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Cointelegraph.com - 17:04 Dec 10, 2025
Dormant Bitcoin giants have awakened. Onchain data shows aging wallets reactivating, reshaping supply dynamics across the network. In July 2025, analysts watched eight Satoshi-era wallets, each holding 10,000 BTC, move their coins for the first time in 14 years. In total, 80,000 Bitcoin (BTC) (about $8.6 billion at the time) shifted out of long-dormant addresses in a single clustered episode of movement observed onchain. Blockchain sleuths traced these coins back to 2011, when they were acquired for under $210,000 in total, implying a return of nearly 4,000,000%. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 16:28 Dec 10, 2025
Bitcoin’s reaction to FOMC decisions often conflicts with traders’ predictions. Will today’s Federal Reserve interest rate outcome lead to a rally or sell-off? Bitcoin (BTC) price surged above $94,000 on Tuesday, a day before the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) interest rate decision, and history suggests that traders should brace for volatility. Throughout 2025, BTC’s performance around FOMC meetings revealed that macroeconomic expectations are often priced in, and this front-running by traders can overshadow the actual impact of the policy decision itself. Key takeaways: Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 16:23 Dec 10, 2025
The letter to the US Senate Banking Committee cited opposition to the digital asset market structure bill, echoing concerns from other labor groups. The American Federation of Teachers (AFT), a union championing educators in the United States, has voiced its opposition to crypto market structure legislation moving through the Senate, claiming it “threatens the stability of their retirement security.” In a Monday letter to Republican and Democratic leaders on the US Senate Banking Committee provided by CNBC, the AFT said it opposed passage of the Responsible Financial Innovation Act, the bill that senators said “built on” the House of Representatives’ proposed solution to market structure, the CLARITY Act. According to the teachers’ union, the bill presents “profound risks” to economic stability and retirement plans. “This bill fails to provide a regulatory structure for crypto assets and stablecoin that is equivalent to that for other pension holdings,” said the letter. “Most pensions do not carry crypto asse... -
Cointelegraph.com - 15:08 Dec 10, 2025
Bitcoin whipsawed around the key yearly open level into the Fed interest-rate announcement as traders waited for a reliable move. Bitcoin (BTC) gave back recent gains on Wednesday as traders predicted fakeout moves around the Federal Reserve interest-rate announcement. Key points: Bitcoin fails to hold onto its recent trip past $94,500 as nerves accompany the Fed interest-rate decision. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 14:41 Dec 10, 2025
Meet the crypto detectives who trace hacks and theft onchain. Some are professionals, others are keen enthusiasts who log on after work. Crypto security experts are the first responders of the blockchain world, tracing stolen millions across wallets, mixers and obscure bridges before the trail goes cold. They operate in war rooms that form within minutes of a breach, using open-source intelligence, internal alert systems and private networks that span borders and languages. When a major hack breaks, the crypto community turns to its pseudonymous detectives, whose social accounts are often the first to translate blockchain trails. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 13:35 Dec 10, 2025
Stablecoins rank among the top catalysts for Web3 gaming growth, signaling a shift toward fundamentals, monetization and payment infrastructure. Blockchain game builders are increasingly prioritizing fundamentals and infrastructure over token-fuelled growth cycles, with stablecoin adoption emerging as one of the top three catalysts for the first time, according to the latest report from the Blockchain Gaming Alliance (BGA). On Wednesday, the BGA published its 2025 State of the Industry Report, which shows a shift in what builders believe will drive success in blockchain gaming. According to the report, the top three growth drivers were high-quality game launches (29.5%), revenue-driven business models (27.5%) and stablecoin adoption in payments (27.3%). Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 13:29 Dec 10, 2025
Ethereum gained between 97% and 147% after ETH price flipped the 50-week MA into support. A similar scenario is unfolding this week. Ether (ETH) climbed 7% in the past day, reclaiming its 50-week moving average (MA) near $3,300, an occurrence that has historically preceded strong price rallies. Key takeaways: Ethereum may have found a floor around $2,800, signaling a local bottom. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 13:23 Dec 10, 2025
Japan plans to move crypto regulation from payments law to securities rules, tightening disclosures for IEOs and cracking down on unregistered platforms. Japan’s financial regulators are preparing to move crypto asset oversight out of the country’s payments regime and into a framework designed for investment and securities markets. The Financial Services Agency (FSA) on Wednesday released a comprehensive report from the Financial System Council’s Working Group on the regulatory status of cryptocurrencies across multiple sectors. The document outlines a plan to shift the legal basis for crypto regulation from the Payment Services Act (PSA) to the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act (FIEA), which is the primary law regulating securities markets, issuance, trading and disclosures. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 13:00 Dec 10, 2025
Superstate’s Direct Issuance Programs let SEC-registered companies raise capital on Ethereum and Solana, taking stablecoin payments and issuing tokenized shares instantly. Financial technology firm Superstate has rolled out a new way for US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)-registered public companies to raise capital directly onchain. Through its Direct Issuance Programs (DIPs), any issuer registered with the SEC can now offer new shares on Ethereum and Solana, with investors paying in stablecoins and receiving tokenized shares instantly at real‑time market prices, according to a Wednesday announcement from Superstate shared with Cointelegraph. Jim Hiltner, co-founder and head of business development at Superstate, told Cointelegraph, “The regulatory ability to directly issue registered shares isn’t new. What is new is that issuers can now conduct these offerings onchain, which changes what’s possible operationally and economically.” Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 11:45 Dec 10, 2025
Vitalik Buterin downplayed Ethereum’s recent brush with finality loss, saying temporary delays are fine if the wrong block is not finalized, and experts mostly agree. Ethereum can afford to lose finality from time to time without putting the network at serious risk, according to co-founder Vitalik Buterin, even after a recent client bug came close to disrupting the blockchain’s confirmation mechanism. Following a recent bug in the Prysm Ethereum client, Buterin said in an X post that there is “nothing wrong with losing finalization once in a while.” He added that finalization indicates the network is “really sure” a block will not be reverted. Buterin argued that if finality is occasionally delayed for hours due to a major bug, “that’s fine,” and the blockchain keeps working while that happens. The real issue would be something else, he said: “The thing to avoid is finalizing the wrong thing.” Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 10:41 Dec 10, 2025
Mubadala Capital teams up with Kaio to test tokenized access to private market strategies, signaling growing sovereign interest in onchain real-world assets. Abu Dhabi-based Mubadala Capital has partnered with institutional real-world asset (RWA) infrastructure provider Kaio to explore tokenized access to private market investment strategies, marking a push from sovereign-linked capital into blockchain rails. The companies said on Tuesday that the initiative will assess how Kaio’s digital framework can enable institutional and accredited investors to access Mubadala Capital’s private market products onchain. The move signals interest in using RWA tokenization as a technological upgrade and a distribution layer for alternative assets traditionally gated behind high minimums, multi-year lockups and geographic limits. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 10:24 Dec 10, 2025
XRP ETFs absorbed 506 million tokens in under a month, strengthening the case that price discovery is likely on the table for 2026. XRP (XRP) may enter a faster-than-expected repricing phase, according to analyst Chad Steingraber, who predicted the price could move “from $2 to $10” in under a year. Key takeaways: XRP ETFs absorbed over 506 million XRP in a month, supporting a $10 price outlook. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 09:23 Dec 10, 2025
Silk Road-linked wallets still hold about $38.4 million worth of BTC, with millions potentially sitting in other unseized wallets. Darknet marketplace Silk Road-linked cryptocurrency wallets are moving again, less than a year after US President Donald Trump granted its jailed founder, Ross Ulbricht, a full pardon. Silk Road-tagged cryptocurrency wallets awoke Tuesday to transfer about $3.14 million worth of Bitcoin (BTC), according to blockchain data platform Arkham. The 176 transfers mark the wallet’s most significant activity in five years. Silk Road-related wallets executed only three small test transactions earlier this year. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 09:03 Dec 10, 2025
Bitcoin remains volatile ahead of the FOMC, with big overhead resistance at $94,000 in place and several key support levels below. Bitcoin’s (BTC) price failed in another attempt to break above resistance at $94,000 on Tuesday as volatility hit the market ahead of the Fed rate cut decision on Wednesday. Key takeaways: The odds of a 25 bps cut on Wednesday now stand at 96%, according to Polymarket. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 09:03 Dec 10, 2025
SlowMist’s Yu Xuan advised high-profile users to prune contacts, rotate passwords and act fast on alerts to reduce WeChat takeover risks. Update Dec. 10, 9:30 am UTC: This article has been updated to add comments from a Binance spokesperson. Newly appointed Binance co-CEO and co-founder Yi He said on X that her WeChat account was hijacked after an old mobile number was taken, highlighting how Web2 messaging platforms can be used to impersonate crypto executives. “WeChat was abandoned long ago, and the phone number was seized for use. It cannot be recovered at present,” she said in a translated X post. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 01:44 Dec 10, 2025
Strive, co-founded in 2022 by American entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, launched a $500 million preferred stock offering to acquire more Bitcoin and Bitcoin-related products. Publicly traded asset manager and Bitcoin treasury company Strive has announced a $500 million stock sales program to raise funds for additional BTC purchases. The firm, which was co-founded in 2022 by American entrepreneur and politician Vivek Ramaswamy, stated on Tuesday that it intends to use the net proceeds from the sale for “general corporate purposes, including, among other things, the acquisition of Bitcoin and Bitcoin-related products and for working capital.” It also intends to purchase “income-generating assets” to grow the company’s business, but did not specify which. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 01:34 Dec 10, 2025
Public testnet for the Stripe-and-Paradigm-built payments blockchain is now live, featuring tools for developer onboarding and stablecoin testing. Stripe and Paradigm’s joint blockchain project Tempo has launched its first public testnet, marking a major step forward in launching the official layer-1 blockchain. According to a Tuesday announcement from Tempo, the open source testnet is now live with anyone being able to “run a node or sync the chain” and test out a range of features. “Today’s testnet launch kicks off the next phase of Tempo’s development, with a focus on scale, reliability, and integration experience. Over the coming months, we’ll continue onboarding new infrastructure partners, adding new features and developer tooling, and stress-testing throughput under real payment loads,” Tempo said. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 22:02 Dec 09, 2025
The latest trial explored multiple stablecoins and showed tokenized US Treasurys can be reused instantly across counterparties on shared infrastructure. Digital Asset and a group of financial institutions have completed a second round of onchain US Treasury financing on the Canton Network, introducing real-time collateral reuse and expanding the number of stablecoins involved. Five transactions were executed in the newest phase, building on the July pilot, which first demonstrated that US Treasurys and the USDC (USDC) stablecoin could be combined to finance and settle transactions on the blockchain. In the latest trial, the companies used multiple stablecoins to finance positions against tokenized US Treasurys, widening the pool of onchain liquidity available for financing transactions. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 21:30 Dec 09, 2025
Real Finance’s raise comes as tokenization accelerates and institutions push deeper into RWAs, including fast-growing money market funds. Real-world asset (RWA) tokenization network Real Finance has secured $29 million in private funding to build an infrastructure layer for RWAs, aiming to make it easier for institutions to adopt tokenized assets. The funding round included a $25 million capital commitment from Nimbus Capital, a digital asset investment firm, with additional participation from Magnus Capital and Frekaz Group, the company informed Cointelegraph. Real Finance stated that the funding will be utilized to expand its compliance and operational infrastructure as it develops a full-stack RWA platform. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 21:21 Dec 09, 2025
Ethereum’s base layer demand softened in November, but ETH’s underlying price supports and strong layer-2 growth show the network still has momentum despite a drop in fees and TVL. Key takeaways: Ethereum’s base layer activity has cooled, with fees and TVL dropping, showing slower demand despite the recent price recovery. Layer-2 networks are growing rapidly, helping to support Ethereum even as base layer usage weakens and traders remain cautious. Read more
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