NEW: Tether reports $1.5 billion in Q3 profit, bringing its total earnings to $4.5 billion for the first nine months of 2026. The USDT issuer's excess reserves nearly doubled to $7.95 billion, while its U.S. Treasury holdings reached $132.4 billion. https://t.co/zA3bs03Jgq

#9 → #2 @StellarOrg’s rank by active developers in a year, according to @JoseFDaPonte. He says 4,000 devs are building on it, more than any chain except Ethereum. “And we’re working on that.” https://t.co/U09Gkj9fts

@Ripple Chief Legal Officer @s_alderoty says the 67 million Americans who own and use crypto are increasingly focused on safety. “So what we need is clear rules of the road, and we're getting that through things like the Genius Act.” https://t.co/zd24eSpxNS

NEW: @Chainlink launches 24/7 stock and commodity pricing, bridging trading-session data with perpetual futures quotes during market closures, with @Aave as the first to adopt it for its institutional lending platform Horizon. https://t.co/1iMheEbtZq

MARKETS: Traders now see an 86% chance of a Federal Reserve rate hike in December, up from 78% yesterday and 76% last week, according to CME FedWatch.

@renato_mariotti breaks down how the OCC's final stablecoin rule leaves exchange rewards programs to be decided case by case, while a January 18 deadline puts pressure on issuers to secure federal approval. Thank you to @SPGlobalRatings 👋 for being a sponsor of the CoinDesk Media Network.

“It is mathematically not possible for stablecoins to cause deposit flight.” Zero Knowledge founder and CEO @austincampbell joins @RebeccaRettig1 and @renato_mariotti on this week’s @Coindesk Policy Protocol to break down the OCC’s stablecoin rules, JPMorgan’s JPMD on Ethereum, and why “crypto as plumbing” means crypto won.

NEW: China sets a 2030 target for completing a national blockchain network, with its 15th Five-Year Plan calling for blockchain deployment across trade, finance, manufacturing and agriculture, while the country maintains its ban on crypto. https://t.co/VMSIvA4x6e

Polymarket fires its CMO following an internal investigation into alleged fake trading, Sen. Richard Blumenthal questions payments tied to Tether's U.S. chief Bo Hines, and Ethereum developers delay the Glamsterdam upgrade on a test network over security concerns. @uyendoe has what you need to know.

INSIGHT: @JPMorgan says recent SEC and CFTC actions have partially offset the CLARITY Act’s failure, but warns crypto faces a patchwork of regulatory measures that could be reversed in two years if Democrats win the White House. https://t.co/43h3XZ81fZ