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Crypto just entered YouTube’s $100B creator payouts, offering a novel path to finally exit banks
YouTube has added PayPal’s PYUSD stablecoin as a payout option for US creators The choice routes through PayPal’s payout infrastructure rather than requiring YouTube to custody or transfer crypto
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The 3-day wait to settle your stock trades is about to die, thanks to a new SEC approval you missed
The Depository Trust Company, the US financial market infrastructure provider that clears and settles securities trades, said the SEC has given it informal approval to move ahead with a tokenization
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China’s massive gold spree inadvertently exposes a critical shift in how smart money escapes risk
The People’s Bank of China just logged its thirteenth straight month of gold purchases, extending one of the most deliberate reserve-management campaigns of the post-crisis era These purchases
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Bitcoin flashes rare liquidity warning because the Fed’s $40 billion “stimulus” is actually a trap
Bitcoin has a historical tendency to punish consensus, but the price action following the Federal Reserve’s December meeting offered a particularly sharp lesson in market structure over macro
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Crypto CEOs “41-year” prison run rate predicts a brutal future doubling the 83-year record Do Kwon just set
US federal courts have imposed about 83 years of prison terms on crypto company leaders since early 2024 That total grew yesterday with Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon’s 15-year sentence tied to
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If an AI bubble pops, does BTC bleed or benefit?
Oracle lost roughly $80 billion in market value on Dec 11 when revenue missed expectations, and management hiked AI-related capex from $35 billion to about $50 billion, funded in part with rising
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Bitcoin liquidity is drying up in specific regions as a new “pay-to-exit” model quietly takes over
Belarus expanded platform blocking in December, tightening access to exchanges and reinforcing a High-Tech Park perimeter for residents The move fits a wider access playbook across EMEA and APAC that
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How Do Kwon’s jail sentence forces a brutal “truth test” that many algorithmic tokens will instantly fail
Do Kwon faces sentencing in US federal court on Dec 11, 2025 Prosecutors sought a 12-year term and the defense asked for no more than five, with Judge Paul A Engelmayer presiding and South Korea
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Bitcoin is now the ultimate “divorce loophole” because courts physically cannot seize the keys
More Bitcoin now sits outside exchanges, and courts cannot move those coins without keys That custody shift is colliding with family law Exchange balances hover near multi-year lows at roughly
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XRP ETFs absorbed nearly $1 billion in 18 days, yet the price is flashing a major warning signal
The most unusual trend in the crypto market this month is not Bitcoin’s price action, but the mechanics of XRP exchange-traded fund (ETF) flows For 18 consecutive trading sessions, the four
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BlackRock’s move into Ethereum staking signals a brutal new fee regime that mid-tier operators won’t survive
BlackRock filed for a staking-enabled Ethereum (ETH) trust on Dec 5, which reframes the question of what kind of risk stack institutional investors will accept The document outlines a structure that
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Bitcoin stalled at $95k after a hidden Fed warning quietly derailed the post-cut celebration
Bitcoin pushed toward $95,000 in the hours before the Federal Reserve’s Dec 18 meeting, then retreated to the $92,000 zone amid Jerome Powell’s confirmation of a mixed-to-bearish stance
