Phantom and Visa to roll out Phantom Cash debit cards starting this week

https://x.com/phantom/status/2000313993714643141

UK Treasury is drafting new rules to regulate crypto like traditional financial products under FCA oversight by 2027

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/15/uk-treasury-drawing-up-new-rules-to-police-cryptocurrency-markets

SEC publishes "Crypto Asset Custody Basics" for retail Bitcoin investors

https://www.investor.gov/introduction-investing/general-resources/news-alerts/alerts-bulletins/investor-bulletins/crypto-asset-custody-basics-retail-investors-investor-bulletin-0

The Gensyn public sale begins today at 15:00 UTC

FDV: $1 million - $1 billion

https://token.gensyn.network/#overview

Upbit and Bithumb will list HumidiFi (WET) today at 9:30 UTC

https://upbit.com/service_center/notice?id=5860&view=share

Ribbon DOV vaults were exploited following a vulnerability in a smart contract update, resulting in a loss of approximately $2.7M USD

https://x.com/ribbonfinance/status/1999815546007584817

The total network hashrate dropped by approximately 100 EH/s yesterday, a decrease of about 8%, with at least 400,000 Bitcoin mining rigs shutting down, mainly due to the closure of Bitcoin mining farms in Xinjiang, China.

https://x.com/WuBlockchain/status/2000466140959768973

JPMorgan to Bring first Tokenized Money Market Fund to Ethereum

https://www.wsj.com/finance/investing/jpmorgan-steps-further-into-crypto-with-tokenized-money-fund-e3535f13

Strategy has acquired 10,645 BTC for ~$980.3 million at ~$92,098 per bitcoin

As of 12/14/2025, it holds 671,268 BTC acquired for ~$50.33 billion at ~$74,972 per bitcoin.

https://x.com/saylor/status/2000552369172701538

BitMine Acquired 102,259 ETH Worth ~$314M Last Week

It now holds 3,967, 210 ETH valued at ~$12.2B.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bitmine-immersion-bmnr-announces-eth-holdings-reach-3-97-million-tokens-and-total-crypto-and-total-cash-holdings-of-13-3-billion-302641888.html

Ondo Finance to launch tokenized stocks and ETFs on Solana in early 2026

https://x.com/OndoFinance/status/2000567522580697128

Bittensor has passed its first halvening

The issuance volume decreased from 7,200 to 3,600 TAO per day.

https://bittensorhalving.com/

CME Group launched Spot-Quoted XRP and SOL futures

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cme-group-to-launch-spot-quoted-xrp-and-sol-futures-302641682.html

Spot trading for Beam (BEAM) will go live on Coinbase on 16 December 2025

https://x.com/CoinbaseMarkets/status/2000610524296327645

Circle has signed an agreement to acquire key talent and technology from Interop Labs, core contributors to the Axelar Network

As the Interop Labs team transitions to Circle, the Axelar Network, Foundation and the AXL token will continue to operate independently under community governance and open source intellectual property will remain open source.

https://x.com/circle/status/2000612489139232874

The crypto market is down
BTC Dominance - 57.95%

Market Cap - $2.96T
BTC - $85,830 (-3.89%)
ETH - $2,935 (-5.73%)
BNB - $855 (-4%)
SOL - $126 (-3.97%)
MYX - $3.47 (+7.1%)

https://dropstab.com

MetaMask now supports BTC

https://x.com/MetaMask/status/2000614577575428200

Aster launches Shield Mode, a protected trading feature offering up to 1001x leverage with zero slippage, no gas fees, and off-book orders.

For launch, all Shield Mode fees are waived until Dec 31.

https://x.com/Aster_DEX/status/2000582149754560653

PayPal submits application to become a US bank

https://x.com/WatcherGuru/status/2000683018231677205

Nasdaq prepares filing to extend stock trading hours to 23 hours on weekdays

https://listingcenter.nasdaq.com/assets/rulebook/nasdaq/filings/SR-NASDAQ-2025-106.pdf

In the last 24 hours, $576 million worth of long positions liquidated

https://www.coinglass.com/LiquidationData