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Recent outflows from U.S.-listed spot bitcoin ETFs were driven by specific arbitrage trade closures, not widespread institutional panic.

Acting CFTC Chair Caroline Pham said the move was intended to drive trading activity to US exchanges, rather than offshore ones “that lack basic safeguards.” The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has given approval for spot cryptocurrency products to trade on federally regulated futures exchanges. In a Thursday notice, Acting CFTC Chair Caroline Pham said the move was in response to policy directives from US President Donald Trump. She added that the approval followed recommendations by the President’s Working Group on Digital Asset Markets, engagement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission and consultations from the CFTC’s “Crypto Sprint” initiative. “[F]or the first time ever, spot crypto can trade on CFTC-registered exchanges that have been the gold standard for nearly a hundred years, with the customer protections and market integrity that Americans deserve,” said Pham. Read more

The Solana meme token posted a modest gain while repeated resistance tests and shifting volume patterns kept price action confined to a tight band.

Internet Computer edged higher as broader market consolidation kept price action pinned to key support and resistance levels.

Crypto majors traded slightly higher, with ETH leading gains post-Fusaka as BTC rose 1% to $93,000, ETH jumped 4% to $3,190, and BNB and SOL each added 1% to reach $909 and $143, respectively. Among top movers, ZEC (+10%), TAO (+8%), and DASH (+6%) outperformed. Large ETH holders resumed sizeable spot purchases following Monday’s liquidations, suggesting renewed institutional dip-buying. At the Dealbook Summit, Brian Armstrong noted that “top banks” are partnering with Coinbase on pilots for stablecoins, custody, and trading. BlackRock released its 2026 outlook with a risk-on tilt, maintaining an overweight position in U.S. equities and highlighting AI and rising stablecoin adoption as “megaforces” reshaping markets. Meanwhile, Binance introduced “Binance Junior,” a crypto savings account for minors with extensive parental oversight, and Startale—Sony’s Soneium blockchain partner—launched USDSC, a stablecoin set to serve as the default settlement asset on the Soneium L2.

Twenty One Capital is set to begin trading as XXI on the New York Stock Exchange on December 9, launching with $4 billion worth of Bitcoin.

Binance Blockchain Week 2025 has showcased a CZ–Peter Schiff exchange on sound money, contrasting Bitcoin’s internet-native design with tokenized gold backed by vault reserves, and has explored how digital and traditional assets may coexist in future systems. The post CZ and Peter Schiff Face Off at Binance Blockchain Week 2025: Bitcoin or Tokenized Gold? appeared first on Cryptonews.

Why systematic crypto yield is emerging as the path to cash-flow-based returns, making it the most durable bridge to mainstream portfolios.

The experience, which is designed to feel like Venmo or Cash App, allows users to earn yield on bitcoin (BTC) and stablecoins and borrow against their holdings.

Bitcoin has traded near $92,000 as the Fear and Greed Index has risen from extreme fear, easing liquidations and allowing selective rotation into CRV, TAO and AVAX, where deeper liquidity and active development have supported a steadier market structure. The post Bitcoin Near $92K Steadies Market as Curve, Bittensor and Avalanche Lead Altcoin Rotation appeared first on Cryptonews.

President Donald Trump's push toward friendly crypto policies produced a CFTC-led effort to encourage leveraged spot crypto trading, starting with Bitnomial.

From Schwab’s interest in crypto M&A deals to fresh regulatory moves in the UK, these are the week's key crypto developments that you may have missed.

As the market recovers, XRP is retesting the $2.20 level again, and on-chain data is showing a clear surge in whale accumulation along with record-breaking XRP velocity.According to CryptoQuant, on December 2, the Velocity metric on the XRP Ledger suddenly spiked to 0.0324, its highest level this year.That jump basically means the network got much […] The post XRP Price Prediction: Important Data Shows Whales Just Bought $1.3 Billion in XRP – XRP Buying Spree Starting? appeared first on Cryptonews.

Bitcoin price action fell back toward $90,000 on strong US jobs data as BTC ignored Fed rate-cut optimism, failing to flip the yearly open to support. Bitcoin (BTC) slipped from the 2025 yearly open into Thursday’s Wall Street trading session as markets reacted to US jobs data. Key points: Strong US labor-market data fails to dent hopes of a December Fed rate cut. Read more

The deal aims to bring stablecoin settlements and programmable treasury tools to MoneyGram’s global network.

Bloomberg’s Eric Balchunas says the Chainlink ETF opened with $41 million in inflows and $13 million in volume. The post Grayscale’s Spot Chainlink ETF Pulls $41M on Debut Despite Market Uncertainty appeared first on Cryptonews.

A Florida appeals court has revived an $80M lawsuit against Binance over a 2018 Bitcoin hack, allowing the case to proceed and challenging the jurisdictional protections of offshore crypto exchanges. The post Florida Court Revives $80M Binance Lawsuit Over Stolen Bitcoin Claims appeared first on Cryptonews.

Exclusive data shows that MEV attacks hit hundreds of traders on Ethereum each month and continue to result in millions in losses. Maximal extractable value (MEV) refers to the economic value diverted from users by block builders through the manipulation of transaction ordering. The most harmful type of MEV are sandwich attacks, where an attacker simultaneously frontruns and backruns a victim’s swaps. This gives the victim a suboptimal execution price while the attacker pockets a spread. Most MEV activity occurs on Ethereum because it has high activity on DEXs and features an open block-building market that exposes order flow to searchers. In this article, Cointelegraph Research provides insights into sandwiching activity from November 2024 to October 2025, based on a data set of more than 95,000 sandwich attacks exclusively provided by the data platform EigenPhi.  Our research indicates that, despite the slowdown in sandwich extraction, the risk to ordinary users persists. While attacks result in about $60 m...

The website of the Pepe memecoin has been hit with a front-end attack, and users are encouraged to stay clear of the website. The official website for the Pepe (PEPE) memecoin has been compromised by attackers, who are redirecting users to a malicious link. “Blockaid’s system has identified a front-end attack on Pepe. The site contains a code of inferno drainer,” the cybersecurity company said on Thursday. Blockaid’s Threat Intelligence Team told Cointelegraph: Inferno Drainer is a suite of scam tools that is employed by threat actors, including phishing website templates, wallet drainers and social engineering tools. The price of PEPE did not react immediately to the hack. The memecoin is up by about 4% over the last 24 hours, but is down by more than 77% over the last 12 months, according to CoinGecko. Read more

Decrypt's daily crypto news recap with @tyler_did_it. Your crypto round-up for December 4th 2025