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CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: NEAR Protocol Falls 4.1%, Leading Index Lower

Sui (SUI) was also an underperformer, declining 2.4% from Tuesday.

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Opinion

The Deepfake Reckoning: Why Crypto’s Next Security Battle Will Be Against Synthetic Humans

Crypto platforms must adopt proactive, multi-layered verification architectures that don’t stop at onboarding but continuously validate identity, intent, and transaction integrity throughout the user journey, argues Ilya Broven, chief growth officer at Sumsub.

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Markets

Hut 8 stock surges 20% on Fluidstack AI data center deal

The bitcoin miner deepened its pivot into AI infrastructure with a $7 billion long term lease backed by Google.

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Markets

Don't call it QE — the Fed's $40 billion bill buys may not shake crypto out of slump

There's a major difference between ensuring liquidity in short-term rate markets and the quantitative easing that juiced risk assets after during Covid and after 2008 financial panic.

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Tech

Uniform Labs’ Multiliquid targets structural gap in $35 billion tokenized asset market

The new protocol offers instant swaps between tokenized money market funds and stablecoins as regulators scrutinize yield-bearing stablecoin models.

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Finance

TradFi giant EquiLend backs Digital Prime to link $40 trillion pool with tokenized markets

The partnership will focus on Tokenet, Digital Prime's institutional lending network, and introduce new features like regulated stablecoin collateral.

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Finance

Moon Pursuit Capital launches $100 million market-neutral crypto fund

The new quantitative vehicle aims to deliver risk-managed returns across crypto market cycles as the firm readies a global expansion push.

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Finance

Wall Street giant DTCC Picks privacy focused blockchain Canton Network for tokenization

Canton creator Digital Asset will help tokenize DTC-custodied U.S. Treasury securities.

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Finance

Securitize to offer first fully onchain trading for real public stocks in early 2026

The platform offers full legal ownership, with shares issued and recorded onchain, and provides real shareholder rights and self-custody.

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Markets

Norway's sovereign wealth fund supports Metaplanet bitcoin plan ahead of EGM vote

Norges Bank, which holds a 0.3% stake in Metaplanet voted in favor of for all five proposals ahead of the Dec. 22 EGM.

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Markets

Ripple’s Asia venture looks to make XRP a yield-bearing asset

SBI Digital Markets, a unit regulated by Singapore’s Monetary Authority, has been appointed as the institutional custodian, offering segregated custody for client assets.

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Markets

Crypto Markets Today: Bitcoin drifts lower as bearish trend persists

Bitcoin slipped overnight, dragging the broader crypto market lower as traders remained cautious with few external cues to provide direction.

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Markets

How China’s strengthening yuan could support bitcoin prices

The yuan has rise to its highest in over two months against the dollar.

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Markets

Bitcoin long term holder supply hits 8 month low, breaking historical cycle patterns

Repeated distribution waves from long-term holders highlight how this bitcoin cycle is breaking from historical norms.

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Policy

Bhutan commits up to 10,000 bitcoin to back new mindfulness-based economic hub

The Himalayan kingdom plans to deploy part of its sovereign bitcoin holdings to fund long-term development through Gelephu Mindfulness City.

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