Strategy Chairman Michael Saylor hinted at another Bitcoin purchase after the price fell to a two-week low of $87,600 late Sunday. Saylor posted "Back to More Orange Dots" on the X platform, suggesting another Bitcoin buy. Strategy's most recent purchase was 10,624 BTC on December 12th, its largest single purchase since late July. Strategy currently holds 660,624 BTC, worth approximately $58.5 billion at current prices, with an average cost of $74,696. Some analysts speculate that the selling pressure stems from the Bank of Japan's upcoming interest rate decision. The prediction platform Polymarket shows a 98% probability of a 0.25% rate hike by the Bank of Japan this Friday. Justin d'Anethan, research director at market advisory firm Arctic Digital, stated that expectations of a Japanese rate hike have led traders to take profits, anticipating further price declines. Analyst Sykodelic believes the market has already fully priced in the Bank of Japan's action.

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According to Foresight News, Swiss crypto bank AMINA Bank has integrated Ripple Payments to enhance cross-border settlement solutions. The integration allows AMINA to directly connect Ripple Payments with its existing banking channels, enabling customers to transfer funds across borders more efficiently within a compliant banking framework.

Those "cypherpunks" who attempt to go it alone and challenge regulation will gradually be marginalized. At the center of the stage are the "new tycoons" who know how to dance with regulation and how to leverage capital and pledge allegiance.

According to Hyperbot data, the two long addresses under the control of the whale that CZ previously disclosed as the counterparty and profited from shorting ASTER now have a total unrealized loss of over $20 million. Specifically: 1. The total value of the 15x leveraged ETH long positions and 10x leveraged XRP long positions in the wallet starting with 0x9eec9 is approximately $255 million, with an unrealized loss of over $15.75 million; 2. The value of the 20x leveraged ETH long positions and 5x leveraged HYPE long positions in the wallet starting with 0xbadb is approximately $93.65 million, with an unrealized loss of over $4.4 million.

Markets are pricing in Japan’s rate move way before the 19th. source: https://ambcrypto.com/bitcoin-slides-before-japans-rate-decision-history-hints-at/

According to the official announcement, BitMart will launch RAVEUSDT perpetual contracts on December 15, 2025 at 15:00 (UTC+8), supporting leverage up to 20x.

US regulators cleared a DTCC unit to tokenize stocks, ETFs and Treasurys starting in 2026, opening a regulated path for blockchain-based securities infrastructure. source: https://catenaa.com/markets/cryptocurrencies/dtcc-unit-cleared-to-tokenize-us-securities-from-2026/

According to BlockBeats, the nonprofit organization Security Alliance has issued a warning about daily scams orchestrated by North Korean hackers. These scams involve fake Zoom meetings designed to trick victims into downloading malware, which then steals sensitive information such as passwords and private keys. Security researcher Taylor Monahan has highlighted that this tactic has resulted in the theft of over $300 million in assets. The scam typically begins with a message from a Telegram account, often belonging to someone the victim knows, which lowers their guard. The conversation then naturally transitions to an invitation to 'catch up over Zoom.' Once the fake Zoom call begins, the hackers pretend to encounter audio issues and send a supposed 'patch file.' When the victim opens this file, their device is infected with malware. The hackers then end the fake call with a promise to reschedule, leaving the victim unaware of the breach.

Italy’s Agnelli family, the owners of the popular Juventus Football Club, turned down a purchase offer from stablecoin issuer Tether (CRYPTO: USDT) o source: https://www.benzinga.com/crypto/cryptocurrency/25/12/49383928/tethers-juventus-soccer-club-purchase-rejected-by-family-whos-owned-it-for-102-years-not-for-sale?utm_source=cryptopanic.com&utm_campaign=partner_feed&utm_medium=referral

Regulators are building a coherent framework for banks to conduct business on-chain.

According to OnChainLens, a whale deposited $2.46 million worth of USDC into HyperLiquid and opened a $5.68 million short position in ZEC with 3x leverage.

As this cycle gradually comes to an end, it feels like Ethereum has never truly had its moment of glory.

The SEC chairman's speech was not only a summary of the year, but also a systematic exposition of the future development path of the U.S. capital market.

The x402 v2 version, based on production deployment experience, represents a fundamental architectural change.

Jinse Finance launches its daily cryptocurrency and blockchain news bulletin, "Jinse at 8 AM," issue 2909, providing you with the latest and fastest news on the digital currency and blockchain industry.

Although this article is short, it is packed with information because many of the architectural overviews are highly condensed, and since many of the technologies mentioned above are not fully open source, most of the technical implementations are derived from the analysis of published information.

Ethereum is emerging as a universal financial backend, reducing the cost and complexity of building financial services while improving speed and security.

No industry has been right all along until it truly changes the world.

The exposed cases are always in the minority. No matter what slogans exchanges shout, the inherent characteristics of blockchain technology determine that it will provide convenient conditions for insider traders.