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President Donald Trump’s drive against U.S. debanking of controversial industries, such as digital assets, has led to a new report from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency that further confirms the past practice and warns of potential punishment for the banks allegedly involved. The OCC is directing banks to heed President Donald Trump’s executive order issued in August that called for a halt to debanking and to punish those who’ve unfairly severed legal customers from the banking system. Trump’s order had demanded regulators probe for firms under their supervision that are guilty of debanking and go after them,…

A debate inside Aave’s DAO is raising questions about who controls the protocol’s interface and who benefits financially from it. The issue surfaced after Aave Labs integrated decentralized exchange aggregator CoWSwap into the app.aave.com interface earlier this month, replacing earlier Paraswap routing used for collateral swaps. While the change was framed as a user-experience upgrade offering improved execution and MEV protection, delegates later flagged that swap-related fees were no longer flowing to the Aave DAO treasury. An open letter from Orbit delegate EzR3aL argued that the integration introduced frontend fees of roughly 15 to 25 basis points that accrue to…

Ethereum price is trading below key moving averages as rising futures open interest and flat price action flag liquidation risk and heightened two-way volatility.​ Summary Ethereum price briefly broke a descending trendline and tested resistance before rejection, staying capped under its 100-day and 200-day moving averages.​ RSI has cooled from overbought while a nearby bullish order block and prior resistance turned support define the key zone to watch for a bounce or breakdown.​ Futures open interest is elevated despite modest price recovery, a structure that has historically preceded sharp liquidations when speculative positioning unwinds. Ethereum price is up roughly 1–1.5%…

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) has disclosed 1,346 total holdings in its latest SEC filings. The most recent portfolio value is calculated to be $ 142,419,517,113 USD. Actual Assets Under Management (AUM) is this value plus cash (which is not disclosed). The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is one of the largest institutional investors in the world, with over $142 billion in assets reported in its latest regulatory filings. The new 13F filings reveal that in Q3 2025, the fund decided to open a significant position in MicroStrategy. Canada Pension Plan Investment Board enters Strategy At the end of…

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has announced the initial names as it stands up its CEO Innovation Council meant to delve into derivatives market-structure developments, especially around tokenization, crypto and blockchain technology. Prominent crypto-sector CEO names such as Gemini’s Tyler Winklevoss, Kraken’s Arjun Sethi and Polymarket’s Shayne Coplan will join chief executives from such mainstay firms as CME Group, Nasdaq, Intercontinental Exchange and Cboe Group. “I am grateful to the CEOs who have agreed to share their vision and experience with the commission as we hit the ground running to prepare for the future and beyond,” said CFTC Acting Chairman…

A new decentralized finance model (DeFi) is targeting a persistent problem that soccer clubs face: short-term liquidity gaps caused by uneven cash flows from media and commercial contracts. The Decentral protocol, hosted on the Chiliz blockchain, enables clubs and sports organizations to raise stablecoin liquidity by tokenizing future receivables, such as broadcasting rights, and using them as onchain collateral, according to an emailed announcement shared with CoinDesk on Monday. Investors supply capital to decentralized pools, while clubs gain faster access to funding without relying on banks or specialized funds that often charge high fees and impose heavy administrative requirements. Decentral…

Key Takeaways A Bitcoin whale initiated a $491 million long position in Ether. Market speculation suggests this move may reflect insider knowledge or strong bullish expectations for Ethereum. A Bitcoin whale identified as Bitcoin OG 1011short opened a $491 million long position in Ether today, according to data tracked by Lookonchain. Absolutely wild — this #BitcoinOG(1011short) is still adding more to his longs. Current position:150,466 $ETH ($491M)1,000 $BTC ($92.6M)212,907 $SOL ($27.8M) He also placed limit orders to add 40,000 $ETH in the $3,030-$3,258 price range and 50,000 $SOL at $138.6.… pic.twitter.com/QRRsLtuFXz — Lookonchain (@lookonchain) December 12, 2025 The size of…

A degen gambler who previously deposited hundreds of thousands of dollars to crypto casinos Stake and Roobet was liquidated on HyperLiquid over the weekend, losing $5.5 million after shorting before Sunday’s bounce with a series of leveraged positions worth $168 million. The trader shorted bitcoin BTC$93,760.20, XRP$2.2018 and zcash ZEC$686.22, as well as having smaller positions in ASTER, BNB and RESOLV. The bearish trades came after several tokens fell to multimonth lows on Friday as crypto’s fear and greed index began flashing “extreme fear.” The losses didn’t perturb the trader, who effectively doubled down on the position by shorting bitcoin…

This piece is featured in the print edition of Bitcoin Magazine, The Freedom Issue. We’re sharing it here as a sample of the ideas explored throughout the full issue. On November 3, 2025, the freedom for developers to build financial privacy software is on trial. Samourai Wallet was a Bitcoin privacy wallet developed by Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill. It included specialized privacy tools that mixed the coins of wallet users in ways that required no third-party custody. The service’s servers helped coordinate “mixing” — methods to conceal the origin of coins and offer users some degree of forward…

A dispute over who “owns” Aave is raging within the DeFi community. The issue flared up on Friday, sparked by the realization that in-platform swaps now funnel revenue previously destined for the DAO treasury, to Aave Labs. Aave Labs Founder, Stani Kulechov, believes that, as owners of the “product” (the aave.com interface), Labs should be free to monetize it as it sees fit. Last month, Aave Labs announced a consumer-facing app with all crypto references stripped away. Representatives of Aave DAO, however, insist that there’s more to the brand than the website and logo. Indeed, they argue that trust in…