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Crypto-sector investors favored digital asset treasuries (DATs) on Monday, with crypto treasury stocks outpacing the broader crypto market. BitMine Immersion Technologies was leading the pack of major digital asset treasuries with a Monday stock surge of almost 20%, according to Google Finance. Its share prices surged from just below $27 to top $31 by the end of the trading day, maintaining those gains in after-hours trading as Ether (ETH) prices climbed. BitMine stock (BMNR) has been in decline since the crypto market peak in early October, shedding 50% since then. However, despite those losses, the stock is still up 630%…

In a stunning move that highlights the growing intersection of digital assets and law enforcement, Russian authorities are pursuing one of the largest cryptocurrency seizure cases on record. Prosecutors aim to confiscate a colossal $214 million in Bitcoin and Ethereum from a former government official, Georgy Satyukov, alleging the funds were received as a bribe. This case sends a powerful message about the traceability of crypto in major corruption investigations. What Are the Details of This Massive Cryptocurrency Seizure? According to reports from DL News, Russian prosecutors have filed to seize approximately $184 million in Bitcoin (BTC) and $30 million…

Polymarket has launched a mobile app in the U.S., offering users a new way to bet on sports events using real money under federal oversight, the company announced on X on Wednesday. The app, currently available for iOS, opens access to users on a rolling basis through a waitlist system. Android support is expected soon, the company said. This marks a major return for Polymarket in the U.S. after its 2022 run-in with regulators. The platform had previously been barred from operating stateside after the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) found it offered unregistered event-based derivatives. That led to a…

Telos, a cutting-edge L1 chain for low-cost, scalable, and rapid infrastructure, is working on multisig required for the activation of BLS Signature Aggregation on mainnet. The network upgrade underscores a significant move over the years. In its official social media announcement, Telos has mentioned that the node operators need to update the systems they use to Leap v5+ or Spring v1.2.2. On the other hand, failure to carry out this update ahead of the activation will stop the respective node after the enablement of BLS. Block Producers are now processing the multisig to activate BLS Signature Aggregation on Telos mainnet.All…

An evening star candle pattern at the resistance trendline of the falling wedge pattern signals a potential downswing in Ethereum price. The 1,000–10,000 ETH cohort made the heaviest selling at the peak and continues to distribute coins at the current market. A potential death crossover between 100-and 200-day EMA slopes could accelerate the market selling pressure. ETH, the native cryptocurrency of the Ethereum blockchain, slips over 3.5% during Friday’s U.S. market hours to trade just above $2,000. The broader crypto market shows a similar downtick, as it seems that the early weeks recuperated the exhausted bearish momentum. However, the Ethereum…

The sharp correction in global cryptocurrency markets in recent months has also severely affected the family of US President Donald Trump. The Trump family’s total wealth has eroded by $1 billion, falling from $7.7 billion at the beginning of September to about $6.7 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Much of this decline stems from losses in the value of the family’s expanding crypto investments and related companies. During Trump’s second term, cryptocurrencies have completely reshaped the family’s wealth. Memecoins attributed to him have lost nearly 25% of their value since August, while shares in his son Eric Trump’s…

The United States’ new approach to stablecoin regulation is reshaping global liquidity flows and driving a sharp structural split with the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regime, effectively creating separate US and EU stablecoin liquidity pools, according to a new report from blockchain security auditor CertiK. The report finds that the US digital asset market entered a new phase of regulatory clarity in 2025, with federal legislation and administrative reforms now broadly aligned around how digital assets are issued, traded and custodied. At the center of that shift is the GENIUS Act, signed into law by US President Donald…

Bitcoin price today jumped beyond $93,000 after bullish sentiment grew across the crypto market. Recent data from on-chain analytics firm CryptoQuant shows that Bitcoin reserves on Binance continue to fall, even while the price climbs. With less Bitcoin available to sell, prominent crypto trader TED pillows predicts Bitcoin to surge towards $100K. Why Binance’s Bitcoin Reserves Keep Falling According to CryptoQuant, Bitcoin reserves on Binance are shrinking, even while BTC trades near $93,000. At first glance, some traders worry that fewer coins on exchanges means people are preparing to sell. But in reality, this decline is usually seen during strong…

zkSync has started preparing the retirement of its original ZK-rollup, setting up a transition to more advanced infrastructure across its network. Summary zkSync Lite will be deprecated in 2026 under a planned shutdown process. Funds remain safe, and a migration guide will arrive next year. The ecosystem is focusing on zkSync Era, the ZK Stack, and cross-chain upgrades. In a Dec. 7 post on X, zkSync said it plans to deprecate zkSync Lite, also known as zkSync 1.0, sometime in 2026. The team called it a planned and orderly shutdown for a system that launched in 2020 and helped validate…

Ethereum (ETH), the biggest smart contracts platform, successfully activated its Fulu-Osaka (Fusaka) hard fork. With all eyes on Peer Data Availability Sampling (PeerDAS) optimization, EIP 7825 “Transaction Gas Limit Cap” might be terribly overlooked. Here is why it is extremely important for Ethereum (ETH) to remain scalable in the ZK era. EIP 7825 makes Ethereum (ETH) scalable, predictable, performant: Opinion EIP 7825 is one of the most underrated upgrades for the future of ZK proving and 100X Ethereum scaling, Michael Dong, co-founder of Brevis ZK co-processor, says on X. It mitigates the risks of a single “mega-transaction” eating the entire…