Pakistan signs a non-binding MoU with Binance to tokenize up to $2b in state assets, advance a sovereign stablecoin, and move Binance, HTX into Pakistan’s phased licensing regime.​ Pakistan has signed a memorandum of understanding with cryptocurrency exchange Binance to…

National UBI sends $800 a year to Marshall Islands citizens, with an optional stablecoin wallet to reach remote atolls and test on-chain social safety nets.​ The Marshall Islands has implemented a nationwide universal basic income program offering citizens the option…

South Korea’s FSC missed its stablecoin bill deadline as a clash with the Bank of Korea over bank-led issuance and approval powers leaves the regulatory roadmap in limbo. South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) failed to meet its deadline to…

Decentralized exchanges let users trade crypto from non-custodial wallets via smart contracts and liquidity pools, cutting out centralized intermediaries and custodial risk. Decentralized exchanges, or DEXs, are cryptocurrency trading platforms that enable users to trade digital assets directly with one…

Base’s Jesse Pollak faces backlash over a $1,500 ETH Soulja Boy token bet as ZachXBT revives fraud claims around the rapper’s past NFT and token promotions. Jesse Pollak, co-founder of Coinbase’s Base network, faced criticism from the cryptocurrency community after…

Husky Inu pre-launch hits $0.00023840 as crypto sell-off deepens. Husky Inu (HINU) completed its latest price increase to $0.00023840 during its pre-launch phase, which began April 1, 2025, according to project announcements. The cryptocurrency market remained in bearish territory as…

B. Riley shares jump after a surprise Q2 profit, debt moves, and a timely filing ease Nasdaq delisting risk, but an overdue Q3 report still looms. B. Riley Financial shares surged in premarket trading on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, following…

Stellar Lumens extends a 7-day losing streak as derivatives data turns sharply bearish and XLM retests key support levels on rising downside momentum. Stellar Lumens falls for seventh straight day as derivatives data shows bearish positioning. Stellar price heading towards…

Cardano breaks below its ascending channel, turning former support into resistance as ADA hovers near fragile lower support and faces risk of deeper downside. Cardano entered a technically decisive phase as price action weakened following a breakdown from its ascending…

StraitsX will launch XSGD and XUSD on Solana in early 2026, targeting on-chain FX, cross-border settlement, and AI-driven payments with x402 support. StraitsX announced a partnership with the Solana Foundation to deploy its Singapore dollar-backed stablecoin (XSGD) and U.S. dollar-backed…

Bitcoin Hyper raises $29.5M for a Solana VM-based Bitcoin L2 aiming to speed BTC DeFi, gaming, and payments while settling back to Bitcoin.​ Bitcoin Hyper has raised $29.5 million in presale funding for a layer-2 solution designed to enable faster…

Sberbank tests DeFi, tokenization and Ethereum-based products as rising client demand pushes Russia’s largest bank toward public blockchain integration. Sberbank, Russia’s largest bank, has confirmed it is testing multiple decentralized finance (DeFi) products as customer demand for crypto trading and…

Whale exits AI agent tokens at up to 99% losses, crashing thinly traded Virtuals-linked markets and exposing liquidity risks in the AI narrative. A cryptocurrency whale liquidated a portfolio of AI agent tokens at a 92% loss following a market…

U.S. Senate Banking delays crypto market structure markup to early 2026, extending uncertainty over digital asset rules and agency oversight. The U.S. Senate Banking Committee will not hold a markup on crypto market structure legislation in 2025, deferring the process…

Bitcoin and Ethereum options worth billions expire Dec. 20, with max pain clusters and BTC put skew setting the stage for short‑term volatility.​ A significant volume of Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) options contracts is scheduled to expire Friday, with…

SEC opens formal review into Nasdaq’s bid to list tokenized stocks, testing how blockchain shares can coexist with DTCC‑cleared equities.​ The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has initiated a formal review of Nasdaq’s proposal to list and trade tokenized securities,…

JPMorgan seeds a $100m tokenized money market fund on Ethereum, extending its Kinexys platform from private chains to public blockchains for institutional cash management. JPMorgan Chase & Co. has launched its first tokenized money market fund on the public Ethereum…

mETH Protocol launches a Buffer Pool using Aave’s ETH market to process ETH redemptions in about 24 hours, aiming to unlock institutional demand for liquid restaking. mETH Protocol, an Ethereum liquid restaking provider, announced a liquidity upgrade utilizing Aave’s ETH…

MEXC’s December Proof of Reserve shows 100%+ backing on BTC, USDT, USDC and ETH, with Hacken auditing the exchange’s Merkle Tree-based verification system. Digital asset exchange MEXC released its December Proof of Reserve (PoR) report, confirming that all audited assets…

Roomba maker iRobot files pre-packaged Chapter 11 in Delaware as Shenzhen Picea moves to take control and cancel over $260m in debt. iRobot Corporation shares dropped more than 82% in premarket trading on December 15, 2025, after the Roomba manufacturer…