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Strategy Pushes Back on MSCI’s Digital Asset Exclusion Proposal

Michale Saylor and team urged MSCI to maintain neutral index standards after a plan to exclude firms with significant digital asset holdings.

Michael Saylor (Gage Skidmore/CC BY-SA 2.0/Modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

SpaceX’s $300M Bitcoin Stack Puts Crypto Inside the World’s Biggest Planned IPO

The Elon Musk–run company is moving ahead with plans for an initial public offering that would seek to raise “significantly more than $30 billion.” Even relatively small balance-sheet allocations matter at that scale.

Elon Musk

Tech

Most Influential: Rushi Manche

The Movement Labs’ co-founder’s secret dealings and subsequent scandal stoked industry-wide anxieties about opaque token allocations and insider trading.

Rush Manche

Policy

Most Influential: The Lazarus Group

The crypto industry’s most notorious hackers continue to break records, highlighting the importance of taking every step possible to secure wallets.

The Lazarus Group
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CoinDesk News

Most Influential: Pump.fun

The platform saw massive success in 2025, with over $150 billion in cumulative volume, $138 million in monthly revenue, and a notable $500 million token sale in July.

Pump.fun

Finance

Most Influential: Hayden Davis

Crypto’s Gen Z supervillain may have single-handedly popped the memecoin bubble this year, exposing it as less a cultural movement and more a parasitic financial machine feeding on new entrants.

Hayden Davis

CoinDesk News

Most Influential: The Wrench Attackers

Perpetrators use various tactics, including posing as delivery drivers or waiting at gyms, homes, or hotel rooms, to target victims and demand access to their wallets.

Wrenches

Markets

Ether Digital Asset Treasury Companies Outpace Peers as Crypto Tailwinds Build: B. Riley

The bank said ETH-focused DATCOs have outperformed since Nov. 20 as risk appetite improved, mNAVs ticked up and staking-led strategies gained traction.

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BONK Slips as Governance Vote Nears, Testing Key Technical Support

The Solana memecoin dipped below the $0.00001000 threshold ahead of a dYdX integration vote, with elevated volume highlighting heightened positioning activity.

BONK-USD, Dec. 10 (CoinDesk)

Policy

Teacher’s Union Says U.S. Senate Crypto Bill Puts Pensions and Economy at Risk: CNBC

The AFT said the bill is “irresponsible” and “reckless,” putting pensions of working families at risk and paving the way for the next financial crisis.

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Markets

BNB Lags Wider Market Despite Volume Surge Resistance Levels Hold

Despite uncertainty and a lack of breakout, BNB's fundamentals may be supportive, with recent developments support a bullish case.

"BNB Gains 1.22% Amid Elevated Volume Despite Market Underperformance"

CoinDesk Indices

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Index Declines 1.5% as All Constituents Trade Lower

Aptos (APT) dropped 5.3% and NEAR Protocol (NEAR) fell 4.4%, leading the index lower.

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Markets

Eric Trump's American Bitcoin and Anthony Pompliano's ProCap Add to BTC Holdings

The shares of both bitcoin-related firms are posting modest early gains Wednesday, but remain sharply lower over the past several days.

Eric Trump speaks at Consensus 2025 in Toronto (CoinDesk)

Finance

Telegram Ring Ran Pump-and-Dump Network That Netted $800K in a Month: Solidus Labs

A Solidus Labs investigation details how an invite-only Telegram group used bots, fake narratives and rapid token deployments across Solana and BNB Chain to manipulate markets.

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Tech

Helium Expands to Brazil With Mambo WiFi in DePIN Breakthrough

The partnership represents one of Helium’s most significant international expansions so far.

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Markets

Polkadot Rises 4% as Crypto Markets Stabilize

The token has support at the $2.19 level and resistance at $2.39.

Polkadot (DOT) Gains 2.28% to $2.20 Amid Market Stabilization and Volume Spike
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