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Taskon, a Web3 task collaboration platform that enables projects to promote their brands and collaborate with users for growth, today announced a strategic partnership with Euclid Protocol, a DeFi platform that unifies liquidity across blockchain ecosystems. Based on this joint venture, Taskon is incorporating Euclid’s cross-chain liquidity infrastructure into its Web3 collaboration platform to advance its decentralized ecosystem and offer its users a more comprehensive experience. Taskon is a decentralized platform that enables Web3 projects to easily run campaigns to promote their brands, collaborate with their users, onboard customers, and build their communities by creating tasks that customers complete for…

OpenSea has recently launched Beeple Regular Animals: Memory 186 to the Flagship Collection, its latest major acquisition in the quest to archive culturally significant digital art in its catalog. The artifact is part of an expanding collection of NFTs that are curated to capture the next wave of digital innovation, technology, and blockchain culture. Joining OpenSea’s Flagship Collection…@beeple’s REGULAR ANIMALS, the breakthrough artwork debuted at Art Basel Miami Beach that encouraged onlookers to reflect on how cultural icons and AI shape the world we see.Welcome home, MEMORY 186.More below! pic.twitter.com/ypP6d1tNrn — OpenSea (@opensea) December 19, 2025 The news was debuted…

Ethereum hovered near the $2,900 level as traders weighed mixed technical signals, derivatives positioning, and long-term accumulation trends. The asset entered a consolidation phase after a sharp rejection from the $3,400–$3,450 zone earlier this month. That rejection altered the short-term structure and forced market participants to reassess near-term direction. Despite recent weakness, Ethereum continued attracting attention from institutional players and long-term holders, keeping broader market interest intact. Ethereum Price Structure Signals Caution Ethereum traded around $2,930 while struggling to reclaim key technical levels on the four-hour chart. Price action remained capped below the 50, 100, and 200 exponential moving averages…

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Dan Tapiero, founder of crypto-focused growth equity fund 10T Holdings, is betting that artificial intelligence and blockchain technology will converge in ways the market hasn’t yet priced in. “Blockchain is the money of AI,” Tapiero said in an interview with CoinDesk. “If you just imagine having thousands of these AI agents acting independently, they’re not going to be sending wires from JPMorgan. It’s all going to be smart contracts embedded on blockchains.” Tapiero said he expects around 20% of 10T’s next fund — currently raising capital through early 2026 — to be invested in companies operating…

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) issued a warning in its December 2025 report, highlighting the potential risks posed by USD-pegged stablecoins to emerging markets (EMs). The report argues that these stablecoins could encourage currency substitution and facilitate capital outflows in countries with fragile economies. Stablecoins and Currency Substitution Risks The IMF’s report points out that stablecoins pegged to the U.S. dollar could prompt currency substitution in countries with high inflation or unstable currencies. This could lead locals to move away from their national currency and adopt dollar-pegged stablecoins instead. The result would be a reduction in the control central banks…

Binance has announced it will be removing some trading pairs it supports for margin trading. According to the official statement, Binance Margin will discontinue a total of 15 different margin trading pairs on the platform as of December 23, 2025, at 09:00. The decision covers both cross and isolated margin markets. The cross-margin trading pairs to be delisted include DOT/FDUSD, ENA/FDUSD, SEI/FDUSD, FIL/FDUSD, BONK/FDUSD, ZK/FDUSD, ETC/FDUSD, WLD/FDUSD, OP/FDUSD, NEAR/FDUSD, WIF/FDUSD, APT/FDUSD, DYDX/FDUSD, TIA/FDUSD, and UNI/FDUSD. Regarding isolated margin trading, it was stated that similar pairs will be delisted, with the exception of APT/FDUSD and UNI/FDUSD. Binance announced that, with the…

Key Notes Standard Chartered has launched a tokenized deposit solution with Ant International. The system enables multi-currency transfers across HKD, CNH, and USD. It aligns with Hong Kong’s push to expand tokenization under Project Ensemble. Standard Chartered has launched a new blockchain-powered tokenized deposit solution under Hong Kong’s growing push toward onchain finance. The product allows real-time treasury and liquidity transfers across Hong Kong dollars, offshore yuan, and US dollars, operating on a 24/7 basis. According to reports, the system aims to improve cash management efficiency while maintaining the regulatory protections of traditional banking infrastructure. Standard Chartered has implemented the…

OKX Wallet, the native wallet of the top crypto exchange OKX, has collaborated with RaveDAO, a popular DAO for a community-led Web3 network. The partnership endeavors to permit consumers to smoothly access DeFi with the seamless $RAVE token swaps via the DEX aggregator of OKX Wallet. As per OKX Wallet’s official X announcement, the development leverages the liquidity from over five hundred DEXs to deliver decreased slippage and competitive slippage to traders. Additionally, the collaboration allows consumers to utilize unique incentives via the Boost feature of OKX Wallet, improving overall engagement. We’re happy to announce that @RaveDao has joined us…

On several recent TV interviews, Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) founder Michael Saylor has boasted about the benefits of tax-deferred dividends that it pays to preferred shareholders. Sadly, there is never a free lunch on Wall Street. These Return Of Capital (ROC) dividends are ballooning a tax debt onto preferred investors at an accelerating growth rate. Tax deferred does not mean tax free. Although Strategy’s peculiar form of ROC dividends do not impose immediate taxes, their mounting obligations increase at an ever-faster rate as future deadlines near. Strategy advertises generous, “tax equivalent” yields as high as 21.6% for its preferred dividends under…

South Africa’s crypto market is accelerating into a higher-confidence phase as the FSCA confirms 420 CASP license applications, approvals stacking up, compliance pathways clarifying, and institutional-grade oversight reinforcing momentum around which firms are positioned to scale under authorization. South Africa Crypto Market Builds Momentum as 420 Providers Flood Licensing Pipeline The regulation of crypto-related financial activity continues to evolve in South Africa as oversight expands. The Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA), a South African financial markets regulator, updated the public on its crypto asset service provider (CASP) licensing process on Dec. 12, outlining application volumes, approvals, and enforcement expectations. Detailing…