Let’s rewind, shall we? Bitcoin, the diva of the crypto world, had been strutting its stuff after hitting an all-time high in October. But then, like a reality TV star after cancellation, it crashed harder than a piñata at a five-year-old’s birthday party. By November 21, it was trading below $81,000, a seven-month low that had HODLers reaching for their anxiety meds. 😱
Imagine the scene: a reserve so stuffed with LINK tokens it could make Mr. Wonka’s vault look like a piggy bank. The Chainlink reserve gobbled up 81,131 LINK, bringing its treasure trove to a whopping 1.05 million LINK-worth a cool $15 million! These whales aren’t just splashing; they’re making tidal waves. And let’s not forget the one whale who went on a shopping spree during the market dip, snapping up $35.7 million worth of assets, with LINK as its second-favorite snack after ETH. Talk about a strategic feast! 🦈🛒
By some number-cruncher named Shayan, but really, just another guy trying to read the cosmic scrawl of charts.
HumidiFi, the Solana AMM behind the fiasco, took one look at the mess and said, “Nah, we’re scrapping this.” They’re now cooking up a new token and airdropping it to “legitimate” participants-aka, everyone but the sniper. “We’re making a new token. The sniper’s getting nothing. Not even a crumb,” they declared, channeling the spirit of a grumpy rancher who just caught a thief in the henhouse. 🐔💥
The chaos began when Prysm, Ethereum’s favorite (or least hated?) client, had a meltdown. A dodgy update left validators generating state data worse than my college calculus notes. Engineers didn’t fix it-they just told everyone to add a startup flag. Because nothing says “trust us” like a random code switch. 🚨
But why now? Ah, the timing is as deliberate as a Gulag sentence. The XRP community, ever restless, had been murmuring about XRPL programmability, their voices rising like a chorus of discontent. Schwartz’s revelation became the beacon in this storm, a rare glimmer of openness from one who dwells deep within the network’s catacombs. In the comments, he wields his words like a sharpened sickle, slashing at the notion that the XRPL should bend its knee to the altar of profit. “Nyet,” he proclaims, “the ledger was not forged in the fires of greed. Upgrades must serve a higher purpose than lining validators’ pockets.” 💰
On the 1-hour chart, Dogwifhat starts the day like a grandma on a Sunday walk-slow, steady, and seemingly harmless. It creeping up from $0.37 toward $0.40, giving us all hope (and some mild anxiety). The candles glow with moderate volatility-think of it as market participation with a hint of “meh.” Then, out of nowhere, like a plot twist in a bad TV sitcom, the price crashes from $0.38-$0.39 into the low $0.33s-an aggressive move that feels like your boss’s bad Wi-Fi during a video call. This bearish blitz clears liquidity like a tornado, liquidating longs faster than leftovers at a potluck. 🍲
Bitget, the crypto platform that’s already mastered the art of dodging regulatory scrutiny like a pro, is now pivoting to become an “all-in-one trading house.” Spoiler: it’s just crypto, stocks, and gold all squished into one app. Because nothing says “financial empowerment” like forcing users to navigate a labyrinth of assets without a map. 🌀
In the quiet corners of Italy, where the vineyards meet the ancient stones, a new edict emerges-less poetic, more bureaucratic-and quite possibly more amusing. Consob, the venerable watchdog of finance, has issued a stern reminder: December 30, 2025, looms like a specter over the crypto world. An end to the ‘light’ rules that once allowed … Read more
According to a report by Reuters, the newly founded blockchain-based bank aims to facilitate instant US dollar payments around the clock, led by Scott Shay, who served as the founder and chairman of the Signature Bank. Jeffrey Wallis, the former director of digital assets at Signature, will take on the role of CEO at N3XT. 🧙♂️
