Acting CFTC Chair to Join MoonPay after Leaving Agency
Caroline Pham, the acting chair of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission, will leave the financial regulator to join MoonPay, following the Senate confirmation of her successor.In a Wednesday X post, MoonPay confirmed reports that…
Kyrgyzstan’s USDKG Shows How Gold-Backed Stablecoins Are Evolving
Key takeawaysKyrgyzstan has launched USDKG, a USD-pegged stablecoin that the project says is backed by physical gold rather than cash and short-term US Treasurys.The token was first deployed on Tron with a reported initial issuance of 50…
World Liberty Financial Proposed Using 5% Of Treasury To Grow USD1
Trump family-backed World Liberty Financial has proposed using 5% of the project’s WLFI token treasury to grow the supply of its stablecoin USD1. The proposal was posted to the World Liberty Financial governance forum on Wednesday, with the…
$224.78M Exits as ETHA Leads Outflows
TLDR
Ethereum ETFs recorded a total daily net outflow of $224.78 million on December 15.
BlackRock’s ETHA holds the highest net assets at $10.69 billion, but saw the largest outflow of $139.09 million.
Grayscale’s ETHE and…
Dogecoin (DOGE) Momentum Builds as Bulls Target $0.21 Zone
Dogecoin trades near $0.182 after a 10% weekly rise. Traders track bullish MACD, pattern breakouts, and a potential move toward $0.21.
Dogecoin is trading near $0.182…
Over 100 Crypto ETPs Could Launch In 2026: Bitwise
More than 100 crypto exchange-traded products could launch in quick succession in 2026, following recent guidance from the US securities regulator that drastically reduced the processing times for new funds, according to a Bitwise…
Aster Dex’s Shield Mode goes live, but bears aren’t giving up yet
Since its launch nearly two months ago, Aster DEX has aggressively pursued significant developments to improve its capabilities.
In its latest move, the team announced the launch of Shield Mode for perpetual traders.
Aster DEX…
Aave Shared Its 2026 Roadmap, Targeting Protocol Scaling, RWA Growth
Aave founder and CEO Stani Kulechov has unveiled his decentralized protocol’s “master plan” for 2026, shortly after revealing the US Securities and Exchange Commission has dropped its four-year investigation into the platform. In a post to…
How A Series of Small Swaps Almost Broke a Top AMM
Balancer has offered a 20% bounty to white hats and the hacker if they return the stolen crypto. But as of now, the bounty remains unclaimed.
The Balancer v2 exploit on…
Why the Bank of Japan Could Trigger the Next Bitcoin Crash
Bitcoin traders often focus on the US Federal Reserve. However, the Bank of Japan (BoJ) can be just as important for crypto markets.That’s because Japan plays a unique role in global liquidity. When that liquidity tightens, Bitcoin often…