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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Billionaire Ray Dalio Warns Bitcoin Is Unlikely To Become A Central Bank Reserve
Ray Dalio says Bitcoin may function as money but remains unsuitable for central bank reserves despite its limited supply.
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Hyperliquid Confirms $HYPE Shorting Address Linked to Ex-Employee Fired In 2024
Hyperliquid said a wallet accused of shorting $HYPE belongs to a former employee fired in Q1 2024.
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Northern Data Sells Peak Mining to Tether-Linked Firms in Deal Worth Up to $200M
Northern Data has reportedly sold its Bitcoin mining subsidiary to a group of companies linked to senior executives at stablecoin issuer Tether.
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US Lawmakers Urge IRS to Review Crypto Staking Tax Rules Before 2026
A bipartisan group of 18 US House lawmakers is calling on the Internal Revenue Service to revisit how crypto staking rewards are taxed.
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Hong Kong Proposes Strict Crypto Risk Charges as Insurers Eye Digital Assets
Hong Kong plans to allow insurers limited crypto exposure while imposing a 100% capital charge on unbacked crypto assets.
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Bitcoin May Not Have Bottomed Yet as Social Media Fear Remains Low: Analyst
Bitcoin could still fall toward $75,000 as social media sentiment remains too optimistic, according to Santiment’s Maksim Balashevich.
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