The world's largest Ethereum (ETH) reserve company, BitMine, announced this evening (15th) that it has added an additional 102,259 ETH in the past week, continuing to advance its long-term core strategy of accumulating ETH. (Previous summary: BitMine invests another $120 million to purchase 38,000 ETH! ETH maintains support at $3,100 with consolidation and volatility) (Background addition: BitMine invests another $110 million to add 33,000 ETH! Tom Lee declares: ETH has already bottomed out) The world's largest Ethereum (ETH) reserve company, BitMine Immersion

An analyst suggests the XRP market hasn't fully considered Ripple’s recent regulatory advancements, particularly its OCC approval for a trust bank charter. While Ripple strengthens ties with U.S. finance, XRP's current price remains undervalued, indicating potential for future recovery as these developments unfold.

Today marks the beginning of a new phase for Yala, focused on solving a core limitation in prediction markets: the absence of a reliable, accessible fair-value signal. Yala is evolving into an AI-native fair-value agent designed to improve predictive accuracy and democratize advanced probabilistic t

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Klarna has signed a research partnership with Privy, a wallet infrastructure platform and Stripe company, to explore and co-design potential wallet solutions for a new generation of crypto products. The agreement follows Klarna’s recent launch of its own stablecoin, KlarnaUSD, developed in partnersh

Ripple announced a partnership with AMINA Bank AG to support near real-time cross-border payments for the bank’s clients using Ripple Payments. AMINA Bank, a FINMA-regulated crypto bank with global reach, becomes one of the first European banks to adopt Ripple’s licensed end-to-end payments

On December 3, 2025, Tajikistan’s parliament approved amendments to the criminal code that make the illegal use of electricity for cryptocurrency mining a criminal offense. The changes introduce Article 253(2), formally titled “Illegal use of electricity for the production of virtual assets,”

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Metaplanet CEO urges shareholders to vote at EGM on Bitcoin strategy as stock wavers and Bitcoin trades near $89,000. Metaplanet stock wavered ahead of its extraordinary general meeting (EGM) scheduled for December 22. CEO Simon Gerovich urged shareholders to vote on key proposals that could

MicroStrategy once again increased its Bitcoin holdings by 10,645 BTC from December 8 to 14, 2025, with a total investment of approximately $980.3 million, bringing its total Bitcoin holdings to 671,268 BTC, making it the largest publicly traded company holder worldwide. Its cumulative investment cost is approximately $50.33 billion, and it continues to raise funds through ATM issuance plans, maintaining strong financial flexibility.