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LEO Surges as Bitfinex’s Fee Cut Highlights Exchange Competition
LEO, the native token of the iFinex — the parent company of Bitfinex and Tether — outperformed the broader cryptocurrency market on Friday, Dec. 19 following Bitfinex’s decision earlier this week to scrap all trading fees. The token is currently changing hands at $7.40, up 11% on...
December 19, 2025
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Coinbase Sues Three States Over Prediction Market Restrictions
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase filed lawsuits in Connecticut, Illinois, and Michigan this week to stop the states from...
Dec 19
DPRK Hackers Avoid DeFi Lending Even as On-Chain Laundering Scales: Chainalysis
Hackers linked to the government of North Korea largely avoided using DeFi lending protocols to swap and obscure stolen ...
Dec 19
Bitcoin Stabilizes Near $88K as Selling Pressure Persists
Crypto markets were stagnating on Friday, Dec. 19, with Bitcoin and other major tokens seeing little change on the day a...
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December 18, 2025•Cryptocurrency
Synthetix Unveils Perpetual DEX on Ethereum Mainnet
Decentralized derivatives protocol Synthetix is launching a perpetual derivatives DEX on Ethereum, which will use a hybrid onchain-offchain order matching system to bypass Ethereum...
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December 18, 2025•Cryptocurrency
Lido Outlines $60M Plan to Expand Beyond Liquid Staking
Lido DAO, the decentralized organization behind the largest liquid staking protocol in DeFi, is signaling plans to push beyond its core ETH staking business next year.The plan, tit...
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December 18, 2025•Cryptocurrency
Intuit Partners with Circle to Integrate Stablecoin Infra, USDC Across Its Platform
Intuit, the fintech company behind TurboTax, QuickBooks, and Credit Karma, said Thursday, Dec. 18, that it has partnered with USDC issuer Circle to add stablecoin capabilities acro...
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December 18, 2025•Cryptocurrency
US Online Bank SoFi Launches Native Stablecoin
United States-based digital bank SoFi Technologies unveiled SoFiUSD, a 1:1 cash-backed U.S. dollar stablecoin issued by SoFi Bank. The move makes SoFi the first U.S. national bank ...
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December 18, 2025•Cryptocurrency
Bitcoin Retraces Back Below $89,000 as Traders Unsure of Next Move
Markets are mixed on Thursday morning as cryptocurrencies failed to extend Wednesday’s short-lived rebound. Bitcoin and Ethereum traded slightly higher on the day, though prices re...
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December 18, 2025•Cryptocurrency
Top Solana Lending Protocol Adds Superstate Tokenized Shares as Collateral
Tokenization firm Superstate said on Thursday, Dec. 18, that tokenized public equities issued through its Opening Bell platform are now available as collateral on Kamino, the large...
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