U.S. Michigan consumer sentiment edged up in December to 52.9, slightly above November but still nearly 30% lower than a year ago, reflecting ongoing cost-of-living pressures. Short-term inflation expectations fell for a fourth straight month to 4.2%, while long-term expectations eased to 3.2%, suggesting moderating inflation concerns despite weak overall confidence. ...

WuBlockchain Weekly: U.S. CPI undershoots expectations; BOJ raises rates to a 30-year high; U.S. Senate confirms new CFTC and FDIC chairs; UK to bring crypto under FCA oversight by 2027; Bhutan allocates 10,000 BTC for GMC development; Strategy buys 10,645 BTC; Bitwise predicts Bitcoin will break the four-year cycle, and more. https://t.co/H1SN3WKwCz ...

NY Fed President John Williams said November’s CPI was likely understated due to technical data collection issues after October data couldn’t be gathered, estimating the distortion lowered CPI by about 0.1 percentage point. He said December data should give a clearer picture of inflation trends. https://t.co/qapNNM5uhs ...

South Korea’s Hyundai Group and Hyundai Motor Group offices in Seoul received bomb threat emails demanding 13 BTC on Dec. 19, with the sender threatening further attacks if unpaid. Police deployed special forces and found no explosives; similar threats have recently targeted Samsung, KT, Kakao and Naver, with investigations ongoing. https://t.co/UwvL9gYkt4 ...

Ethereum developers named the post-Glamsterdam 2026 upgrade “Hegota,” combining execution-layer Bogota and consensus-layer Heze. Hegota will follow Glamsterdam later in 2026 as part of Ethereum’s twice-yearly upgrade cadence, with potential focus areas including Verkle Trees, state management, and execution-layer optimizations. https://t.co/ICUX47zqEK ...

Coinbase has filed lawsuits in Connecticut, Illinois, and Michigan, challenging state efforts to regulate prediction markets. The exchange argues that prediction markets fall under the exclusive jurisdiction of the U.S. CFTC, not state gaming regulators, and says state-level restrictions unlawfully treat these markets as gambling. https://t.co/WabJgmWJN9 ...

Bybit reentered the U.K. after a two-year exit, resuming spot trading on 100 crypto pairs under a framework that complies with FCA financial promotion rules. Bybit will operate and provide marketing of its services under the auspices of London-based crypto exchange Archax. https://t.co/LxxeN8gT75 ...

Outflows and AUM - Hyperliquid experienced net outflows exceeding $430 million this week, marking its third-largest weekly outflow on record [1] - Hyperliquid's AUM has declined from a peak of over $6 billion in mid-September to around $4 billion, a decrease of approximately 33% [1] Competition - Rising competition is noted as a factor influencing Hyperliquid's AUM decline [1]

Token Deployment Activity - Robinhood: Deployer recorded the highest single-day deployment of 500 stock tokens on Arbitrum on December 17 [1] - Robinhood: Deployer has deployed a total of 1,997 stock tokens on Arbitrum to date [1]

Cryptocurrency ETF Flows - Spot Bitcoin ETFs experienced net outflows of $161 million [1] - Spot Ethereum ETFs recorded net outflows of $96.62 million, marking six consecutive days of net outflows [1] - Spot Solana ETFs saw net inflows of $13.16 million [1] - Spot XRP ETFs posted net inflows of $30.41 million [1]