🇰🇷 Bloomberg: Despite a nearly 80% drop from its July peak, BitMine Immersion Technologies shares remain among the most popular among South Korean investors in 2025. Retail investors from South Korea have purchased BitMine shares worth ~$1.4 billion this year
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🇬🇧 The OECD is implementing the Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF) from January 1, 2026. The UK, the EU, and 48 other jurisdictions will require crypto platforms to collect and report user balance and transaction data to tax authorities
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🆕 Grayscale filed an application with the SEC to launch a spot ETF on Bittensor
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🆕 South Korea's Financial Commission has proposed limiting the stake of major shareholders in the country's four largest crypto exchanges to 15-20%. This measure is aimed at preventing control of the exchanges by a small group of individuals
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🆕 PRNewswire: Cypherpunk increased its assets to 290,062.67 ZEC
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💸 Cryptoanalyst Joseph Young: The number of deployed smart contracts on the Ethereum network reached a record level of 8.7 million in Q4. The growth is driven by the expansion of L2 networks, the issuance of RWA, the proliferation of stablecoins, and the development of wallet infrastructure
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🆕 Sui Network plans to launch a new feature to support confidential transactions in 2026
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🆕 SlowMist: In 2025, approximately 200 blockchain security incidents occurred, resulting in losses of ~$2.935 billion, a 46% increase compared to 2024. The largest losses were recorded on the Ethereum network (~$254 million)
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💥 Binance will launch futures for BREV
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🆕 The Unleash protocol was hacked for $3.9 million
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✴️ Cointelegraph: A Bitcoin whale with a $11 billion balance sold $330 million worth of ETH and opened $748 million in long positions on leading cryptocurrencies
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🇷🇺 Chairman of the State Duma Committee for the Financial Market Anatoly Aksakov: from September 1, 2026, Russians will be able to receive salaries in digital rubles
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✴️ Metaplanet CEO Gerovich: In the fourth quarter, the company acquired Bitcoin worth $451 million
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🇺🇦 Binance will suspend withdrawals to bank cards for users from Ukraine from December 29, 2025
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✴️ CoinDesk: Institutional investors are increasingly applying Bitcoin options trading strategies to altcoins
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✴️ CoinDesk: Silver volatility has surpassed Bitcoin's amid declining year-end trading volumes
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🇯🇵 Japanese company Metaplanet acquired another 4279 BTC for $375 million, increasing its reserves to 35,102 BTC (~$3 billion)
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🇰🇷 South Korea's stablecoin bill has stalled due to disagreements over who will be eligible to issue them
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🇷🇺 The Russian Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank are considering the possibility of allowing non-qualified investors into the cryptocurrency market with certain restrictions, said Finance Minister Anton Siluanov
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🇷🇺 The Ministry of Justice of Russia has proposed the introduction of penalties for illegal cryptocurrency mining: a fine of up to 1.5 million rubles, compulsory labor for up to two years, or imprisonment for up to 5 years if a particularly large income is obtained or as part of an organized group
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