Prediction markets should become hedging platforms, says Buterin

Prediction markets should become hedging platforms, says Buterin

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said he is starting to “worry” about the direction of prediction markets and suggested that they shift to become marketplaces to hedge against price exposure risk for consumers. Prediction markets are “over-converging” to “unhealthy” products that are focused on short-term price betting and speculative behavior as opposed to long-term building, Buterin said in an X post. Instead, onchain prediction markets coupled with large-language models (LLMs) should become general hedging mechanisms to provide consumers with price stability for goods and services, Buterin said. He explained how this…

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OKX secures EU payment license to expand stablecoin services

OKX secures EU payment license to expand stablecoin services

Cryptocurrency exchange OKX expanded its regulatory footprint in Europe, securing a license for stablecoin payments. OKX has obtained a Payment Institution (PI) license in Malta, the company told Cointelegraph. The authorization is issued under the European Union’s payments framework and is designed to bring OKX’s payment products into line with requirements under the bloc’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) and the Second Payment Services Directive (PSD2). Under these rules, crypto-asset service providers (CASPs) offering payment services involving stablecoins must hold either a PI or Electronic Money Institution (EMI) authorization. OKX’s…

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Strategy shares jump after MSCI pauses DATCO exclusion

Strategy shares jump after MSCI pauses DATCO exclusion

The company, previously known as MicroStrategy, defines a Digital Asset Treasury Company, or DATCO, as a firm whose digital asset holdings, such as Bitcoin, represent 50% or more of total assets on its balance sheet. The classification surged in popularity in 2025 as more public companies began incorporating Bitcoin, Ether, and other tokens into their treasury strategies, offering investors proxy exposure to crypto. Despite their appeal, the tokens remain volatile, and shares have reflected sharp swings. Accounting treatment is also unsettled, with analysts debating whether these firms should be valued…

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Coinbase Picks Chainlink for $7 Billion Crypto Bridging Project

Coinbase Picks Chainlink for $7 Billion Crypto Bridging Project

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has launched a partnership with platform Chainlink. This collaboration will see Coinbase use Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) as the exclusive bridging solution for all Coinbase Wrapped Assets, allowing cross-chain transfers and expansion, the companies said in a news release Thursday (Dec. 11). Those assets, which include cbBTC, cbETH, cbDOGE, cbLTC, cbADA, and cbXRP, have an aggregate market cap of around $7 billion, according to the release. “Chainlink operates battle-tested infrastructure and has a track record of securing tens of billions of dollars,” the companies said. “Chainlink…

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Coinbase debuts new digital token‑offering platform

Coinbase debuts new digital token‑offering platform

Coinbase has launched a new crypto token sales platform that puts retail investors directly into early-stage deals, something Wall Street firms have long kept for themselves. The platform, revealed this week, allows individuals to buy new crypto tokens before they’re listed on the Coinbase exchange. According to Coinbase, this is the company’s latest attempt to grab more control of the crypto fundraising pipeline and pull retail buyers back into the game for the first time since 2018. Sales on the new platform will happen monthly, with one token launch per…

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Brazil regards stablecoins as forex operation in new stablecoin regime

Brazil regards stablecoins as forex operation in new stablecoin regime

Brazil’s central bank released on Monday, November 10, long-awaited rules for virtual assets that will affect how stablecoins are classified in a framework that extends the country’s existing anti-money-laundering, counter-terrorism, and consumer protection laws to virtual-asset service providers (VASPs) and foreign-exchange (Forex) operators. According to the central bank, any transaction that involves virtual assets pegged to fiat currencies will be treated as a foreign exchange operation. The same classification will apply to international payments or transfers made using virtual assets, including those carried out through cards or other electronic payment…

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Japanese tech investors migrate to the European market

Japanese tech investors migrate to the European market

A substantial amount of money is reportedly flowing from Japan to European startups, as Japanese investors opt for a more mature investment environment in Europe. Risk-averse investors in Asia prefer Europe’s booming tech environment over a more nascent one at home. Japanese investors are reportedly moving substantial amounts of capital to tech startups in Europe, citing a more favorable and mature entrepreneurial ecosystem than the one they have at home. The sudden influx of capital between the two continents has helped scale Europe’s growing tech industry compared to Japan’s more…

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Trader Opens Massive $1,000,000 XRP Long Position

Trader Opens Massive $1,000,000 XRP Long Position

A trader on the Hyperliquid derivatives trading platform has shown optimism in XRP’s near-term potential by opening an XRP long position of $1 million. XRP community figure Xaif drew public attention to the trade, which he suggested was opened yesterday. Per the accompanying screenshot, the trader opened a $1 million long position on XRP at an entry price of $2.4093, totaling 416,736 tokens. The anonymous trader opened the position with a 10x leverage as part of efforts to amplify potential gains. Such large leveraged positions often indicate strong bullish sentiment…

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Companies now own more than $100 billion in bitcoin

Companies now own more than $100 billion in bitcoin

One American company called Strategy owns more than 3% of all bitcoin in existence. Its executive chairman, Michael Saylor, is the pioneer of a new business model where publicly listed companies buy cryptocurrency assets to hold on their balance sheet. Strategy, formerly called MicroStrategy, first bought US$250 million (£187 million) worth of bitcoin in mid-2020 during the depths of the COVID economic slump. As it continued to buy bitcoin, its share price soared, and it kept buying. As of October 2025, Strategy held 640,418 bitcoin, worth around $70 billion. In…

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How retail holders paid for corporate ‘innovation’

How retail holders paid for corporate ‘innovation’

Who bore the brunt of the Bitcoin DAT bubble burst? Retail investors, who lost an estimated $17 billion after buying shares in MSTR, Metaplanet, and other Bitcoin DAT firms at inflated prices. What’s the broader impact on BTC treasuries? Overvalued DATs labeled as “bubbles” have begun to burst, putting Bitcoin’s institutional credibility at risk. On paper, more and more companies adding Bitcoin [BTC] to their treasuries looks like a big win for investors, showing that BTC is being taken seriously as a “store of value” by institutions. As evidence, Bitwise…

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