Day: December 8, 2025

Helix launches 24/5 real-time equity pricing for major equities

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Key Takeaways Helix, a decentralized exchange on Injective, has rolled out 24/5 real-time on-chain equity pricing for major stocks including Palantir Technologies and NVIDIA Corporation. This new feature delivers continuous price feeds covering premarket, after-hours, and overnight trading sessions—previously unavailable for most equities. Share this article Helix, a decentralized exchange on the Injective network, has launched 24/5 real-time equity pricing for major stocks including Palantir Technologies and NVIDIA Corporation. The platform now provides continuous on-chain price feeds covering premarket, after-hours, and overnight trading sessions. The real-time equity pricing is powered…

2 Big Catalysts Pi Network (PI) Desperately Needs to Stop Bleeding

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“PI looks less like an opportunity and more like a slow bleed waiting for a catalyst that never shows up,” one analyst stated. Despite the sporadic pumps, Pi Network’s native token has been on a massive decline over the past several months. Some important metrics suggest the price may keep sliding in the near future, but one popular X user shared the recipe for stopping the free fall. The Potential Catalysts PI began trading at the beginning of 2025, and shortly after, its valuation exploded to $3. Currently, though,…

Bitcoin Pro Traders Side-eye Breakouts To $92K

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Key takeaways: Economic uncertainty, a delayed jobs report and weakness in the housing market are causing traders to retreat from Bitcoin. Pro traders are incurring high costs to protect against Bitcoin price drops, while in China, stablecoins are being sold at a discount to exit the crypto market. Bitcoin (BTC) faced a $2,650 pullback after failing to break above $92,250 on Monday. The move followed a reversal in the US stock market amid uncertainty over job market conditions and growing unease about stretched valuations in artificial intelligence investments.  Traders now…

Farcaster Ditches Social Graph, Embraces On-Chain Wallet as Core Product

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Farcaster abandons social graph for wallet-driven growth, making in-app wallet functionality the core product to boost adoption. Farcaster has officially announced it is changing strategy, moving away from the traditional social graph approach. The platform will now prioritize a wallet-driven model, removing the follower-based structure that previously underpinned user interactions. Wallet-Led Growth Co-founder Dan Romero stated that after years of following a social-first strategy without achieving scalable user adoption, the team is now focused on in-app wallet functionality and trading as their core product. The executive said that after…

CFTC launches digital assets pilot, allowing Bitcoin and Ethereum as collateral

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Key Takeaways The CFTC has launched a pilot program allowing Bitcoin, Ethereum, and USDC as collateral in derivatives markets. The initiative aims to integrate digital assets like BTC, ETH, and USDC into regulated US financial systems. Share this article The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today launched a digital assets pilot program enabling the use of Bitcoin, Ethereum, and USDC as collateral in derivatives markets. The initiative represents a significant step toward integrating crypto assets into regulated US financial systems. The pilot allows these digital assets to serve as tokenized non-cash…

Bitcoin Holds $90K But Upside Depends on Fresh Volume

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Over the past two weeks, Bitcoin price repeatedly revisited the $90,000 range as retail investor sentiment improved, fund managers restated their bullish expectations for a potential end-of-year rally, and Strategy announced a sizable BTC purchase.  According to VanEck head of digital asset research, Matthew Sigel, Bernstein wrote that “the Bitcoin cycle has broken the 4-year pattern (cycle peaking every 4 years) and is now in an elongated bull-cycle with more sticky institutional buying offsetting any retail panic selling.”  Bernstein’s comments follow BlackRock chair and CEO Larry Fink mentioning that sovereign…

Tether invests €70M in Generative Bionics to back Europe’s largest robotics spinoff

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Key Takeaways Tether has invested €70 million in Generative Bionics to support intelligent humanoid robot development. The investment aims to accelerate industrial AI robotics deployment and expand Tether’s presence in advanced technologies. Share this article Tether has invested €70 million in Generative Bionics, a funding round supporting the industrial deployment of intelligent humanoid robots. The company is the largest spinoff from the Italian Institute of Technology and integrates over 20 years of robotics R&D, including 60 humanoid prototypes and a team of 70 engineers and AI scientists. The investment will…

Saylor Says Bitcoin-Backed Digital Banks Could Tap $200T Credit Market

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Michael Saylor, CEO of the world’s largest Bitcoin treasury holder, is pushing nation-states to develop Bitcoin-backed digital banking systems that offer high-yield, low-volatility accounts capable of attracting trillions of dollars in deposits. Speaking at the Bitcoin MENA event in Abu Dhabi, Saylor said countries could use overcollateralized Bitcoin (BTC) reserves and tokenized credit instruments to create regulated digital bank accounts that offer higher yields than traditional deposits.  Saylor noted that bank deposits in Japan, Europe and Switzerland offer little to no yield, while euro money-market funds pay roughly 150 basis…

Which Crypto Makes The Nice List This December? (Op-ed)

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Now, Bitcoin started in October and Q4 flying high at a historic record level above $125,000. After that, the most popular cryptocurrency on Wall Street began a precipitous slide to below $85,000 by the last week in November. That marked a 32% correction from the record-high. And the situation for many altcoins, including Ethereum, wasn’t much different. Ethereum and Bitcoin Crashed in November Both blue-chip cryptos crashed hard in Q4. Ethereum’s price traced Bitcoin’s overall movements. The smart contract currency and second leading crypto by market cap started in October around…

CoreWeave Plans $2B Convertible Note Offering for Expansion

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AI infrastructure provider CoreWeave (CRWV) plans to raise $2 billion through a private offering of convertible senior notes due 2031, with proceeds earmarked for general corporate purposes and for capped-call transactions that could reduce potential future shareholder dilution. The notes include an option for purchasers to buy an additional $300 million, the company said Monday. They can be settled in cash, shares or a combination of both at CoreWeave’s discretion. To limit dilution if the notes are ultimately converted into equity, CoreWeave is entering into capped-call transactions. This hedge increases…