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Cointelegraph.com - 20:49 Dec 05, 2025
The collaboration aims to bring more than 1,000 entertainment properties onchain and establish a new framework for funding and distributing media as real-world assets. Mugafi, an AI-driven platform for entertainment intellectual property (IP), has partnered with Avalanche to tokenize films, anime, music and other media assets, allowing creators to finance and distribute projects directly onchain. The initiative will draw from Mugafi’s catalog and upcoming films. According to the company, its AI systems, trained on thousands of scripts and story structures, help evaluate projects before they are brought onchain for financing. Mugafi and Avalanche plan to finance more than $10 million in entertainment IP. The companies said their long-term target is to exceed $1 billion in annual IP financing throughput. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 20:09 Dec 05, 2025
Bitcoin’s bounce evaporated as the weekly close approaches and traders say multiple risk-off metrics point to a high correction risk for BTC. Is $100,000 by the end of 2025 possible? Bitcoin (BTC) may be holding above $90,000, but data implied that its price is still flashing a significant risk-off signal. CryptoQuant’s multi-metric risk-off oscillator remained near the “High-Risk” zone, a level that historically precedes corrections and diminishes the probability of a sustained bullish trend. Key takeaways: Bitcoin’s risk-off signal was positioned near “High-Risk” territory, which has previously indicated a bearish period. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 19:00 Dec 05, 2025
Corporate Ether acquisitions declined 81% in the past three months, but the largest corporate ETH holders continued to scoop up billions of dollars in Ether. Cryptocurrency markets saw another week of consolidation following last week’s long-awaited market recovery. While Bitcoin (BTC) remained above the key $90,000 psychological level, investor sentiment continued to be dominated by “fear,” with a marginal improvement from 20 to 25 within the week, according to CoinMarketCap’s Fear & Greed index. In the wider crypto space, the Ether (ETH) treasury trade appears to be unwinding, as the monthly acquisitions by Ethereum digital asset treasuries (DATs) fell 81% in the past three months from August’s peak. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 18:32 Dec 05, 2025
ProCap BTC’s Jeff Park reveals how institutional flows and ETFs could shorten Bitcoin’s market cycle — with major implications heading into 2026 For more than a decade, Bitcoin investors have relied on the familiar four-year cycle to navigate bull runs, capitulations and market shifts driven by halving events. In 2025, that long-standing roadmap is beginning to look outdated — and analysts are seeking a new framework to understand where Bitcoin (BTC) is headed next. Some argue that institutional capital is reshaping the market. Others highlight the weakening impact of the halving, the rise of AI as a competing investment frontier, or global liquidity trends that no longer line up with old patterns. Whatever the cause, one thing is clear: Bitcoin doesn’t seem to be moving like it used to. In this exclusive Cointelegraph interview, Jeff Park, partner and chief investment officer at ProCap BTC, challenges the assumptions behind the four-year cycle, claiming that Bitcoin may now be transitioning into a much short... -
Cointelegraph.com - 17:38 Dec 05, 2025
The company has approached traders, including sports bettors, about joining the effort as it expands in the US and rival Kalshi faces scrutiny over similar practices. Polymarket is recruiting staff for an internal market-making team that may trade against users on its platform. The company has recently approached traders — including sports bettors — about joining the group, Bloomberg reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the discussions. The initiative comes as Polymarket expands its US presence after resolving regulatory issues stemming from a 2022 case, when it paid a $1.4 million penalty to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 16:28 Dec 05, 2025
Poland’s parliament upheld a veto on the Crypto-Asset Market Act, delaying EU-aligned regulation and deepening divisions over security and innovation. The lower house of Poland’s parliament failed to secure the required three-fifths majority to override President Karol Nawrocki’s veto of the Crypto-Asset Market Act, pushing the country further away from regulating its digital-asset sector at a moment when lawmakers argue that oversight is increasingly urgent. As Bloomberg reported Friday, the legislation — advanced by Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s government — was intended to align Poland with the European Union’s MiCA framework for crypto markets. The bill was introduced in June but did not survive the president’s veto. Nawrocki blocked the measure last week, arguing it would “threaten the freedoms of Poles, their property, and the stability of the state,” as Cointelegraph previously reported. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 15:43 Dec 05, 2025
A sentencing recommendation said that Do Kwon had caused more losses than Sam Bankman-Fried, Alex Mashinsky and Karl Sebastian Greenwood combined. US attorneys representing the federal government have requested that a judge send Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon to prison for 12 years at his sentencing hearing next week. In a Thursday filing in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, prosecutors asked that a judge sentence Kwon “to a term of twelve years’ imprisonment and finalize the forfeiture of his criminal proceeds.” The filing came about four months after the Terraform co-founder pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud and conspiracy to defraud. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 14:59 Dec 05, 2025
Texas is now the first US state to purchase and hold Bitcoin, but why did it act during a market pullback, and how could this move influence national crypto policy? Texas has become the first US state to officially purchase and hold Bitcoin (BTC), acquiring $5 million worth of BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) and authorizing another $5 million for direct, self-custodied BTC. The move comes at an unexpected moment: a market downturn marked by exchange-traded fund (ETF) outflows, institutional caution and stalled legislative efforts across the country. In this week’s episode of Byte-Sized Insight, we explore why Texas stepped in while many others stepped out and what the timing suggests about the state’s long-term view on digital assets. Earlier this year, more than two dozen US states introduced or debated bills that would allow public treasuries to hold Bitcoin or other digital assets. Yet most of those efforts slowed or evaporated as prices fell and political appetite waned. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 14:45 Dec 05, 2025
Bitcoin traders brought back sub-$90,000 BTC price targets amid ongoing weakness after a rejection at the yearly open capped potential upside. Bitcoin (BTC) traders saw fresh downside at Friday’s Wall Street open as $90,000 hung in the balance. Key points: Bitcoin edges closer to $90,000 with traders lining up lower BTC price targets next. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 14:36 Dec 05, 2025
The IMF and South Africa’s central bank are still concerned about stablecoins, while in the US, spot crypto products can now be traded on futures markets. European tech regulators have fined social media platform X 120 million euros ($140 million) for breaking EU rules pertaining to online content. The fine follows a two-year investigation under the Digital Services Act (DSA), which reportedly found that X was not doing enough to tackle illegal and harmful material. Regulators also said that the blue check marks on Elon Musk’s platform were deceiving. They did not follow industry decisions and negatively impacted users’ ability to make informed decisions about the authenticity of an account. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 14:00 Dec 05, 2025
Elon Musk’s viral comments on Bitcoin’s intrinsic ties to energy and physics signal a changing attitude toward Bitcoin from Tesla’s founder. Elon Musk’s ambitious goals of tackling excess spending and inefficiencies in the US federal government may have been futile, but it might have been the catalyst for his changing tune on Bitcoin. Batten clarified that Bitcoin’s energy use comes directly from mining, not through individual transactions, which he described as ‘critically important to understand’ because the network can theoretically process thousands more transactions without needing to expend more energy. “The moment you have this per-transaction metric, it suggests something very insidious, which is, it’s unscalable because as you scale more, then energy use is going to go up as well. And a lot of regulators in Europe still believe that,” Batten said. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 13:47 Dec 05, 2025
Bitcoin whales are accumulating at a record pace amid almost $5.8 billion in capitulation losses, signaling a potential bullish reversal. Bitcoin (BTC) has dropped 10% over the last 30 days, as several groups of wallet holders switched from distribution to accumulation. Data suggests that this accumulation, coupled with record realized losses, points to a potential shift in momentum. Key takeaways: Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 13:38 Dec 05, 2025
Pros don’t “ape the dip” on gut feel; they predefine their allocation, let rules-based systems do the buying and use DCA-style flows as part of a disciplined, data-driven execution plan. “Buy every dip.” That’s the advice from Strike CEO Jack Mallers. According to Mallers, with quantitative tightening over and rate cuts and stimulus on the horizon, the great print is coming. The US can’t afford falling asset prices, he argues, which translates into a giant wall of liquidity ready to muscle in and prop prices up. While retail has latched onto terms like “buy the dip” and “dollar-cost averaging” (DCA) for buying at market lows or making regular purchases, these are really concepts borrowed from the pros like Samar Sen, the senior vice president and head of APAC at Talos, an institutional digital asset trading platform. He says that institutional traders have used these terms for decades to manage their entry points into the market and build exposure gradually, while avoiding emotional decision-making in volatil... -
Cointelegraph.com - 12:45 Dec 05, 2025
Bubblemaps CEO Nick Vaiman said Sybil attacks are increasing across presales and airdrops, calling on teams to use KYC or algorithmic detection. A Solana presale event encountered distribution issues after a bot farm reportedly used over 1,000 wallets to snipe nearly the entire Wet (WET) token sale in seconds. Hosted through the decentralized exchange aggregator Jupiter, the presale sold out almost instantly. But genuine buyers effectively had no chance to participate because a single actor dominated the presale, according to organizers. Solana automated market maker (AMM) HumidiFi, the team behind the presale, confirmed the attack and scrapped the launch entirely. The team said it would create a new token and hold an airdrop to legitimate participants while explicitly excluding the sniper. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 12:19 Dec 05, 2025
Paribu has bought a majority stake in Dubai- and Bahrain-licensed CoinMENA in a deal valuing the exchange at up to $240 million. Turkish crypto exchange Paribu has acquired a majority stake in CoinMENA, a Sharia-compliant cryptocurrency exchange licensed in Dubai and Bahrain. According to a Thursday CoinMENA announcement, Paribu acquired a majority stake in CoinMENA in a deal valuing the company at up to $240 million. The company claims the transaction is Türkiye’s largest fintech deal to date and the country’s first cross-border acquisition of a digital asset platform. Paribu said it plans to use the acquisition to scale its operations beyond its home market. CoinMENA obtained a license from Bahrain’s central bank in early 2021 and another from Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority at the end of 2023. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 11:30 Dec 05, 2025
Bitcoin market participants saw the yearly open at $93,000 and above as particularly important heading into the weekly close. Bitcoin (BTC) analysis has mapped out key BTC price levels to watch going into the weekend, with a focus on the yearly open above $93,000. Key takeaways: Key Bitcoin price levels above and below the spot price are here as BTC is about to close the week. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 10:36 Dec 05, 2025
Cantor Fitzgerald slashed its Strategy price target, but remains bullish on the stock despite fears over potential exclusion by the MSCI Index and forced liquidation concerns, the FT said. US-based financial firm Cantor Fitzgerald slashed its price target on Michael Saylor’s Bitcoin-heavy company, Strategy, but kept a bullish stance on the cryptocurrency’s long-term upside, downplaying fears of forced liquidation, according to the Financial Times. Cantor Fitzgerald reportedly lowered its 12-month price target on Strategy stock by 60%, adjusted to $229 from $560, according to a Thursday analyst note seen by the FT. Despite the downgrade, Cantor’s “buy” rating reportedly remains unchanged, as the bank said that fears surrounding Strategy’s forced liquidations were “not warranted,” despite receiving significant attention. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 10:33 Dec 05, 2025
Ether price action staged a repeat of its 2021 bull market moves against Bitcoin, leading to predictions of fresh long-term highs against BTC. Ether (ETH) is teasing 170% gains in under two months as history repeats itself against Bitcoin (BTC). Key points: Ether has the potential to rematch long-term highs above 0.09 in Bitcoin terms. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 10:16 Dec 05, 2025
AlphaTON exits baby-shelf limits and plans a meme-sized $420.69 million fundraising program despite being a nano-cap with a steep stock decline. Small-cap publicly traded firm AlphaTON Capital has signaled ambitions to access a substantially larger fundraising capacity as it delves deeper into the artificial intelligence and Telegram ecosystem. The company has exited the SEC’s “baby-shelf” limitations and filed a $420.69 million shelf registration, a precise figure often referenced in crypto’s meme culture. The rules limit the amount of capital that very small public companies can raise through a shelf registration. This aims to prevent tiny issuers from flooding the market with stock and heavily diluting investors. According to Google Finance data, AlphaTON capital stock, ATON, suffered significant losses in the last month. The stock dropped from $4.75 on Nov. 5 to $1.71 at the time of writing. This marked a 64% drop in a single month. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 09:57 Dec 05, 2025
Italy’s markets regulator sets firm MiCA deadlines, forcing VASPs to seek authorization or exit by Dec. 30, and urges investors to check providers’ compliance plans. Italy’s securities regulator set a firm timetable for applying the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) in the country, warning that unlicensed crypto platforms face a deadline to either seek authorization or leave the market. The move directly affects virtual asset service providers (VASPs) currently operating under Italy’s regime and the retail investors who use them. In a news release published Thursday, Italy’s Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (CONSOB) reminded the market that Dec. 30 is the last day VASPs registered with the Organismo Agenti e Mediatori (OAM) can operate under the existing national framework. Read more
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