According to BlockBeats, Saunders, head of the fixed income department at Madison Investments, noted in a report that the ongoing steepening of the U.S. Treasury yield curve underscores a crucial point: the limitations of monetary policy's impact on the market. Saunders explained that policy changes can significantly affect the front end of the yield curve, but longer-term structural issues, such as inflation exceeding targets and large fiscal deficits, will continue to exert pressure on the back end. He mentioned that Federal Reserve Chair Powell's acknowledgment of a weakening labor market quickly led to bond purchases, reversing the initial sell-off of U.S. Treasuries and steepening the yield curve. Madison Investments anticipates that the Federal Reserve's pace of easing will slow down from now on, with expectations that the Fed will maintain interest rates unchanged until the second quarter of 2026.

According to official news, Gate Alpha will launch its 124th BTX airdrop on December 11th at 18:00 (UTC+8). This airdrop will use a tiered airdrop model with different tiers. Users holding 130 ≤ Gate Alpha points ≤ 175 points can receive 80 BTX airdrop tokens, consuming 11 Gate Alpha points; users holding ≥ 176 Gate Alpha points can receive 270 BTX airdrop tokens, consuming 14 Gate Alpha points. The top 4 gainers on Gate Alpha today are: Papi (334.77%), DOYR (127.46%), year of yellow fruit (101.93%), and Shih (86.07%). Gate Alpha now supports popular public chains such as SOL, ETH, Gate Layer, BNB Chain, Base, SUI, ARB, World Chain, AVAX, Polygon, LINEA, ZK, OP, and Berachain. It also enables seamless trading of tokens across the entire chain through the contract address search function, opening up cross-chain transaction links and making all on-chain tokens available with a single click.

This decision further highlights the unusual divisions within the Federal Reserve, marking the first time since 2019 that there have been three dissenting votes.

Bitcoin MENA 2025 was successfully held in Abu Dhabi, UAE, from December 8th to 9th. This event also marked Antalpha's first major global industry appearance since its traditional IPO on Nasdaq in May 2025. Dr. Derar Islim, Chief Operating Officer and CEO of Antalpha's Americas & Europe, Middle East & Africa region, stated, "Bitcoin MENA 2025 clearly demonstrated the shifting focus of the global Bitcoin narrative—from short-term price volatility to long-term financial infrastructure development. Michael Saylor's concept of a 'Bitcoin-supported digital bank' aligns perfectly with Antalpha's strategic direction over the years. We believe that Bitcoin is not only digital gold, but will become the underlying reserve asset for institutional credit markets and the modern financial system. Antalpha's mission is to provide the technology, funding tools, and risk management capabilities needed for this future in a transparent, robust, and institutional-grade manner."

Gemini adds support for Ripple’s stablecoin, RLUSD, on the XRP Ledger, enabling faster and lower-cost transactions. source: https://www.cryptopolitan.com/gemini-rlusd-support-on-xrpl-instant/

MetaMask integrates Polymarket, enabling direct prediction market trading from wallets, supporting multichain funding and expanding access to real-world event speculation. source: https://catenaa.com/markets/cryptocurrencies/metamask-integrates-polymarket-to-enter-prediction-market-sector/

Sungmo Park, former APAC lead at Monad Foundation and Polygon Labs, has been named to head a16z's efforts in the region. source: https://www.theblock.co/post/382147/a16z-crypto-south-korea-office?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss

Hidden crypto exchange fees can quietly erode trader profitability through widened spreads, slippage, inflated withdrawal charges, and opaque currency conversion rates—costs rarely reflected in standard fee tables. Key Insights It is easy to trade as normal without thinking much about fees. However, these fees can quickly eat into capital as well as profits. These fees become a problem when traders believe that they are paying a certain amount but end up paying more source: https://voiceofcrypto.online/voc-explained/are-hidden-crypto-exchange-fees-silently-draining-your-profits

State Street Investment Management and Galaxy Asset Management are launching a tokenized private liquidity fund on Solana, with Ondo expected to invest $200 million. source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/state-street-galaxy-ondo-onchain-cash-sweep-solana?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

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Lee claimed that the ISM Index moving back above 50 is a positive signal and has "historically been associated with super cycle moves in Bitcoin and Ethereum. " source: https://www.theblock.co/post/382149/ethereum-bottom-tom-lee-bitmine-eth-treasury?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss

The cryptocurrency industry is facing a huge challenge in popularizing knowledge – obscure technical jargon and a unique industry subculture both deter the general public.

As stablecoins become more globalized and diversified, what kind of infrastructure and mechanisms do we need to truly make them an entry point for inclusive finance?

Behind these different "money" are different ledgers and different debt entities, which also mean completely different risk structures, regulatory logics and national strategic intentions.

Looking back at the growth trajectory of the cryptocurrency market in 2025, Hyperliquid remains a central and unavoidable topic.

According to the American Dynamism and Apps team, this is the biggest problem entrepreneurs will face in 2026.

The Federal Reserve has made it clear that the main theme of monetary policy in 2025-2026 will no longer be "fighting inflation" or "soft landing," but rather "preventing a liquidity crisis." All subsequent macroeconomic narratives must be reconstructed around this new theme.

The Federal Reserve announced overnight that it would begin purchasing short-term Treasury bonds as needed, and the New York Fed simultaneously announced plans to buy $40 billion in short-term Treasury bonds over the next 30 days. Although the RMP is not QE, the market did not care, and US Treasuries, US stocks, gold and crude oil all rose.

Ken realized that cryptocurrency was nothing more than a casino, not a revolution. But the real answer was: pragmatic optimism was the right attitude.

The gradual print begins.