Today's Crypto and Bitcoin News

In accordance with PANews, the U.S. Department of Justice announced on December 9 that Evan Tangeman, a 22-year-old California resident, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering in a social engineering scam involving $263 million in cryptocurrency. Tangeman admitted to laundering ...

As reported by TechFlow, MetaComp, a Singapore-based licensed stablecoin cross-border payment and treasury management service provider, has completed a $22 million Pre-A round led by Eastern Bell Capital, Noah, Sky9 Capital, Freshwave Fund, and Beingboom Capital. The funding will accelerate the expa...

Derived from MarsBit, on December 9, 2025, 1,783.46 ETH (approximately $5.54 million) was transferred from Halcyon Super Holdings (Cloudbet) to an anonymous address starting with 0x6567..., according to Arkham data.

Based on ChainCatcher, MetaComp, a Singapore-licensed stablecoin cross-border payment and treasury management service, has completed a $22 million Pre-A round, marking one of the largest Pre-A financings for a compliant stablecoin payment firm in the region this year. The round was led by Eastern Be...

According to ChainCatcher, U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) Comptroller Jonathan Gould stated that crypto firms applying for federal banking licenses should be treated equally with traditional institutions, with no justification for artificial regulatory distinctions. Gould noted...

Based on MetaEra, on December 8, 2025, publicly traded companies expanded their crypto strategies, including major BTC purchases and tokenization initiatives. Strategy (NASDAQ: MSTR) spent $962.7 million to buy 10,624 BTC at $90,615 per coin, bringing its total BTC holdings to 660,624. MetaPlanet In...

According to HashNews, MegaETH announced on X that it will open its Frontier mainnet to application developers next week. The infrastructure team has already completed deployment on the mainnet, and more teams are expected to join in the coming days. Deployment and testing for applications will be s...

Based on 528btc, Markus Thielen, founder of 10x Research, warned that Bitcoin could fall by 60% during the 2026 U.S. midterm election cycle. Thielen cited historical patterns of Bitcoin sell-offs during past midterms, along with weakening institutional flows and bearish on-chain signals, as potentia...

Citing 528btc, Hotstuff Labs has launched Hotstuff L1, a DeFi-native Layer 1 blockchain platform designed to integrate high-performance on-chain order books with a programmable financial routing layer. The platform, powered by a custom consensus protocol called DracoBFT, allows validators to act as ...

Derived from 528btc, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has proposed the creation of a gas futures market to help large businesses and investors better predict and hedge against future gas price fluctuations. While the idea draws parallels to traditional commodity futures markets, such as oil, it h...

As reported by Odaily, international rating agency Fitch Ratings stated that US banks with significant and concentrated exposure to cryptocurrency may face a negative reassessment of their business models or risk profiles. Fitch highlighted that while crypto integration can improve fees, yields, and...

Citing BlockBeats, a trader spent $716 to purchase 16.3 million Franklin tokens on December 9, 2025, according to Lookonchain monitoring. The trader sold 4.8 million Franklin tokens for $20,500 and retained 11.5 million Franklin tokens valued at $224,000, achieving a 340x profit.

Based on Jinse, the so-called 'monetary premium' of L1 tokens is rapidly disappearing as users increasingly prefer stablecoins for on-chain transactions. The article explains that while L1 tokens like ETH and SOL once served as dominant transactional mediums, stablecoins such as USDC and USDT are no...

According to 528btc, Helix, a decentralized exchange on the Injective network, has launched 24/5 real-time on-chain stock pricing for major stocks including Palantir Technologies and NVIDIA Corporation. The new feature provides continuous price data across pre-market, after-hours, and overnight trad...

Author: Matt Crosby Compiled by: AididiaoJP, Foresight News The Bitcoin bear market may be over sooner than expected, with the Fibonacci retracement level having fallen below the 350-day moving average and touched a key Fibonacci support level. The current area is an accumulation zone. Bitcoin has ...