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Meta is reportedly cooling on the metaverse with planned 30% cuts in its virtual reality research department, Reality Labs, which shareholders seemingly support. Social media giant Meta is reportedly planning to scale back its metaverse spending by up to 30% and redirect the funds into virtual reality glasses and artificial intelligence. No final decision has been made yet, but budget cuts and possible layoffs are on the table for Meta’s Reality Labs division, mainly aimed at its virtual reality unit, which eats up the bulk of metaverse-related spending, Bloomberg and The New York Times reported on Thursday. The budget cuts could come as early as January, but Meta plans to redirect resources to a Reality Labs unit developing augmented reality glasses. Read more

The developing team behind the Shibarium layer-2 chain for Shiba Inu has set a timeline for the deployment of a new privacy-focused upgrade. Can this favor a bullish Shiba Inu price prediction and reverse the token’s latest downtrend?According to the latest roadmap, fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) for the Shibarium L2 should be implemented during the […] The post Shiba Inu Price Prediction: 2026 Privacy Upgrade Could Trigger the Next Big SHIB Price Explosion appeared first on Cryptonews.

Overlooked metrics and a fresh bull pattern have created a launchpad setup, now unfolding – Pepe price predictions now verge on the next bull run. The post Pepe Coin Price Prediction: Chart Signals Flash Green – But One Silent Metric Has Traders Whispering  appeared first on Cryptonews.

The year is 2075. The judge does not ask for a deed. She asks for a transaction ID. The landlord’s lawyer queues up a Bitcoin transaction from fifteen years earlier that moved a token representing the property. The tenant’s lawyer concedes the transaction exists, yet claims the signature was obtained under duress. Everyone in the […] The post Bitcoin is quietly becoming the ultimate expert witness, forcing judges to accept a new standard of truth appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The second-largest asset manager just unlocked access to its 50 million client base – Solana price predictions could have the fuel for a $1000 move. The post Solana Price Prediction: Trillion-Dollar Asset Manager Vanguard Just Backed SOL – Is the SOL Target Now $1,000? appeared first on Cryptonews.

A quantitative trading firm called Jane Street just took a stake in a company that claims to have strengthened the Ethereum blockchain. As institutional appetite for blockchain tech keeps rising, this favors a bullish Ethereum price prediction.Antithesis, a firm based in North Carolina, received $105 million during its Series A funding round, led by Jane […] The post Ethereum Price Prediction: Wall Street Giant Just Backed the Tech Behind ETH – What Do They Know That You Don’t? appeared first on Cryptonews.

Crypto market cap has held at $3.24T ahead of the FOMC as traders weigh Fed rate cuts and new altcoin ETFs, while PEPENODE has been presented as the best new meme coin for virtual mining nodes and high staking yields into 2026. The post Best New Meme Coin to Buy Today – 4 December appeared first on Cryptonews.

Stablecoins have the potential to broaden individuals’ access to financial services, but that may come at the cost of central banks, per IMF.

The IMF has warned that fragmented global stablecoin rules and technical gaps have created roadblocks for oversight, raised financial stability risks, and slowed cross-border payments, urging harmonized standards, stronger reserve rules and coordinated supervision. The post IMF Warns: Fragmented Stablecoin Rules Create “Roadblocks” – New Guidelines Released appeared first on Cryptonews.

Bitcoin has staged a new rebound, lifting total crypto market value toward $3.27 trillion, while XRP, Pepe and Zcash have been identified as the best crypto to buy now, supported by ETF flows, privacy use cases and renewed meme coin interest into December, after a sharp autumn correction in pricing. The post Best Crypto to Buy Now 4 December – XRP, Pepe, Zcash appeared first on Cryptonews.

ChatGPT has issued data-driven forecasts for XRP, Bitcoin and Solana, describing wide December ranges from sub-dollar XRP and $75,000 BTC to potential rallies toward $15 XRP, $230,000 BTC and $1,200 SOL, while Maxi Doge has pursued growth through a staking presale. The post New ChatGPT AI Predicts the Price of XRP, Bitcoin, Solana by the End of 2025 appeared first on Cryptonews.

Grayscale’s conversion of its legacy Chainlink trust into the GLNK exchange-traded product on Dec. 2 did more than simply add another ticker to the NYSE Arca board. With roughly $13 million in day-one trading volume, $41 million in immediate inflows, and assets climbing to approximately $64 million within the first 48 hours, GLNK entered the […] The post Chainlink’s $64M Grayscale ETF debut hides private banking loophole threatening to sever link between usage and price appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse thinks Bitcoin will be trading at $180,000 at the close of 2026, nearly double the current price.

Whales bought 4.73M LINK in 48 hours as the price rebounds and ETF inflows grow. Analysts eye $16 short-term, $100+ in the long run.

Top markets on Myriad this week include predictions on where Bitcoin and Ethereum are headed next, plus odds of another major liquidation event.

The bond was auctioned off to holders of the digital yuan, a central bank digital currency (CBDC) developed by the Chinese government. Hua Xia Bank, a publicly traded financial institution linked to China’s government, issued 4.5 billion yuan ($600 million) in tokenized bonds on Wednesday, aiming to reduce clearing friction by removing intermediaries from the auction process. According to Sina, the onchain government bonds were issued by Hua Xia Financial Leasing, a subsidiary of Hua Xia Bank, a state-controlled commercial bank in China. The bonds offered a three-year fixed yield of 1.84% to holders. The $600 million bond tranche was auctioned off exclusively to holders of China’s digital renminbi, also known as the digital yuan. Read more

After securing $20 million in seed funding for the project in January, Brian Shroder announced a step toward 1Money’s planned stablecoin network. 1Money, a company co-founded by the former CEO of Binance.US, has launched a stablecoin orchestration platform ahead of its plans to build a layer-1 blockchain for payments. In a Thursday announcement, 1Money said the platform by the same name will have “zero platform fees,” opting instead for usage-based fees for transactions involving stablecoins and fiat. According to the company, the initiative will continue on 1Money’s layer-1 network for stablecoin payments, offering no gas fees. “For too long, legacy stablecoin service providers have held the ecosystem back with outrageously high monthly minimums and bloated fees, 1Money is ending that era,” said Brian Shroder, 1Money co-founder and CEO and former CEO of Binance.US. Read more

Solana and Base are now connected thanks to a new bridge secured by Chainlink's interoperability protocol and crypto exchange Coinbase.

Kalshi will provide real-time prediction data across CNBC’s TV, digital and subscription platforms beginning in 2026 as part of a mult-year partnership. CNBC has entered a multi-year partnership with prediction market operator Kalshi to incorporate real-time forecasting data across its TV, digital and subscription platforms. According to Thursday’s announcement, Kalshi’s event probability data will be integrated into CNBC programming beginning in 2026, including on shows such as “Squawk Box” and “Fast Money,” with a dedicated ticker displaying forecast moves in real-time. Kalshi will also launch a CNBC-branded page on its platform featuring markets selected by the network. Read more

BNY, Nasdaq, iCapital and S&P Global invested in Digital Assets, powering blockchain infrastructure for tokenized real-world assets.