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The state issued cease-and-desist orders to the firms to stop conducting "unlicensed online gambling" via their sports events contracts.

DeepSeek has delivered a detailed December outlook for XRP, Cardano and Pi Network, setting out bullish and bearish price paths while the broader crypto market has experienced heavy selling, tentative rebounds and rising meme coin interest. The post China’s DeepSeek AI Predicts the Price of XRP, Cardano, Pi Coin by the End of 2025 appeared first on Cryptonews.

Larry Fink spoke alongside Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong, describing how BlackRock's stance on crypto had evolved over the previous eight years. Larry Fink, chair and CEO of asset management company BlackRock, explained his “big shift” from associating cryptocurrencies with illicit activities to having the largest spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund. Speaking at The New York Times’ DealBook Summit on Wednesday, Fink addressed questions related to his views on crypto and Bitcoin (BTC) from journalist Andrew Ross Sorkin. The BlackRock CEO said his move from associating crypto primarily with money laundering to having exposure to billions of dollars in BTC was “a very glaring public example of a big shift in [his] opinions.” Read more

Strategy's monthly BTC buys contracted significantly in the second half of 2025 amid a broad downturn in the crypto treasury market. Strategy, the largest corporate holder of Bitcoin, has slowed its rate of cryptocurrency accumulation in 2025, a move analysts at CryptoQuant interpret as preparation for a drawn-out bear market. “Strategy’s Bitcoin buying has collapsed through 2025,” CryptoQuant said in a Wednesday report, noting a dramatic monthly reduction in Bitcoin (BTC) purchases by Strategy since late 2024. According to CryptoQuant: Strategy purchased 8,178 BTC for approximately $835.5 million on Nov. 17 — its largest purchase since July — bringing its total holdings to 649,870 BTC, valued at approximately $58.7 billion at this writing. Read more

North Korean operatives were caught on camera, live, after security researchers lured them into a booby-trapped “developer laptop,” capturing how the Lazarus-linked crew tried to blend into a US crypto job pipeline using legitimate AI hiring tools and cloud services. The evolution in state-sponsored cybercrime was reportedly captured in real time by researchers at BCA […] The post Secret footage from a rigged laptop exposes how North Korean spies are slipping past your security team appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The SEC has blocked some of the most aggressive 3x–5x leveraged ETFs proposed in the U.S., citing Rule 18f-4 leverage caps as issuers pull filings and traders confront growing risks in complex products. The post SEC Blocks 5x Leveraged Crypto ETFs in Sweeping Crackdown – Are High-Risk Funds Dead? appeared first on Cryptonews.

At the center of the upgrade is PeerDAS, a system that lets validators check small slices of data rather than entire “blobs,” reducing both costs and computational load for validators and layer-2 networks.

Fin, founded by two former Citadel engineers, raised capital to launch a stablecoin app for cross-border payments as banks and fintechs expand into digital assets. Former Citadel engineers Ian Krotinsky and Aashiq Dheeraj have raised $17 million to launch Fin, a stablecoin-powered payments app designed for high-value cross-border transactions. According to Fortune on Wednesday, the startup, previously known as TipLink, closed the round with backing from Pantera Capital, Sequoia and Samsung Next. Fin plans to pilot the app within the next month, targeting import-export businesses that often move hundreds of thousands of dollars at a time. Built around stablecoin rails, Fin will enable users to send funds to other payment apps, bank accounts, and crypto wallets, aiming to reduce costs compared to traditional wire transfers.  Read more

Cryptocurrencies show strength despite investors’ concerns about the AI industry and weak US labor and consumer data. Would an acceleration of money printing boost Bitcoin? Key takeaways: Low BTC and ETH leverage appetite contrasts with strong stock markets, highlighting fragile sentiment despite improving liquidity expectations. While economic uncertainty persists, anticipated monetary easing reduces downside risk for cryptocurrencies, favoring a potential bullish momentum. Read more

Crypto deals activity surged to record levels this year, even as the industry continued to face significant market turbulence and macroeconomic headwinds. Crypto merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in 2025 reached $8.6 billion as of November, with companies closing a record 133 deals, marking an all-time high in both deal count and total value. The total dollar amount of business deals exceeded the combined total of the previous four years, according to Bloomberg, citing Pitchbook data. Coinbase led the M&A activity, with six acquisition deals completed in 2025, including the $2.9 billion purchase of Deribit, one of the largest crypto derivatives marketplaces. Read more

Coinbase Institutional has painted a brighter picture for digital asset markets going forward than we’ve seen in recent weeks.

Sport clothing and collectibles giant Fanatics has launched Fanatics Markets, letting users trade outcomes of sports, politics and more — with crypto and IPO bets coming by 2026.

Binance Junior accounts will be limited to moving funds back to parent accounts or to other Junior accounts, with on-chain withdrawals unavailable.

At the DealBook Summit, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink acknowledged Bitcoin’s utility, as Coinbase’s Brian Armstrong said the exchange is running pilots with major US banks. Major US banks are running early pilots involving stablecoins, crypto custody and digital-asset trading in partnership with Coinbase, CEO Brian Armstrong said onstage at The New York Times DealBook Summit. According to Bloomberg, Armstrong didn’t name specific institutions but warned that banks slow to adopt crypto “are going to get left behind.” His remarks were made during a joint appearance with BlackRock CEO Larry Fink on a panel at the event. Although Armstrong and Fink haven’t always aligned on crypto, the two struck a notably similar tone on Bitcoin. Armstrong dismissed the idea that Bitcoin could ever fall to zero, while Fink said he now sees a significant “use case” for the asset, though he did caution that Bitcoin is “still heavily influenced by leveraged players.” BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), launched in January 2024, is...

The oracle token outperformed most major cryptocurrencies as U.S. investors gained ETF access to LINK for the first time.

French startup Mistral releases a 4-model AI family, challenging DeepSeek with frontier performance and EU data sovereignty for enterprises wary of Chinese alternatives.

Difficulty and network valuation models point to BTC hovering around fair value near $90,000.

Bitcoin treasury company Strategy is not too big to fail, say some company observers, but others disagree.

XRP shows renewed strength as traders crunch the charts to see if a rally into the $2.30 to $2.50 zone is possible. Does the bulk of the move depend on Bitcoin’s short-term performance? XRP (XRP) defended its $2 psychological floor this week, rebounding nearly 6% on Tuesday after a brief liquidity sweep on Monday. While the asset remained in a multimonth downtrend dating back to July, the $2.28–$2.30 resistance band now stands as the defining pivot for bullish continuation. Key takeaways: A bullish daily close above $2.30 would confirm a break of structure and possibly lead to a move to $2.58. Read more

Strategy, formerly known as MicroStrategy, is considering a pivot that would fundamentally alter the risk profile of the world’s largest corporate Bitcoin treasury. For a decade, the company sold Wall Street on a singular thesis: it was a digital vault, offering unencumbered exposure to Bitcoin without the risks of custody or counterparty risk. That stand is changing […] The post Strategy’s yield hunt inadvertently helps the very hedge funds looking to short its Bitcoin premium appeared first on CryptoSlate.