Morning Minute: Do Kwon Gets 15 Years for $40B Terra Luna Fraud Do Kwon, the South Korean cryptocurrency entrepreneur behind the TerraUSD and Luna digital currencies, was sentenced on Thursday to 15 years in U.S. prison for fraud tied to the 2022 collapse of the Terra ecosystem, which erased an estimated $40 billion in value….
Solo Bitcoin Miner Beats the Odds, Winning $282K Reward A solo Bitcoin miner successfully mined a full block this week, earning a reward worth roughly $282,000 after processing block 927,474 on Thursday. The miner used Solo CKPool, a service that lets individuals mine on their own while relying on pooled infrastructure to connect to the…
Google Unveils “Disco,” a Gemini-Powered Browser Experiment Built to Reduce Tab Chaos Google, an Alphabet Inc. unit, has introduced an experimental web browser called Disco, positioning it as an attempt to reduce the long-running “tab overload” that has become a defining feature of modern web work since tabbed browsing took off in the early 2000s….
Tether Considers Tokenizing Stock Amid $20 Billion Fundraise: Bloomberg Tether Holdings SA, the private company behind the world’s largest stablecoin USDT, is exploring ways to give investors more liquidity as it prepares a major capital raise, Bloomberg reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. According to Bloomberg, Tether is trying to raise as…
BlackRock keeps a risk-on posture into 2026 as Binance rolls out “Binance Junior” and mainstream media ties deepen Crypto markets are heading into late 2025 with a more constructive tone, supported by steady ETF inflows, improving liquidity, and continued technological upgrades on Ethereum. Against that backdrop, several signals this week underscored how digital assets are…
Vanguard Opens Brokerage Access to Crypto ETFs, Marking a Major Policy Shift Vanguard, the world’s second-largest asset management firm, is set to begin listing cryptocurrency-related exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and mutual funds on its brokerage platform starting Tuesday, according to Bloomberg. The offerings include products tied to Bitcoin, Ether, Solana, and XRP. The decision is a…
Jennifer Garner to star and produce Netflix crypto comedy “One Attempt Remaining” Netflix is developing a new comedy feature, “One Attempt Remaining,” with Jennifer Garner signed on to star and produce. The project pairs Garner with director Kay Cannon, known for comedies including “Blockers” and “Cinderella.” According to Netflix’s announcement and multiple trade reports, the…
Binance’s USD1 Stablecoin Push Deepens Relationship With Trump’s Crypto Platform Binance has expanded support for USD1, a stablecoin linked to World Liberty Financial and US President Donald Trump’s crypto ventures, by adding new spot trading pairs and extending zero-fee trading to more markets. The world’s largest crypto exchange listed additional fee-free USD1 spot pairs, including…
UAE’s Largest Fuel Retailer Will Accept Stablecoin in 980 Stations in Three Countries ADNOC Distribution, the UAE’s largest fuel and convenience retailer, will begin accepting AE Coin stablecoin payments across its retail network of nearly 980 service stations spanning the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt. The rollout is being implemented in partnership with…
Five Crypto Firms Win Conditional OCC Approval for U.S. National Trust Bank Charters The U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has granted conditional approval for national trust bank charters to five major digital-asset firms: Ripple, Circle, Fidelity Digital Assets, BitGo, and Paxos. The approvals, announced in a Friday notice, represent a significant…
U.S. Market Structure Bill May Slide to January as Talks Continue Over Several Points Senate negotiations over a major crypto market structure bill are running up against the year-end calendar, with several disagreements still unresolved as lawmakers head toward the holiday break. With only seven working days left before the Christmas recess, participants in the…
State of Crypto: Policymakers Dominated CoinDesk’s Most Influential 2025 List CoinDesk has begun unveiling its annual “Most Influential” list, a retrospective ranking of the people who most shaped the crypto industry over the past year. The 2025 edition is notable for who rose to the top: policymakers, particularly in the U.S., who used executive and…
Prediction markets are coming to Phantom’s 20M users via Kalshi integration Phantom has added Kalshi’s prediction markets directly inside its crypto wallet, bringing regulated event trading to an audience of more than 20 million users, the companies said Friday. Announced in San Francisco on Dec. 12, 2025, the integration introduces Phantom Prediction Markets, a product…
Bitcoin Plunges Below $90K as AI Worries Drag Nasdaq, Crypto Stocks Down Bitcoin fell back below $90,000 on Thursday as a bout of risk-off trading hit both cryptocurrencies and U.S. technology stocks, with markets reacting to renewed concerns about the profitability of artificial intelligence investments. The move was described as a fresh signal of broader…
Bitcoin Holds Above $90,000 as Implied Volatility Slides Into Year-End Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency by market value, continued to trade without a clear direction above $90,000 as traders headed into the final stretch of the year with fewer near-term catalysts. A key change beneath the surface has been the sharp decline in options-implied volatility. Bitcoin’s…
Most Influential: Tom Lee Thomas “Tom” Lee, a longtime Wall Street strategist and the head of research at Fundstrat Global Advisors, is stepping deeper into crypto through his role as chairman of BitMine. His shift comes as more traditional finance firms and investors engage with digital assets, reflecting a broader industry convergence. BitMine has adopted…
XRP Ledger Upgrade Lays Groundwork for Lending, Tokenization Expansion RippleX, the development group that maintains the XRP Ledger’s core software, has released rippled v3.0.0, a required upgrade for operators running XRPL servers to remain compatible with the network. While the release does not add major new user-facing features, it focuses on hardening the core client…
