📢 Binance is cementing its position as a key piece of crypto infrastructure, posting $34T in trading volume in 2025 and $145T in total lifetime volume.

📢 Trust Wallet Removes Gas Friction

• Trust Wallet now covers gas fees for eligible swaps
• Users can trade without holding native gas tokens
• Makes on-chain swaps simpler and more beginner-friendly

📢 Polymarket shows BlackRock’s Rick Rieder now has a 32% chance of becoming the next Fed Chair, placing him second behind Kevin Warsh, who leads with 46%.

📢 Ethereum transaction fees have dropped to record lows, even as smart contract deployments climb to an all-time high, according to Token Terminal.

📢 Chainlink Levels Up MEV Defense

• $LINK acquires Atlas to strengthen protection against toxic MEV
• Deal speeds up Chainlink SVR tools for fair transaction ordering
• Focus on OEV recapture, keeping more value with users & protocols

📢 Bitmine Doubles Down on Ethereum

• Tom Lee’s Bitmine just staked 171,264 $ETH (~$503.2M)
• Total $ETH staked now sits at $5.71B
• Big vote of confidence in Ethereum’s long-term yield

📢 Ledger Eyes Wall Street IPO

• Hardware wallet giant Ledger plans a New York IPO
• Target valuation: $4B+
• Working with Goldman Sachs, Jefferies, and Barclays

📢 📢 India Cracks Down on Privacy Coins🇮🇳

• FIU has ordered crypto platforms to stop offering privacy coins
• Move is tied to money-laundering and compliance concerns
• Exchanges operating in India must align or risk penalties

📢 Binance Pushes for EU Green Light🇪🇺

• Binance is applying for a MiCA license via Greece
• Aims to stay fully compliant under new EU crypto rules
• Would unlock smoother operations across the EU

📢 Bank of Japan keeps interest rates unchanged as December inflation cools.

📢 Bitwise Rolls Out a New Inflation Hedge

• $BPRO launches on NYSE, mixing $BTC, gold, and mining stocks
• Built to protect against currency debasement
• One ticker, diversified hard-asset exposure

📢 Onchain Finance Goes Global

World Liberty Financial is teaming up with Spacecoin to reach places traditional finance can’t.

• Satellite-powered access brings onchain finance to underserved regions
• Real-world inclusion financial tools without relying on local infrastructure
• Global reach for blockchain and space tech working together

📢 Grayscale Eyes $BNB ETF

• Grayscale just filed an S-1 for a $BNB ETF, a big step toward regulated exposure
• If approved, it gives institutions an easier way to access $BNB
• Shows growing interest in altcoin ETFs, not just $BTC and $ETH

📢 24 Casascius Bitcoin coins were transferred today, all consolidated into one address, including 1 BTC from a wallet that had been inactive since 2013, according to SaniExp.

📢 $146.6M in positions were wiped out over the last hour, with short traders taking the hit at $143.4M of the total liquidations.

📢 Eric Trump says USD1 has overtaken PayPal’s $PYUSD, marking what he calls a major milestone toward the future of global money.

📢 Prediction markets saw weekly spot market volumes surge from $0 to $5 billion within just one year.

📢 Polymarket traders are pricing a near-99% chance that the Fed will hold interest rates steady at its January meeting.