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German Chancellor Scholz Calls Snap Election as Coalition Government Collapses

Olaf Scholz is looking to bring the general election forward to March from September.

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Chancellor Olaf Scholz (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
Chancellor Olaf Scholz (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
  • German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called for a snap election after the collapse of his three-party coalition government.
  • Scholz wants a vote of confidence to occur by January to bring the federal election forward to March from September.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called for a snap election following the breakdown of his three-party ruling coalition, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday.

Scholz called for a confidence vote to occur in the European Union's largest economy by January with the aim of moving next year's federal parliamentary election to March from September.

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The decision came after Scholz, who is from the Social Democratic Party, dismissed Finance Minister Christian Lindner, the chairman of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) party, saying he refused a proposal that would suspend rules limiting government borrowing.

"Too often, the necessary compromises were drowned out by publicly staged disputes and loud ideological demands,” Scholz said in a statement, according to Bloomberg.

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KuCoin Hits Record Market Share as 2025 Volumes Outpace Crypto Market

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KuCoin captured a record share of centralised exchange volume in 2025, with more than $1.25tn traded as its volumes grew faster than the wider crypto market.

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  • KuCoin recorded over $1.25 trillion in total trading volume in 2025, equivalent to an average of roughly $114 billion per month, marking its strongest year on record.
  • This performance translated into an all-time high share of centralised exchange volume, as KuCoin’s activity expanded faster than aggregate CEX volumes, which slowed during periods of lower market volatility.
  • Spot and derivatives volumes were evenly split, each exceeding $500 billion for the year, signalling broad-based usage rather than reliance on a single product line.
  • Altcoins accounted for the majority of trading activity, reinforcing KuCoin’s role as a primary liquidity venue beyond BTC and ETH at a time when majors saw more muted turnover.
  • Even as overall crypto volumes softened mid-year, KuCoin maintained elevated baseline activity, indicating structurally higher user engagement rather than short-lived volume spikes.

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Senate Agriculture's crypto market structure draft peppered with Democrat pitches

Senator Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn. (screen capture, Senate Agriculture Committee)

The latest draft of the major crypto legislation has begun to be targeted with amendments as the Senate Agriculture Committee approaches its hearing next week.

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  • Proposed amendments to the Senate Agriculture Committee's crypto market structure bill have been posted, and the Democrats filing the pitches are seeking to push a number of the points they've sought over months of negotiation.
  • Democrat amendments include proposals for banning senior government officials from profiting off of crypto interests and a demand for filling the Commodity Futures Trading Commission before new rules can be put in place.
  • The committee's markup hearing for the bill is currently scheduled for next week, though a winter storm threatens the U.S. capital.