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• Crypto M&A deals hit an all-time high in 2025, blowing past $8.6B
  Crypto deals activity surged to record levels this year, even as the industry continued to face significant market turbulence and macroeconomic headwinds. Crypto merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in 2025 reached $8.6 billion as of November, with companies closing a record 133 deals, marking an all-time high in both deal count and total value.The total […]
• Major banks running stablecoin, crypto-trading pilots with Coinbase, Armstrong says
  At the DealBook Summit, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink acknowledged Bitcoin’s utility, as Coinbase’s Brian Armstrong said the exchange is running pilots with major US banks. Major US banks are running early pilots involving stablecoins, crypto custody and digital-asset trading in partnership with Coinbase, CEO Brian Armstrong said onstage at The New York Times DealBook Summit.According […]
• XRP faces ‘now or never’ moment as traders eye rally to $2.50
  XRP shows renewed strength as traders crunch the charts to see if a rally into the $2.30 to $2.50 zone is possible. Does the bulk of the move depend on Bitcoin’s short-term performance? XRP (XRP) defended its $2 psychological floor this week, rebounding nearly 6% on Tuesday after a brief liquidity sweep on Monday. While […]
• Bitcoin’s strongest trading day since May cues possible rally to $107K
  Bitcoin posted its strongest daily gain since May as buy-side flows, a sharp adjustment in investor sentiment and a return of the Coinbase premium hint at a potential rally above $100,000. Bitcoin (BTC) gained 5.81% on Tuesday, its biggest daily return since May 8. As the rally unfolded, a bullish engulfing pattern formed, marking the […]
• Polymarket opens US app to waitlisted users after CFTC green light
  Select users in the US will be among the first to access the predictions platform to bet on sports event contracts, following clearance from a financial regulator for a relaunch. Prediction platform Polymarket has begun rolling out its relaunch in the United States, announcing that waitlisted users would be the first to access its US […]
• SEC sends warning letters to ETF issuers targeting untamed leverage
  The United States Securities and Exchange Commission halted several ETF filings that proposed 3-5 times leverage on the underlying asset. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sent warning letters to several exchange-traded fund (ETF) providers, halting applications for leveraged ETFs that offer more than 200% exposure to the underlying asset.ETF issuers Direxion, ProShares, and […]
• ETHZilla takes stake in Karus to tokenize AI-modeled auto-loan portfolios
  The deal grants ETHZilla access to Karus’s AI underwriting engine and loan origination network, positioning the crypto treasury company to offer auto credit onchain in 2026. Crypto treasury company ETHZilla (ETHZ) has taken a strategic step into onchain credit with the acquisition of a 20% fully diluted stake in automotive-finance AI startup Karus.The $10 million […]