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📊 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

🦈 UPDATE: Glassnode says wallets holding 100–1,000 $BTC added 54,000 $BTC (~$4.66B) this week, the fastest accumulation pace since 2012. News | Markets | YouTube

🚨 INSIGHT: The Bitcoin-to-gold ratio slid 50% in 2025 as gold surged on record central-bank buying and ETF inflows while BTC demand softened amid ETF outflows and heavy long-term holder selling. News | Markets | YouTube

🔥 ADVICE FROM CZ: If you were ever jealous of people who bought crypto cheap and held through multiple cycles, think about what they did in moments like this. News | Markets | YouTube

🎙️ TUNE IN: Europe is rethinking its crypto rules. In Savannah Fortis latest Byte-Sized Insight, we look at the EU’s push to move crypto supervision under ESMA and what that means for firms across the region. Dr. Lewin…

🚨 NOW: Crypto’s total market cap has slid to $2.96T. A ~31% decline from its 2025 peak of $4.28T. News | Markets | YouTube

🇺🇸 JUST IN: Visa to offer stablecoin settlement for US institutions, using Circle’s $USDC on Solana. News | Markets | YouTube

🚨 TODAY: Crypto Fear & Greed Index drops to 11, signaling Extreme Fear. News | Markets | YouTube

⚡️ INSIGHT: Nearly 90% of crypto lending revenue now comes from Ethereum and its Layer 2 network, per Ethereum Foundation's David. News | Markets | YouTube

🔥 NOW: Grayscale predicts Bitcoin to hit a new all-time high within the first half of 2026, driven by surging institutional demand and improved regulatory clarity in the US. News | Markets | YouTube

🔥 ADOPTION: 14 of the top 25 US banks are building Bitcoin products for customers, according to River. Slowly, then all at once. News | Markets | YouTube

🚨 NOW: The Crypto Fear & Greed Index fell further to 11, down from 16 yesterday, as extreme fear dominates market sentiment. News | Markets | YouTube

🇯🇵 JUST IN: Japan's SBI Holdings and Startale Group sign MOU to jointly develop a regulated yen-denominated stablecoin compliant with Japanese financial regulations. News | Markets | YouTube

🇺🇸 NEW: The US Senate Banking Committee confirms that it will not hold a crypto market structure markup in 2025, now pushed to early 2026 following bipartisan discussions. News | Markets | YouTube

🇺🇸 TODAY: President Trump says he will look into considering a pardon for the co-founder of Samourai Wallet, Keonne Rodriguez. News | Markets | YouTube