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Not long before he died, Grandad said something that I thought was a little silly, a little old-fashioned.He declared that he didn’t trust the banks, and he didn’t want them to know what he did with his money. I scoffed at the time, paranoid old fella! But of course, it turns out I owe him an apology.As we were walking around his house, he motioned toward an off-white wall with an off-comfortable sofa in front of it. This piece of singularly ugly furniture hadn’t left its spot in more than a decade.The wall had a small square door that, when…

A new Federal Reserve discussion paper finds that the US dollar’s role in global bond markets has risen and fallen in cycles over the past six decades, with no clear long-term trend toward either greater dollar dominance or de-dollarization.Using the Bank for International Settlements’ (BIS) international debt securities database, the authors identify three distinct “dollarization waves” since the 1960s, showing that shifts in currency use have followed cyclical patterns rather than a steady structural change in global financing.“We find no monotonic dollarization or de-dollarization trend; instead, the dollar’s share exhibits a wavelike pattern,” the paper says.The most recent wave emerged…

Fasttoken (FTN), the native token of the Fastex ecosystem, surged nearly 200% on December 18, sharply outperforming the broader crypto market, which remained largely in the red.FTN jumped from around $0.37 to above $1.30 within 24 hours, making it one of the day’s top-performing cryptocurrencies. The rally occurred without any major announcement, pointing to a technical and sentiment-driven move rather than a fundamental revaluation.Fasttoken Rallies Over 180% on December 18. Source: CoinGeckoSponsored SponsoredWhat Is Fasttoken (FTN)?Fasttoken is the utility token of the Fastex ecosystem, developed by SoftConstruct. It powers the Bahamut blockchain, an EVM-compatible Layer-1 network that uses a Proof-of-Stake…

Key Takeaways:Crypto airdrops have generated life-changing returns, with past examples like Uniswap, Arbitrum, and Celestia distributing thousands of dollars per user.AirdropBee curates high-quality airdrops, ranking opportunities based on funding, backers, and category strength instead of hype.The platform offers free tools, guides, and research, helping both beginners and experienced users hunt airdrops safely and efficiently.The crypto airdrop has been the best-kept secret to enter the digital assets through the most lucrative route. Due to the growing competition and the number of scams, websites such as AirdropBee are establishing themselves as legitimate pathways to legitimate opportunities instead of empty talk.The Role of…

Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art in Doha has tapped Lebanese architect Lina Ghothem to lead a major campus expansion. The news arrives as the Qatari institution celebrates its 15th anniversary, and figures into an ambitious phase of cultural development underway in the Arabian Gulf nation.  “The Arab Museum of Modern Art is an unrivalled institution,” Ghothem said in a statement. “This expansion will offer a remarkable platform for presenting art and ideas, particularly by artists from our part of the world.” Related Articles Ghothem’s plan will deepen Mathaf’s research and education capabilities, and generally aim to foster richer social…

XRP exchange-traded funds have surpassed $1 billion in assets due to the long-standing recognition of the token among mainstream market participants, combined with its strong price performance over the past few years, according to a crypto executive.It comes as spot Ether (ETH) ETFs continue to post outflows, while spot Bitcoin (BTC) ETFs have recorded choppy performance over the past week.“Many investors are taking a position in XRP because of the familiarity. It has a long track record,” Sui Chung, the CEO of crypto price index provider CF Benchmarks, told CNBC on Wednesday.XRP’s 3-year return not unnoticed by investorsChung said that…

Mark Zuckerberg is pushing Meta straight back into the AI fight with Mango, a new image and video model that sits beside Meta’s next text model, Avocado, all built to take on Google’s new Gemini tools and OpenAI’s image systems. Meta wants both models in the first half of 2026, according to Alexandr Wang, the company’s chief AI officer, during an internal Q&A with Chris Cox. Alexandr also said Meta is starting work on early world models, which means AI systems that learn by taking in visual data from their environment. Meta changed its whole AI structure in the summer.The…

Crypto losses accelerated Thursday afternoon as bitcoin BTC$85,411.02 broke below the key $85,000 support level, dipping to $84,500 — its weakest price in nearly three weeks — before rebounding slightly.The move erased BTC’s morning rally to $89,500 and dragged the broader crypto market lower. Ether ETH$2,837.03 fell under $2,800, down 1.1% in the past 24 hours, while Solana’s SOL dropped 4% to below $120, its lowest since April.Altcoins led the rout, with ADA$0.3516, DOGE$0.1220, and SUI plunging more than 5%, outpacing bitcoin’s 1.6% daily drop.The wild price swings across the board triggered $550 million in liquidations over the past 24…

Perpetuals trading platform Synthetix is returning to Ethereum’s mainnet, with its founder arguing the network is now more than capable of supporting high-frequency financial applications after years of network congestion drove derivatives activity elsewhere.“By the time perp DEXs became a thing, the mainnet was too congested, but now we can run it back,” Synthetix founder Kain Warwick told Cointelegraph during an interview on Wednesday. “It’s kind of crazy that there really hasn’t been a Perp DEX on mainnet,” he added, explaining that reduced demand after the perp DEX exodus, combined with ongoing scaling improvements, has made Ethereum layer 1 more viable…

With expectations building around a potential 2026 crypto bull market, especially if U.S. regulators finally deliver clear digital asset legislation, the weeks leading into Christmas present a strategic buying window for investors.Bitcoin has remained under the $90,000 mark since Sunday. Over the last 24 hours, BTC has held its price around $87,000.One notable development is Bitcoin’s gradual loss of market dominance since summer. Historically, this pattern often precedes periods where capital rotates into alternative cryptocurrencies. Against this backdrop, assets like Shiba Inu, XRP and Cardano stand out as some of the most interesting crypto projects to monitor right now.Shiba Inu…