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Bitcoin’s chance of hitting $100,000 before New Year’s Eve depends on investors’ reaction to the Fed policy pivot, and the market’s response to soaring BigTech and AI company debt. Key takeaways: The Federal Reserve’s move away from quantitative tightening and rate cuts creates liquidity, making fixed-income assets less attractive. Surging tech credit risks, as evidenced by high Oracle debt protection costs, prompt investors to seek alternative, scarcer assets like Bitcoin. Read more

Bitcoin miners face record margin pressure as proxy stocks sink, Kalshi lands $1B funding and Ether derivatives volumes overtake Bitcoin on CME. Bitcoin (BTC) miners are learning the hard way that “number go up” doesn’t always trickle down. Even with Bitcoin prices still elevated by historical standards, mining margins have been sharply squeezed, with some industry analysts describing the current climate as the “harshest margin environment” on record. Balance sheets are shrinking, leverage is being reduced, and companies such as CleanSpark are moving to pay down Bitcoin-backed credit lines. The strain is spilling into public markets. Bitcoin miners and other BTC “proxy” trades have come under heavy pressure, highlighted by the collapse in shares of American Bitcoin. Not every corner of the market is retreating, however. Capital is flowing into crypto-adjacent platforms, with prediction market Kalshi recently raising $1 billion at an $11-billion valuation after a tenfold increase in trading volumes since 2024,...

Proiectul strategic semnat de România cu Grecia și Bulgaria, care prevede construirea unei autostrăzi și a unei căi ferate pe ruta Salonic–Alexandroupolis–București, promite minuni, dar ar avea mai degrabă efecte limitate, este de părere expertul în securitate, Claudiu Degeratu.

Koploper ADO Den Haag en achtervolger SC Cambuur hebben vrijdagavond geen fout gemaakt in de Keuken Kampioen Divisie. RKC Waalwijk-spits Jesper Uneken scoorde tegen het VVV-Venlo van vader Peter.

FC Groningen heeft vrijdag na een zware week een welkome overwinning geboekt in de Eredivisie. De Groningers wonnen met 0-2 bij Excelsior, drie dagen nadat de ploeg de eerder gestaakte wedstrijd tegen Ajax had verloren.

Jan Smit en Paul de Leeuw geven hun fans deze pakjesavond een cadeautje. Een duet, dat ze samen zongen tijdens Beste Zangers, is vanaf vrijdag eindelijk te streamen. Jan Smit mocht in Sint & De Leeuw ook nog bij Sinterklaas op schoot.

FC Groningen kende tegen Excelsior opnieuw alle mogelijke moeite om te scoren, maar keerde voor het eerst sinds oktober wel weer huiswaarts met een zege (0-2). In de slotfase kreeg Groningen-rechtsback Marco Rente nog een opmerkelijke rode kaart: zijn tweede gele prent wegens tijdrekken.

Cu două zile înainte de alegerile pentru Primăria Capitalei, un sondaj AtlasIntel arată o cursă extrem de strânsă între primii trei candidați, diferențele fiind practic în marja de eroare.

Ukraine’s strategy is to maximally exhaust the Russian army, prevent its advance, and carry out strikes on Russian territory to undermine its defense capability.

В Германии тысячи школьников и студентов по всей стране протестовали против новой реформы военной службы, которую принял Бундестаг. Молодежь решительно выступила против введения обязательной регистрации для воинского учета и возможного призыва.

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

Dick Advocaat wil met Curaçao niet alleen naar het WK voetbal gaan om te genieten. De bondscoach van de eilandstaat zag dat zijn ploeg vrijdag bij de WK-loting werd gekoppeld aan Duitsland, Ivoorkust en Ecuador.

DG ISPR vows 'bare-knuckle' response to PTI's rhetoric; Sounds death knell for politics of 'mentally sick' Imran

Says 'talks still possible' as PTI demands oversight of Imran's prison conditions

FO blames Taliban for Turkish delegation delay

In Malaysia’s illegal Bitcoin (BTC) mining hotspots, the hunt begins in the sky. Drones buzz over rows of shops and abandoned houses, sweeping for pockets of unexpected heat, which is the thermal signature of machines that shouldn’t be running. On the ground, police carry handheld sensors that sniff out irregular power use. Sometimes the pursuit […] The post Bitcoin thieves stole $1.1B using fake bird noises: Now Malaysia hunts heat signatures from the sky appeared first on CryptoSlate.

From December 1 to 12, 2025, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is carrying out another special mission at Ukraine’s energy infrastructure facilities that are critical for the safety of nuclear power plants.

SpaceX, het commerciële ruimtevaartbedrijf van Elon Musk, voert gesprekken over een aandelenverkoop door insiders. Daardoor zou de onderneming gewaardeerd worden op 800 miljard dollar, twee keer zoveel als een paar maanden geleden. Dat meldt zakenkrant The Wall Street Journal op basis van bronnen.

SpaceX, het commerciële ruimtevaartbedrijf van Elon Musk, voert gesprekken over een aandelenverkoop door insiders. Daardoor zou de onderneming gewaardeerd worden op 800 miljard dollar, twee keer zoveel als een paar maanden geleden. Dat meldt zakenkrant The Wall Street Journal op basis van bronnen.

Bitcoin tumbles below $90,000 following $200 million in leveraged liquidations and $3.3 billion BTC options expiry, with traders warning that failure to hold $84,000 support could trigger deeper correction toward $76,000. The post Bitcoin Price Prediction: $200M in Leveraged Liquidations Pushes BTC Under $90K — Can Bitcoin Avoid a Breakdown Below $84K? appeared first on Cryptonews.