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💶 The EU supports the simultaneous launch of the digital euro online and offline The Council of the European Union has published a document outlining its position on the design of the digital euro. 🪙 In particular, the Council supported the ECB’s approach of launching the online and offline versions of the CBDC at the same time. The future of the project now depends on European lawmakers.

⛏ Analysts see a “bullish signal” in miner capitulation A decline in mining activity could signal a bullish reversal for bitcoin, according to VanEck. 📈 Analysts note that historically, bitcoin has more often delivered positive returns during such periods. Bitcoin’s hashrate has fallen by 4% over the past month, marking the sharpest decline since April 2024.

🔈 Coinbase acquires a startup focused on prediction markets Coinbase has agreed to acquire The Clearing Company, a startup focused on prediction markets. 📌 The company was founded by Toni Gemayel, a former head of growth at Polymarket and Kalshi. The Clearing Company’s team will help Coinbase scale its own prediction markets service.

🕯 Ghana legalizes crypto trading Ghana has taken crypto trading out of the legal “gray zone” by passing a law on virtual asset service providers (VASP). 🏦 Companies working with digital assets are now required to register with the Bank of Ghana or the Securities and Exchange Commission. Around 17% of the country’s adult population uses cryptocurrencies.

‼️ Strategy increases reserves to $2.19B to prepare for prolonged “crypto winter” 🟠 Michael Saylor’s company Strategy announced that it has increased its U.S. dollar reserves to $2.19 billion after raising about $748 million through common stock sales. ✅ According to TD Cowen analysts, these reserves will be sufficient for Strategy to cover its interest and dividend obligations for 32 months. Strategy first revealed details of its U.S. dollar reserve on December 1, when it announced raising $1.44 billion to create a liquid cash buffer to support dividend payments and interest on outstanding debt.

🇺🇸 Market cap of tokenized U.S. Treasuries grows 50-fold 🔼 According to Token Terminal data, since early 2024 the combined market capitalization of tokenized U.S. Treasury products has increased from under $200 million to nearly $7 billion by the end of 2025. This 50-fold growth highlights the rapid acceleration of blockchain adoption for government debt instruments. ✅ The market leader is BlackRock’s BUIDL fund, while other major players include Circle’s USYC, Superstate’s USTB, and Ondo Finance’s OUSG.

💥 Crypto market rises on JPMorgan report and Christmas rally 📈 The market started the week with a 2% increase. Bitcoin is holding near $90,000, while Ethereum remains above $3,000. ✅ Positive momentum was driven by a report from the largest U.S. bank, JPMorgan Chase, which plans to launch spot cryptocurrency trading for institutional clients on its platform. Another supporting factor is the traditional Christmas rally, during which stock and crypto indexes typically rise.

⚡️ CryptoPunks officially entered museum history The Museum of Modern Art in New York (MoMA) added 8 CryptoPunks works to its permanent collection. The collection includes Punks #4018, #2786, #5616, #5160, #3407, #7178, #74, and #7899. The works were donated to the museum not through purchase, but in the form of a collective gift from the community and early collectors.

👀 CryptoQuant: the structure of the crypto market is deteriorating CryptoQuant analysts warn of signs of a potential bear market: demand for Bitcoin is declining, primarily from ETFs and corporate treasuries. Additional signals include a reduction in spot ETF reserves and a drop in activity among addresses holding 100–1,000 BTC, resembling the situation at the end of 2021.

🇺🇸 The U.S. proposed tax incentives for stablecoins and staking A bill was introduced in the House of Representatives to simplify the taxation of crypto assets. It proposes exempting small payments in regulated dollar-backed stablecoins up to $200 from taxation, bringing them closer to the concept of “digital cash.” The initiative also предусматривает deferring taxes on income from staking and mining — up to five years instead of taxation at the moment the rewards are received.

🦄 Uniswap set a record for the number of users Throughout the protocol’s history, swaps have been made by 232 million unique addresses — across versions V1–V4 and all networks, including Ethereum, Polygon, Arbitrum, Optimism, and Base. No other DeFi protocol has yet come close to reaching such a scale.

🇰🇷 South Korea fears losing control over its payment system due to stablecoins Dollar-backed stablecoins are already being actively used by businesses and for salary payments, displacing domestic solutions thanks to faster and cheaper transfers. Authorities warn that without urgent regulation, control over payments could be lost. Lawmakers are preparing the Digital Asset Basic Act, viewing stablecoins as a tool to protect against dollarization and a growth driver for small businesses.

‼️ CoinJar enters the US market 🚀 Cryptocurrency exchange CoinJar, which serves more than 800,000 users in its home market of Australia as well as in the United Kingdom and Ireland, has announced its entry into the US market after obtaining licenses in Illinois and Mississippi. ✅ The CoinJar platform allows users to trade more than 60 cryptocurrencies. Specifically for the US market, the exchange has developed the CoinJar AI trading assistant, which provides users with information about their portfolios and market dynamics.

🇧🇷 Brazil’s crypto market grows by 43% 📈 According to a report by Mercado Bitcoin, total cryptocurrency transaction volume in Brazil increased by 43% in 2025, while the average investment per user exceeded $1,000. ➡️ About 18% of investors allocated funds across more than one cryptocurrency asset, indicating a gradual shift toward diversification. ➡️ Bitcoin remains the most traded asset, followed by the US dollar–pegged stablecoin USDt, Ethereum, and Solana.

‼️ U.S. Congress considers tax relief for crypto market US lawmakers have proposed exempting small stablecoin transactions from capital gains tax, simplifying their everyday use. ✅ The bill introduces a tax-free threshold of up to $200 and allows deferring taxation on staking and mining rewards for up to five years. The initiative reflects growing pressure from the crypto industry to align tax rules with the practical use of digital assets.

💥 Solana emerges as a leader in economic efficiency Solana has surpassed Ethereum in annual revenue, and according to estimates by DeFi Development Corp., the gap could widen to $1.4 billion versus $522 million. 👉 Solana founder Anatoly Yakovenko said the future of layer-1 blockchains will depend not on narratives, but on real revenue generation and execution efficiency.

‼️ Tether begins developing an AI-based crypto wallet 💵 Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino announced that the company is hiring a lead software engineer to build a mobile AI-powered cryptocurrency wallet that will use WDK and QVAC technologies. Integrating these Tether-developed tools makes it possible to create a network of crypto wallets independent of crypto exchanges and cloud technologies.

“The funds will be held by the AI agent, and the AI agent will work for me. It will not operate under someone else’s terms,” Ardoino wrote on his X page.

✅ The announcement signals Tether’s continued expansion into AI and cryptocurrency integration, which could impact the broader crypto market.

‼️ A user lost $50 million because of copy-paste. 🚨 A user became a victim of their own carelessness and lost 49,999,950 USDT after copying a scam wallet address from their transaction history. ➡️ Address-spoofing scams work by inserting similar wallet addresses into a victim’s transaction history through small transfers. ➡️ When victims later copy an address from their history, they may accidentally choose the scammer’s address instead of the intended recipient’s. SlowMist founder Cos noted that the similarity between the addresses was minor but enough to fool even experienced users: the first three characters and the last four characters matched.

💬 Clarity Act could be passed as early as January, but the market is unimpressed U.S. President’s special advisor on AI and cryptocurrencies David Sacks said there is a high chance that the Clarity Act will be passed in January. However, trading veteran Peter Brandt believes this will be neither a global event nor a growth driver for BTC. Ledn’s chief investment officer John Glover agrees, noting that the potential passage of the law is already priced in by the market.

🔹 An Ethereum ICO participant became active after 10 years An investor who took part in the Ethereum ICO transferred 2,000 ETH (around $6 million) to a new wallet after more than a decade of inactivity. In 2015, these coins cost him just $620.