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Tether says it will buy the controlling stake Exor has in Juventus, along with all remaining shares, an offer Exor has reportedly rebuffed. Crypto stablecoin issuer Tether says it has launched a bid to fully acquire the Italian professional soccer club, Juventus Football Club, which has reportedly already been shot down. Tether said on Friday that it submitted a binding all-cash proposal to Exor, the holding company of the Agnelli family, for its 65.4% controlling stake in Juventus that it has held for over 100 years. If Exor agrees, then Tether will make a “public offer for the remaining shares at the same price.” Juventus is a public company with a market capitalization of 944.49 million euros ($1.1 billion), having closed trading on Friday up 2.3% to 2.23 euros ($2.62). Read more

Crypto markets have gained about 2% in 24 hours, after this week’s Federal Reserve rate cut, with Bitcoin up 2%, Ethereum 1.5%, XRP 1.7% and Solana 5.5%. PEPENODE, an ERC-20 meme token, has raised $2.3M in presale, with virtual mining nodes and 557% APY staking next. Price is $0.001192; supply 210B. The post Next Meme Coin to Turn $100 into $10,000 – 12 December appeared first on Cryptonews.

On-chain data from Binance reveals Bitcoin withdrawal transactions surged to 3,100 daily on December 3rd, the highest since May 2018, while deposit transactions dropped to 320, the lowest since 2017, creating a supply shock divergence as BTC consolidates near $90,000. The post Bitcoin Price Prediction: Binance On-Chain Data Shows Rare Bullish Divergence at $90K — Can BTC Explode Past $100K Next? appeared first on Cryptonews.

The Shiba Inu Price Prediction has strengthened after SHIB’s 3% rebound, showing signs of an upward correction despite scam warnings from the community. Technicals suggest momentum could push SHIB higher into 2026 amid improving market sentiment. The post Shiba Inu Price Prediction: SHIB Community Hit With Major Scam Warning – Is This a Sign of What’s Coming in 2026? appeared first on Cryptonews.

The government of Bhutan has decided to launch a new gold-pegged token on the Solana blockchain, further enhancing the network’s credibility and fueling increasingly bullish Solana price predictions.The name of the token will be TER and it is the result of the collaboration of multiple financial institutions and fintech companies like DK Bank and Matrixdock […] The post Solana Price Prediction: SOL Chosen for Sovereign Gold Token – Are Countries Using Solana Now? appeared first on Cryptonews.

LUNA has addressed key issues that contributed to the original collapse – Terra Luna price predictions still lean bearish without strong fundamentals. The post Terra Luna Price Prediction: LUNA Hits 7-Month High – But One Analyst Says This Pump Could End Badly appeared first on Cryptonews.

A new exchange-traded fund (ETF) tied to XRP has just launched in the U.S., adding fresh momentum to the XRP price prediction as Wall Street’s interest in the altcoin continues to grow.The latest listing comes from 21Shares, which has introduced its TOXR fund, giving U.S. investors direct spot exposure to XRP through regulated markets.With XRP […] The post XRP Price Prediction: New XRP ETF Just Launched on Wall Street – Is This the Moment XRP Goes Mainstream? appeared first on Cryptonews.

Regulations must evolve for tokenized real-world assets to be better integrated with DeFi, so their immediate benefit won’t be significant, says NYDIG’s Greg Cipolaro. The tokenization of stocks won’t immediately be of immense benefit to the crypto market, but the benefits could increase if such assets are allowed to better integrate on blockchains, says NYDIG. “The benefits to networks these assets reside on, such as Ethereum, are light at first, but increase as their access and interoperability and composability increase,” NYDIG global head of research Greg Cipolaro said in a note on Friday. The initial benefits will be the transaction fees charged for using tokenized assets, and the blockchain hosting them will “enjoy increasing network effects” for storing them, Cipolaro added. Read more

Crypto has repeated the last rate-cut pattern: a small rally, then a post-FOMC drop. Bitcoin has reclaimed $92K, and is accumulating as alts lag. Analysts are tracking XRP above $2+ with ETF inflows, BNB's DeFi growth, and Zcash's pullback, plus Bitcoin Hyper's $30M L2 raise as privacy demand rises. The post Best Crypto to Buy Now 12 December – XRP, BNB Coin, Zcash appeared first on Cryptonews.

DeepSeek has released updated projections for XRP, Solana, and Dogecoin, anticipating heightened volatility through December. The forecasts outline bullish potential for XRP and Solana while flagging renewed pressure on memecoins like Dogecoin as 2025 ends amid uneven market recovery. The post China’s DeepSeek AI Predicts the Price of XRP, Solana, Dogecoin by the End of 2025 appeared first on Cryptonews.

The OCC has conditionally approved national trust bank charters for Ripple, Circle, Fidelity Digital Assets, Paxos, and BitGo, the first new federal crypto charters since 2021. The Genius Act has set a stablecoin framework, and Interpretive Letter 1188 has allowed riskless-principal crypto trades in US. The post XRP Stalls Despite Ripple’s OCC Win – Here’s The Institutional Catch appeared first on Cryptonews.

The investing giant had asked the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to treat DeFi players like regulated entities, and the DeFi crowd pushed back.

SOL demand cools as its total value locked drops by $10 billion and memecoin trading slumps. Traders’ lack of appetite for long leverage could further complicate the situation. Key takeaways: SOL funding rates signal low bullish conviction after a 46% price drop, despite Firedancer’s launch and rising Solana network transactions. Solana DApp revenues and DEX activity have weakened sharply, suggesting broader market fatigue even as Solana’s ecosystem grows. Read more

The Vanguard equity head dismissed Bitcoin as speculative, though the firm still expanded client access to crypto ETFs.

The comments followed the asset management company’s policy change allowing its clients to trade crypto exchange-traded funds. Bitcoin is a purely speculative asset and is akin to a collectible toy, according to John Ameriks, the global head of quantitative equity at asset management company Vanguard. “It’s difficult for me to think about Bitcoin as anything more than a digital Labubu,” Ameriks said at Bloomberg’s ETFs in Depth conference in New York City. Labulus are collectible plush toys featuring animals with anthropomorphic features. Despite Ameriks’ criticism, he said that Bitcoin (BTC) may have value beyond financial speculation in the future under certain circumstances. Read more

Hackers laundered stolen Upbit funds through thousands of wallets before moving most assets into Binance-hosted service wallets.

The judge said the victim letters, which detailed the personal impact of the Terra collapse, were “impactful”—before sentencing Do Kwon to 15 years in prison.

The US regulator's green light lets Bitnomial’s clearinghouse support prediction markets linked to crypto and economic events, expanding its regulated product and clearing offerings. Bitnomial Clearinghouse LLC received approval from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to clear fully collateralized swaps, enabling its parent company, Bitnomial, to launch prediction markets and offer clearing services to other platforms. According to Friday’s announcement, Bitnomial’s prediction market will cover crypto and economic events, alongside its existing Bitcoin (BTC) and crypto derivatives products. The contracts are designed to allow traders to take positions on outcomes, such as token price levels and macroeconomic data. The approval expands the umbrella of the trading products offered by Bitnomial. Based in Chicago, the company’s exchange and clearing arms offer perpetuals, futures, options contracts and leveraged spot trading. The company’s clearinghouse also supports crypto-based margin and settle...

Bitcoin mining hash price, a critical metric for determining profit margins in the industry, is hovering near record lows. Bitcoin mining companies are turning to renewable energy to reduce costs amid record-low hash price, a critical metric for miner profitability, which is below the $40 level that marks the breakeven point for mining operators. Hash price, which measures expected miner profitability per unit of computing power used to successfully add a block, is about $39.4 per petahash second per day (PH/s/day) at the time of this writing, according to mining data provider Hashrate Index.  Sangha Renewables, a Bitcoin (BTC) miner and renewable energy company, energized a 20 megawatt (MW) solar-powered mining facility in Ector County, Texas, on Thursday, according to TheMinerMag. Read more

Ripple’s post-SEC rebound is drawing Wall Street backing, including a $40 billion valuation deal with downside protection— and some investors betting on XRP. It has been a long and arduous journey for Ripple. After emerging from a multiyear battle with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, the blockchain-based payments and infrastructure company is pressing ahead with broad ambitions to unify custody, treasury and prime-brokerage services, each underpinned by blockchain technology and stablecoins. Despite the bruising legal fight and the reputational damage that came with it, Ripple has still managed to win over some of Wall Street’s biggest players. This week’s Crypto Biz looks at how Ripple secured a striking $40 billion valuation, and why some of its backers are quietly placing bets on an XRP (XRP) surge. Read more