Aave Labs Accused of Breaking Trust After Unilateral Vote Push

Aave Labs unilaterally advanced a critical brand ownership proposal to vote without notifying its author, intensifying tensions over who controls valuable protocol assets as the community debates whether founding companies are extracting value from collectively built infrastructure.
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Coinbase Agrees to Acquire The Clearing Company to Expand Prediction Markets Push

Coinbase has agreed to acquire The Clearing Company as it adds prediction markets trading and pursues an “Everything Exchange.” The team led by Toni Gemayel is set to help scale regulated on-chain event contracts; Ethereum co-founder Buterin has argued online that such markets can aid truth-finding.
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Tom Lee’s Bitmine Immersion Adds 99,000 ETH Boosting Holdings to 4.07M ETH

Bitmine Immersion has disclosed 4,066,062 ETH, or 3.37% of circulating supply, plus 193 BTC and $1B cash. It has said its combined crypto and cash holdings total $13.2B. BMNR has averaged $1.7B daily volume, and a shareholder meeting is set for Jan. 15, 2026 in Las Vegas. Backers include ARK Invest.
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Bitcoin Whales Unload 36.5K BTC, $3.37B Offloaded in December

Bitcoin whales in the 10k–100k BTC tier have shed 36,500 BTC since early December, about $3.37B while BTC has stayed in $85,000–$94,000 range. Analysts have watched exchange inflows and possible retest near $80,400, even as ETF inflows return and 100–1,000 BTC holders add. BTC was $89,646 at update.
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