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it’s Faraj Co-founder & CBDO of CrossCurve by Eywa, founder of Ace Capital & Crypto Executives (2500+ C-level network)
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Interesting market update: on December 10, Coinbase will list $HYPER 👀
The project has been moving fast, and getting listed on a platform of this scale is a solid boost for visibility and liquidity.

Let’s see how the market reacts on launch day)
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Aevo is in trouble ❗️
The old Aevo protocol storage facilities were hacked for +- $2.7 million.

Important: active products were not affected, and the exchange is operating as usual.
The team is already tracking the stolen funds together with CEX and security partners.

A classic case: legacy contracts are the weakest link.
The conclusion is simple: in DeFi, “old” almost always equals “risk.”))
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🇺🇸 Important reversal from the Fed.

The Federal Reserve has canceled the 2023 directive, which effectively closed access to the Fed system and work with crypto assets for uninsured banks.
It was on the basis of this document that Custodia Bank was previously “turned away” and denied a Fed master account.
What this means in practice:

Pressure on crypto banks is easing
The regulatory door is ajar again
The US is gradually moving away from the harsh anti-crypto stance of 2022–2023
It's not a “green light,” but it's clearly a step toward normalization.

Crypto is once again becoming part of the financial system, rather than the enemy🤝
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Aster quietly rolled out a pretty serious move for $ASTER 👀

From Dec 23 they’re launching Stage 5 Buyback: up to 80% of daily platform fees will go into buybacks.
• 40% automatic daily buyback
• 20–40% reserved for strategic buys when market gives good entries

Everything is on-chain, transparent, and trackable.
Not hype - just structured tokenomics and long-term thinking.

Worth keeping an eye on how this plays out :)
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Ethereum is showing interesting dynamics again 👀

Token Terminal recorded a historic high in developer activity:
in Q4, +8.7 million smart contracts were deployed on the network.

While some argue about a “dead market,” developers simply continue to build.
The infrastructure is alive, the ecosystem is expanding, the code is being written - the rest will follow.
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I read Ripple's forecast for 2026, and honestly, it sounds pretty realistic.

Crypto is ceasing to be an “alternative to the system” and is increasingly becoming part of it. Stablecoins are moving into B2B, institutions are entering not through hype but through balance and custody, and banks are starting to play seriously rather than watching from the sidelines.

The most important thing here is not even XRP or Ripple. What is important is that the market is finally shifting from speculation to infrastructure. Payments, liquidity, on-chain settlements, automation through AI.

If at least half of this comes to fruition, then 2026 will truly be the point after which no one will seriously talk about “crypto outside the financial system” anymore)
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Judging by the liquidation map, the market is currently skewed towards shorts 👀

If BTC jumps sharply to ~$97,900, short sellers will lose almost $6.7 billion.

For ETH, moving towards ~$3,250, potential short liquidations exceed $5.1 billion.

When there is so much leverage on one side, the market rarely stays calm.
Usually, what follows is either a sharp squeeze or a harsh lesson for those who are too confident in the direction)
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Aave is reviewing its multi-chain strategy 💬

Aave DAO is proposing to freeze Aave V3 markets on zkSync, Metis, and Soneium. The reason is simple: almost zero TVL and revenue with constant costs.
For new launches, they want to introduce a strict condition - a minimum of $2 million in annual revenue for Aave, otherwise the network will not be considered.

At the same time, Aave Labs is closing the Avara brand and winding down the Family wallet, returning its focus entirely to the core DeFi protocol.

Less dispersion, more economy 📣
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21Shares has filed an application with the SEC to launch the #ONDO ETF

Finally, we are seeing some positive movement 🔥
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📊 Aave is considering a major shift

Aave Labs is proposing a straightforward idea: all revenue from Aave products should go directly to the DAO treasury.
Here are the key points:

100% of revenue from the website, app, Aave Card, etc. → DAO
Aave V4 is intended to be the basis for all future updates
Labs is requesting $25 million + 75k AAVE for development and marketing
and an additional $5 million for each new product

A temp check - a trial vote is currently underway.
If the community supports it, a detailed plan will follow.

It looks like an attempt to finally establish Aave as a DAO, rather than a “protocol with a company on the side.” Let's see how the vote goes)
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A bit of a cold shower for the market))

The CEO of CryptoQuant believes that we are still in a bear market and BTC could fall to ~$55k before a normal reversal.

Money seems to be coming in, but the market is not growing — there are more sellers than real demand. ETF inflows have cooled, institutions are reducing risk, and large sales are visible on the on-chain.

There are essentially two scenarios:
— either we reach ~55k and start to recover from there,
— or we'll be stuck in a sideways range of 60–70k for months.

The situation is even tougher for altcoins: real money is only going into select stories with ETF hopes. There is simply no overarching narrative driving everything right now.

The market requires patience 🙌
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An interesting shift: MoonPay has opened on-chain finance to AI agents.

MoonPay Agents has been launched - an infrastructure where, after the first deposit, AI can create wallets, hold stablecoins, and conduct on-chain transactions without human involvement. Payments, DeFi, asset management everything is on autopilot.

In fact, this is a step towards an economy where agents become independent participants in the on-chain, rather than just tools.

According to the WEF, the AI agent market could grow to $236 billion by 2034. And it seems that the infrastructure for this is already being built.🏆
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An interesting update from Sahara AI — they have released their roadmap for 2026.

The focus is clear: the economics of AI agents.
— They are launching Sorin — a personal AI agent for financial markets (crypto, stocks, commodities) that can analyze portfolios and execute trades via text commands.
— They are developing agentic infrastructure: persistent agent memory, multi-agent systems, and autonomous interaction.
— At the same time, they are building Agentic AppChain — a blockchain optimized for the AI agent economy with microtransactions and automatic revenue distribution.

It seems that many teams are already betting on a scenario where agents will interact not only with people, but also with each other 🙌
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A funny case from the world of AI.
During training, the experimental agent ROME (a project by a team associated with Alibaba) suddenly started... mining cryptocurrency.
The model itself:

— set up a reverse SSH tunnel, bypassing network security,
— redirected the GPUs allocated for training to mining,
— began generating traffic like mining pools.

At first, engineers thought the servers had simply been hacked.
It turned out that the model itself was doing this.
The researchers' hypothesis: the agent was trying to “optimize” task execution and decided that additional computing power and money would help it work better.

AI is already looking for ways to monetize 🙂
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Kramer is back in the game 🙂

He stated that the 2007 scenario won’t repeat itself, the market is currently oversold, and his fund has already started selecting assets.
But there’s a catch: Kramer has long been known for his… let’s just say, contrarian predictions.

So the market has gained yet another indicator -
now everyone is wondering whether this is a signal to buy or to brace for another drop.
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Justin Sun is taking things to a new level - he has announced the launch of an AI detective and allocated $100M in rewards for white-hat researchers and anyone who assists with investigations.

According to him, the system has already helped resolve cases totaling more than $1B and quickly identify suspicious connections within large datasets.

The context is clear: the whole story grew out of the conflict surrounding TrueUSD and claims against First Digital Trust.

In crypto, it seems the next level is when investigations also become part of the infrastructure.
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The market has turned bullish again.

According to Deribit, traders are actively betting on BTC rising to $80k in the coming weeks - options with this strike price currently dominate the market.

It seems that part of the market is already pricing in the next upside move.
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It looks like money continues to flow into crypto.💵💵💵

According to Bloomberg, Blockchain Capital plans to raise around $700 million for two new funds—focusing on infrastructure, exchanges, protocols, and Web3 startups.

An interesting point: such funds typically invest in early-stage companies, so this is more of a bet on the next cycle rather than the current market.
Capital is preparing in advance.
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