Almost $4.5 billion in Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) options are set to expire at 8:00 UTC today, December 12, 2025. Today’s expiring options come amid cautious market sentiment as traders navigate thin year-end liquidity and recent macro developments. Traders Brace for $4.5 Billion Bitcoin and Ethereum Options Expiry After Fed’s Interest Rate Cut Bitcoin’s
Bullish Bitcoin wallets continue to buy up the digital asset, even as unrealized losses mount and liquidity remains sparse throughout the sector. Large holders—dubbed accumulator wallets—purchased 75,000 BTC between December 1 and December 10, including 40,000 BTC in a single day, CryptoQuant analyst DarkFrost wrote in a Thursday tweet. Strict on-chain criteria define the wallets
Crypto markets saw a slight pickup after the US Federal Reserve’s widely expected rate cut on Wednesday, and a larger bounce could be next, say analysts. The central bank has executed three consecutive interest rate cuts totaling 0.75% over a three-month period from September to December. Despite being fundamentally bullish for crypto in the long
Lore joined the xStocks Alliance, and it is a significant step in the history of tokenized equities and digital investment products. Its integration will include the fast-growing catalog of tokenized stocks offered by xStocks into the Liquid Tokenized Portfolios (LTPs) of Lore, starting with the most hyped investment, the MAG7 LTP- an investable token of
Stablecoins are emerging as the backbone of blockchain gaming economies, with new industry research finding developers increasingly relying on fiat-pegged tokens to handle payouts, rewards, and cross-game transactions as they move away from speculative design models. Stablecoins processed an estimated $27.6 trillion in transfer volume in 2024, a scale that the Blockchain Gaming Alliance’s 2025
Bitcoin miners, which can acquire the cryptocurrency at below-market costs, could be in the best position to shape corporate adoption as accumulation by crypto treasury companies slows, says BitcoinTreasuries.NET. Bitcoin (BTC) treasury companies are projected to buy 40,000 BTC in the fourth quarter, the lowest since Q3 2024, BitcoinTreasuries.NET President Pete Rizzo said in a
Key Takeaways Michael Saylor hinted at a possible meeting with a bank about Bitcoin. No further details about the bank or meeting were disclosed. Michael Saylor hinted today that he met with a bank, possibly about Bitcoin. The Strategy executive chairman shared a photo taken from a high-rise office overlooking the city and told his
Key Takeaways DTC has secured an SEC No-Action Letter enabling it to tokenize traditional, custodied assets within a regulated production environment. The new service will leverage distributed ledger technology for securities settlement and custody. The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has been authorized to offer a blockchain-based securities service. According to a Thursday press
Key Takeaways Coinbase will launch prediction markets and tokenized stocks on December 17. These new products expand Coinbase’s offerings beyond traditional digital assets. Coinbase is set to launch prediction markets and its own suite of tokenized equities next week, Bloomberg reported on Thursday, citing a person familiar with the company’s plan. The crypto exchange will
DeepSafe, a decentralized and cryptographic verification layer for Web3 and artificial intelligence (AI), has announced its strong alignment with ARC Matrix, a homomorphic-encryption layer that enables AI systems to compute on fully encrypted data. The basic purpose of this partnership is to empower the security system by building a privacy-first trust infrastructure for Web3 and