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XRP holds near $2 as weak volume and a high fear and greed index point to market hesitation. The $2 support level remains key, with thin liquidity below it risking a slide toward $1.20. A 0.3% daily rise and $16.42 million in 19-day inflows haven’t lifted the price. The 21Shares XRP ETF and Ripple’s...

Trending altcoins like Tensor ($TNSR), Wayfinder ($PROMPT), and Folks Finance ($FOLKS) are dominating the top trending coins today on CoinMarketCap. TNSR is at $0.10 with $93.8M in 24-hour volume and a 9.1% 7-day drop. PROMPT trades at $0.068, with $103.4M volume and a 26.3% weekly rise. FOLKS hit $...

Moonbirds confirmed a token launch on Solana for Q1 2026, according to a report by TechFlow on December 14. The project will introduce the BIRB token, expanding its presence into the Solana ecosystem. The token is set to debut in the first three months of next year, with no further details disclosed...

Infrared, a liquid staking protocol from BitJie and Berachain, announced the token launch of IR on December 14. The airdrop is open to early community members, Boyco pre-deposit participants, and active users. Pre-deposits via centralized exchanges ran from December 13, 12:00 UTC to December 15, 17:...

Infrared, the liquid staking protocol on Berachain, announced its **token** airdrop will open for claims on December 17, 8:00 UTC. The **token** distribution targets early users, Boyco pre-deposit participants, and active community members. Pre-claims via centralized exchanges ran from December 13 t...

Strategy Inc. added 10,624 BTC this week, raising total holdings to 660,624 BTC. The purchase came at an average BTC price of $90,615, totaling $962.7 million. The company, formerly MicroStrategy, remains the largest publicly traded BTC holder. With this move, BTC dominance in corporate treasuries c...

Trump cited Kevin Warsh as the top Fed chair contender, pushing his odds up to 38% on Polymarket and 42% on Kalshi, while Kevin Hassett’s chances fell from 85% to 52%. Among altcoins to watch, market participants are eyeing top altcoins for potential volatility as Fed policy uncertainty rises. Trump...

Ethereum’s mainnet faced a major outage on December 4 as the Prysm client struggled with resource exhaustion. The mainnet incident, during the Fusaka period, caused widespread beacon node failures, leading to 248 missing blocks across 42 epochs. Validators lost 382 ETH in rewards as participation dr...

On December 14, the **project team** behind Prysm released a post-mortem report on a resource exhaustion incident during the Fusaka **upgrade** on Ethereum mainnet on December 4. Nearly all beacon nodes failed to process certain attestations, causing validator requests to stall and leading to 248 mi...

The Prysm project team released a post-mortem report on a mainnet incident that occurred on December 4 during the Fusaka epoch. Nearly all Prysm beacon nodes faced resource exhaustion while processing specific attestations, causing block and attestation losses. The issue spanned 42 epochs, with 248 ...

KuCoin withdrawal issues have drawn attention as Yuzhi Finance’s HSEX app faces growing complaints over frozen funds. Users report being asked to pay a 20% 'self-proof deposit' and face increased withdrawal fees up to 30%. Authorities in Guangdong, Guangxi, and Hunan have all issued warnings. The Ho...

Altcoins with strong use cases gained traction in Q4 as traders positioned ahead of the Fed’s policy outlook. Solana, Chainlink, Sui, and Render held firm during market consolidation, drawing steady demand. Analysts noted capital shifting toward projects with real-world utility and rising market cap...

U.S. SEC Chair Paul Atkins announced a strategic focus on blockchain-based market settlement, calling it a priority for modernizing financial infrastructure. On Dec. 11, he highlighted a no-action letter to DTC for its securities tokenization pilot. Atkins said blockchain can boost transparency and ...

Bitcoin’s options market is large, liquid, and (at the moment) unusually concentrated. Total open interest stands near $55.76 billion, with Deribit carrying $46.24 billion of that stack, far ahead of CME at $4.50 billion, OKX at $3.17 billion, Bybit at $1.29 billion, and Binance at $558.4...

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