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NBTC is the editorial account for NBTC News, covering Bitcoin, Ethereum, DeFi, blockchain infrastructure, exchanges, mining, regulation and digital asset markets. The editorial team focuses on clear sourcing, timely updates and practical context for crypto readers.

Ethereum price lost the key $3,000 psychological support as U.S. Ethereum ETFs recorded their third straight day of net outflows, as the broader market sentiment adopted a risk-averse sentiment. Summary Ethereum price fell below $3k on Tuesday for the third time this month. U.S. Ether ETFs hit a three-day outflow streak, losing nearly $140 million. ETH price is close to confirming a bearish flag on the daily chart. According to data from SoSoValue, the nine spot Ethereum ETFs recorded $224.7 million in net outflows on Monday, Dec. 15, marking the largest single-day outflows since Nov. 21. BlackRock’s IBIT led the…

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NYSE-listed Exodus Movement reported a stronger third-quarter performance this week as firms across the sector leaned more heavily on Bitcoin-driven activity while broader corporate accumulation cooled. The company reported a 51% year-over-year rise in revenue to $30.3 million in the third quarter, supported by higher swap activity and increased exchange-provider volumes. Net income rose to $17 million, up from $800,000 a year earlier, according to the company’s Q3 filing. Exchange-provider volume reached $1.75 billion, up 82% from the prior year. Exodus ended the quarter with 2,123 BTC, 2,770 ETH, and $50.8 million in cash, USDC, and Treasury bills, for total…

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PancakeSwap has announced a new incubation partnership with Probable, an onchain prediction market protocol built on BNB Chain. The project is co-incubated with YZi Labs, formerly known as Binance Labs. Together, they aim to push prediction markets deeper into everyday crypto use. Probable focuses on onchain predictions and betting across crypto prices, global events, politics and sports. The idea is simple. Users make predictions. Outcomes settle onchain. No middlemen and no black boxes. For PancakeSwap, this move fits its broader push to support real utility on BNB Chain. Also, for users, it opens a new way to interact with markets…

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daGama has officially declared a new collaboration with WORLD3 which is a major move towards convergence of artificial intelligence and blockchain technology. The partnership unites the real world location intelligence platform of daGama and the next generation AI x blockchain infrastructure of WORLD3 aimed at Autonomous Worlds. The goal of this alliance is to develop smarter, more adaptive, and user-focused digital space by both teams. We’re excited to announce our partnership with @WORLD3_AI! 💥WORLD3 is a next-gen AI x blockchain platform shaping the future of AI Autonomous Worlds – self-evolving digital environments where humans and intelligent agents collaborate, co-create, and…

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It has been a bearish week for the cryptocurrency market so far, with Bitcoin, Ether, and XRP all recording heavy losses over the last 24 hours. Bitcoin, the leading cryptocurrency by market cap, briefly dropped below the $86k level on Monday after losing nearly 4% of its value. Ether is the worst performer among the top 10 cryptocurrencies by market cap, losing 6.9% of its value since yesterday. The bearish performance has resulted in Ether dropping below $3k, with further downward movement expected in the near term. BitMine acquires an additional 102,259 ETH Copy link to section Ether is currently…

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Bitcoin’s price swings are no longer affecting institutional interest in crypto technology, such as tokenization, meaning it now has a solid leg to stand on its own, according to Thomas Cowan, head of tokenization at Galaxy. Cowan told Cointelegraph at The Bridge conference in New York City on Wednesday that there has been a “separation of the interest in tokenization from the price of Bitcoin” over the past few months. “In previous cycles, as Bitcoin and other alts have run up, there’s been an interest in tokenization, all the major traditional financial institutions have built out their crypto and tokenization…

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The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) launched a series of consultations on proposed rules for digital asset markets, marking the next phase in the government’s effort to establish a comprehensive regulatory framework for crypto assets. The proposals, published across three consultation papers, cover crypto trading platforms, intermediaries, staking, lending and borrowing, market abuse, disclosures and decentralized finance (DeFi). The FCA said consultation responses will be open until Feb. 12, 2026. The regulator said the proposals aim to support innovation while ensuring that consumers understand the risks associated with crypto investment. It added that regulations should not eliminate risks entirely,…

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The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) announced on Monday, December 15, that it has added the Hong Kong Stable Exchange/ Hong Kong Stablecoin Exchange (HSEX) to the list of suspicious virtual asset trading platforms. The SFC said the entity operating through the listed websites is suspected of conducting unlicensed activities and engaging in virtual asset related fraud, a warning aimed at investors who might confuse branding for approval. SFC Says HSEX Falsely Claimed Ties to Hong Kong’s Major Exchanges Additionally, the SFC stated that the Hong Kong Stablecoin Exchange has falsified information about its constitution, claiming to be…

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The Polymarket platform recently experienced some downtime in response to the issues Polygon, the blockchain it operates on, was facing around the same time. While no official statements have been made, a Discord post by a member addressing the downtime has claimed that the platform will now focus on creating its own L2 to prevent future disruptions. Polymarket team member claims L2 is on the way According to posts on X, the issues that caused the crash of Polymarket have been resolved, with both the site and related functions resolved. While Polygon was experiencing the downtime, users who tried to…

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Ethereum has been one of the hardest-hit major assets in the latest crypto market selloff. The ETH price is down over 6% in the past 24 hours, extending weekly losses to roughly 9%, as macro pressure and liquidations weigh on prices. Against this weak backdrop, a fresh institutional headline has shifted attention back to Ethereum’s fundamentals. JPMorgan has announced the launch of its first tokenized money market fund on Ethereum, seeded with $100 million. The key question now is whether this development can help the ETH price stabilize and rebound, or whether technical pressure will force a deeper breakdown. JPMorgan’s…

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