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Bitget’s stock futures contracts reached $5 billion in cumulative trading volume, the company announced yesterday (Tuesday), a fivefold increase from $1 billion recorded in early November, just four months after launching the product line in July The crypto exchange crossed $3 billion in trading volume one week earlier, according to company figures. MicroStrategy futures led activity with $1.4 billion in trades, followed by Tesla at $1 billion and Apple at $472 million. Tokenized Stocks Trading Activity Mirrors Tech Rally The volume jump tracks with gains in U.S. equity markets, where third-quarter earnings and renewed interest in artificial intelligence stocks pushed…

9 December 2025 – Tether, the largest company in the digital asset industry, and HoneyCoin, one of the fastest-growing African fintech platforms on a mission to build the operating system for money movement in frontier markets, are announcing a strategic collaboration aimed at accelerating access to digital assets across Africa. HoneyCoin provides innovative solutions for cost-effective storage, transfer, and exchange of value globally. By leveraging blockchain technology and traditional financial infrastructure, the company is addressing long-standing challenges in cross-border transactions, such as high costs, delays, and inefficiencies. As part of this collaboration, HoneyCoin will launch a cashless point-of-sale (POS) platform…

Global bank J.P. Morgan has arranged a landmark commercial paper issuance on the Solana blockchain, in a move that pushes real-world financial instruments deeper into public blockchain infrastructure. Commercial paper, typically issued through legacy systems, is a short-term debt tool that companies use to raise working capital. This one was structured onchain and settled using USDC, the stablecoin issued by Circle (CRCL). J.P. Morgan created the onchain token representing the debt and handled the settlement. Galaxy’s investment banking arm structured the issuance. Coinbase acted both as investor and wallet provider, while Franklin Templeton, which has already created a tokenized money…

A flagship perp DEX is about to reshape derivatives trading as the Synthetix perps ecosystem prepares its high-profile return to Ethereum with strict caps and fresh incentives. Synthetix comes back to Ethereum Mainnet Launch parameters and withdrawal controls Trading competitions and the road to Mainnet Core product experience: portfolio and markets Enhanced order tools and “chase” functionality Synthetix perps Teams and early access incentives New Market Mondays and feature rollouts Reviving SNX and sUSD at the core of the protocol Outlook for SNX, staking, and Mainnet growth Synthetix comes back to Ethereum Mainnet On December 17, Synthetix will relaunch its…

Money managers may need to rethink their approach to digital assets, with over a third of young, wealthy investors in a recent US survey indicating they had moved on from advisers who don’t offer crypto exposure. Crypto payments provider Zerohash’s survey of 500 US investors aged 18 to 40, released on Wednesday, found that 35% had moved money away from advisers who didn’t offer access to crypto. Those surveyed had incomes between $100,000 and $1 million, and more than half of those who moved money due to an advisers lack of crypto offerings said they had moved between $250,000 and…

For Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour, the company’s duel with Polymarket is the kind of pressure that forces a new market to mature. In his interview with 20VC, he framed this rivalry as a “ferocious” battle akin to Brady vs. Manning or Messi vs. Ronaldo. He argued that the infighting is what will ultimately propel prediction markets into the financial mainstream. The intense competition is what forces both companies to push beyond their limits, transforming the sector from a niche curiosity into a legitimate industry. “An industry truly becomes an industry when there’s a rivalry,” Mansour said. “That sort of infighting…

DeepSafe, a decentralized and cryptographic verification layer for Web3 and artificial intelligence (AI), has announced its strong alignment with ARC Matrix, a homomorphic-encryption layer that enables AI systems to compute on fully encrypted data. The basic purpose of this partnership is to empower the security system by building a privacy-first trust infrastructure for Web3 and AI applications across the world. 🔄 Two infrastructure layers. One shared vision: privacy, security, trust — reinvented for Web3 + AI.Meet @ARCreactorAI‘s Matrix, a homomorphic-encryption layer that lets AI systems compute on fully encrypted data — privacy-first, zero-trust, and audit-ready.Combine that with… pic.twitter.com/E3FRBCezio — DeepSafe…

In an ‘open letter’ posted to Aave’s governance forum, a delegate going by EzR3aL claims that the partnership between Aave Labs and CoW Swap has diverted fees previously destined for the Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) treasury. Previously, swaps through the Aave Labs frontend relied on an adapter to ParaSwap, and excess funds generated from this were donated to the Aave DAO treasury. The post states that the DAO is not receiving the “extra fees… ranging from 15 to 25 bps” that result as a product of the new Aave Labs integration with CoW Swap. The most recent weekly fee transfer…

Deutsche Bank has raised its target price for NVIDIA (NVDA) shares from $180 to $215. This shows the bank’s confidence in the chipmaker’s growth. Investors are paying close attention, as NVIDIA continues to lead in gaming, AI, and data center technologies. Why Deutsche Bank Increased the Target The bank cited NVIDIA’s strong product lineup as a main reason for the upgrade. Its graphics processing units (GPUs) remain popular for gaming, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. Deutsche Bank also highlighted the company’s growth in data centers, which use NVIDIA chips for cloud computing and AI processing tasks. Furthermore, the new $215…

All news is rigorously fact-checked and reviewed by leading blockchain experts and seasoned industry insiders. MetaMask expands cross-chain swaps using Rango’s multi-network routing infrastructure. Tron support is coming, strengthening MetaMask’s multichain interoperability. MetaMask’s cross-chain expansion plans are now becoming clearer after the wallet began using Rango’s infrastructure to handle swap routing across various networks. This integration streamlines asset transfers without having to switch applications. What started with EVM and Solana has now reached Bitcoin, giving the wallet a broader cross-chain reach. And on the side, the team is already working on bringing Tron into the mix, an update many users…