JUST IN: 🇺🇸🇨🇳 White House Advisor Hassett says the US is not falling behind China.

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Treasury Secretary Bessent says individuals may receive $1,000–$2,000 tax refunds in Q1 2026.

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 US unemployment rate rises to 4.6%, highest since September 2021.

🇬🇧📉 FCA reports that crypto ownership in the UK has decreased to 8%, even though public awareness remains high. link

📊👀 #BTC Michael Saylor's strategy now holds 3.2% of all Bitcoin ever to exist.

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 President Trump to interview Fed Governor Christopher Waller for Federal Reserve Chair.

JUST IN: Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says the traditional financial system is "broken."

🎰 Arkham: Whale, who trades $HYPE and $ETH on Hyperliquid, was partially liquidated at $16 million. His remaining $HYPE position is valued at $44.88 million.

Dec 17 Update:

#Bitcoin ETFs:
1D NetFlow: -3,371 $BTC(-$295.95M)🔴
7D NetFlow: -4,412 $BTC(-$387.35M)🔴

#Ethereum ETFs:
1D NetFlow: -96,870 $ETH(-$285.28M)🔴
7D NetFlow: -133,130 $ETH(-$392.07M)🔴

#Solana ETFs:
1D NetFlow: +18,528 $SOL(+$2.41M)🟢
7D NetFlow: +478,979 $SOL(+$62.27M)🟢
https://x.com/lookonchain/status/2000928019826036817

Everything is extremely oversold, and the F&G index has been in extreme fear for days.

A strong bounce is just a matter of time. Be patient.

JUST IN: Coinbase launches stock trading.

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 President Trump says next year will be the "largest tax refund season of all time."

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Senate confirms pro-crypto Michael Selig as CFTC Chairman.

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Trump administration says "we are closer than ever to passing the landmark crypto market structure legislation."

👍 Coinbase launches equity trading, prediction markets via Kalshi, trading on Solana DEX via Jupiter and a number of new financial products. theblock

🇮🇳 Coinbase has also received approval from Indian regulators to acquire a stake in CoinDCX. cointelegraph

🤔 #WLFI WLFI WLFI is considering using $120M from its treasury to spur adoption of #USD1 stablecoin and challenge larger competitors. cointelegraph

📉 Perp DEX tokens held up earlier this dip, but now they’re one of the weakest sectors after memes. Top losers:

#MYX -12%
#HYPE -11%
#ASTER -8%
#DYDX -6%
#JUP -4%

CryptoRank tags show 81% of tokens down, only some small caps are up.

🇺🇸👀 President Trump's Crypto Czar David Sacks announced that they are closer than ever to passing crypto market structure legislation. He expressed optimism about completing the process in January.

🗣 #BTC Michael Saylor stated that the goal is to provide a billion people with a bank account that offers 8% interest with zero volatility. He emphasized the need to "fix the money with technology."