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Prediction market platform Kalshi has launched Combos, a feature allowing users to bundle multiple event outcomes into single parlay-style contracts. The feature processed over $100 million in volume during its first week, according to Tarek Mansour, Kalshi’s co-founder and chief executive officer, who announced the full rollout on social media. The launch comes as the platform hit a daily volume record of approximately $340 million and experienced 50% app growth in November alone. He explained the reason why Combos is gaining traction rapidly, stating in a post on LinkedIn that it was due to “better pricing.” According to Mansour, “In…

Ethereum price today trades near $2,925 after failing to sustain a short-term rebound earlier this week. The market remains under pressure as sellers continue to control structure, with price pinned near the lower boundary of a declining channel while institutional flows stay negative. Downtrend Structure Remains Intact ETH Price Analysis (Source: TradingView) On the daily chart, Ethereum continues to trade below a descending trendline that has capped rallies since October. Each attempt to push higher has been rejected beneath this diagonal resistance, reinforcing the bearish structure. Price remains below all major EMAs. The 20-day EMA near $3,074 and the 50-day…

Ripple is making one of its boldest moves yet, committing a massive $4 billion to expand its financial infrastructure and strengthen its Ripple stablecoin initiative. The investment will drive new product development in prime brokerage, custody, and treasury management, aiming to connect traditional finance with the digital asset world. This marks Ripple’s transition from a blockchain payments company into a full-fledged institutional financial ecosystem. With its stablecoin plans gaining momentum, Ripple is positioning itself to challenge major players like Circle and PayPal, while appealing directly to Wall Street firms seeking regulated digital asset exposure. As institutional confidence in crypto gradually…

In a dramatic move that signals escalating regulatory pressure on decentralized finance, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren has formally demanded a federal PancakeSwap investigation. The prominent crypto critic alleges the platform may be involved in a scheme to artificially inflate a token’s price and could have improper connections to the Trump administration. This call to action targets one of the world’s largest decentralized exchanges, raising crucial questions about the future of DeFi regulation. Why is Senator Warren Calling for a PancakeSwap Investigation? Senator Warren’s concerns center on two explosive allegations. First, she points to potential market manipulation involving World Liberty Financial…

Decentralized exchanges let users trade crypto from non-custodial wallets via smart contracts and liquidity pools, cutting out centralized intermediaries and custodial risk. Summary DEXs are non-custodial trading platforms where users swap tokens directly via smart contracts instead of centralized intermediaries.​ Many DEXs use AMMs and liquidity pools, rewarding liquidity providers with fees but exposing them to impermanent loss and smart contract risk.​ DEXs expand DeFi access to new tokens without KYC but face issues such as network congestion, high fees, limited support, and code vulnerabilities. Decentralized exchanges, or DEXs, are cryptocurrency trading platforms that enable users to trade digital assets…

Bitcoin’s BTC$87,273.23 underperformance relative to gold, to which it is often compared, continues as its price in dollars lacks clear directional bias, trading back and forth between $86,000 and $90,000. It’s currently up 1.2% since midnight UTC against the greenback. The ratio between the price of bitcoin and gold, however, has dropped to 20.18, the lowest since Jan. 1, 2024, according to data source TradingView. The sustained decline shows investors still favor the precious metal as the preferred safe-haven asset amid what some see as fiscal imprudence across the advanced world and talk about Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts. The ratio…

Ethereum’s price has come under renewed pressure after failing to break out of a two-month downtrend. ETH briefly attempted a recovery last week but quickly lost momentum. Weak investor support has pushed Ethereum lower, raising concerns about its ability to sustain a meaningful recovery in the near term. Ethereum Is Losing Investors’ Backing On-chain data indicate that profit levels for both long-term and short-term holders have declined. Both cohorts now sit at similar profitability levels, signaling reduced conviction across the market. This convergence suggests neither group is realizing meaningful gains at current price levels. The MVRV Long/Short Difference has slipped…

The US government shutdown, which has been in effect for more than 40 days since the beginning of October, has finally come to an end. US President Donald Trump has officially signed a temporary funding bill to end the federal government shutdown, ending the longest government shutdown in history at 43 days. With the government’s resumption of operations, budget implementation and public services will resume. At this point, markets are also waiting for policy uncertainty to diminish and important economic data to be released again. According to NBC News, White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said at a briefing that key…

South Korea’s FSC missed its stablecoin bill deadline as a clash with the Bank of Korea over bank-led issuance and approval powers leaves the regulatory roadmap in limbo. Summary The FSC failed to submit its stablecoin bill by the Dec. 10 deadline, citing the need for more time to coordinate with other agencies.​ The BOK wants stablecoin issuers to be majority bank-owned with broad veto powers, while the FSC prefers a more flexible model aligned with MiCA and Japan.​ The delayed “Basic Digital Asset Act (Phase 2)” is expected to set licensing, capital, disclosure, and enforcement rules for Korea’s stablecoin…

Synbo Protocol, a DeFi Fund protocol for decentralized venture capital that enables users to drive funding decisions and ensure Web3 projects succeed with broad support, today announced a strategic partnership with GoldFinger, a cutting-edge platform that focuses on connecting RWAs with the Web3 ecosystem. According to the announcement disclosed today, this collaboration enabled the merger of SYNBO’s DeVC (decentralized venture capital) with GoldFinger’s RWA infrastructure. The integration facilitated the launch of SYNBO’s DeVC on GoldFinger’s tokenization architecture to provide institutional and accredited investors with efficient on-chain access to SYNBO’s money-market products. Since its launch in 2023, Synbo Protocol has gained…