🇺🇸 Trump interviews Fed Governor Christopher Waller as a potential Fed chair candidate

⏩ President Trump conducted an interview with Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller as part of his search for Jerome Powell’s successor. Waller, along with other finalists such as Kevin Hassett and Kevin Warsh, remains under consideration ahead of Powell’s term expiration in May 2026.

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🏦 Bank of Japan raises interest rate to highest level in 30 years

👉 The Bank of Japan raised its key short-term interest rate from 0.50% to 0.75%, the highest level since 1995, signaling continued monetary policy normalization in response to persistent inflation.

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💸 Bitcoin gains as yen surprises after Bank of Japan rate hike.

🚫 Bitcoin rose above $88,000 even after the Bank of Japan raised interest rates to a three-decade high, as the yen weakened unexpectedly and risk sentiment improved.

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☄️ EU lawmakers raise privacy and banking concerns as ECB advances digital euro plan

🟢 The European Central Bank says technical preparations for a digital euro are largely complete, but the final decision now rests with EU legislators, who are wary of privacy implications and risks to traditional banks.

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🇵🇱 Poland’s parliament revives crypto bill and sends it to Senate

👉 Poland’s lower house of parliament has resurrected a cryptocurrency regulatory bill and forwarded it to the Senate for final approval. The legislation covers market rules, wallet services, exchanges, and compliance requirements.

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🚨 SEC hits former FTX executives with long-term bans; Ellison barred from corporate roles for 10 years

🔹 The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has filed final consent judgment terms in the FTX case that include a 10-year ban on Caroline Ellison from serving in officer or director roles at companies, with eight-year prohibitions for Gary Wang and Nishad Singh under proposed judgments.

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🔹 CitiGroup sets Bitcoin base-case target at $143,000

🔹 Analysts at Citigroup forecast a base-case price target of $143,000 for Bitcoin by 2026, citing expected inflows into ETFs and ongoing institutional adoption as key drivers.

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🔹 Blockchain Association pushes back against expanding stablecoin yield ban

🔹 The Blockchain Association and other crypto industry groups have urged U.S. lawmakers not to extend the stablecoin yield prohibition in the GENIUS Act beyond primary issuers, countering banking groups’ efforts to close yield-related loopholes.

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🚨 Senator Cynthia Lummis, key crypto ally in Congress, to retire in 2027

🔴 Senator Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming, widely regarded as one of the U.S. crypto industry’s staunchest supporters in Congress, has announced she will not seek re-election in 2026 and will retire in 2027.

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📈 Fundstrat’s Tom Lee says recent crypto pullback is a buying opportunity, not a collapse

🚫 Fundstrat co-founder Tom Lee maintains that the recent crypto market pullback reflects structural adjustment rather than a market collapse and could present attractive buying conditions for long-term investors. Lee’s 2026 outlook emphasizes volatility, skepticism, and potential growth as key themes heading into the next year.

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☄️ Arthur Hayes says altcoin season hasn’t ended; traders just missed the winners

🚫 Arthur Hayes suggests that the altcoin season is not over but has evolved, emphasizing that only high-quality projects are currently seeing rotation and that many traders missed out by focusing on weaker tokens.

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🚨 Copy-paste address mistake leads to nearly $50 million USDT loss

💢 A crypto user lost about 49,999,950 USDT in a classic address poisoning scam after copying a malicious wallet address from their transaction history and sending funds to it instead of the intended recipient.

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🪙 BlackRock’s IBIT ranks sixth in ETF flows amid negative returns

🔴BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin ETF IBIT has reportedly slipped to sixth place in ETF flow rankings, while some bitcoin ETF returns have turned negative over the same period.

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🪙 Bitcoin’s quantum security debate resurfaces and markets are noticing

🔴 Debate over the potential security implications of quantum computing for Bitcoin’s cryptography has resurfaced, driven by proposals like BIP-360, and markets are beginning to price in related discussions.

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💢 Companies holding large amounts of Bitcoin may be excluded from key stock indexes

💢 Index provider MSCI is considering expanding rules that would exclude firms holding substantial Bitcoin or crypto assets from major equity indexes, a change that could force passive funds to sell affected stocks and reshape investment flows for companies with heavy Bitcoin allocations.

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🪙 Ethereum’s Glamsterdam upgrade targets improved MEV fairness

🔵 The upcoming Glamsterdam upgrade, set for early 2026, aims to introduce protocol changes intended to reduce unfair MEV extraction advantages by restructuring how block building and transaction inclusion are handled at the protocol level.

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📊 NFT sales rise 12% to $67.7M, led by a spike in Ethereum activity

🟢 The non-fungible token market saw a 12% increase in sales volume, reaching approximately $67.7 million, with notable growth driven by activity on the Ethereum blockchain.

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🪙 Analyst: Selling Bitcoin for gold is “not so fast”

🌀 Bitcoin analyst Matthew Kratter argues that selling BTC to buy gold simply because gold’s price has surged may be premature. He highlights Bitcoin’s structural advantages—scarcity, digital transferability, and monetary characteristics—that could make it a better long-term store of value compared to gold.

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🍉 **Yalda Night… the longest night, but never longer than our hope!
With light, unity, and strength, a new chapter of movement begins…
Happy Yalda Night to the great **CryptoLand family 🍉

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☄️ Crypto industry voices support as Senator Cynthia Lummis announces retirement

🔵 U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis, a prominent pro-crypto lawmaker, has announced she won’t seek reelection and will retire in early 2027, prompting praise and support from crypto industry stakeholders for her role in advancing digital asset legislation.

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👉 U.S. lawmakers propose tax breaks for small stablecoin transactions and staking rewards

✔️ A bipartisan draft in the U.S. House of Representatives aims to exempt small stablecoin transactions from capital gains tax and allow deferral of taxes on staking and mining rewards until assets are sold, addressing long-standing crypto tax clarity issues.

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