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Key Highlights: AMINA Bank goes live with Ripple Payments. The partnership bridges fiat and stablecoin payment rails. Ripple confirms newly closed deal with Rail. Ripple announced through social media platform X, today, December 12, 2025, that it has teamed up with Switzerland’s AMINA Bank to make sending money across borders much faster for the bank’s global customers. AMINA is now the first bank in Europe to use Ripple’s fully regulated payment platform, which relies on blockchain to move funds almost instantly and more efficiently than traditional banking systems. Big News: @AMINABankGlobal is the first European bank to go live with…

Peter Zhang Dec 13, 2025 17:18 LDO price prediction points to $0.75-$1.27 upside potential as technical indicators show bullish momentum building despite recent weakness below key moving averages. Lido DAO (LDO) is showing early signs of a technical recovery after testing critical support levels near its 52-week low. With the token currently trading at $0.60, multiple analysts are converging on upside targets between $0.75 and $1.27, supported by improving momentum indicators and oversold conditions. LDO Price Prediction Summary • LDO short-term target (1 week): $0.68 (+13.3%) • Lido DAO medium-term forecast (1 month):…

Bitcoin BTC$90,181.54 has so far bounced above $90,000, 15% higher from its Nov. 21 low of around $80,000, with price finding confluence support across three important cost basis metrics: the 2024 yearly volume weighted cost basis, the True Market Mean, and the average U.S. spot exchange-traded fund (ETF) cost basis. These metrics help to identify where investors are most likely to defend positions during drawdowns. The area of support proved vital, as it aligned closely with the average acquisition prices of multiple investor cohorts.First, the True Market Mean, represents the average onchain purchase price of bitcoin held by active market…

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published a crypto wallet and custody guide investor bulletin on Friday, outlining best practices and common risks of different forms of crypto storage for the investing public.The SEC’s bulletin lists the benefits and risks of different methods of crypto custody, including self-custody versus allowing a third-party to hold digital assets on behalf of the investor.If investors choose third-party custody, they should understand the custodian’s policies, including whether it “rehypothecates” the assets held in custody by lending them out or if the service provider is commingling client assets in a single pool instead…

In brief Coinbase is reportedly planning to launch a prediction market and tokenized equities on Dec. 17, according to Bloomberg. Demand for prediction markets is rising, with $28 billion in YTD trading volume. But regulatory pressure is increasing, with states issuing bans and lawmakers pushing for federal restrictions on election betting. Coinbase is preparing to launch a prediction market and tokenized equities on December 17, according to a Bloomberg report Thursday.The exchange has discussed entering these markets before, but it has not formally announced the products. Screenshots shared on X in recent weeks appeared to show early versions of the…

Solana (SOL) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) recorded a seven-day inflow streak, despite SOL’s downward price performance and a broader downturn in the crypto market.Tuesday marked the highest day of inflows during the seven-day streak, with about $16.6 million in capital flowing into SOL ETFs, according to data from investment management company Farside Investors.This brings the total net inflow into SOL ETFs to $674 million at the time of this writing, data from Farside shows. SOL ETF inflows. Source: Farside InvestorsSOL ETFs debuted in the US in July, with the launch of REX-Osprey’s staked SOL ETF followed by investment company Bitwise’s BSOL…

Conservators currently at work restoring paintings in Blenheim Palace said they found the names of 11 people written in the ceiling decades ago, with the oldest dated to 1843. Blenheim Palace is the seat of the Dukes of Marlborough, and is named after the 1704 Battle of Blenheim, which took place during the War of Spanish Succession. The land was given as a gift for the Duke’s military victory there, and construction started on the house in 1705. It was named a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1987. Related Articles The conservation work ongoing now is part of a $16…

Bitcoin’s options market is large, liquid, and (at the moment) unusually concentrated. Total open interest stands near $55.76 billion, with Deribit carrying $46.24 billion of that stack, far ahead of CME at $4.50 billion, OKX at $3.17 billion, Bybit at $1.29 billion, and Binance at $558.42 million, while spot trades in the $92,479.90 area.The curve tilts toward a single settlement date, Dec. 26, 2025, and the strikes with the heaviest traffic form a shelf around $100,000, with call exposure stepping higher in neat increments above that round number.Max-pain readings sit in the low-$90,000 zone for near-dated maturities and drift toward…

Vanguard’s global head of quantitative equity, John Ameriks, said bitcoin BTC$90,202.96 still resembles a speculative collectible more than an asset meant to build long-term wealth, comparing it to a “digital Labubu,” the plush toy that has become a popular collectible.Ameriks’ words came during Bloomberg’s ETFs in Depth conference in New York on Thursday, where he said bitcoin lacks the income, compounding, and cash-flow traits Vanguard seeks when it evaluates long-term investments.His dismissive stance comes as Vanguard just opened its platform to crypto exchange-traded funds, allowing its 50 million clients access to regulated investment vehicles from rivals like BlackRock and Fidelity.The…

Solana (SOL) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) recorded a seven-day inflow streak, despite SOL’s downward price performance and a broader downturn in the crypto market.Tuesday marked the highest day of inflows during the seven-day streak, with about $16.6 million in capital flowing into SOL ETFs, according to data from investment management company Farside Investors.This brings the total net inflow into SOL ETFs to $674 million at the time of this writing, data from Farside shows. SOL ETF inflows. Source: Farside InvestorsSOL ETFs debuted in the US in July, with the launch of REX-Osprey’s staked SOL ETF followed by investment company Bitwise’s BSOL…