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Representative Stephen Lynch questioned Fed supervisor Michelle Bowman about her comments on digital assets at a November conference in Madrid. US Representative Stephen Lynch pressed Federal Reserve Vice Chair Michelle Bowman on Tuesday over her past remarks encouraging banks to “engage fully” with digital assets, questioning the Fed’s role in advancing crypto frameworks while showing confusion over the definition of stablecoins. In a Tuesday oversight hearing, Lynch asked Bowman, the Fed vice chair for supervision, about remarks she had made at the Santander International Banking Conference in November. According to the congressman, Bowman said she supported banks “[engaging] fully” with respect to digital assets. However, according to Bowman’s comments at the conference, she referred to “digital assets” rather than specifically cryptocurrencies. The questioning turned into Lynch asking Bowman about distinctions between digital assets and stablecoins. Read more

Bitcoin climbed above $91,000 following Vanguard's decision to restore spot ETF access for its client base, with analysts eyeing the $100,000 level as institutional capital flows intensify and technical indicators suggest continued upside momentum. The post Bitcoin Price Prediction: BTC Breaks $91K as Vanguard Reopens ETF Access – Can Bulls Push $100K? appeared first on Cryptonews.

The DeFi lender's native token broke above key resistance level, eyeing $190 as the next target level.

Bitcoin’s drop below $84K puzzled analysts as stocks, gold, and AI sectors hit record highs, creating one of crypto’s strangest divergences.

Solana’s supply crunch and liquidity inflows kept the price above $120, but demand from futures traders remained subdued. Solana’s (SOL) onchain flows are flashing a powerful supply-side shift with the crypto asset hovering just above the $120 support zone, but market participation still needs to intensify to turn this structural advantage into upside momentum. Key takeaways: $2.12 billion USDC flowed into Binance while $1.11 billion SOL exited, forming a textbook bullish structure around the $120 level. Read more

MSCI’s proposed reclassification and potential index exclusion of Digital Asset Treasury (DAT) companies now looms over the market as a major structural overhang, says Dr. Avtar Sehra, founder and CEO of STBL. This helps explain the lack of a sustained recovery in crypto prices since the October 10th crash.

Today’s headlines: The latest on Vanguard ETFs, Coinbase lawsuit, Strategy $1.44B reserve, & more. This is Decrypt's Daily Recap with host @Tyler_Did_It. Your crypto round-up for December 2nd 2025

Ethereum’s latest major network upgrade is coming Wednesday. Here’s what users can expect.

Dogecoin hits Wyckoff Spring phase with MACD bullish cross forming. Analysts eye $5 target by 2026 if historical cycle repeats.

AI and progress toward AGI have reshaped crypto trading, with algorithms generating most exchange volume, shrinking retail alpha, and pushing human traders toward supervision, risk management and interpreting rare events as autonomous agents handle execution. The post The Day Trading Died: Why AGI Might Be the Last Market Maker appeared first on Cryptonews.

CME has rolled out new crypto benchmarks, including a Bitcoin volatility index designed to sharpen risk pricing across futures and options markets. The Chicago-based CME Group has introduced a new suite of cryptocurrency benchmarks designed to provide standardized pricing and volatility data for institutional traders using tools they’re familiar with across traditional asset classes. Announced Tuesday, the CME CF Cryptocurrency Benchmarks cover a range of digital assets, including Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), Solana (SOL) and XRP (XRP).  Notably, the launch includes the CME CF Bitcoin Volatility Benchmarks, which track the implied volatility of Bitcoin and Micro Bitcoin Futures options, effectively serving as a crypto-market equivalent of the equity market’s VIX by showing how much price movement traders expect over the next 30 days. Read more

The pivot to AI comes with risks, including heavy borrowing and concerns about sustainability, with potential shortfalls if demand for AI slows.

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 cut, a divided Federal Open Market Committee bracing for possible dissents, and a Bitcoin market that just bled $4.3 billion from US spot […] The post Everything you need to know for Bitcoin and crypto ahead of Jerome Powell’s upcoming FOMC meeting appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Bitcoin’s underperformance versus gold and the rapid expansion of global liquidity suggest that BTC’s current pricing is deeply discounted. Will BTC be the star performer of 2026? Bitcoin’s (BTC) current trading behavior reflects one of its deepest macroeconomic disconnects in years, with global liquidity surging while BTC continues to lag behind money supply growth and gold’s record performance. A recent report from Bitwise suggested this gap may be setting up a significant asymmetric opportunity in Bitcoin heading into 2026. Key takeaways: Bitcoin is currently undershooting the global money supply by 66%, implying a model-based fair value near $270,000. Read more

XRP and Solana rose on Tuesday, regaining ground lost in crypto markets’ recent slump.

Even a tiny share of speculative capital from gold or tech stocks could double crypto’s $3 trillion market cap.

The new platform lands amid a wave of fintech adoption of stablecoins for global transfers, payouts and onchain settlement. Fintech payments provider Unlimit has launched a non-custodial platform designed to act as a clearinghouse for major stablecoins and provide direct global off-ramps.  The company said the service will simplify stablecoin swaps by pairing decentralized exchange mechanics with its existing global payments network. According to Tuesday’s announcement, the platform will enable users to swap and cash out stablecoins through a single interface, aiming to reduce fragmentation in the stablecoin market under “gasless” and zero-commission conversions. Read more

RedotPay has announced a new partnership with Ripple to improve its stablecoin payout infrastructure and broaden access to lower-cost cross-border transactions. The post RedotPay Integrates Ripple Payments to Expand Stablecoin Transfers appeared first on Cryptonews.

Crypto majors are green and reversing yesterday’s selloff, with BTC up 2% at $87,400, ETH flat at $2,820, BNB up 2% at $842, and SOL up 2% at $129. Among top movers, Fartcoin (+14%), SPX (+12%), and PUMP (+9%) led gains. Vanguard announced it will begin allowing trading of crypto ETFs and mutual funds on its brokerage platform, ending its long-standing opposition. Coinbase leadership and Marc Andreessen were sued over an alleged years-long insider-trading scheme. Ripple secured a payments license in Singapore and expanded XRP and RLUSD payment services there. Vitalik Buterin warned that shifting Zcash governance toward token-based voting could erode privacy protections. Federal Reserve Vice Chair Michelle Bowman stated that bank regulators are working on stablecoin rules. Anthropic released a report showing that AI agents discovered zero-day exploits in crypto protocols during testing and pose a threat to vulnerable smart contracts. Meanwhile, House Republicans issued a 50-page report on “Operation Chokepoint...

The UK government has been drawing up plans in the Elections Bill to restrict or ban crypto donations to parties, after Reform UK has begun accepting digital assets and experts have warned about transparency, foreign interference and democratic integrity. The post UK Eyes Crypto Political Donation Ban, Threatening Farage’s Reform War Chest appeared first on Cryptonews.