Polkadot Trades Little Changed as Crypto Market Consolidates
The token has support at $2.09 and resistance in the $2.15-$2.16 zone.
Month: December 2025
Ethereum’s P2P Layer Is Improving Just as Institutional ETH Buys Pick Up
Early PeerDAS performance is proof that the Ethereum Foundation can now ship complex networking improvements at scale.
Crypto nears its ‘Netscape moment’ as industry approaches inflection point
Crypto is at a mainstream tipping point due to the emergence of regulated investment products, according to Matt Huang of Paradigm.
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BMW Taps JPMorgan for First Onchain Programmable FX Payment
The German car giant used JPMorgan’s permissioned Kinexys Digital Payments network to do the FX transaction.
Hong Kong launches CARF crypto tax consultation to combat evasion
Hong Kong has launched a public consultation on adopting the OECD’s crypto account tax data sharing program, CARF, and revising its tax reporting standards.
Building a Petabyte-Scale Web Archive
In an engineer’s ideal world, architecture is always beautiful. In the real world of high-scale systems, you have to make compromises. One of the fundamental problems an engineer must think about at the start is the vicious trade-off between Write Speed and Read Speed. Usually, you sacrifice one for the other. But in our case, working … Read more
iFixit’s FixBot helps with repairs ‘the way a master technician would’
The iFixit app rolls together its guides, battery health tools, and a new AI chatbot. DIY repair site iFixit has launched its own app for iOS and Android, featuring its extensive library of repair guides and resources, a battery health monitor, and a new AI “FixBot” tool that’s been trained on those same guides to … Read more
Japan plans tough new rules for crypto exchanges: What liability reserves actually mean
Japan’s FSA is set to mandate liability reserves for crypto exchanges to boost consumer protection. The new rules are set to change the market.
3 Simple Python Tests to Check Your Web App’s Authentication Security
One of the most common vulnerabilities in a web application is misconfigured authentication, including code errors that allow unauthenticated people to query data. You might think that your application is secure, but every application has bugs, especially as the application codebase continues to expand. Open API endpoints and misconfigured access controls are two common reasons … Read more
Dogecoin ETFs lose their bite as Bitcoin, Ethereum big dogs lead the pack
The total value traded for spot DOGE ETFs reached its lowest point since launch, signaling a fading of the early hype as liquidity and flows lag well behind those of major crypto ETFs.
Standard Chartered Slashes 2025 Bitcoin Forecast to $100K
The bank has cut its 2025 Bitcoin price target by half, citing the end of corporate buying and sharply slowing ETF inflows.
IREN Raises $2.3B, Repurchases Debt in Balance Sheet Overhaul
The bitcoin miner extended maturities, reduced coupon costs and strengthened its capital structure.
Stop Building “AI-Powered” Sh*t. The SaaS Gold Rush is a Trap
“Check out my SaaS directory list” – nobody cares “I Hit 10k MRR in 30 Days: Here’s How” – stop lying “I created an AI-powered chatbot” – no, you wrapped OpenAI’s API “Built my MVP in 48 hours with Cursor” – congrats, so did 50,000 other people this week Most projects we see here are totally useless and won’t exist for … Read more
OCC Chief: Banks Blocking Crypto Custody Is ‘Recipe for Irrelevance’
Comptroller of the Currency Jonathan Gould warned that restricting national trust banks from digital assets would stifle innovation.
No Direction: Crypto Daybook Americas
Your day-ahead look for Dec. 9, 2025
Bitcoin’s ‘bear flag pattern’ targets $67K as BTC spot demand slumps
The absence of new buyers and weakening ETF demand are factors likely to keep the Bitcoin price pinned below $93,000 as a bear flag targets $67,000.
No Extensions Allowed: The Chrome DevTools MCP Dilemma
The Problem Blocking Developers from AI-Powered Debugging Chrome DevTools MCP is a game-changer for AI coding assistants. It gives tools like GitHub Copilot and Cursor the ability to see what your code actually does in the browser—debugging console errors, analyzing DOM structure, capturing screenshots, and validating UI alignment in real-time. It’s like giving your AI … Read more
VeChain Unveils New ‘Hayabusa’ Consensus and Tokenomics Upgrade
With more than 5.5 million app users in the last year, VeChain is focusing on tangible use cases for crypto that “you can hold in your hands.”
The war on disinformation is a losing battle
As he called the House Judiciary Committee into session on a cold and snowy February day in Washington, DC, Chairman Jim Jordan was ready to take a victory lap. American free speech had been critically threatened, and now it was saved – in large part thanks to him and his committee. “What a difference a … Read more
Tassat Wins U.S. Patent for ‘Yield-in-Transit’ Onchain Settlement Tech
The IP covers intraday, block-by-block interest accrual during 24/7 settlement and underpins Lynq, an institutional network Tassat co-launched in July.
How to Build a Fully Automated Affiliate Marketing Tech Stack in 2026
An affiliate marketing tech stack in 2026 is a connected set of tools where tracking, CRM, payouts, analytics, and comms are wired together via APIs and automation, so partner data flows in real time across your campaigns without manual spreadsheets, one-off exports, or guess-based optimization. We’re not talking about “I installed a plugin and added … Read more
‘Elite’ traders hunt dopamine-seeking retail on prediction markets: 10x Research
Rising retail participation incentivizes data-driven, “elite” traders to use “information asymmetry” and spreads caused by casual investors seeking a quick buck, 10x said.
Crypto Markets Today: Bitcoin Slips Back Toward Danger Zone Ahead of Fed Decision
Bitcoin surrendered gains from earlier in the week, fell back toward $90,000 as traders braced for Wednesday’s Federal Reserve rate decision.
Polygon deploys Madhugiri hard fork, aims for 33% throughput boost
Polygon’s hard fork cuts consensus time to one second, supports Fusaka EIPs and lays the groundwork for stablecoin and RWA-focused scaling.