🪙 Fifteen years ago today, on December 12, 2010, Satoshi Nakamoto posted his final message on the BitcoinTalk forum, where he discussed the network’s DoS attacks. After that, he exchanged private letters with individual developers for some time, but never returned to the forums.
🔥🇺🇸 The SEC has authorized DTCC to offer asset tokenization services. Announcement: Integration of the Real-World Assets (RWA) service into DTCC will begin in the second half of 2026. DTCC clears trades on NASDAQ, the central depository and clearing house for US securities. Active and potential ETFs are usually listed on the DTCC website. SEC head: “US financial markets are moving online. The SEC is prioritizing innovation and the adoption of new technologies.”
🇵🇰 Pakistan's VARA Chairman says Bitcoin (BTC) and blockchain should become the country's new financial rails. Source: Cointelegraph
👍 Binance expands support for WLFI’s #USD1 stablecoin by adding commission-free trading pairs for its major tokens. It also plans to convert all collateral backing its #BUSD stablecoin into #USD1 at a 1:1 ratio within one week. Source: Cointelegraph
🇺🇸 SEC Chairman says US financial markets are moving on-chain. The regulator is prioritizing innovation and new technologies to build this on-chain future.
🤨 Bitcoin OG insider opened long positions on BTC and SOL. Current trades:
- ETH: LONG with 5x leverage, $490.5M position. Entry: $3,184. Liquidation: $1,703.
- BTC: LONG with 5x leverage, $92.5M. Entry: $91,506.
- SOL: LONG with 20x leverage, $29.5M. Entry: $137.3 (wallet).
🇺🇸 American YouTube creators will be able to receive payments on YouTube in PayPal’s PYUSD stablecoin.
💰 Do Kwon, founder of the Terra (Luna) project, faces a prison sentence over fraud charges linked to the UST/LUNA collapse, involving about $40 billion. 🧬 The story of Terra's collapse
👍 #XRP #wXRP Hex Trust will issue and custody wrapped XRP (wXRP) to broaden its use in DeFi and cross-chain applications. — theBlock
🇺🇸 #BTC Members of the U.S. House Financial Services Committee have sent a letter to the SEC Chairman, urging rule updates to permit Bitcoin and other digital assets in 401(k) retirement plans. Cryptopolitan
⌚️ Bloomberg: Coinbase will announce the launch of prediction markets and tokenized shares at a presentation on December 17.
📺 Fortune reports: American bloggers can now receive YouTube payments in PayPal’s PYUSD stablecoin. #PYUSD
📊 Santiment: The lower the 30-day MVRV (average coin life), the lower the risk of opening or adding to a short-term trade.
Negative values mean average traders are losing money, leaving room for the token to catch up. Positive values mean average traders are in profit, which can make holding the token riskier as others take profits.
Current snapshot of average trading profitability:
- BTC: +2.4% (Neutral)
- ETH: +7.2% (Slightly overvalued)
- XRP: -6.1% (Slightly undervalued)
- LINK: -0.3% (Neutral)
- ADA: -4.4% (Neutral)
Yesterday, spot BTC-ETFs posted a net outflow of about $77.5 million, while spot ETH-ETFs saw a net outflow of about $42.3 million. #BTC #ETH #ETF
👍 SEC Chair Paul Atkins says US financial markets are moving on-chain. The SEC is prioritizing innovation and the adoption of new technologies to enable this on-chain future.
🇺🇸🔮 The CFTC issued notices of no-claims to Polymarket, PredictIt, Gemini and LedgerX/MIAX, providing conditional relief from certain recordkeeping and reporting requirements.This means the regulator will not seek enforcement as long as the platforms meet certain compliance conditions when operating their forecast and derivatives market services.coindesk #regulation
🇺🇸 Trump says tariffs are the reason the stock market keeps hitting all-time highs.