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Canary Capital launches HBAR ETF on Vanguard platform, enabling investors to access Hedera's cryptocurrency via brokerage accounts.
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On December 1, 2025, Ripple announced a major regulatory upgrade in Singapore, reinforcing its ambition to make XRP a central instrument for global payments. The expanded license allows the company to streamline cross-border money transfers, expand its payments infrastructure, and provide faster, more transparent settlements to financial institutions worldwide. Ripple Intensifies Its Global Payments Playbook The Singapore regulatory upgrade extends the scope of Ripple’s Major Payment Institution (MPI) license, giving its subsidiary, Ripple Markets APAC Pte. Ltd., authority to operate a fully regulated, end-to-end payments platform. The license enables Ripple to handle fund collection, secure custody, token conversion, and final payouts within a single operational fra...

Kraken's acquisition of Backed Finance could accelerate the integration of traditional finance with blockchain, enhancing institutional crypto adoption.
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BlackRock's Bitcoin transfer to Coinbase Prime highlights the dynamic nature of institutional crypto management amid competitive ETF landscapes.
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Arca CIO Jeff Dorman calls the current market slide “one of the strangest crypto sell-offs ever,” arguing that price action is increasingly disconnected from both macro conditions and sector fundamentals. Why The Crypto Sell-Off Is “Strange” In a post on X, Dorman notes that traditional risk assets are behaving exactly as textbooks would suggest: “equity, credit and gold/silver markets are launching to ATHs every month because the Fed is cutting rates, QT is ending, consumer spending is strong, record earnings, AI demand still incredibly strong.” Yet crypto continues to grind lower, even as most of the usual bearish narratives have been invalidated. “MSTR isn’t selling, Tether isn’t insolvent, DATs aren’t selling, NVDA isn’t blowing up, the Fed isn’t turning hawkish,...

Kalshi's funding boost may accelerate innovation and competition in prediction markets, potentially reshaping financial and betting landscapes.
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What to Know: Over 1M XRP payments in a single day show how strong on-chain activity can grow even when the token price moves sideways.  Markets are shifting toward crypto assets that support clear, repeatable real-world actions – payments, gaming, and creator monetization – instead of pure hype. AI creator platforms keep running into the same problems: huge fees, random bans, clunky tools, and payments that change depending on your passport. SUBBD Token ($SUBBD) mixes Web3 payouts, token-gated content, and AI tools to cut fees for creators and give fans programmable ways to access and support content.  More than 1M XRP payments between unique wallets in a single day is the kind of number that slices through all the market noise. Prices can wander. Sentiment can swin...

The SEC's innovation exemption could accelerate US crypto adoption, potentially positioning the nation as a leader in blockchain technology.
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XRP price has formed a bullish cross on its weekly Stochastic RSI, creating a bullish sign for the cryptocurrency at a time when its price has been struggling to break away from the $2 region. The cryptocurrency has spent the past several days moving into a downturn, and buyers will now be looking to defend $2. Even though momentum has been limited, new inflows from recently launched XRP ETFs have kept sentiment from turning full-on bearish.  XRP Stochastic RSI Undergoes Bullish Weekly Cross According to crypto analyst ChartNerd, XRP has just printed a bullish cross on its weekly Stochastic RSI while still sitting deep in oversold territory. The chart he shared highlights how the blue %K line has curved upward and crossed above the orange %D line at one of the lowest...

What to Know: Bitcoin’s November selloff showed that DeFi and core crypto infrastructure are tougher than they look, boosting the case for real utility 1000x plays.  Bitcoin Hyper ($HYPER) brings SVM execution and ultra low latency smart contracts to Bitcoin, aiming for high speed wrapped $BTC DeFi on a modular Layer 2. PEPENODE ($PEPENODE) reshapes meme coins with a mine to earn virtual node system that rewards engagement instead of blind speculation. Cardano ($ADA) keeps building as a research driven base layer, supported by Hydra scaling and new exposure through the Brave wallet. Bitcoin’s November crash looked painful on the charts. Prices swung double digits in days, and every social media chart wizard acted like the sky was falling. But under the surface, somet...