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Japanese bitcoin treasury company Metaplanet (3350) said its American depositary receipts (ADRs) will start trading Dec. 19 on the U.S. over-the-counter (OTC) market under the ticker MPJPY. The securities are designed to improve access, transparency and operational efficiency for U.S. based investors in the fourth-largest corporate holder of bitcoin BTC$88,092.82. They will replace existing, unsponsored OTC trading under the MTPLF ticker, which lacked a formal deposit agreement and direct company involvement. The ADRs meet level I issuance standards, meaning they are subject to the lowest level of compliance and regulation and cannot trade on regulated exchanges. Each ADR represents one…

Alchemy Pay, which describes itself as the world-leading fiat-crypto payment solution provider, announced today that it has secured a Money Transmitter License (MTL) from the West Virginia Division of Banking. The approval marks a fresh milestone in the company’s rapid push to build a state-by-state compliance footprint across the United States. The West Virginia license is the twelfth U.S. jurisdiction in which Alchemy Pay is now authorized to operate, and it represents the company’s fourth Money Transmitter License obtained so far in 2025. The move follows recent approvals in Kansas, South Carolina and Arizona, underscoring an accelerated and deliberate regulatory…

Ethereum price is approaching a critical technical moment as it trades near the upper boundary of a descending wedge. ETH’s slow but steady climb has placed it inches from a breakout. This momentum is widely attributed to the Fusaka upgrade, which went live on December 3 and aims to improve scalability while lowering Layer 2 costs, a long-standing Ethereum challenge. These changes arrive as market participants position for 2026, creating favorable conditions for network growth and price stabilization. Ethereum Holders Show Strength Ethereum network activity has expanded quickly over the past three weeks. Data shows a sharp rise in new…

Fragmentation across blockchain networks is already imposing a measurable economic cost on the tokenized asset market, with inefficiencies translating into up to $1.3 billion in annual value drag. In a report sent to Cointelegraph, real-world asset (RWA) data provider RWA.io argued that while blockchains accelerated innovation, they also created walls that trap liquidity and prevent capital from moving freely across networks. As a result, tokenized RWAs have increasingly behaved like disconnected markets rather than a single, unified financial system. The research found that identical or economically equivalent assets routinely trade at different prices across chains, while moving capital between networks…

Binance, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, has announced that it will be removing some pairs traded on the spot market. According to the official statement from the exchange, all spot trading pairs are regularly reviewed to protect users and maintain a high-quality trading environment. As a result of these reviews, it was decided to delist some pairs due to low liquidity, insufficient trading volume, and other factors negatively affecting market efficiency. According to Binance’s latest assessments, trading will be suspended in a total of 23 spot trading pairs as of 06:00 on January 9, 2026. The pairs to…

Something important is happening in India’s crypto market, and it’s not coming from retail traders chasing short-term moves. In 2025, institutional crypto investment in India is rising fast. Across major Indian exchanges including CoinDCX, CoinSwitch, ZebPay, and Mudrex, institutional participation has grown 30–50% year-on-year, now making up a meaningful share of total trading volumes. That growth has also outpaced global exchange trends, with Binance reporting only a 14% increase in institutional users worldwide during the same period 🇮🇳 INDIAN INSTITUTIONS ARE QUIETLY ACCUMULATING CRYPTOThe institutional crypto investments are growing 30-50% YoY, beating global exchange averages.What’s driving it:✓ HNIs (High Net-Worth…

In 2026, WalletConnect plans to push deeper into digital payments, positioning walletconnect pay as a bridge between crypto users, merchants, and the traditional financial system. Here an interview we recently did with Wallet Connect CEO on YouTube: WalletConnect pivots from connectivity to payments Building infrastructure for mainstream crypto adoption Neutral network for the global crypto economy WalletConnect pivots from connectivity to payments WalletConnect has unveiled an expansion into the crypto payments sector scheduled for 2026, building on a year of rapid growth. In 2025, the connectivity infrastructure provider reported 119% year-over-year growth, processing more than $400 billion in network volume…

Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and altcoins experienced a major crash in the final months of 2025. While BTC fell to $80,000 and Ethereum to $2,600, bullish expectations for 2026 remain. At this point, Tom Lee, the co-founder of Fundstrat and head of BitMine, known for his bold predictions about Bitcoin and the cryptocurrency market, shared his latest prediction for Ethereum. Speaking to CNBC, Tom Lee, the head of BitMine, known as the world’s largest holder of Ethereum, stated that Ethereum could reach an all-time high in 2026 due to increasing institutional demand. Lee predicted a price of $7,000-$9,000 for ETH…

Oracle (ORCL) shares jumped more than 6% in pre-market trading to around $190 after Bloomberg reported that TikTok signed binding agreements to form a new U.S. joint venture led by Oracle, helping ease investor concerns around AI-driven valuation risks. The upbeat reaction spread across risk assets. Bitcoin BTC$88,226.51 jumped above $88,000, Invesco QQQ (QQQ) futures, which tracks the performance of the Nasdaq-100, rose around 0.5%, while AI mining stocks also moved higher. IREN (IREN) gained about 4%, Cipher Mining (CIFR) rose roughly 4% and CoreWeave (CRWV) climbed around 6%. Oracle will play a central role as the primary cloud infrastructure…

Polymarket has refused to settle bets placed on the United States military action in Venezuela last weekend, even though American forces evidently went into the country, arrested the country’s president, and transported him to New York. Traders are now accusing the world’s largest prediction market of redefining the terms of their winning bets after the outcome became politically and financially sensitive. At issue is a contract that asked, “Will the US invade Venezuela by…?” where bettors chose deadlines in January. They insist the operation met the conditions of an invasion, regardless of its speed or casualties. The frenzy continued when…