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According to a report by China Daily, mainland China has once again reaffirmed its hardline stance against cryptocurrency activities. It declared virtual currency-related business as illegal financial operations and promised intensified actions against new waves of speculative trading.

In a high-level inter-agency meeting held on Friday, officials from the People's Bank of China (PBOC), the Ministry of Public Security, the Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission, and other departments warned that virtual currencies "do not hold the legal status of fiat money" and cannot be used in any market transactions within the country.

Crackdown to Intensify Amid Emerging Risks

The government said speculative crypto trading was on the rise of late despite the ban in place, labeling it a renewed source of financial risk, fraud, and cross-border capital movement concerns.

The PBOC singled out the increased use of stablecoins, citing insufficient customer identification controls and anti-money laundering. Officials added that such risks have the potential for illicit financing, money laundering, and other frauds, in sharp contrast to the U.S., where regulatory frameworks for stablecoins are becoming more permissive.

China's Paradox: Ban on Trading, But a Mining Comeback

Despite a strict ban on crypto trading and mining, data indicates that China has become the world's third-largest Bitcoin mining hub, reflecting a cat-and-mouse game between regulators and underground operations. Beijing repeated that it would continue to crack down on mining and speculation behavior across the mainland.

Hong Kong Moves in the Opposite Direction

While mainland China takes a firm grip on regulation, Hong Kong, with its separate legal system, has maintained a more pro-innovation attitude. The city has been positioning itself as an emerging regional crypto and Web3 hub, enjoying solid government support.

The contrast between Beijing's prohibition and Hong Kong's openness underlines the "one country, two systems" dynamic that continues to shape the region's financial landscape. #China #CryptoNews #Bitcoin #Stablecoins $BTC

Falcon Finance is creating one of the more thoughtfully engineered liquidity layers in DeFi, one centered on stability, efficiency, and real, usable on-chain liquidity. At its core, the protocol allows users to deposit crypto or tokenized real-world assets as collateral and mint an over-collateralized synthetic dollar called USDf. The value proposition is quite straightforward: unlock liquidity without selling your core positions, all while keeping the system transparent and verifiable on-chain.

A Smarter Yield Layer - Without the Noise

One of the most significant differentiators for Falcon is its yield architecture. Users who mint USDf are able to stake it, receiving sUSDf, a yield-bearing synthetic dollar that accrues returns automatically. The yield is derived organically without hype or opaque strategies through a mix of curated liquidity provisioning, funding-rate opportunities, and selected DeFi exposure through a risk-managed framework.

It's yield without the clutter: no constant dashboard hopping, no micromanaging positions, no hidden levers.

Improved yield first made mobile via NFTs

For those users seeking higher returns, Falcon has a Boosted Yield system: assets can be locked for fixed terms in exchange for higher APYs, with each commitment wrapped into an NFT encoding its duration and payout terms. Here, Falcon combines structure with flexibility: fixed-term staking turns transparent, transferable, and programmable.

Instead of being stuck in a contract, positions turn to tradable digital instruments.

Security, Clarity, and Real Transparency

In a space where opacity can quickly turn fragile, Falcon chooses to do just the opposite.

The protocol maintains:

live reporting of reserves and treasury activity

clear visibility into deployed positions

full overcollateralization to buffer volatility

routine audits to bolster confidence

The result is a system designed to be robust within calm and stressed market environments alike, which is still a rare trait throughout DeFi's synthetic dollar landscape.

FF: The Token connecting the ecosystem

FF is Falcon's native token, acting as the binding force between users and the protocol. It empowers governance, staking, and incentive flows, which ensure that the growth of the ecosystem matches that of its community. The FF token is bound directly within the mechanics and long-term trajectory of Falcon, not merely as an externally attached add-on.

A Mature Approach to Synthetic Dollars

Falcon Finance manages to strike a balance that many protocols never quite reach:

Capital efficiency without reckless leverage, yield without unnecessary complexity, transparency without sacrificing flexibility.

By providing users with an avenue to remain exposed to their underlying assets while tapping into a structured, risk-aware yield engine, Falcon positions itself as one of the more mature contenders within the synthetic dollar arena.

Practical in its design, ambitious in its scope — Falcon Finance isn't building just another stablecoin wrapper; it is designing a smarter liquidity layer for the next chapter of DeFi. - #FalconFinance #USDf #sUSDf #DeFi @Falcon Finance $FF

Good afternoon, Asia — here's what's moving markets today.
Bitcoin slumped below $87,500 in early Hong Kong trading after Japanese government bond yields surged to the highest since 2008. Japan's 2-year yield reached 1.01%, a new 17-year high, as traders increasingly bet the Bank of Japan is preparing to step away from its long era of near-zero interest rates.

The move came after BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Tuesday that policymakers would review at this month’s meeting whether a rate hike was appropriate. This sent the yen sharply higher, raising the risk of an unwind in yen-funded carry trades that have buoyed global risk assets for most of the year.

Crypto markets — highly sensitive to liquidity shifts in Asia — reacted immediately. Bitcoin dropped below $87,500; Ether slid toward $2,850. On Polymarket, traders now price the odds of a December BOJ rate hike at roughly 50%, up nearly seven points from last week.

This week, all eyes will be on yen volatility and BOJ communication. Any hint of further tightening could fuel another wave of turbulence across regional markets and crypto.

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Market Movement
BTC
Bitcoin's slump triggered over $150 million in long liquidations as rising Japanese yields forced leveraged traders to unwind positions.
ETH
Ether followed lower, falling towards $2,850, with about $140 million in longs being wiped out during the early Asia session.
Gold
Goldman Sachs said nearly 70% of institutional investors it surveyed expect gold to keep rising, with the largest contingent seeing prices above $5,000 by 2026.
Nikkei 225
Equities in the Asia-Pacific region drifted lower as traders awaited China's manufacturing data and priced in an 87% probability of a Fed rate cut. Japan's Nikkei 225 closed down 1.3%.
Elsewhere in Crypto BlackRock's bitcoin ETFs have become the firm's top revenue generators, according to a company executive. Terminal Finance, an Ethena-incubated DEX, has called off the launch after the Converge chain failed to materialize. #Bitcoin #CryptoMarkets #AsiaMarkets $BTC
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Major cryptocurrencies extended their November downtrend on Monday after a security incident at Yearn Finance sparked widespread jitters through an already fragile market. The sudden shock to DeFi confidence added further pressure to assets still trying to recover from one of the harshest monthly closes of the year.

Market Drops Accelerate in Early Asian Hours

Bitcoin, the industry's largest digital asset, was down over 3% in early Asian hours trading, briefly touching $87,000. Ethereum followed with a sharper fall of 5%, while altcoins such as SOL, DOGE and XRP fell over 4%, according to CoinDesk data.

The downtrend quickly gained momentum after Yearn Finance announced an "incident" with its yETH liquidity pool, reassuring users it didn't affect its V2 and V3 Vaults. That didn't stop news from spreading like wildfire via social platforms to create another wave of angst across the already shaky market.

Inside the Yearn Finance Exploit

Based on analysis from the community, it seems that an attacker found a vulnerability to mint an abnormally large amount of yETH in a single transaction. This drained the liquidity pool and enabled the attacker to extract about 1,000 ETH (~$3 million), after which it was routed through mixers like Tornado Cash.

Blockchain security firm PeckShield later estimated that the total damage came to about $9 million, observing that the attacker still controlled about $6 million of various tokens at the originating address.

The exploit comes at a particularly sensitive period for the industry, with Korean exchange Upbit suffering a serious security breach only days earlier. This attack speaks to a common theme of 2024 and 2025: growing institutional capital has not been met with equal investments in security infrastructure.

Cascading Liquidations Add Fuel to the Fire

The shock triggered heavy volatility in derivatives markets, causing more than $400 million in leveraged crypto futures positions to be liquidated. Longs bore the vast majority of the impact, reflecting how many traders were positioned for a rebound and were unprepared for a sudden downturn.

The liquidations underlined the severity of sentiment damage after a month dominated by outflows, hacks, and tightening liquidity conditions.

A Brutal November Close

Bitcoin ended November with a monthly loss of 17.5%, its worst performance since March, despite a late recovery rally from $80,000 to over $90,000. Ethereum did even worse, shedding 22% and seeing its most negative month since February.

As a result, institutional demand, which earlier in the year had been a major supporting factor, weakened dramatically.

According to data from SoSoValue:

U.S.-listed spot BTC ETFs saw $3.48 billion in net outflows.

Ether ETFs saw a record $1.42 billion in redemptions.

The pace of these outflows marked a clear reduction in risk appetite among institutional investors and weighed further on the prices across the market.

A Difficult Start to December The Yearn exploit, and subsequent market fallout, really drive home just how sensitive crypto markets still remain to security shocks-especially in periods of weakening liquidity and falling institutional participation. With the advent of December, traders and protocols are facing a familiar challenge: navigate volatile markets while rebuilding trust in the very underlying infrastructure that powers DeFi.
#Bitcoin #ETH $BTC