🇦🇷⛽️ Argentina's state-owned energy giant YPF is considering enabling cryptocurrency payments for gasoline and diesel at its service stations. The plan is under review, with no launch date set, and may involve an exchange intermediary for pricing based on "crypto dollars.". link
🇦🇷 YPF, Argentina's largest oil company, is considering including cryptocurrency payments for gasoline and diesel at its gas stations. lanacion
🐳 A whale withdrew 40B #FLOKI worth $1.98M from Binance, likely for staking.
Address: 0x82dfd1349fd0d2577e60bf289d653e3a89c78680
🗣 Justin Sun discussed how Techteryx was defrauded of $500 million, highlighting that the court's freezing order reveals a kickback chain involving FDT. He noted that fraud cases in Hong Kong typically take 3 to 5 years, especially those crossing multiple jurisdictions. link
📝 #ASTER will launch the core Aster Chain L1 network in the first quarter of 2026, with ASTER staking, supply chain network management and intelligent order tracking tools to be implemented in the second quarter.
💰🙋♂️ #BTC Forbes: BlackRock CEO Larry Fink disclosed that some unnamed sovereign funds are purchasing Bitcoin, increasing their positions as the price declined from its peak of $126,000. He noted that these funds are buying incrementally, particularly when the price fell into the $80,000 range, with a focus on long-term holdings.
🔮 #BTC Cryptopolitan: Ripple CEO expects BTC price to reach $180,000 by the end of 2026.
Solana Foundation Chairman notes that even reaching the $90,000 threshold for BTC is normal.
Binance CEO Richard Teng admits that the market has been experiencing fluctuations recently, but emphasized that the overall trend is still very optimistic.
Solana Foundation Chairman notes that even reaching the $90,000 threshold for BTC is normal.
Binance CEO Richard Teng admits that the market has been experiencing fluctuations recently, but emphasized that the overall trend is still very optimistic.
🇺🇸👀 #macro US:
- Initial Jobless Claims = 191k (expected 219k / previously 216k)
- Continuing Jobless Claims = 1.939 million (expected 1.960 million / previously 1.960 million)
- Initial Jobless Claims = 191k (expected 219k / previously 216k)
- Continuing Jobless Claims = 1.939 million (expected 1.960 million / previously 1.960 million)
🙋♂ #SOL Solmate signed an agreement to acquire RockawayX in an all-stock deal that will create an institutional crypto group with >$2 billion in assets. coindesk
💰 #CC Digital Asset raises new funds to expand Canton Network rollout. cointelegraph
💰 #PTB Portal to Bitcoin raised $25M led by JTSA Global, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, OKX Ventures, Arrington Capital and others.
🗣 #BTC #BNB Binance founder Changpeng Zhao stated on December 4th that holding Bitcoin is one of the best strategies, outperforming 99% of startups. CZ emphasized that he has no cooperation with the Trump family and does not believe he needs to return to Binance's day-to-day operations, which contributes to the development of the BNB blockchain ecosystem.
🤝 MoneyGram has partnered with Fireblocks to manage stablecoin settlements for its remittance services. link