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Bitcoin surged $3,000 in an hour on Dec. 17, reclaiming $90,000 as $120 million in short positions vaporized, then collapsed to $86,000 as $200 million in longs liquidated, completing a $140 billion market-cap swing in two hours.The movement was driven by leverage, making it seem that leveraged positions are out of control. However, Glassnode’s data tells a different story.In a Dec. 17 report, the firm noted that perpetual futures open interest has declined from cycle highs, funding rates stayed neutral through the drawdown, and short-dated implied volatility compressed after the FOMC rather than spiking.The whipsaw was thin liquidity colliding with…

In brief The launch embeds tokenized equities inside a consumer messaging app with hundreds of millions of users, rather than limiting access to crypto exchanges. The tokens are fully collateralized and designed to trade on-chain while tracking the price of the underlying shares and ETFs. Availability excludes the U.S. and depends on local securities rules, underscoring the regulatory limits on broader rollout. Kraken-backed xStocks have launched on the TON blockchain, making tokenized versions of U.S. stocks and ETFs readily available inside the Telegram app through its built-in TON Wallet.The integration allows users to buy, hold, and transfer tokenized representations of…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Ripple has published the first formal specification of the XRP Ledger’s Payment Engine, positioning it as a foundational upgrade for protocol safety as XRPL moves into a more feature-dense era. The document was released in partnership with formal methods firm Common Prefix and is intended to become a canonical reference for how payments and cross-asset value transfer behave on-ledger. The motivation is straightforward, and Ripple does not sugarcoat it. XRPL has operated for more than a decade without downtime, but the team argues that a long track…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Caroline Ellison, the former CEO of Alameda Research and a key witness in the FTX prosecutions, was quietly moved from federal prison to community confinement on October 16, 2025, with the transfer happening largely under the radar. According to court records and media reports, the move comes after Ellison served about 11 months of a two-year sentence. Her projected early release date is February 20, 2026. Transfer To Community Confinement Based on reports, Ellison was moved out of the Danbury Federal Correctional Institution in Connecticut and placed…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Amid significant regulatory shifts under President Trump’s administration, Binance is gearing up to relaunch in the United States, potentially reducing the stakes held by its former CEO, Changpeng Zhao (CZ).  Following years of legal hurdles that culminated in Zhao serving time in prison, his recent presidential pardon has revitalized the exchange’s prospects within the US crypto landscape. Binance’s Path To Re-Establish US Operations According to a recent Bloomberg report, Binance has been exploring options to restart operations for its American affiliate, Binance.US. This includes discussions of a…