Crypto for Wednesday, December 17, 2025

• Prediction Markets vs Meme Coins: Is This Where Crypto’s Next Alpha Lives?
• Bitcoin Price Prediction: Active Wallets Drop to 2023 Lows as Liquidity Thins — Can BTC Reclaim $100K and Invalidate the Bears?
• Coinbase Unveils Prediction Markets, Stock Trading and Solana DeFi Integration
• CFTC's acting chief Pham poised to go to crypto firm MoonPay once Mike Selig lands
• Coinbase adds stock trading, prediction markets in ‘everything app’ push
• Best Crypto To Buy Now 17 December – XRP, Sky, MemeCore
• Coinbase rolls out stock trading, prediction markets and more in bid to become the ‘Everything Exchange’
• Perplexity AI Predicts the Price of Pi, Bitcoin, and Solana By the End of 2025
• The FTX Trial’s Key Witness Is Already Leaving Prison – Here’s What Changed
• Coinbase gets nod from Indian regulators to acquire CoinDCX stake
• Jito Foundation to return to US amid 'clearer rules' for digital assets
• Digital Wealth Partners introduces algorithmic XRP trading for qualified retirement accounts
• California's Newsom pokes Trump, flagging convicted crypto allies CZ, Ross Ulbricht
• Bitcoin $70K flush would reset cycle, not confirm new bear market: Analyst
• Santa Rally Hopes Fade as Bitcoin Jumps to $90K, Then Falls Even Harder
• Bitcoin just flashed a rare capitulation signal that historically triggers a violent rally
• Acting CFTC chair to join MoonPay after leaving agency
• Ex-Alameda CEO won’t be spending the holidays in federal prison
• India Pushes Tokenization Bill to Open Billion-Dollar Real Estate to Middle Class — Will It Pass?
• Price predictions 12/17: BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, SOL, DOGE, ADA, BCH, HYPE, LINK
• Brazilian stock exchange B3 to launch its own tokenization platform and stablecoin
• Robinhood CEO Predicts Boom in Prediction Markets
• California Governor Targets Trump’s Crypto Pardons: CZ, Ulbricht Branded ‘Criminal Cronies’
• Hyperliquid is erasing $1 billion in token supply, but the market is still punishing the wrong metric
• Traders mull the bottom as bitcoin returns to week's lows below $86,000
• Binance mulls new US strategy, CZ potentially reducing stake: Report
• Pudgy Penguins Price Prediction: PENGU Price Crashes 20% in a Week, Is a Recovery Possible this December?
• Bitcoin ‘Scam’ Myth Exposed: How Prospect Theory Explains Investor Panic and Losses
• Aptos drops 5% to $1.50 as volume spikes above monthly average
• Circle Partners With LianLian Global to Explore Stablecoin Payments
• Ripple and SBI are redefining XRP DeFi, targeting a billion-dollar yield stream that ignores on-chain mechanics
• Senators Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Establish Federal Crypto Scam Taskforce
• Silvergate Bank lawsuit calls for FTX, Alameda clients to weigh in on $10M settlement
• Polkadot's DOT drops 3% to $1.83 as crypto markets reverse lower
• ASTER Tanks 22% as Key Support Breaks: What’s Next?
• BNB drops nearly 3% to as bitcoin whipsaw and tech selloff hit crypto market
• Tether Launches PearPass, a Peer-to-Peer Password Manager Without Cloud Storage
• HashKey Shares Drop 3% in Disappointing Hong Kong Debut Despite $200M Raise
• K33 Says Long-Term Bitcoin Holder Selling May Be Nearing Exhaustion
• Dogecoin and shiba inu test lower levels after key support gives way
• Crypto Long & Short: What the DOJ’s Massive Crypto Seizures Mean for the Industry
• XRP falls 5% as bitcoin’s sudden pump and dump rattles crypto markets
• Decrypt's 2025 Story of the Year: Crypto Treasury Firms Flood Wall Street
• Peter Schiff Warns Bitcoin May Crumble Before the Dollar
• Crypto stocks pare gains as bitcoin retreats from $90,000 rally
• Crypto industry insiders met with key senators on market structure bill negotiation
• Big Day for Stablecoins! $200B+ price call on Hype! Rainbow Wallet interview
• Monero Price Prediction: XMR Price Spikes 5% Overnight, Could Investors See $450 Before Christmas?
• DTCC Handles $3.7 Quadrillion in Transactions a Year—Now It's Tokenizing Treasuries on Canton
• The Protocol: Bug that can drain all your tokens impacting 'thousands' of sites
• Liquidations Spike Again as Bitcoin Pumps and Dumps Within Minutes
• Bitcoin tumbles back below $88,000 as gains evaporate as quickly as they formed
• Singapore Entrepreneur Loses Entire Crypto Portfolio After Downloading Fake Game
• Robinhood looks better placed than Coinbase for prediction-market upside, Mizuho says
• Macquarie sees U.S. Senate near crypto deal as market structure, GENIUS rules advance
• Bitcoin Price Analysis: How Low Can BTC Go After Latest Rejection at $90K?
• Bitcoin tags $90K as crypto market spike liquidates $120M shorts
• Bitcoin Miner Hut 8's Stock Soars After Inking $7 Billion Google-Backed AI Deal
• Kyrgyzstan’s USDKG shows how real-asset stablecoins are evolving in emerging markets
• SAFE Crypto Act Targets Crypto Scams After $9.3B Losses — New Federal Task Force Looms
• Michael Saylor says quantum will “harden” Bitcoin, but he’s ignoring the 1.7 million coins already at risk
• CAR’s Crypto Push Hands Power to Elites, Foreign Criminal Networks, Report Warns
• Bitcoin shorts scramble for the exits as BTC climbs
• Unicoin Set for Crypto Exchange Debut Following Key Shareholder Approval
• Has XRP Bottomed? Key Signals Turn Bullish as Ripple’s Price Surges
• Hut 8 and Coinbase outperform as Crypto stocks jump on bitcoin's sudden rally
• Central African Republic’s Crypto Experiment ‘Riddled With Red Flags,’ Says Report
• Bitcoin re-takes $90,000 as price spikes early in U.S. session
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• How YouTube’s stablecoin payouts could change creator monetization
• Did Bitcoin's 4-year cycle break, and is the bull market really over?
• Gavin Newsom Singles Out CZ, Ross Ulbricht, Arthur Hayes as Trump's 'Criminal Cronies'
• Aster Price Prediction: ASTER Price Plummets 20% in a Week – Is It Heading to Zero?
• Shiba Inu Price Prediction: Should Traders Expect a SHIB Price Explosion as Coinbase Announces US Derivatives Access
• Ex-Standard Chartered, UniCredit Execs Launch Institutional Liquidity Protocol
• Bitcoin Price Prediction: Can the BTC Price Push Above $95,000 in December? American Bitcoin Stacks Up in Anticipation
• Is Bitcoin Entering a Supercycle? Here’s Why This One Looks Different
• SBI Ripple Asia Signs MOU With Doppler Finance to Explore RWA Tokenization
• Bitcoin Traders Brace for Bank of Japan Rate Hike Amid Crypto Sell-Off
• Securitize announces ‘real’ tokenized stocks, touts DeFi integration
• Solana TVL hits $8.6B six-month lows: Is $80 SOL price next?
• New protocol targets redemption delays in $20B tokenized market
• Morning Minute: A Big Day for Stablecoins
• Former SEC counsel explains what it takes to make RWAs compliant
• DTCC and Digital Asset to Tokenize U.S. Treasury Securities on Canton Network
• Washington has started the clock on bank-issued crypto dollars, and the timeline contains a 2026 Bitcoin surprise
• Binance alleges fake listing agents, offers up to $5M whistleblower reward
• Bitcoin miner Hut 8 lands $7B Google-backed AI data center lease
• Ethereum at a Critical Crossroads: $4,300 Breakout or $1,400 Breakdown?
• Wall Street’s $4 quadrillion backbone to roll out tokenized US Treasurys
• New Coinbase report points to ‘broken’ traditional finance system: Armstrong
• Solana tests quantum-resistant transactions in new Project Eleven pilot
• CAR’s crypto push fueled ‘state capture’ by elites, criminal networks: Report
• Indian MP Pushes Tokenization Bill to Democratize Investment Access for the Middle Class
• Bitcoin price at ‘critical’ point as whale moves $348M BTC to exchanges
• X claims the right to share your private AI chats with everyone under new rules – no opt out
• Space Announces Public Sale of its Native Token, $SPACE
• Ripple (XRP) ETFs Continue to Outperform BTC, ETH Funds Despite Cooling Inflows
• Polymarket shows stronger retention than most DeFi, wallets and exchanges
• Bitcoin in Focus as Stock and Options Contracts Expire on Friday
• Pi Network’s (PI) Price Finally Rebounds, Bitcoin (BTC) Struggles at $86K: Market Watch
• Bitcoin institutional buys flip new supply for the first time in 6 weeks
• Bitcoin data proves 60% of top US banks are quietly activating a strategy they publicly denied for years
• KuCoin taps Tomorrowland festivals as MiCA-era on-ramp for European fans
• Bitcoin (BTC) Risks Dump to $80K as Bulls Fail to Clear This Key Barrier
• Hyperliquid governance vote aims to permanently sideline $1B Assistance Fund
• Trump Set to Interview Pro-Crypto Christopher Waller for Fed Chair
• Veteran Analyst Explains Why Bitcoin Is Not Pumping
• Bhutan Pledges 10,000 Bitcoin Worth $1B to Fund Mindfulness City
• SaucerSwap Unveils Redesigned Platform and New Brand Identity for Hedera DeFi
• Former Theta Executives Accuse Crypto Firm's CEO of Fraud, Retaliation
• Actors, Creators Launch Coalition to Push AI Rules Amid Ongoing Legal Battles
• Tether leads $8M funding for Lightning startup focused on stablecoins
• Crypto ETPs to enter ‘cheesecake factory’ era in 2026: Bitwise
• Bank of Canada lays out criteria for ‘good money’ stablecoins