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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 …

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 …

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. …

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 …

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 …