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🇺🇸 NEW: Coinbase launches stock trading in the U.S.

🇺🇸 UPDATE: Bitfinex has removed all maker and taker trading fees across its spot, margin, derivatives, securities and OTC markets. News | Markets | YouTube

⚡️ LATEST: What’s the real crypto adoption metric? Daily usage, not downloads. Kolo’s crypto card shows how crypto-backed payments fit into routine spending. 👉 Read more details! [Brought to you by Kolo] News | Markets…

🇧🇹 JUST IN: Bhutan plans to use 10,000 $BTC from its national reserves to help develop its Gelephu Mindfulness City, a crypto-friendly economic hub focused on sustainable growth. News | Markets | YouTube

🔥 LATEST: In Aster’s live trading tournament, humans are sitting at a steep 28 percent loss while AI traders are holding near break-even. News | Markets | YouTube

🚨 ALERT: $130M liquidated across the crypto market in the last 60 minutes. News | Markets | YouTube

📊 FACT: As of late 2025, Bitcoin's mining difficulty surpassed 150 Trillion. For context, in 2009, difficulty was "1". News | Markets | YouTube

🔥 THROWBACK: In July 2025, wallets dormant since 2010 suddenly moved over $8.6 BILLION in Bitcoin. These coins were mined when $BTC was worth less than $0.10. News | Markets | YouTube

🔥 NOW: Bitcoin Lightning Network capacity hits all-time high of 5,606 BTC as major crypto exchanges increase adoption. News | Markets | YouTube

🔥 BULLISH: Michael Saylor's Strategy now holds 3.2% of all Bitcoin ever to exist with 671,268 $BTC worth $60B. Are you stacking yours? 🔥 - Definitely! 👍 - Nope, but I’m still hodling. News | Markets | YouTube

🇺🇸 ETF FLOWS: SOL and XRP spot ETFs saw net inflows on Dec. 16, while BTC and ETH spot ETFs saw net outflows. BTC: - $277.09M ETH: - $224.26M SOL: $3.64M XRP: $8.54M News | Markets | YouTube

🇨🇦 NEW: Bank of Canada will only approve high-quality stablecoins tied to central bank currencies under upcoming regulations, expected in 2026. News | Markets | YouTube

🔥 ADOPTION: Marshall Islands becomes the first country to distribute universal basic income (UBI) on-chain through USDM1 sovereign bonds on Stellar. News | Markets | YouTube

🇺🇸 LATEST: President Trump is set to interview pro-crypto Fed Governor Christopher Waller for Fed Chair on Wednesday, per WSJ. News | Markets | YouTube

🇺🇸 BIG: FDIC unveils framework for US banks to issue payment stablecoins under GENIUS Act, outlining approval requirements for bank subsidiaries to enter the digital dollar market. News | Markets | YouTube

⚡️ NOW: Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says the broken traditional financial system is driving younger generations to crypto as they "feel locked out of the old wealth ladder.” News | Markets | YouTube

🚨 JUST IN: Exodus partners with MoonPay to launch a fully reserved USD-backed digital dollar stablecoin using M0 infrastructure. News | Markets | YouTube