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Argentina’s central bank is reportedly considering whether to allow traditional financial institutions to offer crypto services, marking the potential lifting of a ban. Argentina is considering allowing local financial institutions to engage more directly with cryptocurrencies in a move that would mark a significant shift from its restrictive stance, according to local media report. According to a Friday report by local news outlet La Nacion, Banco Central de la República Argentina (BCRA), Argentina’s central bank, is considering allowing traditional banks to trade cryptocurrencies. The story cited “sources close to the organization.” Cointelegraph has not independently verified those claims. The BCRA stepped in to ban financial institutions from offering crypto trading just days after two of the country’s largest banks signaled they were opening up to digital assets in May 2022. The BCRA said that such initiatives posed risks to users and “to the financial system as a whole.” Read more

The Solana memecoin posted steady gains but continued to lag broader crypto markets as trading clustered just below a major psychological barrier.

A $3.9 billion transfer moving 43,033 BTC was recorded on-chain and flagged by Whale Alert, with the receiving cluster matching labels used by intelligence dashboards for Twenty One, known as XXI. The timing aligns with the company’s stated plan to relocate more than 43,500 Bitcoin from escrow into its own custody before it begins trading […] The post Tether just moved $4 billion Bitcoin for Twenty One, but the chain data reveals a deceptive liquidity trap appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Prediction markets offer traders more upside than holding the underlying spot crypto, but AI bots and accounts with a 100% win rate raise suspicions of insider trading. Blockchain-based prediction markets are drawing in more speculators as traders look for returns that surpass simply holding spot cryptocurrencies, according to a new report. Prediction markets are emerging as a new speculative arena for traders, pitting casual retail participants against data-driven, professional traders, creating “extreme information asymmetry and meaningful arbitrage windows,” according to a Monday report from crypto research company 10X Research. While sports bets account for the lion’s share of activity on these platforms, Bitcoin (BTC) and crypto-outcome related events are presenting more niche opportunities that digital asset traders can’t ignore, according to 10X. Read more

HYPE briefly fell below $30, signaling uncertainty as token unlocks and wallet movements raise pressure on short-term price levels.

The total crypto market capitalization exceeded $3.2 trillion.

Jameson Lopp’s wrench attack data shows physical assaults on crypto holders surging in 2025, forcing a reckoning over whether self‑custody is worth the physical risk. On Dec. 1 in Val‑d’Oise, France, the father of a Dubai‑based crypto entrepreneur was kidnapped off the street. It was another entry in Jameson Lopp’s directory of 225‑plus verified physical attacks on digital asset holders. The database that Lopp, chief security officer at Bitcoin wallet Casa, has maintained for six years, shows the pace of coercion rising fast, with a 169% jump in reported physical attacks in 2025. The risk itself isn’t unique to crypto: Gold brokers, luxury resellers, even cash couriers have faced violence for centuries. What’s new is that digital assets are now being stolen face‑to‑face. Read more

Bitcoin led the $716 million of inflows to crypto ETPs last week, while Chainlink saw record gains, accounting for more than 50% of its AUM. Cryptocurrency investment products maintained upward momentum last week, logging two consecutive weeks of gains following substantial outflows. Crypto exchange-traded products (ETPs) attracted $716 million in inflows, adding to the previous week’s gains of $1 billion, European crypto asset manager CoinShares reported on Monday. “Daily data highlighted minor outflows on Thursday and Friday in what we believe was a response to macroeconomic data in the US alluding to ongoing inflationary pressures,” CoinShares’ head of research, James Butterfill, said in the update. Read more

Stablecoins were once a minor appendage of crypto markets, a functional parking spot for traders cycling between Bitcoin and Ethereum. However, framing no longer fits. With a circulating supply above $300 billion and annual trading volumes exceeding $23 trillion in 2024, stablecoins have matured into a parallel dollar infrastructure. They extend US monetary power into […] The post Stablecoins just eclipsed Bitcoin in the one metric that matters, exposing a $23 trillion global fault line appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The devaluation of the US dollar is becoming a major concern for Americans, as indicated by a recent surge in online searches.

Whales sold 510M XRP last week as price nears triangle breakout. Analysts watch $2.27 resistance and $1.99 support for next move.

Belize City, Belize, 8th December 2025, Chainwire

All eyes are on the Federal Reserve meeting on Wednesday, as more labor market reports are released in the final week for the central bank to dissect the data this year.

Robinhood is buying a local brokerage and crypto firm as the country tightens digital finance rules and remains a leading crypto market.

The move underscores Coinbase’s view of India as a long-term growth market, despite policy uncertainty in the near term.

Bitcoin is edging higher ahead of the Fed’s final rate decision and a key jobs report, extending its rebound as thin liquidity persists.

ZKsync is retiring its original Lite network, formalizing a shift toward ZKsync Era and the ZK Stack as activity on the legacy rollup fades.

Accessibility isn’t the only factor shaping a wave of tokenized assets, according to Securitize co-founder and CEO Carlos Domingo.

Bittensor’s first token halving is scheduled for Dec. 14, reducing TAO issuance by half as the AI-focused network adopts a Bitcoin-style fixed supply model. With Bitcoin now in its fourth quadrennial halving, other decentralized projects have adopted similar supply-cut cycles — and Bittensor is approaching its first since launching in 2021. Bittensor, a decentralized, open-source machine-learning network built around specialized “subnets” that incentivize marketplaces for AI services, is expected to undergo its inaugural halving on or around Dec. 14. At that point, issuance of its native token, TAO (TAO), will drop to 3,600 per day from the current 7,200. Grayscale Research analyst William Ogden Moore called the event a “key milestone in the network’s maturation as it progresses toward its 21 million token supply cap,” matching Bitcoin’s (BTC) fixed limit. Read more

Solana tests major monthly support near $135, with technical setups and ETF flows hinting at a possible reversal toward $315.