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Michael Saylor’s Strategy acquires 10,645 bitcoin for $980 million, bringing total treasury holdings to 671,268 BTC
Strategy's holdings account for more than 3% of the total 21 million bitcoin supply — worth around $60 billion....

Global crypto ETPs see $864 million in weekly inflows amid cautious optimism: CoinShares
It marks the third consecutive week of inflows, reflecting a cautious yet optimistic investor base, Head of Research James Butterfill said....

JPMorgan launches tokenized money-market fund on Ethereum
The new vehicle, called MONY, is seeded with $100 million of JPMorgan capital and will open to outside investors on Tuesday....

Visa launches ‘stablecoins advisory practice’ to help banks and businesses build strategies
The move comes as Visa deepens its stablecoin work and reports a $3.5 billion annualized run rate in stablecoin settlement volume....

Bitcoin stalls after post-FOMC slide as inflation data looms over December, analysts say
With bitcoin under $90,000, analysts say this week's macro releases will likely set the tone for the rest of December....

UK aims to regulate crypto like financial products by 2027
With the move, the UK government aims to ramp up transparency in the digital asset sector, according to The Guardian....

The Funding: Why privacy is a hot narrative in crypto right now
Privacy tokens are rallying, new infrastructure is gaining steam, and VCs are paying closer attention to this area....

Aevo’s legacy Ribbon DOV vaults exploited for $2.7 million following oracle upgrade
In response, Aevo is decommissioning all Ribbon vaults, which lost about 32% of their assets in the oracle manipulation exploit. ...

Brazil’s largest bank recommends a 3% Bitcoin portfolio allocation: ‘real diversification’
A partner at the investment arm of Itaú Unibanco, the largest private bank in Latin America, is urging investors to allocate a portion of their portfolios to bitcoin as a “dual opportunity” for a...

Binance to advise Pakistan on $2 billion asset tokenization as country prepares stablecoin launch
Pakistan also granted preliminary clearances to Binance and HTX to prepare its license applications for a full launch in the country. ...