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CRYPTO

â–ș Coinbase $COIN hosts System Update event; announces stock trading, prediction markets powered by Kalshi, custom stablecoins, Solana $SOL DEX trading, & more.

▻ Binance $BNB reportedly explores options to relaunch Binance US; to potentially reduce CZ’s ownership stake citing his status as a controlling shareholder has been a key obstacle to the company’s expansion.

â–ș Hyper $HYPE Foundation proposes a validator vote to formally recognize the Assistance Fund HYPE as burned, removing the tokens permanently from the circulating and total supply.

▻ Circle $CRCL announces Arc Builders Fund & Investor Network, a "new Circle Ventures initiative designed to accelerate innovation and adoption on Arc."

â–ș US SEC closes investigation into Aave $AAVE after four years; the SEC does not intend to recommend enforcement action.

▻ Marshall Islands launches onchain universal basic income with USDM1 via Stellar $XLM blockchain; developed in partnership with Stellar Development Foundation & Crossmint.

â–ș Anchorage Digital acquires Hedgey; integrates Hedgey team & technology to launch a token management solution.

▻ US CFTC Acting Chair Caroline Pham to join MoonPay as Chief Legal and Administrative Officer; President Trump's pick Mike Selig will have a confirmation hearing this week.

â–ș Shima Capital to wind down after SEC complaint against founder Yida Gao alleging investor fraud.

▻ CoinGecko to exclude rehypothecated tokens (wrapped assets & liquid staking tokens) from Market Cap Ranking beginning Feb 4th; CoinMarketCap made similar changes in 2024.

ALPHA

â–ș Coinbase $COIN opens Base app to everyone; now available in 140+ countries; launches Holiday Rewards campaign.

▻ $BNB Chain teases new stablecoin coming soon; potentially related to United Stables $U launching Dec 18th.

â–ș Probable, a prediction market platform, to launch on $BNB Chain; incubated by PancakeSwap & YZi Labs.

▻ Soneium launches Holiday Harvest campaign; quests live Dec 16th–early January.

â–ș OpenSea $SEA unlocks Wave 3 of Treasure Chests; Wave 4 now live; TGE & airdrop expected Q1 2026.

▻ Daylight delays Pre-Deposit Vault to early 2026; cites fairness and strong user experience.

AIRDROPS

â–ș Infrared $IR launches airdrop claim; ends Jan 11th.

▻ Theoriq $THQ launches airdrop claim; testnet users & community eligible.

â–ș VOOI $VOOI airdrop claim launches Dec 18th; snapshot taken Dec 7th.

▻ zkPass $ZKP launches eligibility checker; claim begins Dec 19th.

â–ș Espresso $ESP announces new eligibility path; registration opens Dec 22nd.

▻ Rainbow $RNBW airdrop launches Feb 5th; snapshot pending.

POLITIC

â–ș US President Trump to interview Fed Governor Christopher Waller for Federal Reserve Chair.

FINANZ

â–ș US economy added 64K jobs in November; unemployment rose to 4.6%.

▻ US Federal Reserve withdraws 2023 guidance limiting banks in crypto; uninsured banks can now seek permission case-by-case.

â–ș Circle $CRCL collaborates with LianLian Global on stablecoin-powered cross-border payments.

▻ Hut 8 $HUT partners with Anthropic & Fluidstack; announces 15-year, $7B lease for 245 MW AI infrastructure.

â–ș Exodus $EXOD to launch USD stablecoin with MoonPay & M0; expected early 2026.

▻ American Bitcoin $ABTC buys additional 5,098 BTC (~$437M).

â–ș CIMG $IMG buys 230 BTC (~$20M); now holds 730 BTC (~$63M).

SECURITY

â–ș Binance $BNB warns against fraudulent “listing agents”; offers up to $5M whistleblower reward.

▻ Chainalysis launches free Hexagate Security for blockchain foundations & developers.

â–ș SlowMist founder @evilcos releases Storage Inspector Chrome extension for auditing localStorage/sessionStorage.

▻ Tether launches PearPass password manager; encrypted peer-to-peer sync across devices.

â–ș iEarn exploited for ~$300K; Yearn contracts unaffected.

UNLOCKS TOKEN

â–ș Arbitrum $ARB / ~$18M / Dec 16th

▻ ZKsync $ZK / ~$5M / Dec 17th

â–ș ApeCoin $APE / ~$3M / Dec 17th

▻ LayerZero $ZRO / ~$34M / Dec 20th

FUND

â–ș RedotPay raises $107M Series B led by Goodwater Capital.

▻ Olea raises $30M Series A led by BBVA.

â–ș Kontigo raises $20M Seed funding.

▻ ETHGAS raises $12M Seed led by Polychain Capital.

â–ș Speed raises $8M funding led by Tether.

▻ Worm raises $4.5M Pre-Seed.

â–ș Harbor raises $4.2M Seed led by Susquehanna Crypto & Triton Capital.

▻ Strata raises $3M Seed led by Maven 11.

â–ș DeepBook AI raises $2M funding.

▻ Moto raises $1.8M Pre-Seed led by Eterna Capital & Cyber Fund.

â–ș Boys Club raises undisclosed Strategic funding from Polygon Labs.