The IMF warned that stablecoins could cause “currency substitution” and weaken central bank control, especially in cross-border and non-custodial use. It said 97% are dollar-pegged and urged bans on using digital assets as legal tender. Stablecoin use is rising fast in Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said demand supports U.S. debt financing. https://t.co/TrZsubUPSU ...

JPMorgan said Bitcoin’s short-term trend hinges on whether Strategy (MSTR) can keep its EV/BTC ratio above 1 to avoid selling. The ratio is 1.13, supported by a $1.44B reserve covering two years of payouts. If MSCI retains MSTR on Jan. 15, BTC may rebound; if not, the impact is mostly priced in. JPMorgan’s mid-term model values BTC at about $170K.https://t.co/xbaphvPqu9 ...

Nasdaq-listed TON token treasury firm AlphaTON Capital (ATON) announced that it has filed a $420.69 million shelf registration with the U.S. SEC to expand its investments in TON tokens, the Telegram mini-app ecosystem, and the recently launched Cocoon AI network. The firm has recently shifted most of its balance sheet into Toncoin and related staking positions and has deployed Nvidia B200 GPUs to support Cocoon. https://t.co/XlqFhYPIMQ ...

Kalshi announced a new multi-year data partnership with CNBC shortly after revealing a similar deal with CNN. Beginning in 2026, CNBC will integrate Kalshi’s real-time prediction data across its TV programming, website, and app, including a co-branded page. The data will display market-implied probabilities for events such as Federal Reserve policy decisions and other economic outcomes. https://t.co/faNLK1U9Rx ...

VerifiedX (VFX) and Blockdaemon announced a strategic partnership to embed Blockdaemon’s institutional-grade staking, node, and liquidity infrastructure into VerifiedX’s SwitchBlade wallet and Butterfly social payments app, delivering self-custodial, one-tap access to rewards, borrowing and lending for global retail users. The roadmap includes new staking markets, cross-chain liquidity tools, tokenized-asset and high-security settlement rails, and broader institutional integrations—aimed at cloud-native, gl ...

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao stated on December 4th that holding Bitcoin is one of the best strategies, outperforming 99% of startups. CZ emphasized that he has no cooperation with the Trump family. CZ stated that he does not believe he needs to return to Binance's day-to-day operations, which also contributes to the development of the BNB blockchain ecosystem. ...

Since the Binance Wallet integration on December 1, Ondo Global Markets' tokenized stock market cap on BSC has surged from under $1M to nearly $20M—a nearly 20x increase. Ondo GM now holds close to $350M in total tokenized stock AUM across Ethereum and BSC, commanding over 60% of the mainstream tokenized-stock market. https://t.co/oqNkckVkiJ ...

Prediction market platform Kalshi has announced that it has become CNN's official partner, integrating its prediction market data into CNN's programming and providing real-time probability data on future cultural and political events to CNN's newsroom, data team, and production team. https://t.co/2kTJP7nNFz ...

According to Forbes, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink revealed that some unnamed sovereign funds are buying Bitcoin, and “they bought more” as the price dropped from its peak of $126,000. Fink stated that these funds are buying “incrementally” and increased their positions when the price fell into the $80,000 range, aiming to build long-term holdings. https://t.co/djb6OB2qXS ...

According to the official data, Ostium, the on-chain perpetual protocol that recently raised $20 million, has accumulated over $28 billion in trading volume and captured over $12.5 million in fees from opening fees, liquidations, and rollovers. In the past 24 hours, 675 user addresses on Ostium drove $137 million in trading volume. Notably, the daily trading volume on Ostium is primarily concentrated in commodities. https://t.co/pl3jMNsiKX ...