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🔴CRYPTO THEFT TOPS $3.4B IN 2025 Crypto losses have surpassed $3.4B this year, exceeding 2024 levels, per Chainalysis. 📈 The $1.5B Bybit breach accounted for ~44% of total losses. While DeFi exploits remain muted, large-scale exchange and personal wallet hacks are accelerating, concentrating risk in centralized infrastructure.

🚨 SOFI LAUNCHES THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK-ISSUED STABLECOIN SoFi has launched SoFiUSD, a fully reserved U.S. dollar stablecoin issued by SoFi Bank. The company claims this is the first time a national bank has issued a stablecoin on a public, permissionless blockchain.

⚡️ JUST IN: BYBIT RETURNS TO UK AFTER 2-YEAR HIATUS Bybit has relaunched services in the UK after a two-year hiatus. The re-entry follows its partnership with London-based Archax, which holds a specialised FCA authorization for approving financial promotions.

‼️ $3.2 BILLION BTC & ETH OPTIONS EXPIRE TODAY Over $3.16 BILLION in Bitcoin and Ethereum options expire Friday at 08:00 UTC, the last major derivatives settlement before Christmas.

👀 MARKETS REBOUND AFTER BOJ HIKE $BTC moved higher despite the Bank of Japan’s rate hike, joining U.S. stocks futures in a bullish risk-asset response as markets price in no further policy tightening.

📉 ETHEREUM EXCHANGE SUPPLY HITS LOWEST LEVEL SINCE 2016 ETH balances on exchanges have dropped to a near ten-year low, signaling stronger holder conviction, increased trader caution, and reduced short-term selling pressure.

🚨DIGITAL EURO SET FOR H2 2026 LAUNCH The ECB has completed preparations and is awaiting political approval. The digital euro is targeted to roll out in the second half of 2026.

🚨JUST IN: 🇺🇸U.S. SENATE CONFIRMS PRO-CRYPTO CFTC CHAIR Mike Selig will take over leadership of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission following Senate approval.

🇯🇵JUST IN: The BOJ has raised interest rates by 25bps to 0.75%. This takes base rates to a 30 Year high!

🚨ALERT: Bitcoin falls below $85,000!

🚨JUST IN: Almost $150 million in crypto long positions have been liquidated in the past hour.

🚨JUST IN: NYSE OWNER EYES INVESTMENT IN CRYPTO FIRM MOONPAY Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), which owns the NYSE, is in talks to invest in crypto payments firm MoonPay. MoonPay is nearing a funding round that targets a $5 BILLION valuation, per Bloomberg.

🚨 JUST IN: Trump Media plans an all-stock merger with TAE Technologies, a U.S. fusion energy company backed by Google, in a deal valued at more than $6 BILLION.

⚡️JUST NOW: BITCOIN breaks $89,000!

🚨 BREAKING: 🇺🇸 THE U.S. CPI PRINT IS IN! CPI : 2.7% vs. 3.1% expected (3.0% previous) Core CPI: 2.6% vs. 3.0% expected (3.0% previous)

🚨BITCOIN ETF FLOWS FLIP POSITIVE Bitcoin ETFs saw $457 MILLION in inflows yesterday, following $634.8 MILLION in outflows across the previous two days. Are institutions stepping back in?

🚨 BITFINEX ANNOUNCES ZERO FEES FOR TRADING All maker and taker trading fees have been removed across its spot, margin, derivatives, securities and OTC markets.

🚨 COINBASE INTRODUCES CUSTOM STABLECOINS!