Expands $1.3B RLUSD Stablecoin to Ethereum L2s via Wormhole in Multichain Push

Ripple said it's testing its U.S. dollar stablecoin on Optimism, Base, Ink and Unichain with more blockchains to be added next year pending regulatory review.

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Finance

Kula Brings $50M of Impact Investing Onchain With Community-Governed RWA Model

The decentralized investment firm is using tokens and DAOs to give local communities direct control over energy and infrastructure projects in emerging markets.

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Opinion

Bitcoin Doesn’t Need Another Bull Run. It Needs An Economy

Bitcoin usage still skews toward long-term storage, as seen in how much BTC sits unmoved, says Terahash co-founder Hunter Rogers. But this behavior preserves individual wealth while starving the network.

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Real-World Asset DeFi Moves Into Sports Finance With Tokenized Football Club Revenues

A new DeFi model is providing football clubs with faster access to liquidity by converting future media and broadcasting revenues into tokenized, onchain assets.

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Markets

Michael Saylor's Strategy Made Second Consecutive $1B Bitcoin Purchase Last Week

Despite the continued struggles of its share price, Strategy again funded the purchase mostly via sales of common stock

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (Danny Nelson, modified by CoinDesk)

Tech

Aave DAO Pushes Back as Interface Fees Shift Away From Treasury

The change was framed as an upgrade offering improved execution, but delegates flagged that swap-related fees were no longer flowing to the Aave DAO treasury.

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Markets

Bitcoin's Parabolic Arc Snaps: Trader Peter Brandt Eyes $25K Crash Floor

Veteran trader Peter Brandt warns that bitcoin's growth parabola has fractured, potentially leading to a price drop to $25,000.

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Finance

JPMorgan Launches Tokenized Money Market Fund on Ethereum as Wall Street Moves Onchain

The $4 trillion U.S. bank is the latest financial giant in rolling out tokenized MMF onchain, joining BlackRock, Franklin Templeton and Fidelity.

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Markets

Crypto Markets Today: Bitcoin Rises, but Risk Appetite Remains Weak

Crypto prices are little changed, with bitcoin steady after dropping back from last week’s post-Fed high while altcoins continue to underperform amid risk-off sentiment.

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Markets

Weekend Sell-Off Hits EdgeX’s Nasdaq-Linked Perp as $13M in Longs Liquidated

A large short placed during off-hours sent EdgeX’s XYZ100 perpetual down nearly 4%, exposing risks in equity-index perps when traditional markets are closed.

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Policy

UK Plans to Start Regulating Cryptocurrency in 2027

The U.K. government plans to extend existing financial regulation to cover crypto companies, emulating the approach of the U.S. rather than that of the EU.

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Markets

Fear and Greed Index in Fear 30% of the Past Year, Bitcoin Back in Extreme Fear

The latest death cross in November has so far marked a bottom of around $80,000, aligning with prior examples this cycle.

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Markets

Coinbase Update, U.S. Jobs, Bank of Japan: Crypto Week Ahead

Your look at what's coming in the week starting Dec. 15.

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