According to Odaily, Tether has announced that its USDT token has been recognized as an accepted fiat reference token (AFRT) by the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM). This recognition allows authorized entities licensed by the ADGM Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) to offer regulated activities involving USDT on various blockchains, including Aptos, Celo, Cosmos, Kaia, Near, Polkadot, Tezos, TON, and TRON. This development builds on ADGM's previous recognition of USDT on Ethereum, Solana, and Avalanche, further expanding the application scope and network coverage of USDT within ADGM's regulated digital asset framework. Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino emphasized that this move highlights Tether's commitment to advancing global financial inclusion and innovation, while reinforcing Abu Dhabi's position as a global hub for compliant digital finance.

According to ChainCatcher, the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced on Monday its intention to amend several regulations to streamline the process for UK citizens to engage in market investments. Under the new rules, investment firms will no longer be required to provide complex key information documents for retail products. Instead, they will offer a more straightforward 'product summary.'

According to Odaily, Ray Dalio has expressed a preference for investing in companies that leverage artificial intelligence to enhance efficiency, rather than in costly large-scale data centers. He cautioned that high market concentration and overvaluation pose risks, making diversification essential. Dalio stated he will continue to underweight bonds, hold gold and other 'alternative currencies,' and invest in power infrastructure. He also favors countries with high education levels, developed capital markets, and strong rule of law, citing India as an example.

According to ChainCatcher, data from SoSoValue indicates that as of December 8, 2025, Eastern Time, the total net purchase of Bitcoin by global publicly listed companies, excluding mining firms, amounted to $968.89 million last week. Strategy, formerly known as MicroStrategy, announced on December 8 that it invested $962.7 million to acquire 10,624 Bitcoins at a price of $90,615 each, bringing its total holdings to 660,624 Bitcoins. Japanese publicly listed company Metaplanet did not purchase any Bitcoin last week. Additionally, two other companies made Bitcoin purchases last week. Hong Kong-based genetic testing and health technology company Prenetics invested $630,000 to buy 7 Bitcoins, increasing its total holdings to 515.0341 Bitcoins. Japanese fashion brand ANAP invested $5.56 million on December 3 to acquire 54.5126 Bitcoins at a price of $101,913.4 each, bringing its total holdings to 1,200.2078 Bitcoins. As of the time of reporting, the total Bitcoin holdings of the global publicly listed companies, excluding mining firms, stand at 904,570 Bitcoins, with a current market value of approximately $82.94 billion, representing 4.53% of Bitcoin's circulating market value.

Binance Futures suspended a group of employees after whistleblowers linked an X post to a token launched on-chain just a minute ahead. The token, Year of Yellow Fruit, continued to trade as the news went viral. source: https://www.cryptopolitan.com/binance-suspends-employee-insider-trading/

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Through its partnership with U. S. source: https://coindoo.com/philippines-digital-bank-enables-retail-crypto-buying-via-banking-app/

Large crypto investors are positioning heavily into Ethereum (ETH) as the broader digital asset market shows early signs of stabilizing after a recent downturn. To this end, on-chain data indicates that multiple high-performing Ethereum wallets, known to track smart institutional-level capital, have entered significant long positions, pointing to renewed confidence in the second-largest cryptocurrency. Data shows that select whale wallets have collectively accumulated more than 136,000 ETH, with exposure exceeding half a billion dollars. One large wallet now holds over $169 million worth of ETH in long positions, while another has added around $194 million, with a third wallet entering with more than $62 million, according to the latest on-chain data retrieved by Finbold from Lookonchain on December 8 source: https://finbold.com/whales-going-on-long-this-crypto-as-market-recovers/

The decision to release $1.4 billion in reserves may be a concession based on the strategy of not selling Bitcoin, but in the face of reality, Strategy also simultaneously lowered its full-year financial forecast and key performance indicators.

Bitcoin holders want to use their Bitcoin, but the infrastructure has never provided a secure and native way to do so.

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If a more stringent, fully punitive approach is adopted towards $BTC, the capital shortfall could be between $12.5 billion and $25 billion.

Just as tokenization represents an evolution in the market, so too does the topic of the recommendations the committee will consider. The emergence of artificial intelligence promises to revolutionize workflows and business models.

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Robinhood is entering Indonesia by acquiring a local brokerage and a crypto trading platform, giving it fast access to the country’s growing retail investor market. The company plans to offer US stocks and cryptocurrencies while keeping the local firms’ licences and gradually expanding its services after regulatory approval.

The US market anticipates a surge in altcoin spot ETFs in the fourth quarter of 2025.

A 71-year-old woman in Westlake, Ohio, was tricked by a phone scammer into depositing thousands of dollars into a Bitcoin ATM despite warnings from staff and police. Police froze the scammer’s crypto wallet, but it is unclear if she will get her money back.