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The world’s largest corporate holder of bitcoin, Strategy, said Monday it added more bitcoin, following a not-so-subtle hint from founder Michael Saylor the day before that the shopping cart was about to roll again.

Bitcoin is trading at $89,698 on Dec. 15, 2025, at 8:30 a.m., giving the network a market cap of $1.79 trillion while 24-hour trading volume totals $33.33 billion. Price action remains compressed within a narrow intraday range of $87,892 to $89,935, reflecting a market stuck between hesitant recovery attempts and persistent overhead pressure. That tug-of-war sets the tone across the 1-hour, 4-hour, and daily charts, where indicators leaned cautious, and conviction lingers in short supply.

According to recent reports, Nubank is strategically pursuing the acquisition of a small bank in Brazil, driven by new regulatory restrictions that prohibit fintech companies from using banking-related names without an official banking license. As an alternative approach, the company could also pursue obtaining a direct banking license to comply with these regulatory requirements.

The U.K. Treasury is preparing a sweeping crypto regulatory framework for 2027 that will bring digital assets under rules similar to traditional finance. Officials argue the reforms will give firms long‑term certainty and strengthen the U.K.’s appeal as a crypto hub.

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DeFi yield optimization platform YO Protocol raises Series A funding to expand risk-aware yield engine across multiple blockchain ecosystems.

The Central Bank of Brazil will issue a comprehensive new provision mandating that Virtual Asset Service Providers report specific required data, precisely defining the information these companies must disclose. The new regulatory instruction aims to standardize compliance mechanisms for the emerging digital asset sector, with the ruleset taking effect in February.

Welcome to Latam Insights, a compilation of the most relevant crypto news from Latin America over the past week. In this week’s edition, Brazil’s Itau recommends holding up to 3% in bitcoin, TRM Labs releases a report highlighting Venezuela’s positive crypto adoption, and El Salvador plans to roll out an AI-based education plan.

Phantom has rolled out a new desktop trading terminal aimed at consolidating spot tokens, perpetuals, and charting tools into a single browser-based interface, marking a clear push beyond its mobile-first roots.

Standard Chartered and Coinbase are pushing institutional crypto adoption forward by expanding a global digital asset partnership, signaling deeper integration between regulated banking infrastructure and crypto-native platforms as institutional demand accelerates.

Bitnomial won U.S. regulatory approval to clear fully collateralized swaps, opening the door to regulated prediction markets and positioning the exchange as the only domestic venue unifying derivatives, crypto exposure and outcomes-based trading.

Vivopower struck a joint venture to gain indirect exposure to Ripple and XRP by sourcing up to $300 million in Ripple Labs shares, tapping strong South Korean investor demand while avoiding balance-sheet risk.

The UAE is cementing its status as a global crypto capital as Coinbase and Ripple align publicly on its regulatory clarity, innovation-first mindset and growing influence over the future of digital assets.

A powerful coalition of top crypto and fintech platforms is moving to lock in federal oversight for prediction markets, aiming to block state-level crackdowns while protecting access to a fast-growing market reshaping polling, trading, and civic insight.