Cryptocurrency News

December, 2025

• 4 December

  CryptoQuant: Strategy Builds $1.44B Safety Net for Bitcoin Bear Storm

  

  As Bitcoin trades around $93,000 after erasing over 25% from its October peak of $126,080, on-chain analytics firm CryptoQuant warns of an emerging bear market. The latest report spotlights MicroStrategy (MSTR)—the largest corporate Bitcoin holder—as amassing a $1.44 billion U.S. dollar reserve, a defensive shift to safeguard against prolonged downturns. From Aggressive Buying to Prudent Reserves Funded via recent at-the-market …
• 1 December

  Asia Market Open: Bitcoin Dips Below $86K, Stocks Stabilize on Fed Hopes

  

  Asian markets dawned December 1, 2025, on a tentative note, with Bitcoin’s early dip below $86,000 underscoring crypto’s jittery edge amid a broader equities rebound fueled by soaring Federal Reserve rate-cut odds. The Nikkei 225 eked out a 0.1% gain to 39,450, while the Hang Seng shed 0.5% to 25,700 on China’s tepid PMI (49.5, signaling contraction), yet Kospi climbed …
• 1 December

  Grayscale Set to Launch First US Spot Chainlink ETF This Week, Says Nate Geraci

  

  In a seismic shift for altcoin investing, Grayscale Investments is on the cusp of debuting the United States’ inaugural spot Chainlink (LINK) exchange-traded fund this week, per ETF luminary Nate Geraci. The ETF Store president dropped the intel via X on November 30, 2025: “Set to launch this week… First spot LINK ETF. Grayscale will be able to uplist/convert Chainlink …
• 1 December

  Ripple Gets Green Light in Singapore to Expand Regulated Payment Services

  

  Blockchain payments trailblazer Ripple notched a regulatory coup on December 1, 2025, securing Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) approval to broaden its Major Payment Institution (MPI) license. The upgrade empowers Ripple Markets APAC Pte. Ltd.—the firm’s Singapore subsidiary since 2017—to deliver comprehensive digital payment token services, from token swaps and custody to seamless cross-border remittances, all under one compliant roof. …
• 1 December

  HashKey Gets Green Light in HKEX Listing Hearing, IPO Next Step

  

  Hong Kong’s crypto vanguard, HashKey Holdings, has vaulted a pivotal regulatory barrier, securing clearance from the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) listing committee on December 1, 2025. This greenlight propels the licensed exchange operator—Asia’s largest by volume—toward a blockbuster initial public offering (IPO) potentially raising up to $500 million, per disclosures in its Post Hearing Information Pack. Founded in …
• 1 December

  Musk Foresees ‘Death of Money’ in Post-Scarcity Era: Energy as True Currency, Bitcoin’s Physics Edge to Endure

  

  Tesla and SpaceX visionary Elon Musk ignited fresh crypto fervor on November 30, 2025, during Nikhil Kamath’s “People by WTF” podcast, prophesying the obsolescence of traditional money in an AI-driven utopia while anointing Bitcoin as a resilient “physics-based currency” rooted in energy’s unforgeable scarcity. Drawing from Iain M. Banks’ *Culture* novels—galactic societies sans cash, where super-AIs fulfill desires—Musk envisioned abundance …
• 1 December

  Japan Plans Flat 20% Tax on Crypto Gains, Aligning With Stock Market Rates

  

  Japan, a crypto pioneer since 2017’s exchange licensing, is rewriting its digital asset playbook with a game-changing proposal: A uniform 20% tax on cryptocurrency profits, harmonizing them with equities and investment trusts. Backed by the government and Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), the shift—detailed in Nikkei Asia on December 1, 2025—reclassifies gains under a separate-taxation regime, ditching the punitive progressive “miscellaneous …
• 1 December

  Major Hack Hits Yearn Finance yETH, $3M ETH Laundered via Tornado Cash

  

  The decentralized yield optimizer Yearn Finance faced a gut-punch on November 30, 2025, as a cunning infinite-mint attack ravaged its legacy yETH liquid staking token (LST) stableswap pool, siphoning ~$9 million in assets. Flagged by on-chain sleuth @Togbe and PeckShieldAlert, the breach—unfolding in a blistering single transaction—exposed persistent risks in outdated DeFi plumbing, even as core vaults held firm. At …
• 1 December

  Sony Bank to Enter Crypto Space with USD-Backed Stablecoin Next Year

  

  In a bold fusion of legacy tech and blockchain innovation, Sony Bank is poised to issue a U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoin by fiscal 2026, targeting seamless transactions across Sony’s sprawling entertainment empire. Unveiled via Nikkei Asia on November 30, 2025, the move catapults the Japanese financial arm into the $306 billion stablecoin arena, joining titans like Circle’s USDC and Ripple’s RLUSD …
• 1 December

  Crypto Suffers Biggest Hit Since February: Trading Volume Dives to $1.6T, ETFs Lose $3.5B

  

  The cryptocurrency market staggered into December 2025 nursing wounds from November’s brutal rout—its sharpest monthly slide since February—with spot trading volumes cratering to $1.59 trillion, a 30% plunge from October’s $2.3 trillion peak. This liquidity drought, coupled with $3.48 billion in net outflows from U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs, underscores a seismic shift in investor confidence, as risk-off sentiment grips the …