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💰 1,000,000,000 USDT were printed by Tether.

🚓 Binance reported that a company employee used insider information to post on the official account and extract personal benefits - he was immediately dismissed, and cooperation with law enforcement agencies has begun. The informants received a reward of $100,000.

🇦🇷 The Central Bank of Argentina plans toallow banks to trade cryptocurrencies. The initiative is driven by economic reality, in which cryptocurrencies have become an important tool for millions of citizens.

🎅 Option traders signal a "cryptowinter" — Bloomberg Option positions indicate an expectation of a prolonged consolidation of BTC in the range of $80,000–100,000. December contracts are being traded significantly more actively than long-term ones, and traders are massively selling options, earning premiums, as they expect no strong price movements in the near future.

😂In Trump's new national security strategy, cryptocurrencies and blockchain are not mentioned at all , although he previously called for making the US a global crypto hub. The document focuses on AI and quantum technologies as key priorities, emphasizing the US's desire to maintain global leadership and set standards in these areas.

⛽ Vitalik Buterin proposed to create a futures market for gas on Ethereum, which will allow users to fix future commissions in advance and reduce uncertainty as the network grows.

🇫🇷 French banking giant BPCE launches crypto trading — now users will be able to buy and sell BTC, ETH, SOL, and USDC directly in the bank's app.

🇮🇳 Coinbase has opened registration for users from India after a more than 2-year hiatus — the company also plans to launch a fiat on-ramp for local users in 2026.

🇦🇪 Binance became the first crypto exchange to receive a full set of licenses from the ADGM (Abu Dhabi Global Market) regulator, and now, according to media reports, it is preparing to move its headquarters to Abu Dhabi.

🎲 The current correction has reached 32% — a level that could either be a local bottom, as in 2021, or a harbinger of a new bearish cycle, as in 2022, — CryptoQuant.

👻 Financier Michael Burry, known for predicting the 2008 mortgage crisis, warned that the American stock market may face a decline more severe than the dot-com crash, mainly due to overheating in the AI company sector. He believes that their value is growing faster than fundamental indicators, and the overvaluation is based on expectations rather than real profits. An additional risk Burry points out is the dominance of passive investments, which could amplify the crash during a period of market stress.

💰 The hype around memecoins has started to fade: trading volumes and market capitalizations of tokens continue to steadily decline. At the same time, more than 50% of the sector's total market capitalization still belongs to Dogecoin.

🔮 BitMine's Chairman Tom Lee believes that crypto prices have hit bottom, and that the classic four-year BTC cycle will be destroyed in the next eight weeks.

🍿 CZ met Michael Saylor for the first time in his life yesterday. CZ also stated that he does not consider it necessary to return to his daily work at Binance.

💎 BlackRock CEO stated that some sovereign funds have already started buying Bitcoin, and they bought more during the current correction in order to accumulate for a long-term investment period.

🇦🇷 Argentina's largest oil company is considering the possibility accepting cryptocurrencies as payment for gasoline and diesel fuel at its gas stations.

🗽 In 2025, 3 American states officially created strategic crypto reserves: 🔴 New Hampshire: up to 5% of state funds are directed to crypto. Only assets with a market capitalization of more than $500 billion can be added to the fund. 🔴 Arizona: a special reserve fund has been created, which stores confiscated and "unneeded" BTC. 🔴 Texas: a strategic crypto reserve has been created, which can buy and hold coins indefinitely. Massachusetts, Ohio, Michigan, and several other states have only introduced bills but have not passed laws.

🔮 CZ announced a new prediction market for BNB Chain — PredictFun.

👻 Most on-chain BTC indicators are bearish, without macro liquidity we enter a bear cycle — CEO Cryptoquant