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The UK has passed a bill into law that treats digital assets, such as cryptocurrencies and stablecoins, as property, which advocates say will better protect crypto users. Lord Speaker John McFall announced in the House of Lords on Tuesday that the Property (Digital Assets etc) Bill was given royal assent, meaning King Charles agreed to make the bill into an Act of Parliament and passed it into law. Freddie New, policy chief at advocacy group Bitcoin Policy UK, said on X that the bill “becoming law is a massive step forward for Bitcoin in the United Kingdom and for everyone…

The crypto market is on high alert today. Traders are watching Ethereum closely because a major price move may happen soon. If ETH climbs above $3,500, more than $3 billion in short positions could get wiped out. A move like this can shake the whole market. Why the $3,500 Level Is So Important A short position is a bet that the price will fall. Many traders are betting against Ethereum right now. They expect ETH to move down, not up. But if the price rises instead, these traders must close their positions. They do that by buying ETH. When thousands…

Renowned economist Nouriel Roubini stated that massive investments in artificial intelligence gave a strong impetus to the economy in 2025, but uncertainties arising from President Donald Trump’s tariffs and policies suppressed growth in the second half of the year, and drew three different scenarios for 2026. As the new year approaches, the U.S. economy could head into a “growth recession,” a “shallow recession,” or “strong growth without a dip,” according to Roubini, but the most likely scenario is the Goldilocks scenario, which is also the most positive. Roubini argues that the failure to properly release official employment and inflation data…

New figures reveal a 70% year-on-year increase in Cayman Islands foundation company registrations, with more than 1,300 on the books at the end of 2024, and over 400 new registrations already in 2025. These structures are increasingly being used as legal wrappers for decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) and as ecosystem stewards for major Web3 projects. According to a news release from Cayman Finance, many of the world’s largest Web3 projects are now registered in the Cayman Islands, including at least 17 foundation companies with treasuries over $100 million. Why DAOs are choosing Cayman The Cayman foundation company has emerged as…

Ethereum validator operators using the Prysm consensus client received an urgent alert on December 4. The Prysm team confirmed that some nodes were generating old states to process outdated attestations. Which can lead to incorrect validation behavior if left unchecked. To prevent this, Prysm told all operators to disable a specific function immediately by adding a single flag to their beacon node. The fix does not require a full client upgrade and does not affect validator clients. 🚨 We have identified the issue and have a quick workaround. All nodes should disable Prysm to unnecessarily generate old states to process…

Amundi, Europe’s largest asset manager, has introduced its first tokenized share class for a euro money market fund. The fund is now offered in a hybrid structure, allowing investors to choose between the traditional version and the new blockchain-based one. The first transaction was recorded on the Ethereum network on Nov. 4. The rollout was developed in collaboration with CACEIS, a European asset-servicing group that provided the tokenization infrastructure, investor wallets, and the digital order system used to process subscriptions and redemptions. According to the companies, tokenizing the fund streamlines order processing, widens access to new investor channels, and enables…

President Karol Nawrocki’s veto on a controversial law to regulate the Polish crypto market has been met with threats and attacks by the government. Prime Minister Donald Tusk has ordered an investigation into an alleged “crypto affair,” implicating the head of state, while members of his ruling coalition are accusing him of attending to Russian interests. Halted Polish crypto bill stirs political storm in Warsaw Poland is descending into a major political clash over Nawrocki’s decision to stop the Tusk cabinet’s attempt to impose legislation transposing the EU’s latest crypto rules into national law. On Monday, the president vetoed the…

By Omkar Godbole (All times ET unless indicated otherwise) Move over crypto-USD pairs. As bitcoin BTC$92,864.00 and the broader market consolidate on recent gains, this may be the ideal time to focus on cross pairs, especially the ether-bitcoin (ETH/BTC) ratio. Ether ETH$3,179.71 has gained more than 4% over the past 24 hours, approaching $3,200, while bitcoin BTC$92,864.00 remains little changed above $93,000. The CoinDesk 20 and CoinDesk 80 indices have risen about 1%. Ether’s momentum has lifted the ETH/BTC ratio by 4%, cementing the bullish technical breakout above the descending trendline from August highs. The pattern, discussed in the technical…

Web3 gaming giant Animoca Brands is looking beyond gaming next year to expand its current portfolio of around 600 companies, says the company’s chief strategy officer, Keyvan Peymani. “We invest in dozens of companies a year,” Peymani said during a CNBC interview on Tuesday. “The aim for that, whether it is AI or DePIN or DeFi or games, or any of the kind of new sectors and stablecoins and opportunities that are coming in, is to always look at how the ecosystem we are a part of is expanding.” Gaming represents the biggest category in Animoca Brands’ portfolio, with 230…

The newest kid on the crowded block of U.S. crypto advocacy groups, the American Innovation Project, will soon have its first executive director, with the arrival of Allie Page, who was chief operating officer at the Blockchain Association — one of the industry’s leading lobbying organizations. Page’s departure next month follows the Blockchain Association exit of CEO Kristin Smith, who became president of the Solana Policy Institute (SPI) in May and is also president of the board at AIP. “Allie has the rare ability to build connections with stakeholders from across the political spectrum, and is someone our industry can…