Ethereum’s Fusaka Upgrade, Grayscale Chainlink Trust: Crypto Week Ahead
Your look at what’s coming in the week starting Dec. 1.
Month: December 2025
How BTCC Scaled from 2 Million to 10 Million Users While Building a Web3 Financial Ecosystem
Can crypto exchanges grow without compromising security and transparency? BTCC, founded in 2011, tested this question by scaling from 2 million users in 2022 to over 10.16 million by October 2025. The platform’s trajectory offers insight into how exchanges compete in an industry where global crypto ownership reached 560 million people in 2025, up 34% … Read more
Crypto payments coming to PlayStation as Sony plans stablecoin launch in 2026
Sony Bank is reportedly pursuing a US license and partnering with Bastion as it develops a 2026 dollar stablecoin connected to its growing Web3 unit, BlockBloom.
Bitcoin price slides to $85K: How low can BTC go in December?
Bitcoin opened the week in the red as fears of a Bank of Japan rate hike triggered a yen carry trade unwind, potentially risking a drop in BTC price to $67,000.
HashKey Leads Hong Kong’s Crypto Market as Losses Deepen Ahead of IPO
Ultra-low fees kept monetization in the basis-point range, leaving revenue unable to offset steep losses despite surging Hong Kong trading volumes.
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The TechBeat: I Was Sick of the Crypto Off-Ramp Pain. So I Built My Own Crypto Card (12/1/2025)
How are you, hacker? 🪐Want to know what’s trending right now?: The Techbeat by HackerNoon has got you covered with fresh content from our trending stories of the day! Set email preference here. ## Stop Building Your Product for Yourself: Why Most Early-Stage Startups Fail at Marketing By @manukovska [ 10 Min read ] I’ve … Read more
Tech Meets the Road: Patrick Dajos and Josh Norris Bring Decentralized Comms to the Niche Market
Learning from BitChat’s failure, founders Patrick Dajos (CTO) and Josh Norris (CEO) launched PinPop to revolutionize private, decentralized, offline messaging. PinPop uses self-healing mesh networks and advanced noise cancellation to solve connectivity issues for motorcyclists, a niche that demands reliable comms. The hybrid system seamlessly switches between online and offline (like during blackouts or in … Read more
Rising Japanese bond yields could shake global carry trade, crypto
Japan’s 10-year bond yields surged to 1.86%, the highest since 2008, threatening to unwind the yen carry trade that funneled trillions into risk assets.
Ripple Labs gets nod to expand payment activities in Singapore
Ripple has also made several acquisitions this year to expand its business and institutional-focused offerings, with the latest being crypto custody and wallet company Palisade.
China reaffirms crypto ban after noticing ‘speculation has resurfaced’
The People’s Bank of China reasserted the country’s crypto ban, claiming trading had reemerged and vowed to crack down on stablecoins.
It’s been a very hard year
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Google Antigravity Deletes D Drive
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Grayscale to launch US’s first spot Chainlink ETF via trust conversion
Grayscale’s Chainlink ETF is expected to launch on Tuesday this week, marking the first spot LINK ETF to enter the US market.
$25B crypto lending market now led by ‘transparent’ players: Galaxy
CeFi lending markets reached $25 billion in Q3, its highest level in over three years, and the market looked very different then, says Galaxy’s Alex Thorn.
Bitcoin Drop Ends Up Liquidating $500M Bullish Bets in Early Asia Trading
Binance, Hyperliquid, and Bybit saw over $160 million in liquidations each, with longs making up almost 90% of the total.
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Dogecoin Slumps 9% Amid Bitcoin Weakness. Is a Larger Dump Coming?
The launch of DOGE ETFs from Grayscale and Bitwise saw only $2.16 million in inflows, failing to attract expected institutional interest.
Bitcoin’s Monthly MACD Flashes Red: Echoes of Past Bear Markets
The key indicator’s negative flip indicates downside volatility ahead.
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XRP Slides 7% as Technical Breakdown Opens Move to $1.80
Despite expanding institutional infrastructure around XRP, short-term flows turned sharply bearish.
Glimpse Into Django Internals for Enterprise Software Developers, BI and Automation
TL;DR: Django ORM and internal utilities have rich functionality that allows you to n automate some complex data manipulations, automate processes that rely on multiple models in a way that will not require updates every time the data structure changes collect data from the database quickly without diving into the project very deeply n In … Read more