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RedotPay, a stablecoin payments fintech, has completed a $107 million Series B round led by Goodwater Capital, with participation from Pantera Capital, Blockchain Capital, and Circle Ventures. Existing investor HSG (formerly Sequoia China) also continued its support. The round was all equity, and the post-money valuation was not disclosed. — link

U.S. unemployment rate for November came in at 4.6%, compared with expectations of 4.4%. U.S. seasonally adjusted nonfarm payrolls increased by 64,000 in November, versus an expected 50,000.

According to Bloomberg, Visa said it has opened its U.S. payments network to stablecoin settlement, allowing U.S. financial institutions to settle transactions using Circle-issued USDC on the Solana blockchain. Cross River Bank and Lead Bank are among the first adopters of the service. — link

CZ on Crypto Payments, Next-Cycle Opportunities, Life Perspectives, and More：At Binance Blockchain Week 2025, Binance founder CZ said crypto payments remain unresolved, the DAT model works but depends on management, and Web3 success requires product focus and long-term thinking. He added that U.S. regulatory easing could unlock opportunities, mainstream adoption needs regulatory clarity and financial integration, crypto is improving access in developing countries, and his future focus will be education, philanthropy, and ecosystem building. Read more — link

Hyperscale Data (NYSE American: GPUS) announced that as of December 14, its Bitcoin treasury—including held Bitcoin and cash allocated for future purchases—totaled approximately $75.5 million, representing 97.5% of its market capitalization as of the December 15 close. The company holds about 498.46 Bitcoin through its subsidiary Sentinum and has allocated an additional $31.5 million in cash for future acquisitions. — link

PancakeSwap announced it will co-incubate Probable, an onchain prediction market protocol on BNB Chain, together with YZI Labs. The protocol will support onchain predictions and betting across sports, politics, crypto, and major events. Users can deposit any asset, which will be automatically converted to USDT for wagering, and price feeds will be provided via UMA oracles. — link

Solana said on X that the network has faced sustained DDoS attacks over the past week, claiming the scale ranks as the fourth-largest attack event in the history of distributed systems. The attacks have not impacted Solana’s network performance so far, and on-chain operations remain stable. Solana added that one of its core design goals is to continue operating normally under such attacks. — link

MetaMask has officially launched native Bitcoin (BTC) support, enabling users to buy BTC directly with fiat, send transactions on the Bitcoin mainnet, and swap BTC with EVM-native assets and SOL. The current release prioritizes SegWit addresses, with Taproot address support to be added later. MetaMask also said that swapping BTC within the app will earn MetaMask Rewards points. — link

Sberbank, Russia’s largest bank, said it is testing multiple DeFi products as client demand for crypto trading and holdings continues to grow rapidly. Management Board Vice Chairman Anatoly Popov added that Sberbank is tracking asset tokenization and connectivity with DeFi platforms, and has shown interest in public-chain solutions such as Ethereum that offer mature infrastructure and smart-contract capabilities. — link

Delphi Digital said in its latest "2026 Application Outlook" report that SocialFi’s next phase will be driven in 2025 by the convergence of more social trading and increasingly financialized social media. Delphi argued crypto could enable creators to "tokenize" their audiences—turning subscribers into tokenholders and reducing reliance on platform take rates and advertising. — link

Grayscale said in its latest "2026 Digital Asset Outlook" that while quantum computing poses a long-term risk to blockchain cryptography, it is unlikely to affect Bitcoin—or the broader crypto market’s prices and valuations—in 2026. The report noted that most public blockchains will ultimately need to adopt post-quantum cryptography upgrades. However, a "cryptographically relevant" quantum computer capable of breaking Bitcoin’s public-key cryptography and forging digital signatures to steal assets is widely estimated to be unlikely to emerge before 2030 at the earliest. — link

The U.S. Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) said in its 2025 annual report that it has eased its stance on crypto assets and stablecoins, no longer framing them as an immediate systemic risk. FSOC cited the GENIUS Act, which took effect in July, as providing a federal regulatory framework for payment stablecoins, bringing greater clarity while supporting U.S. stablecoin innovation. The report dropped prior warnings about run risks and market concentration, and noted that most on-chain activity is associated with legitimate use rather than illicit finance. — link

According to CNBC, Kevin Hassett, director of the U.S. National Economic Council and previously viewed by markets as a leading contender for Federal Reserve chair, has recently faced pushback from senior figures close to President Trump, with concerns centered on his close ties to the president and the potential impact on confidence in the Fed’s independence. — link

Aster announced the launch of Shield Mode, a protected trading mode integrated into Aster Perpetual. The feature enables private position opening and management without a public order book, offering gasless trading, no close fees, and faster execution, with plans to add more flexible fee models in the future. — link

Coinbase Markets announced that spot trading for Beam (BEAM) will go live on December 16, 2025. The BEAM-USD trading pair is expected to open at or after 9:00 a.m. PT, subject to liquidity conditions, in regions where trading is supported. Beam is a blockchain network and ecosystem developed to support decentralized applications, including use cases in gaming. — link

Terra founder Do Kwon may face a separate criminal trial in South Korea despite 15-year U.S. prison sentence, as Korean prosecutors seek to prosecute him for Capital Markets Act violations. He could receive an additional sentence of over 30 years, with authorities citing around 200,000 Korean victims and losses of roughly $204 million. — link

CME Group has launched spot-quoted XRP and SOL futures, expanding its spot-quoted crypto lineup beyond Bitcoin and Ether. The new contracts are quoted in spot-market terms, feature longer-dated expiries to reduce roll costs, and are designed to improve accessibility and flexibility for retail traders. — link

BitMine Immersion (BMNR) said its ETH holdings have risen to about 3.97 million ETH, representing over 3.2% of total ETH supply. As of Dec. 14, the company’s total crypto, cash and investments reached roughly $13.3 billion, including $1 billion in cash and 193 BTC. — link

CoinGecko reported that Solana was the most-followed blockchain ecosystem globally in 2025 for the second consecutive year, capturing 26.79% of narrative mindshare, ahead of Base, Ethereum, Sui, and BNB Chain. The ranking is based on CoinGecko’s non-bot global website traffic data from Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 14, 2025. — link

Strategy has acquired 10,645 BTC for ~$980.3 million at ~$92,098 per bitcoin and has achieved BTC Yield of 24.9% YTD 2025. As of 12/14/2025, Strategy hodl 671,268 BTC acquired for ~$50.33 billion at ~$74,972 per bitcoin. — link