Strategy has adopted a new dual-reserve treasury framework, according to a comprehensive analysis from cryptoquant.com, marking a notable shift in how the firm manages bitcoin exposure heading into what analysts describe as a potential extended downturn.
Strategy Adjusts Bitcoin Playbook
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IREN Limited is stacking up fresh financing, pricing a twin convertible-notes offering and a concurrent share sale expected to top $2 billion as the company moves to chip away at portions of its older convertible debt.
IREN’s Latest Financing Push: Two Convertible Notes, One Big Equity Sale
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Bitcoin ETFs resumed their upward momentum with fresh inflows, while ether ETFs fell back into outflows. Solana funds, meanwhile, delivered another strong day, driven by broad-based inflows across all major issuers.
Ether Slips, Solana Surges, and Bitcoin Extends Inflow Streak
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Polymarket officially reentered the U.S. on Wednesday with the rollout of its new mobile app to waitlisted users, marking its first domestic availability since 2021.
Polymarket’s Mobile App Marks Its First Step Back Into the United States
Polymarket announced Wednesday that its U.S. app is now li

The Firelight Protocol is a new initiative designed to bring native staking rewards to XRP by using it as a source of onchain security for decentralized finance.
Closing the DeFi Security Gap
The newly launched Firelight Protocol is set to expand the utility of XRP by introducing native staking

The so-called yen carry trade returned to the spotlight after the recent $4,000 cryptocurrency market flash crash, following Japanese government bond yields reaching historic highs. Learn how expectations of rate hikes in Japan affect investments in risk assets worldwide.
Yen Carry Trade: How Japa

Gold has continued its relentless rise, reaching as high as $4,371 in early Friday morning in the COMEX December futures markets. With this price hike, gold becomes the first asset to reach a market capitalization of over $30 trillion, cementing its role as a safe-haven asset.
Gold Reaches

Strategy signaled it could tap its bitcoin stash to safeguard dividend payouts if its valuation sinks toward parity, exposing how market pressure may force the staunch accumulator to consider a rare sale to preserve investor confidence.
Strategy Confirms It Can Sell Bitcoin to Protect Dividends

Vanguard has published new guidance outlining what investors need to know about crypto exposure, pairing expanded access to third-party digital-asset funds with a push for clearer understanding of product structure, risks and how these holdings fit into broader portfolios.
$11T Vanguard Drops

The Fed Chairman delivered a highly personal tribute to Reagan-era economist and statesman George Shultz.
Powell’s Tribute to George Shultz Skips Any Mention of the Economy
Economists were left disappointed on Monday evening after Fed Chairman Jerome Powell delivered his tribute to late Reagan-er

Kevin O’Leary says the noise across digital assets today boils down to one blunt truth: bitcoin and ethereum are the only alpha left standing.
‘All You Need Is BTC and ETH,’ Mr. Wonderful Says
Kevin O’Leary is not mincing words about crypto’s current mood. The entrepreneur and television

Bitcoin ETFs opened December with a modest inflow, even as ether and solana products returned to outflow territory. Trading remained active across all three segments, signaling investors are still repositioning as year-end approaches.
Mixed Start to December for Bitcoin, Ether, and Solana ETFs
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Mauricio Di Bartolomeo is the co-founder and CSO of Ledn, a leading provider of bitcoin-backed loans. He found Bitcoin during hyperinflation in Venezuela and believes in the future of the digital economy. He has an MBA from the Richard Ivey business school at Western University.
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UAE police recovered the bodies of Russian crypto blogger Roman Novak and his wife, Anna, in a high-profile case involving alleged kidnapping, torture, and murder over cryptocurrency.
Extortion and Disappearance
The bodies of Russian crypto blogger Roman Novak (38) and his wife, Anna (37),