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Vanguard’s ETF approval triggered the strongest buy-side futures activity since 2023, signaling renewed institutional momentum

Institutional-grade dollar stablecoin USDSC has gone live on Soneium, as Japan advances yen stablecoin trials.

Binance’s new Junior app aims to bring supervised crypto use to minors, prompting both praise for early education and criticism of child targeting. Binance has launched Binance Junior, a parent-controlled crypto app for users ages 6 to 17, in a move that sparked debate over introducing digital assets to minors. The company announced Wednesday that Binance Junior is a standalone mobile app linked to a parent’s primary Binance account. The tool allows adults to deposit crypto, set spending and transfer limits and enable Earn products for their kids, depending on local regulations.  Binance framed the new product as a family-focused financial literacy tool. It mirrors traditional custodial accounts, where children can hold assets while parents remain the legal owners and control permissions.  Read more

The crypto industry in Japan is poised for a surge in growth among retail investors, observers say, as the government plans to introduce a moderate 20% tax. A new, more moderate tax on digital assets in Japan is projected to make crypto more appealing to retail investors. Lawmakers in the National Diet, Japan’s legislature, reportedly support a proposal from the country’s financial watchdog, the Financial Services Agency (FSA), that would lower taxes on crypto. The rate would decrease from a maximum of 55% to 20%, aligning the taxation regime more closely with traditional assets and securities. Relaxing the tax code reflects a growing trend of the government moderating its stance toward crypto in Japan. From a relative gray zone to strict regulations, to becoming part of a national growth plan, the government has gradually recognized crypto as part of the financial industry. Read more

Check out which cryptocurrencies will no longer be available on Binance.

The crypto market liked the news, with majors jumping 7-10% on the back of Bank of America's new guidance plus Vanguard's crypto ETF debut.

Corporate Ether acquisitions continue to decline, leaving the world’s largest corporate ETH holder to scoop up billions in Ether, aiming to amass 5% of the total supply. The Ethereum treasury trade appears to be unwinding as monthly acquisitions continue to decline since the August high, though the largest players continue to scoop up billions of the Ether supply. Investments from Ethereum digital asset treasuries (DATs) fell 81% in the past three months, from 1.97 million Ether (ETH) in August to 370,000 ETH in November, according to Bitwise, an asset management firm. “ETH DAT bear continues,” wrote Max Shennon, senior research associate at Bitwise, in a Tuesday X post. Read more

Payout speed in crypto casinos is often described in minutes or hours. However, the real drivers live beneath those numbers. Transaction confirmation policy, liquidity staging, internal queue logic, and wallet routing can all influence whether a withdrawal feels instant or drawn out. Many people looking into this are really trying to answer one question: Is […] The post Crypto Casino Payout Speed Explained with On-Chain Liquidity and Bitcoin Settlement UX appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Author Neal Stephenson mapped out how uncensorable, cryptographic digital currency could work more than a decade before Bitcoin was invented. Author Neal Stephenson famously invented the term “Metaverse” with the publication of Snow Crash in 1992 a year before the World Wide Web or Doom even launched. But for crypto fans, his fictional depictions of early versions of Bitcoin more than a decade before it was invented are even better reasons to celebrate his work. In his 1995 novel The Diamond Age he described an anonymous peer-to-peer communication system that could transfer money. A short story he published in TIME that same year called The Great Simoleon Caper explored a private, cryptographic digital currency using private keys called CryptoCredits. His most in-depth work detailing a plan to set up money outside of the control of the state was the 1999 doorstopper opus Cryptonomicon, whose title was partly inspired by the Cyphernomicon FAQ. Read more

Georgia explores putting its public registry on the Hedera blockchain and tokenizing real estate through blockchain-integrated government infrastructure. Georgia’s Ministry of Justice has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the public blockchain network Hedera, as it considers moving the country’s land registry onchain and tokenizing real estate. According to a Monday announcement from the Ministry of Justice of Georgia, the government signed an MoU with Hedera, a public blockchain with permissioned node operation. At a meeting between the Minister of Justice of Georgia, Paata Salia, and a representative of Hedera, the two parties discussed the potential integration of blockchain technology into public infrastructure. Georgian officials said they are considering transferring data from the National Agency of Public Registry to the blockchain network, hoping this “would ensure even greater protection of property rights, transparency and reliability of processes.” Read more

The law gives crypto legal status as property, bolstering protections for users and advancing the UK’s bid to become a digital finance hub.

Bitcoin (BTC) jumped 11% from its Dec. 1 lows at $83,822.76 to over $93,000 overnight, driven by a convergence of macro and micro developments. The Federal Reserve formally ended quantitative tightening (QT) on Dec. 1, coinciding with the New York Fed conducting approximately $25 billion in morning repo operations and another $13.5 billion overnight, the […] The post Bitcoin just ripped 11% after the Fed quietly restarted a $38 billion money printer mechanism appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Bitcoin settled $6.9 trillion in the past 90 days as a growing alternative to traditional settlement networks, but its global merchant adoption remains only a fraction of the international giants. Bitcoin (BTC) and US dollar–pegged stablecoins are emerging as a global alternative for moving value across borders without banks and card networks, as the Bitcoin network’s settlement volume begins to rival the world’s largest payment giants. Bitcoin settled $6.9 trillion worth of payments over the past 90 days, which is “on par with or above Visa and Mastercard,” according to blockchain data platform Glassnode’s digital asset research report for the fourth quarter of 2025, published on Wednesday. Over the same period, Visa processed $4.25 trillion in payment volume and Mastercard $2.63 trillion, for a combined $6.88 trillion, according to the report. Read more

Ethereum trades near $3,065 with $30B volume after it tested the $2,800 support; high leverage and falling open interest signal volatility ahead.

The ABIB claims that ABC "misrepresented Bitcoin's purpose" and conflated it with criminal activity in its coverage.

In a Bloomberg interview, former SEC Chair Gary Gensler reiterated that Bitcoin stands apart from thousands of other crypto tokens, which he described as “highly speculative” assets. Former US Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler renewed his warning to investors about the risks of cryptocurrencies, calling most of the market “highly speculative” in a new Bloomberg interview on Tuesday. He carved out Bitcoin (BTC) as comparatively closer to a commodity while stressing that most tokens don’t offer “a dividend” or “usual returns.” Gensler framed the current market backdrop as a reckoning consistent with warnings he made while in office that the global public’s fascination with cryptocurrencies doesn’t equate to fundamentals. Read more

Cayman foundation registrations increase by 70% year-on-year as DAOs seek legal wrappers, with CARF rules set to arrive in 2026. New figures reveal a 70% year-on-year increase in Cayman Islands foundation company registrations, with more than 1,300 on the books at the end of 2024, and over 400 new registrations already in 2025. These structures are increasingly being used as legal wrappers for decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) and as ecosystem stewards for major Web3 projects. According to a news release from Cayman Finance, many of the world’s largest Web3 projects are now registered in the Cayman Islands, including at least 17 foundation companies with treasuries over $100 million. Read more

Further and 3iQ have launched a $100 million market-neutral crypto hedge fund for institutions, including a Bitcoin share class that reinvests gains in BTC. United Arab Emirates-based digital asset manager Further Asset Management has partnered with Canadian crypto investment firm 3iQ to launch a $100 million hedge fund targeting institutional investors seeking structured exposure to cryptocurrencies, including a Bitcoin-denominated share class that reinvests gains directly into BTC. According to a Wednesday announcement, the Further x 3iQ Alpha Digital Fund is a market-neutral, multi-strategy vehicle designed to deliver risk-managed exposure to liquid crypto markets under an institutional framework. The fund was seeded with capital from institutional investors, family offices and sovereign backers. “We’re providing institutional-grade, risk-managed and scalable access to digital assets, including Bitcoin, within a structure that has successfully passed the rigorous institutional due diligence of leading glob...

Bitcoin’s latest bull cycle produced a very different market structure, defined by larger institutional participation, lower volatility and deeper liquidity. Bitcoin (BTC) rose on Wednesday, gaining 7.5% over the last 24 hours to trade above $93,000, as analysts expected new highs. This came amid record capital inflows, rising realized cap and decreasing volatility, which suggested a changing market structure, according to a new joint report from Glassnode and Fanara Digital.  Key takeaways: Read more

The broader Solana memecoin economy is currently facing a liquidity crisis and collapsing volumes, but one asset has successfully decoupled from the sector-wide decline. According to CryptoSlate data, PIPPIN, a token born from an AI experiment in early 2024, has emerged as one of the best-performing crypto tokens in the last 30 days, surging 556% to […] The post 50 secret wallets fueled PIPPIN’s 556% rally — and $3B in derivatives volume may explain why appeared first on CryptoSlate.