📊Demystifying Leading & Lagging Indicators

Understanding leading and lagging indicators can give you a serious edge, as they are key tools that help traders anticipate and confirm market movements.

Here’s why these indicators are essential:

▪️ Leading Indicators: Spot potential price movements before they may happen.
▪️ Lagging Indicators: Confirm trends and patterns after they’ve formed, ensuring you’re on the right track.
▪️ Crypto-Specific Data: Use transactional data, network activity, and scarcity measures to make informed decisions.
▪️ Macro Indicators: Track the broader economic factors influencing crypto prices.

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Lawsuit accuses CZ of helping route funds to Hamas

US families affected by the October 2023 Hamas attack have taken legal action against Changpeng Zhao, reports FT.

The suit states that Binance could have processed millions in transfers to the group while CZ was in charge.

It remains a civil case, and the allegations rely on unproven assumptions about Binance’s involvement in suspicious activity.

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Bitcoin dominance is holding strong, but #Altseason?
Not canceled, merely delayed!

December's gonna send the whole market flying. 🚀

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Bloomberg on the drivers behind the market drop

According to Bloomberg:

• Japan’s tightening signal hit markets.
• Investors wait for US data.
• Fed uncertainty caps risk appetite.
• AI sector corrects.
• China remains weak.
• Crypto drops with macro sentiment.

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Malaysia battles illegal mining after $1.1B in losses

In five years, 14,000 unlicensed mining sites were exposed, draining huge amounts of electricity from TNB.

Drones and thermal sensors help locate setups, which frequently relocate. This year added ~3,000 more theft incidents.

Authorities link the operations to organized crime.

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Coinbase forecasts a trend reversal in December 2025

The exchange highlights that expectations of a Fed rate cut — with probabilities at around 92% — typically support risk assets like crypto.

Liquidity is increasing, AI speculation remains active, and shorting the dollar is becoming more compelling.

Coinbase believes December could ignite the next upswing.

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Gold-backed TER token launched by Bhutan on Solana

Bhutan’s new state token is fully collateralized with physical gold and deployed on Solana for high-performance transactions.

It will serve as a tool in the country’s digital-investment strategy.

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JUST IN: Michael Saylor hints at buying more Bitcoin.

"₿ack to More Orange Dots."

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JUST IN: NEAR token has launched on the Solana blockchain.

This development may improve cross-chain functionality and increase adoption, potentially boosting NEAR's valuation and market sentiment.

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🤑 Ethereum Whale Accumulation Continues

⏺Wallets holding more than 10,000 ETH have been increasing their balances since July, while open interest has fallen by nearly 50% since August.

⏺Despite roughly $644M in outflows from Ethereum ETFs last week, the combination of reduced leverage and large-whale buying could set the stage for a significant move in ETH.

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📈 The 4-year Bitcoin cycle is likely early, not over

🕯 Bitcoin’s past cycles worked because they aligned with the business cycle. Major rallies in 2013, 2017, and 2021 all happened during economic expansions, not before them.

⚡️ This time, the business cycle hasn’t really begun. PMIs are still weak and growth remains constrained after aggressive tightening.

If Bitcoin now trades as a macro asset, that implies upside may still lie ahead. Without a full expansion phase, there’s little reason to assume the cycle has already peaked.

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Peter Schiff: gold wins, crypto loses

Peter Schiff claims that gold is poised to replace the dollar as the key reserve asset, weakening the US currency in the process.

He says the crypto market failed to deliver a “Christmas rally,” and that selling Bitcoin in favor of silver was among the smartest moves of 2025.

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OpenAI creates a role to prepare for AI disasters

Sam Altman revealed a new leadership position focused on anticipating and mitigating extreme AI-related risks.

The role reflects growing concerns over the pace and power of modern AI models.

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Trust Wallet confirmed that 2,596 wallets were affected in the $7 million hack and promised to reimburse all losses.

The team did not specify an exact date, citing thousands of false or duplicate claims and the need for rigorous verification.

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☯️ Strategy Signals a Strategic Reset for 2026

🟠In its 2026 outlook, Strategy is shifting its focus away from Bitcoin and toward data, analytics, and infrastructure solutions designed to support the adoption of artificial intelligence.

🟠The move comes as the company’s shares have fallen for a sixth straight month, underscoring Strategy’s effort to reduce its exposure to Bitcoin’s volatility and pivot toward more stable, recurring revenue streams.

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🤑 Morgan Stanley Expands Its Bitcoin Market Footprint

🟠Morgan Stanley filed an application with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on January 6, 2026, to launch a spot Bitcoin ETF, a move that underscores the continued entry and consolidation of major financial institutions in the Bitcoin market.

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Standard Chartered calls 2026 Ethereum’s breakout year

Standard Chartered is betting that Ethereum will outpace Bitcoin in 2026, pointing to its growing grip on the crypto economy’s most valuable layers. The bank highlights Ethereum’s dominance in stablecoins, tokenized real-world assets, and DeFi, combined with improving network capacity, as key forces that could push ETH ahead of BTC.

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Iran’s currency crisis fuels Bitcoin adoption

The rapid devaluation of the rial has pushed many Iranians toward BTC as a store of value and an escape from capital controls and inflation.

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🪙Bitcoin remains the people's currency: almost half of all BTC (10.22 million or 48.7%) is held in self-custody.

This is significantly more than in ETFs (12.3%) and other indirect products.

33.9% of all coins still remain on exchanges, according to Arkham data.

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Market jitters overnight, no panic yet

BTC briefly broke below $88k overnight but recovered fast, now trading above $89k again. Some traders expect further downside, others think the market is just digesting recent moves and waiting for Davos headlines, especially from Trump.

Gold continues to shine, reaching $4,850 and making the $5,000 level look increasingly realistic.

On the Bitcoin network, a rare win: a solo miner successfully mined a block and earned 3.13 BTC, beating the odds.

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