Cryptocurrency News

December, 2025

• 12 December

  YouTube Unlocks Crypto Pay: US Creators Can Now Earn in Stablecoins via PayPal

  

  YouTube is diving deeper into the crypto economy, enabling U.S.-based creators to receive payouts in PayPal’s dollar-backed stablecoin, PYUSD, through its existing payment infrastructure. Announced on December 11, 2025, and confirmed by Google and PayPal executives, the feature offers faster, low-cost settlements for ad revenue, channel memberships, Super Chats, and other earnings—without YouTube directly handling crypto. How Stablecoins Transform Creator …
• 12 December

  Bitcoin Whales Dump $3.4B in December — BTC Stuck at $92K Wall: Glassnode

  

  Bitcoin’s price rally is hitting a wall as major holders—known as whales—have dumped approximately $3.4 billion worth of BTC in December, according to on-chain analytics firm Glassnode. The sell-off, totaling around 36,500 BTC from wallets holding 10,000 to 100,000 coins, has flooded exchanges with supply just as BTC struggles to breach the $92,000 mark. As of December 12, 2025, Bitcoin …
• 12 December

  Korean Officials Say Binance Only ‘Partially’ Helped Freeze Upbit Hack Funds

  

  South Korean authorities are intensifying scrutiny of Binance’s response to the November 27, 2025, hack of Upbit, the country’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, where attackers stole approximately 44.5 billion won ($30 million) in Solana-based assets. Officials claim the global exchange provided only “partial” assistance in freezing suspicious funds, freezing just 17% of the requested amount after a 15-hour delay, despite urgent …
• 12 December

  CFTC Greenlights Growth: Multiple Prediction Markets Win No-Action Relief

  

  In a pivotal move for the booming prediction market sector, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued no-action letters on December 11, 2025, to four major platforms: Polymarket, PredictIt, Gemini, and LedgerX/MIAX. This relief exempts them from certain swap-related recordkeeping and data reporting requirements, provided they meet strict conditions like full collateralization, on-platform clearing, and public post-trade data disclosure. …
• 12 December

  Binance Levels Up: More Trading Pairs Added for Trump-Backed USD1 Stablecoin

  

  Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange by volume, has deepened integration with World Liberty Financial’s (WLFI) USD1 stablecoin—co-founded by President Donald Trump and his sons—by launching new zero-fee trading pairs and converting all BUSD collateral to USD1. Announced December 11, 2025, this upgrade targets high-volume spot markets, enhancing liquidity for the seventh-largest stablecoin with a $2.7 billion market cap. Boosting …
• 12 December

  Sam Altman Levels Up: World App Adds Encrypted Chat & Crypto Payments

  

  Sam Altman’s World project has unveiled a transformative upgrade to its World App, dubbing it a “super app” that fuses biometric identity verification with end-to-end encrypted messaging and seamless crypto payments. Launched on December 11, 2025, at the company’s San Francisco headquarters, the update—co-presented by Altman and CEO Alex Blania—aims to scale human verification to one billion users while enhancing …
• 12 December

  Poland Pushes Back: Govt Refiles Same Crypto Law Despite President’s Veto

  

  In a bold escalation of Poland’s political rift, the government under Prime Minister Donald Tusk has reintroduced the exact same cryptocurrency regulation bill vetoed by President Karol Nawrocki—without a single comma changed—intensifying clashes over EU compliance and national security. This move, filed on December 10, 2025, by the ruling coalition’s Polska2050 party as “Bill 2050,” restarts the legislative process after …
• 12 December

  Crypto Crunch Time: Trump’s Regulator Nominee Heads to Senate Vote

  

  The U.S. crypto sector is on edge as President Donald Trump’s nominee to chair the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Michael Selig, advances toward a full Senate confirmation vote, potentially as early as December 12, 2025. This pivotal decision could redefine digital asset oversight, clarifying jurisdictional overlaps between the CFTC and SEC amid booming market growth and global rivalry from …
• 10 December

  Upbit Transfers Majority of Funds to Cold Storage After $30M Hot Wallet Hack

  

  South Korea’s premier cryptocurrency exchange, Upbit, has escalated its security protocol to an unprecedented level, announcing on December 10, 2025, that it will store 99% of customer assets in cold wallets—slashing hot wallet exposure to near zero. This aggressive pivot follows a November 27, 2025, breach where hackers exploited a vulnerability in Upbit’s Solana hot wallet, siphoning 44.5 billion KRW …
• 10 December

  Shrinking Liquidity Puts Solana on Shaky Ground, Profitability Declines – Glassnode

  

  Solana (SOL), trading near $133 amid year-end consolidation, faces mounting on-chain pressures as liquidity thins and profitability erodes, per Glassnode’s latest analysis released December 10, 2025. The 30-day simple moving average (SMA) of SOL’s realized profit-to-loss ratio has lingered below 1 since mid-November—marking realized losses outpacing profits for the first time in months. This bearish signal, typically tied to market …