🚨BIG CRYPTO NEWS! US TREASURY IRS APPROVE STAKING IN ETFS & MARKET STRUCTURE BILL MAKES PROGRESS!

▶ Coinbase Website: Coinbase.com ▶ CEX Website: cex.io Crypto News: Scott Bessent says the US Treasury and IRS approve staking in crypto ETFs. The Senate Agriculture committee has released its long-awaited bipartisan crypto market structure discussion draft. Brought to you by 🏠 Propy (PRO) is a blockchain-based real estate marketplace and decentralized title registry that leverages smart contracts to facilitate property transactions globally & 💡Get the (Re)Thinking Crypto Book on Amazon – 🖥️ Learn Crypto with Expert Commentary – Sponsors: 🌟Uphold – Signup with Uphold. Terms Apply. Cryptoassets are highly…

XRP Trending for the Most Unusual Reasons: Santiment

Key Notes Alongside, Bitcoin, Solana and Chainlink, XRP has found a place in the list of trending crypto. Santiment cited XRP ETF launch, price volatility and other factors as catalysts for this feature. XRP price is down 2.15% and pegged at $2.13. Ripple-associated coin XRP XRP $2.14 24h volatility: 2.2% Market cap: $128.64 B Vol. 24h: $4.58 B found a place in the list of trending digital assets published by blockchain analytics platform Santiment. It appears that the recent debut of Canary Capital’s XRP ETF (XRPC) and several discussions about…

Kenya Warns No Licensed VASPs as Bitcoin ATMs Appear in Malls

Bitcoin ATMs were spotted across major shopping malls in Nairobi days after Kenya implemented its first comprehensive cryptocurrency law, creating an immediate stress test for regulators who claim that no crypto provider is yet authorized to operate.  Local media outlet Capital News reported that several major malls across Nairobi had new machines branded “Bankless Bitcoin” installed beside traditional banking kiosks, offering cash-to-crypto services to the locals.  This isn’t the first time Kenya has seen Bitcoin ATMs. In 2018, The East African reported that ATM provider BitClub installed Bitcoin ATMs in…

Buterin Unveils “Lean Ethereum” Roadmap

Key Notes Zero-Knowledge technology could allow smartphones to run full nodes within two years. The network’s gas limit has increased by 50% in 2025 with a push toward 60 million. Reports indicate a 2028 deadline for quantum resistance to secure the base layer. Ethereum ETH $3 084 24h volatility: 0.9% Market cap: $372.75 B Vol. 24h: $31.56 B co-founder Vitalik Buterin unveiled a new roadmap at Devconnect on Nov. 17. The “Lean Ethereum” strategy aims to allow consumer smartphones to run full nodes within two years. Speaking at the opening…

Aster Launches ‘Machi Mode’ Rewarding Liquidations

Decentralized exchange Aster is delving into crypto’s degen culture with the launch of “Machi mode,” a new feature that rewards traders with points for getting liquidated. The update, set to go live next week, was announced with a direct nod to Machi Big Brother (real name Jeffrey Huang), a Taiwanese-American entrepreneur and former musician who has recently become a high-risk investor in the cryptocurrency space with a track record of liquidations. “You get liquidation points for getting rekt,” Aster wrote in a Wednesday post on X, adding that “this one’s…

Digital Power Network Urges CISA to Designate Bitcoin Mining as Critical Infrastructure

▶ Coinbase Website: Coinbase.com ▶ CEX Website: cex.io Think Bitcoin miners are just consuming power? Think again. Miners are proving essential for grid stability and national resilience. Now, the Digital Power Network is calling on the U.S. government to recognize mining as critical infrastructure. Read more: ▶ Coinbase Website: Coinbase.com ▶ CEX Website: cex.io Youtube version

Coinbase Working on Prediction Markets Website

Key Notes Jane Manchun Wong has caught sight of a potential prediction markets website that Coinbase is working on. The prediction markets will be offered by Coinbase Financial Markets, the derivatives arm of Coinbase Global, through the prediction marketplace Kalshi. Coinbase had once hinted at launching a prediction market in a bid to be an “everything exchange”. A tech researcher named Jane Manchun Wong has hinted at the possibility that American cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is working on a prediction markets website. She shared some screenshots on X to back up…

Analyst Says You’re Looking At XRP The Wrong Way, Here’s What It Actually Does

There’s a growing undercurrent of frustration among crypto investors watching XRP drift lower, seemingly tied to broader swings in the entire market. But a different perspective came to light after a post by Versan Aljarrah, founder of Black Swan Capitalist, who suggested that the entire discussion around XRP’s day-to-day price movement is rooted in a fundamental misunderstanding of what the asset actually represents. What XRP Really Does Aljarrah challenged the tendency to judge XRP as if it were a typical speculative crypto asset running on a debt-based system of inflows…

Voting on Crypto Market Bill by US Senate to Happen Next Month

Key Notes Scott accused Democrats of delaying the legislation, arguing that the crypto market bill is essential for stronger consumer protections. The Senate’s version of the bill seeks to clarify regulatory boundaries between the SEC and CFTC and define “ancillary assets”. Meanwhile, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong continues lobbying in Washington for quick passage. Tim Scott, the US Senate Banking Committee chair, said the committee will soon vote on the crypto market structure bill to bring clearer regulations to the industry. Since the bill covers both securities and commodities, it must…

$HYPER Is a Best Buy

What to Know: New Hampshire’s $100M Bitcoin-backed municipal bond gives $BTC a compliant route into a roughly $140T global debt market. The state’s strategic Bitcoin reserve law, allowing up to 5% of funds in Bitcoin, shows treasuries are treating crypto as long-term collateral. Bitcoin Hyper aims to provide a fast, SVM-powered Bitcoin Layer 2 so that this new collateral can move efficiently across DeFi and institutional rails. With $28M raised, audited contracts, and staking at 41%, $HYPER targets utility in Bitcoin’s evolving bond and reserve landscape. New Hampshire just did…