Hyperliquid Clarifies HYPE Token Shorting By Ex-Employee

Decentralized perpetuals exchange Hyperliquid has addressed community concerns about a wallet that was believed to be linked to the internal team selling large amounts of HYPE (HYPE). Co-founder Iliensinc said on Hyperliquid’s Discord channel Monday that the wallet flagged by the community for shorting HYPE belongs to an ex-employee who was terminated in the first…

Indonesia Names List of Licensed Crypto Traders

Indonesia’s Financial Services Authority (OJK) has published a whitelist of 29 licensed crypto platforms, officially spelling out which exchanges are legally allowed to operate in the country.  The list, which includes names of entities and their apps or platforms, is meant to serve as an official reference for users to verify whether a provider is…

Uniswap vote, U.S. GDP: Crypto Week Ahead

It’s a quiet, foreshortened week in the run-up to the year-end holidays, with little scheduled for crypto specifically. The standout event is the Uniswap vote on a governance proposal called UNIfication. If passed, the proposal will activate protocol fees, burn 100 million UNI tokens from the treasury and bring Uniswap Labs and Uniswap Foundation into…

Metaplanet Reworks Capital Structure to Attract Institutional Investors

Metaplanet approved an overhaul of its capital structure on Monday, allowing Japan’s largest corporate Bitcoin holder to raise funds through dividend-paying preferred shares aimed at institutional investors.    Investors approved five proposals that collectively expand Metaplanet’s ability to issue preferred shares, introduce new dividend mechanics and open participation to overseas institutional capital, said Dylan LeClair,…

Bitwise Files For Spot SUI ETF With SEC

Crypto asset manager Bitwise has filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission to launch an exchange-traded fund tracking the Sui token. The firm submitted a Form S-1 filing on Thursday to offer the “Bitwise Sui ETF,” initially registering the product with the SEC and taking the first step toward launching the fund. Bitwise outlined…

Prediction Markets Hurt Fintech User Churn: Inversion CEO

Finance platforms racing to add prediction markets are doing so at the cost of accelerated “casino-like” user churn, says venture capital firm Inversion Capital founder and CEO, Santiago Roel Santos. Santos argued in a blog post on Saturday that while he is a “believer in the underlying idea” of prediction markets, he thinks offering them…

Fed Seeks Input on Fed Accounts for Fintechs

The US Federal Reserve is requesting public input on its proposed “payment account,” dubbed a “skinny master account” which fintechs and crypto firms are drawn to as it would allow access to the central bank without needing the typical approvals.  “These new payment accounts would support innovation while keeping the payments system safe,” Fed Governor…

Bitcoin traders split between $70K crash and BTC price rebound within days

Bitcoin price expectations diverged into the weekly close as $150,000 targets met calls for a drop to levels not seen in over a year. Source link

Bitcoin faces uncertain 2026 outlook, $250,000 by end of 2027: Galaxy Digital’s Alex Thorn

Galaxy Digital’s head of firmwide research, Alex Thorn, says 2026 may be one of the most difficult years to forecast for bitcoin, even as the firm maintains a bullish long-term outlook. In a Dec. 21 post on X, Thorn said the coming year is “too chaotic to predict,” pointing to a mix of macro uncertainty,…

US Lawmakers Propose Stablecoin Tax Break, Staking Reward Deferral

US lawmakers have introduced a discussion draft that would ease the tax burden on everyday crypto users by exempting small stablecoin transactions from capital gains taxes and offering a new deferral option for staking and mining rewards. The proposal, introduced by Representatives Max Miller of Ohio and Steven Horsford of Nevada, seeks to amend the…