Month: December 2025

ETHzilla sold $74.5 million worth of ether in December to retire debt, marking its second major crypto liquidation since October and signaling a clear pivot away from the digital asset treasury (DAT) playbook. ETHzilla Liquidates $74.5M in ETH to Pay Convertible Note Obligations The Palm Beach, Florida-based company ETHzilla disclosed in a recent U.S. Securities…

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CFTC acting chair Caroline Pham says Monday was her last day at the regulator, with Michael Selig being officially sworn in to chair the agency.

Bitcoin perpetual open interest climbed to 310,000 BTC while funding rates doubled, signaling bullish positioning for the year-end.

Coinbase is pushing prediction markets into the mainstream, moving to acquire The Clearing Company as it deepens regulated, onchain event trading and advances its vision of a unified, multi-asset Everything Exchange. Coinbase Moves to Scale Regulated Onchain Prediction Markets A major step in prediction markets expansion unfolded as a leading crypto platform advanced its product…

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Northern Data, which is majority-owned by Tether, sold its Bitcoin mining arm to businesses owned by Tether executives, the Financial Times reports.

Federal regulators are tightening the vise on crypto investment schemes, spotlighting alleged fraud tied to bitcoin mining that raised nearly $100 million while misleading thousands of investors about operations, capacity and the use of their money. SEC Alleges Massive Capacity Gaps in Bitcoin Mining Venture That Pulled in $95.6M A federal enforcement action highlights risks…

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Lawmakers led by Republican Mike Carey argue that current IRS rules penalize stakers with an administrative burden and potentially over-tax unrealized gains.

Kaspersky found a new malware, dubbed Stealka, that disguises itself as game mods and pirated software to steal crypto wallets, passwords, and browser data.

The Federal Reserve is seeking public feedback on a new “payment account” that could give fintechs and crypto companies easier access to the central bank’s systems.