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🚨 LATEST: CZ reminds investors that early Bitcoin buyers didn't wait for all-time highs, noting "they bought when there was fear, uncertainty and doubt." When did you buy your $BTC? 👀 News | Markets | YouTube

🚨 UPDATE: Team Human finished the tournament at –32.21% ROI while Team AI closed at –4.48%, marking a clear win for the AI side in Aster’s final results. News | Markets | YouTube

⚡️ ADOPTION: Crypto M&A hit $8.6B in 2025, up from $2.17B last year, driven by compliance and MiCA-ready acquisitions, per Financial Times. News | Markets | YouTube

🎄 REMINDER: Today is a shortened trading day in the US with markets closing at 1:00 PM EST and tomorrow the stock market is closed for Christmas. News | Markets | YouTube

QUESTION: Bitcoin on Christmas 🎄 2022: $16,841 2023: $43,613 2024: $99,299 Where does Bitcoin finish this Christmas? News | Markets | YouTube

🔥 UPDATE: Arbitrum crossed 2.1B+ lifetime transactions in 2025, with more than $20B in total value secured on the network. News | Markets | YouTube

🚨 ALERT: Losses from hacks, exploits, and scams topped $3.35B this year, per CertiK. News | Markets | YouTube

🚨 LATEST: Galaxy's Alex Thorn says Bitcoin never actually crossed $100K when adjusted for inflation, with its $126K peak translating to just $99,848 in 2020 dollar terms. News | Markets | YouTube

🇺🇸 ETF FLOWS: SOL and XRP spot ETFs saw net inflows on Dec. 23, while BTC and ETH spot ETFs saw net outflows. BTC: - $188.64M ETH: - $95.53M SOL: $4.2M XRP: $8.19M News | Markets | YouTube

🚨 LATEST: BTC and ETH ETF net flows turned negative since early November, per Glassnode. This signals reduced institutional participation and broader crypto market liquidity contraction. News | Markets | YouTube

🔥 BIG: Total stablecoin market cap hits an all-time high of $310B. News | Markets | YouTube

🇧🇷 NEW: Brazil's live orchestra project receives approval to convert Bitcoin price movements into real-time music. The project uses an algorithm that transforms market data into melody and rhythm. News | Markets | YouTube

🗞 Catch up on the news over the last 24 hours! 🔥 A solo miner has successfully mined Bitcoin block 928985, earning a 3.128 $BTC reward worth ~$281K. 🔥 $13 trillion BlackRock lists Bitcoin as one of 2025's biggest investment themes alongside T-bills and the Mag 7 in its year-end investment wrap. 🚨 VanEck says Bitcoin miner capitulation signal may indicate a bottom is near, with hashrate falling 4% through Dec 15, a historically bullish contrarian signal. 🚨 XRP social sentiment turns increasingly negative, which historically signals potential price rises as retail doubt often precedes rallies, per Santiment. 🇺🇸 ETF FLOWS: ETH, SOL, and XRP spot ETFs saw net inflows on Dec. 22, while BTC spot ETFs saw net outflows. 🔥 Franklin Templeton’s $XRP spot ETF has crossed 100M $XRP in holdings for the first time, now holding 101.55M $XRP worth $192.7M. 🇺🇸 U.S. GDP grew 4.3% in Q3 2025, beating the previous quarter’s 3.8% as consumer spending, exports and government outlays lifted economic activity despite weaker investment. 🇪🇺 The EU Council has endorsed the ECB’s digital euro design, backing both online and privacy-focused offline versions. ⚡️ Circle minted $1.5 billion worth of $USDC over the past week, including $500 million issued today. 🔥 Gold breaks a new all-time high of $4,500. 🔥 Tom Lee’s Bitmine adds another 67,886 $ETH worth $201M to its treasury today. ⚡️ Coinbase now supports SOL withdrawals and deposits via the Base network. 🚨 Former FTX US president Brett Harrison secures $35M in funding to launch Architect, a new institutional exchange. News | Markets | YouTube

🚨 LATEST: Former FTX US president Brett Harrison secures $35M in funding to launch Architect, a new institutional exchange. News | Markets | YouTube

⚡️ TODAY: Coinbase now supports SOL withdrawals and deposits via the Base network. News | Markets | YouTube

🔥 BULLISH: Tom Lee’s Bitmine adds another 67,886 $ETH worth $201M to its treasury today. News | Markets | YouTube

🔥NOW: Gold breaks a new all-time high of $4,500. News | Markets | YouTube

🎥 WATCH: In a new interview, Anthony Scaramucci discusses power, public pressure, why Donald Trump helped Bitcoin but hurt crypto overall, and why Michael Saylor is the smartest mind in crypto. News | Markets | YouTube

⚡️ JUST IN: Circle minted $1.5 billion worth of $USDC over the past week, including $500 million issued today. News | Markets | YouTube

🎙️ TUNE IN: UK crypto regulation is entering a major new phase. We unpack the FCA’s consultation on exchanges, staking, lending and DeFi with Perry Scott of Kraken, who explains what’s changing, why the 2027 deadline matters, and how clearer rules could shape the UK market. Hosted by Cointelegraph Head of Podcasts Savannah Fortis. Watch the full episode here. News | Markets | YouTube