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The Senate confirmed Michael Selig to lead the CFTC, setting the stage for expanded crypto oversight, renewed momentum on digital asset regulation, and a reshaping of U.S. market structure policy as jurisdictional lines face mounting pressure.

Silver prices have been on a tear this year, with prices more than doubling and marking nominal all-time highs several times. Even at current price levels, analysts expect more upside as state-of-the-art battery and data center tech continue to provide strong demand.

Coinjar launches its U.S. operations, introducing the integrated Coinjar AI assistant within a compliant exchange platform.

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A growing coalition of U.S. banks is panic-stricken. They are currently urging l

Ledn unveils a monthly Open Book Report to benchmark transparency as banks enter the bitcoin‑backed loan market.

Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) snapped back into positive territory with a powerful inflow-led session, while ether ETFs extended their outflow streak. Solana and XRP continued to quietly attract capital, rounding out a mixed but active trading day.

A new report warns that the Central African Republic’s rapid embrace of “opaque crypto projects” is exposing the country to foreign criminal influence and eroding state sovereignty ahead of the Dec. 28 election.

Bernie Sanders says he will push for a moratorium on new AI‑powering data centers, arguing that the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence (AI) needs stronger democratic oversight.

With bitcoin off 5.5% for the month of December on a returns basis, plenty of eyes are squinting at the chart and asking what comes next. To size things up, we leaned into the wisdom of the crowd and peeked at what today’s most active prediction markets are betting on.

U.S. regulators signaled a friendlier future for crypto, emphasizing innovation, privacy, and individual empowerment as the SEC outlined potential regulatory paths that could reshape digital assets and limit surveillance-heavy oversight.

Coinbase-backed Base App launches globally, rolling out a social-first crypto platform that blends trading, payments and earning into a single onchain experience designed to push blockchain tools to mainstream users across more than 140 countries.

SEC staff guidance clarifies how existing securities laws apply to crypto assets, detailing custody, capital, trading, and recordkeeping expectations while signaling flexibility for broker-dealers and market infrastructure handling bitcoin, ether, and other digital assets.

Over the past year, application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) technology has advanced substantially, and this month, Shenzhen, China-based MicroBT introduced its newest mining machine, boasting an unprecedented hashrate of 1,035 terahash per second (TH/s), equivalent to 1.35 petahash per second (PH/s) of raw computing power.