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🎧 TUNE IN: What’s really behind crypto’s 2025 volatility? Bitcoin’s drop to the low-$80Ks, over $1T erased from market cap, and record ETF outflows aren’t caused by blow-ups, this downturn is macro and liquidity-driven. Host Savannah Fortis joins Noelle Acheson, Tim Meggs, and Glen Goodman to explain the forces shaking the market and how to navigate them. Watch the full episode here. News | Markets | YouTube

⚡️ JUST IN: Binance has introduced Binance Junior, a parent-controlled crypto savings account for kids and teens. News | Markets | YouTube

🔥 BULLISH: Bitcoin's market buy-to-sell ratio hit 1.17, the highest since this cycle began in Jan 2023 per CryptoQuant. News | Markets | YouTube

🇬🇧 LATEST: UK passes bill applying property laws to crypto, receiving royal assent to treat digital assets like cryptocurrencies and stablecoins as personal property under law. News | Markets | YouTube

🚨 LATEST: Coinbase says market conditions could be primed for a reversal in December as Federal Reserve could cut rates and unlock inflows, in its latest report. News | Markets | YouTube

🇺🇸 ETF FLOWS: BTC, SOL, and XRP spot ETFs saw net inflows on Dec. 2, while ETH spot ETFs saw net outflows. BTC: $58.5M ETH: - $9.91M SOL: $45.77M XRP: $67.74M News | Markets | YouTube

🇪🇺 NEW: A group of 10 EU banks plans to launch a euro-pegged stablecoin by 2026 under entity led by Dutch Central Bank, seeking regulatory approval in the second half of 2026. News | Markets | YouTube

🇬🇪 ADOPTION: Hedera signs MoU with Georgia's Ministry of Justice to implement Hedera’s technology across the country's public sector. News | Markets | YouTube

🚨 LATEST: Former SEC Chair Gary Gensler says cryptocurrencies are highly speculative, volatile asset, except Bitcoin on Bloomberg today. News | Markets | YouTube

🗞 Catch up on the news over the last 24 hours! 🔥 BlackRock's Larry Fink and Rob Goldstein say tokenization "can modernise the infrastructure that still makes parts of the financial system slow and costly," per The Economist. 🚨 XRP Ledger whale and shark wallets dropped in number over past 8 weeks, yet remaining holders accumulated to 7-year high of 48B coins collectively, per Santiment. 🚨 Tom Lee says crypto prices have fallen despite improving fundamentals, calling current risk/reward attractive for $BTC and $ETH. 🔥 Grayscale believes Bitcoin's four-year cycle thesis will prove incorrect, expecting $BTC to make new highs next year, in its latest research. 🇯🇵 Japan plans to apply flat 20% tax on crypto profits, aligning crypto levy with equities and investment trusts to foster domestic trading, Nikkei reports. 🔥 The Fed just called time on 3.5 years of Quantitative Tightening while quietly adding $13.5B to the banking system through overnight repos. 🔥 Circle announced the Circle Foundation, seeded with 1% of its equity, to back CDFIs. 🚨 Bank of America says its wealth clients could allocate up to 4% of their portfolios to crypto. 🚨 Michael Saylor’s strategy team said they would consider lending Bitcoin in the future, according to Bloomberg. 🔥 Eric Balchunas said $BTC spiked about 6% at the US open on the first day after Vanguard lifted its ETF ban, noting IBIT traded $1B in volume in the first 30 minutes. 🔥 $160 billion was added to the crypto market cap in the past 24 hours. 🇺🇸 SEC Chair Paul Atkins says the agency has "enough authority to drive forward" on crypto rules and plans to unveil an innovation exemption "in a month or so". 🇺🇸 President Trump calls Kevin Hassett as "potential Fed Chair" during White House announcement. News | Markets | YouTube

🇺🇸 TODAY: President Trump calls Kevin Hassett as "potential Fed Chair" during White House announcement. News | Markets | YouTube

🇺🇸 NEW: SEC Chair Paul Atkins says the agency has "enough authority to drive forward" on crypto rules and plans to unveil an innovation exemption "in a month or so". News | Markets | YouTube

🔥 UPDATE: $160 billion was added to the crypto market cap in the past 24 hours. News | Markets | YouTube

🔥 INSIGHT: Eric Balchunas said $BTC spiked about 6% at the US open on the first day after Vanguard lifted its ETF ban, noting IBIT traded $1B in volume in the first 30 minutes. News | Markets | YouTube

🚨 LATEST: Michael Saylor’s strategy team said they would consider lending Bitcoin in the future, according to Bloomberg News | Markets | YouTube

🚨 JUST IN: Bank of America says its wealth clients could allocate up to 4% of their portfolios to crypto. News | Markets | YouTube

🔥 LATEST: Circle announced the Circle Foundation, seeded with 1% of its equity, to back CDFIs. It'll serve US small businesses and global partners upgrading humanitarian financial infrastructure. News | Markets | YouTube

🔥 BULLISH: In a major shift, Vanguard will allow trading of spot crypto ETFs on its platform. It'll give 50M+ clients access to funds holding Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP and Solana. News | Markets | YouTube

🐋 WHALE ALERT: An ETH ICO whale sold another 3K $ETH for $8.4M, with 23K $ETH moved to exchanges and just 69.83 $ETH still in the wallet. News | Markets | YouTube

🔥 LATEST: The Fed just called time on 3.5 years of Quantitative Tightening while quietly adding $13.5B to the banking system through overnight repos. News | Markets | YouTube