Tether Invests in Humanoid Robotics Startup

Tether, the company behind the USDT stablecoin, has invested in Generative Bionics — a spinoff of the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) developing humanoid robots. The startup raised €70 million in its latest funding round.

Generative Bionics focuses on creating humanoids with “physical AI” for industrial use and human–robot interaction. The team consists of around 70 robotics and AI engineers and holds exclusive licenses to key IIT technologies.

Tether says the investment supports technologies that “expand human potential and reduce reliance on centralized systems controlled by big tech.” The company has also backed related innovations before — including brain–computer interface research via Blackrock Neurotech and global AI infrastructure projects with Northern Data and Rumble.

Generative Bionics plans its first industrial deployments of humanoid robots in early 2026.

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Crypto market rates this morning:

👑 Bitcoin (BTC): $92,585
2⃣ Ethereum (ETH): $3,321
😀 XRP (XRP): $2.08
👀 BNB (BNB): $892
🧂 Solana (SOL): $139

😄 Total crypto market capitalization: $3.07T
😄 Bitcoin dominance: 59.11%
😄 Fear & Greed Index: 26 (“Extreme Fear”)

📈 Among the top 100 cryptocurrencies by market cap, Pudgy Penguins showed the biggest daily gain — up 10%.

📉 The biggest drop in the last 24 hours was Bitcoin Cash — down 1%.

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🤖 The Aster team has launched a trading tournament featuring 70 humans and 30 AI bots.

The developers provided each participant with $10,000.

They cover all losses, while traders get to keep any profits they make.

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Crypto market rates this morning:

👑 Bitcoin (BTC): $90,327
2⃣ Ethereum (ETH): $3,214
😀 XRP (XRP): $2.01
👀 BNB (BNB): $873
🧂 Solana (SOL): $131

😄 Total crypto market capitalization: $3.07T
😄 Bitcoin dominance: 59.16%
😄 Fear & Greed Index: 29 (“Fear”)

📈 Among the top 100 cryptocurrencies by market cap, Monero showed the largest daily gain — up 2%.

📉 The biggest drop in the last 24 hours was Pudgy Penguins (PENGU) — down 10%.

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🪙 Bitwise’s Chief Investment Officer presented a valuation model suggesting that a $1,300,000 BTC price target by 2035 is actually conservative.

The model assumes that Bitcoin’s share of gold’s total market capitalization will increase from 9% to 25%.

Moreover, given the current pace of gold’s price growth, a $1M target per BTC already looks understated.

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🧱 The New York Stock Exchange has become the sixth location to host a statue of Satoshi Nakamoto.

The artist plans to place 21 statues around the world — a likely reference to Bitcoin’s maximum supply of 21 million BTC.

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Crypto market rates this morning:

👑 Bitcoin (BTC): $92,400
2⃣ Ethereum (ETH): $3,246
😀 XRP (XRP): $2.03
👀 BNB (BNB): $890
🧂 Solana (SOL): $138

😄 Total crypto market capitalization: $3.07T
😄 Bitcoin dominance: 59.35%
😄 Fear & Greed Index: 29 (“Fear”)

📈 Among the top 100 cryptocurrencies by market cap, Zcash recorded the largest daily gain — up 11%.

📈 Among the top 100 cryptocurrencies by market cap, Zcash (ZEC) recorded the largest daily gain — up 11%.

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Vanguard compares Bitcoin to a “digital Labubu”

Vanguard’s Head of Quantitative Investment, John Ameriks, said the firm’s stance on crypto hasn’t changed: Bitcoin remains a speculative asset, not a core investment.

Vanguard—the world’s second-largest asset manager after BlackRock with over $12 trillion AUM—focuses on index funds and passive investing. Speaking at a Bloomberg conference, Ameriks likened Bitcoin to a “digital Labubu,” a collectible toy that went viral in 2025. He argued Bitcoin lacks the traits Vanguard looks for: stable income, capital compounding, and predictable cash flows.

That said, in early December Vanguard enabled trading of spot Bitcoin ETFs on its platform. Clients can buy them independently, but the firm offers no crypto recommendations and runs no in-house crypto funds.

Ameriks acknowledged Bitcoin could gain relevance during periods of high inflation or political instability, but noted the historical data isn’t sufficient yet. He added that blockchain technology itself remains important for improving market infrastructure.

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Visa launches USDC stablecoin settlements for U.S. banks

Visa has allowed U.S. banks to settle card transactions in USDC via the Solana blockchain, enabling near-instant, 24/7 interbank settlements instead of the usual multi-day process.

Cross River Bank and Lead Bank are the first users. Visa plans to expand the system and says such stablecoin-based settlements could become an industry standard.

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Crypto market rates this morning:

👑 Bitcoin (BTC): $86,566
2⃣ Ethereum (ETH): $2,929
😀 XRP (XRP): $1.91
👀 BNB (BNB): $859
🧂 Solana (SOL): $127

😄 Total crypto market capitalization: $2.93T
😄 Bitcoin dominance: 59.25%
😄 Fear & Greed Index: 16 (“Extreme Fear”)

📈 Among the top 100 cryptocurrencies by market cap, Morpho (MORPHO) posted the biggest gain over the past 24 hours, up 7%.

📉 Aster (ASTER) saw the steepest decline over the last 24 hours, down 7%.

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Bitwise releases its annual outlook with 10 key crypto predictions for 2026

Bitwise has published its annual report outlining 10 major expectations for the crypto market in 2026. Analysts expect stronger institutional demand and a shift toward renewed market growth.

Bitwise manages a spot Bitcoin ETF with over $4B in AUM. In late 2024, the firm also released forecasts for 2025, including a call for BTC to exceed $200,000, which did not materialize.

Bitwise’s key predictions for 2026:

😄 Bitcoin will set a new all-time high, breaking the traditional 4-year cycle
😄BTC volatility will be lower than Nvidia stock
😄ETFs will absorb over 100% of new supply of BTC, ETH, and SOL
😄Crypto stocks will outperform the tech sector
😄Polymarket open interest will surpass 2024 election levels
😄Stablecoins will be blamed for a currency crisis in an emerging market
😄On-chain custody (“ETF 2.0”) AUM will double
😄ETH and SOL will reach new highs if the CLARITY Act is passed in the US
😄At least 50% of top US university endowments (e.g. Harvard, Yale) will invest in crypto
😄Over 100 new crypto-linked ETFs will launch in the US
😄Bonus: Bitcoin’s correlation with equities will decline

What Bitwise got right in 2025:

😄Stablecoin supply grew by 30%+
😄Tokenized real-world assets (RWA) reached $25B
😄A wave of crypto IPOs (Circle, eToro, Bullish, Gemini)
😄Coinbase and Strategy entered major US stock indices

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The market capitalization of gold-backed stablecoins has surpassed $4 billion, tripling since the start of 2025 from around $1.3 billion.

Tether Gold (XAUT) leads the segment with a market cap of approximately $2.2 billion, accounting for about 50% of the entire gold-backed stablecoin market. Paxos Gold (PAXG) ranks second at $1.5 billion. Together, these projects control nearly 90% of the sector.

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Crypto market rates this morning:

👑 Bitcoin (BTC): $86,557
2⃣ Ethereum (ETH): $2,827
😀 XRP (XRP): $1.83
👀 BNB (BNB): $831
🧂 Solana (SOL): $122

😄 Total crypto market capitalization: $2.90T
😄 Bitcoin dominance: 59.97%
😄 Fear & Greed Index: 17 (“Extreme Fear”)

📈 Among the top 100 cryptocurrencies by market cap, pippin (PIPPIN) posted the biggest gain over the past 24 hours, up 15%.

📉 UNUS SED LEO (LEO) saw the steepest decline over the last 24 hours, down 25%.

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Crypto market rates this morning:

👑 Bitcoin (BTC): $88,895
2⃣ Ethereum (ETH): $3,033
😀 XRP (XRP): $1.92
👀 BNB (BNB): $858
🧂 Solana (SOL): $126

😄 Total crypto market capitalization: $3.00T
😄 Bitcoin dominance: 59.59%
😄 Fear & Greed Index: 25 (“Extreme Fear”)

📈 Among the top 100 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization, Midnight (NIGHT) posted the strongest gain over the past 24 hours, up 25%.

📉 Canton (CC) saw the largest decline over the last 24 hours, down 20%.

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According to analysts at Kaiko, Binance processed $20 billion in spot trading volume and 61.9 million trades in a single day on December 1, 2025, far surpassing all other major CEXs.
For comparison, the world’s second-largest exchange, Coinbase, executed 6.2 million trades totaling $3.6 billion.

At present, Binance maintains a share of around 60% of centralized spot trading volume — a level that remains consistently stable across all market conditions, both during bull and bear markets.

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Bitcoin Price Fell Short of Major Players’ Forecasts

Wu Blockchain compiled forecasts for Bitcoin’s peak price in 2025 from major crypto market players and compared them with the actual market performance.

Since late 2024, market participants had been expecting strong Bitcoin growth following the halving, the launch of crypto ETFs in the US, and inflows of institutional capital. Many experts built models targeting Bitcoin in the $200,000–$250,000 range.

Bitcoin reached its all-time high in early October at $126,000, after which the price declined by around 30%.

😄KuCoin Research allowed for Bitcoin to rise to $250,000, citing institutional demand and ETF expansion.

😄Tom Lee of Fundstrat / BitMine stated a $250,000 target back in January.

😄Matrixport expected Bitcoin to rise to $160,000 and described 2025 as a breakthrough year for BTC.

😄Bitwise predicted that Bitcoin would set a new all-time high and exceed $200,000.

😄VanEck outlined a scenario with a peak at $180,000 in the first quarter followed by a correction, but none of the stated targets were achieved.

😄Galaxy Research projected a move above $150,000 in the first half of the year and up to $185,000 by year-end, based on institutional demand and sovereign participation. However, the market remained well below these levels.

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Crypto market rates this morning:

👑 Bitcoin (BTC): $86,830
2⃣ Ethereum (ETH): $2,921
😀 XRP (XRP): $1.84
👀 BNB (BNB): $837
🧂 Solana (SOL): $121

😄 Total crypto market capitalization: $2.94T
😄 Bitcoin dominance: 59.70%
😄 Fear & Greed Index: 24 (“Extreme Fear”)

📈 Among the top 100 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization, Pippin (PIPPIN) recorded the largest gain over the past 24 hours, up 31%.

📉 Midnight (NIGHT) saw the biggest decline in the last 24 hours, falling 17%.

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