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The SEC’s Crypto Task Force scheduled a four-hour roundtable on financial surveillance and privacy for Dec. 15, bringing together zero-knowledge proof developers, civil liberties advocates, and protocol executives to debate whether blockchain privacy tools can coexist with anti-money laundering enforcement.The timing is deliberate. Two months ago, the co-founders of Samourai Wallet received five- and four-year prison sentences for operating what prosecutors called an unlicensed money transmitter that facilitated $237 million in illegal transactions.Three months before that, a jury convicted Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm on unlicensed money-transmitting charges but deadlocked on money-laundering conspiracy and acquitted him on sanctions violations.FinCEN’s proposed…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure In remarks made on December 4, US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Paul Atkins expressed an optimistic outlook for the cryptocurrency industry. Atkins emphasized the SEC’s intent to modernize its rules to facilitate an on-chain market environment, leveraging distributed ledger technology and the tokenization of financial assets. SEC Chair Advocates For Crypto Tokenization Atkins highlighted the transformative potential of these technologies for the capital markets. He stressed that enhancing these markets is essential for US firms and investors to maintain their leadership on a global scale. …

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure The cryptocurrency market experienced another wave of liquidations on Friday, with Bitcoin (BTC) prices dipping below the critical support level of $90,000. This decline followed a brief rally that had seen its price rise approximately $3,000 above this threshold earlier in the week. Crypto Market Faces $430 Million In Liquidations  Data from CoinGlass reveals that nearly $430 million in liquidations occurred across the crypto market over the past 24 hours, predominantly affecting leveraged long positions, which accounted for about $350 million.  During this period, Bitcoin underwent a…

Base launched a bridge to Solana on Dec. 4, and within hours, Solana’s most vocal builders accused Jesse Pollak of running a vampire attack disguised as interoperability.The bridge uses Chainlink CCIP and Coinbase infrastructure to let users move assets between Base and Solana, with early integrations in Zora, Aerodrome, Virtuals, Flaunch, and Relay. These are all applications built on Base.Pollak framed it as bidirectional pragmatism: Base apps want access to SOL and SPL tokens, Solana apps want access to Base liquidity, so Base spent nine months building the connective tissue.Vibhu Norby, founder of Solana creator platform DRiP, saw it differently.…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Reports have disclosed that some extremely wealthy family offices are adding XRP to their holdings, a move that market watchers say could influence demand for the token. According to Jake Claver, CEO of Digital Ascension Group, a close contact overheard members of an affluent family tied to a major US food brand discussing sizable XRP positions while being driven from Disney World to their hotel in Orlando. Claver also said he has spoken with several large family offices that are making allocations into XRP. Billionaire Interest And…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure As stablecoins continue to gain worldwide momentum, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called for global cooperation to avert potential macro financial stability risks related to the rapidly growing sector and to turn the industry “into a force for good.” Stablecoins To Foster Innovation, Financial Inclusion On Thursday, the IMF released a 56-page report discussing the growing influence of stablecoins, their potential use cases in mainstream financial markets, and the risks associated with the sector’s varying oversight. Amid the sector’s rapid growth, the organization highlighted that the…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Data shows distribution on the Bitcoin network has dropped off, with both the largest of whales and small retail hands taking to accumulation. Bitcoin Accumulation Trend Score Shows Shift Toward Buying As explained by Glassnode analyst Chris Beamish in an X post, Bitcoin investors have been showing a lot less distribution at the recent price levels. The on-chain indicator of relevance here is the “Accumulation Trend Score,” which tells us about whether BTC holders are buying or selling. The metric tracks investor behavior using not just the…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Do Kwon, the troubled co-founder of Terraform Labs based in Singapore, is facing a possible 12-year prison sentence in the United States due to his role in the collapse of the TerraUSD stablecoin, which resulted in significant losses within the cryptocurrency market. Do Kwon Seeks Reduced Sentence Of Five Years Bloomberg reported that in a court filing late Thursday, US prosecutors described the Terraform Labs co-founder’s fraudulent actions as “colossal in scope.”  They emphasized that his “misleading statements to customers” triggered a domino effect of crises across…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Tom Lee has reiterated one of the most aggressive Ethereum targets in the market, telling attendees at Binance Blockchain Week on 4 December that ETH could eventually trade at $62,000 as it becomes the core infrastructure for tokenized finance. “Okay, so let me explain to you why Ethereum, now that we’ve talked about crypto, […] is the future of finance,” Lee said on stage. He framed 2025 as Ethereum’s “1971 moment,” drawing a direct analogy to when the US dollar left the gold standard and triggered a…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Reports have disclosed that central banks around the globe have stepped up purchases of gold this year, with one month standing out. In October 2025, officials bought 53 tons of gold, a level that analysts say is the highest monthly demand seen this year. These moves reflect growing concern about inflation, weaker currencies and rising geopolitical risk. Central Bank Buying Surges According to data cited by financial outlets, 2025 is on track to be the fourth-highest year this century for institutional gold accumulation when measured net year-to-date…