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Bitcoin just ripped 11% after the Fed quietly restarted a $38 billion money printer mechanism
Bitcoin (BTC) jumped 11% from its Dec 1 lows at $83,82276 to over $93,000 overnight, driven by a convergence of macro and micro developments The Federal Reserve formally ended quantitative tightening
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50 secret wallets fueled PIPPIN’s 556% rally — and $3B in derivatives volume may explain why
The broader Solana memecoin economy is currently facing a liquidity crisis and collapsing volumes, but one asset has successfully decoupled from the sector-wide decline According to CryptoSlate data,
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Stablecoins were built to replace banks but on course to becoming one
Bitcoin was launched fifteen years ago The industry has ballooned into a nearly $4 trillion ecosystem, yet Satoshi’s vision of everyday payments remains largely unfulfilled The hope for
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Inside Vitalik’s 256 ETH grants: When Ethereum falls, privacy rises
Vitalik Buterin recently sent a 256 ETH grant to two messaging projects, Session and SimpleX Chat, without the usual ecosystem fanfare The gesture was modest in size but pointed in intent, because
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Everything you need to know for Bitcoin and crypto ahead of Jerome Powell’s upcoming FOMC meeting
Jerome Powell stepped in front of cameras on Dec 1 at the Hoover Institution’s George Shultz memorial event with three audiences watching: bond traders pricing an 87% chance of a December rate
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Why Solana’s crypto casino changed hands from memecoins to prediction markets
Solana’s memecoin trading registered $139 billion in monthly volume last month, the lowest print since February 2024, when the mania hadn’t yet caught fire At the same time, Polymarket
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Ethereum gets huge mainnet upgrade tomorrow – Here’s why you should care ETH’s ‘sloping side road’
Ethereum’s Fusaka upgrade activates Dec 3, deploying a suite of changes designed to increase rollup throughput, tighten gas markets, and add native support for passkey-style signatures The fork
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Vanguard caves on crypto to retain clients as rivals win flows — opens $9.3T platform to crypto ETFs
On Dec 2, Vanguard will reportedly open its massive brokerage platform to spot Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, and Solana exchange-traded funds (ETFs) This strategic volte-face ends the asset manager’s
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OpenEden Strategic Blueprint: Tokenizing Global Finance
The world of finance is being rebuilt from the ground up, not by speculative tokens, but by regulated, yield-bearing assets moving transparently on-chain OpenEden is leading this transformation of
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Strategy new ‘last resort’ to sell Bitcoin could trigger on 15% dip – sets $1.4B cash reserve contingency
Strategy Inc, the corporate Bitcoin vault formerly known as MicroStrategy, has signaled that the mechanics driving its rapid growth have hit a cyclical wall On Dec 1, the Tysons Corner-based firm
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RLUSD supply hit $1.26B, and 82% of it now sits on Ethereum, not XRPL
Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin is rapidly expanding on Ethereum rather than the company’s native XRP Ledger (XRPL) According to CryptoSlate data, RLUSD’s total circulating supply has surged to $126
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Prediction markets are coming to your brokerage
If you open your brokerage this year and a “Markets” tab seems to be sprouting unfamiliar yes/no questions (“Will the Fed cut rates in March”, “Will a major ETF get approved this
