Sell the News: MicroStrategy Plunge Deepens in Days Following Nasdaq-100 Inclusion George Soros called it Reflexivity, but most know it as a virtuous circle, and MicroStrategy’s at the moment has been broken.

Bitcoin Drops to $92,000 as Long-Term Holders Keep Taking Profit Macroeconomic concerns and rampant profit-taking are weighing on the crypto market as the year comes to an end.

XRP Sinks 5% to Lead Crypto Losses as Strong Dollar Rattles Bitcoin Bulls A stronger dollar historically tends to make dollar-denominated assets like bitcoin and gold expensive, leading to weakened demand in the short term.

Do Kwon’s U.S. Extradition Gets Okay From Montenegro’s Justice Minister Montenegro’s Minister of Justice, Bojan Božović, said in a statement he approved the Terraform founder’s extradition to the U.S. rather than South Korea.

Ethereum Co-founder Vitalik Buterin ‘Adopts’ Viral Hippo Moo Deng Buterin’s $300,000 donation will support the Khao Kheow Open Zoo operations and the development of a dedicated exhibit for Moo Deng and her family.

Bitcoin Institutional Adoption Accelerates as ETF Filings Show Investor Appetite Multiple filings came in yesterday for bitcoin bond ETFs, one being to invest in MicroStrategy convertible securities.

Bitcoin Kimchi Premium Spikes as South Korea’s Political Turmoil Escalates The South Korean won hit the lowest level against the dollar since March 2009.

Memecoin Degens Raise Millions for Rare Cancer Research After a Father’s Plea A profit opportunity led to nearly $100 million in trading volumes for a charity-themed memecoin. And although some speculators lost money — the effort still bore fruit for the original cause.

Why 2025 Will See the Comeback of the ICO Crypto’s original killer use case was decentralized capital formation. In 2025 ICOs will make a major return, but this time with very different characteristics.

Bitcoin Returns to $95K as Christmas Rally Snuffed Out Interest rates were a tailwind to prices for much of 2024, but now may have become a headwind.

Animoca Brands Founder Yat Siu’s X Account Exploited to Promote Fake Token The fake MOCA token on Solana exploited Animoca’s links to Mocaverse and the Moca Network.

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: HBAR Drops 8.2% as All Index Constituents Trade Lower Aptos joined Hedera as a top underperformer, declining 7.4% from Wednesday.

Floki on Course for Europe ETP as DAO Floats Proposal to Provide Early Liquidity A Floki exchange-traded product is set to go live in Europe in early 2025, a project developer told CoinDesk.

Six Bitcoin Mutual Funds to Debut in Israel Next Week: Report The Israel Securities Authority approval was granted last week, Calcalist reported.

Coinbase CEO, Other Crypto Insiders Billions Richer After Seeking to Steer Elections Brian Armstrong, the Coinbase boss, already cleared an extra $129 million in personal stock sales over the pre-election price, and his stake in the company is up over $2 billion.

2025 Will Be the Year That AI Agents Transform Crypto An AI agent helped drive a memecoin to a billion-dollar market cap this year, but the real crypto x AI innovations are coming in 2025.

North Korea Blamed for May’s $305M Hack on Japanese Crypto Exchange DMM Japanese police and U.S. agencies said the attack was “affiliated” with TraderTraitor, which is characterized by social engineering.

ESG-Focused Blockchain Trrue Secures $10M Investment Commitment From GEM Digital GEM will receive tokens in exchange, while Trrue looks to develop blockchain technology with a focus on sustainability and regulatory compliance.

SOL’s Evolving Throwback Pattern Makes It Enticing for Breakout Traders: Godbole The pattern has its roots in the behavioral aspects of trading and often sets the stage for bigger bull runs.

Russia Imposes 6-Year Ban on Crypto Mining in 10 Regions, Citing Energy Use: Tass Temporary bans may be imposed in other regions during peak energy demand, Tass reported