VTB, Russia's second-largest bank, is planning to launch a regulated spot cryptocurrency trading service in 2026, targeting high-net-worth and qualified investors. This move marks the first official entry of a major Russian bank into the spot cryptocurrency market, and also indicates that Russia is accelerating the implementation of its digital asset regulatory framework under the pressure of international sanctions. According to local media reports on December 3, VTB has already begun testing crypto trading services with select high-net-worth clients. The bank emphasized that in the future, this service will be limited to qualified investors who meet specific portfolio size or income standards and will not be fully open to the general public. The move aims to provide a diversified asset allocation channel for a limited range of clients under controllable regulatory conditions.

Foresight News reports, according to Bloomberg, enterprise payment and financial platform Airwallex has completed a $330 million financing round at an $8 billion valuation, led by Addition, with participation from Activant, Lingotto, and TIAA Ventures, among others. In addition, Airwallex stated that San Francisco will become its second global headquarters, and the US team plans to expand to over 400 people in the coming year.

The Canada Revenue Agency has collected over 100 million CAD in taxes through crypto audits over the past three years, but has not filed any criminal charges since 2020, reflecting insufficient enforcement capabilities. Audits show that 40% of crypto users failed to declare taxes, and the agency also obtained data on 2,500 Dapper Labs users through the courts.

According to Gate News bot, and the official Gate announcement on December 8, 2025 Gate will launch Stable (STABLE) spot trading for the first time at 21:00 (UTC+8) on December 8, 2025, with the trading pair STABLE/USDT. StableChain is a USDT-native Layer 1 blockchain designed specifically for stablecoin payments. Every transaction is settled in USDT, featuring sub-second finality and low fees. The official website of the project is https://www.stable.xyz/, and the Twitter account is https://x.com/stable.

According to reports, SpaceX is in negotiations to sell internal shares, with a valuation reaching $800 billion, potentially making it the world's most valuable startup. The company plans to conduct its initial public offering in the second half of next year. This marks a significant increase in its valuation compared to July.

According to ChainCatcher, citing a report from CriptoNoticias, the Paraguayan Chamber of Deputies approved two resolutions on December 4 requiring information on cryptocurrency mining activities. The resolutions, proposed by legislator María Constancia Benítez, aim to strengthen control, transparency, and regulation of the rapidly expanding mining industry. The resolutions require relevant agencies to submit reports within 15 days. The first resolution asks the Ministry of Industry and Commerce to provide information on individuals and companies registered for Bitcoin and cryptocurrency mining; the second resolution asks the National Electricity Administration (ANDE) to provide a list of all authorized cryptocurrency mining electricity connections, including the names of those responsible and the installation locations. According to Hashrate

Caldera launches the "On-Chain Expansion Plan," extending the ERA token to more networks and liquidity venues. The first step is going live on Arbitrum One and creating an ERA/USDC liquidity pool. This plan will support second-level cross-chain transfers and a unified liquidity experience. In the future, deeper cross-chain liquidity initiatives will be developed.

According to Foresight News, blockchain infrastructure Espresso will open airdrop registration on December 22, with this airdrop covering millions of addresses. So far, the official team has released a total of 22 airdrop qualification paths. These include Espresso hackathon participants, Caffeinated creators, POAP holders from online and offline events, and users of partner chains (such as ApeChain, RARI Chain, Arbitrum, Celo, etc.). In addition, the official team will launch the second round of Bantr activities. Bantr will continue to track Espresso-related attention and on-chain activity in English, Korean, and Chinese leaderboards, with particular focus on the period after December 1. In the future, the top 100 participants across the three leaderboards will share

According to Gate News Bot on December 5, citing CoinMarketCap data, as of press time, MON (Monad) is currently priced at $0.03, down 13.34% in the past 24 hours, with a high of $0.04 and a low of $0.02. The current market capitalization is approximately $294 million, down about $45.26 million from yesterday. Monad is a next-generation Ethereum-compatible chain designed to provide high performance and scalability. The network can process 10,000 transactions per second, with sub-second finality, low fees, and scalable decentralization. Monad is fully EVM-compatible, allowing developers to seamlessly migrate existing Solidity contracts and tools.

BlockBeats news, December 5 — JPMorgan analysts believe that, regarding Bitcoin’s recent price movements, the resilience of MicroStrategy (stock ticker MSTR) is more important than miner activity. Although the world’s largest Bitcoin holder has not yet begun selling, Bitcoin miners appear to be facing increasing selling pressure. Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou, Managing Director at JPMorgan, and his team pointed out in a report on Wednesday that the recent sustained pressure on Bitcoin’s price mainly stems from two factors: first, the recent decline in Bitcoin network hash rate and mining difficulty; second, the latest developments surrounding MicroStrategy. The analysts stated that the decline in hash rate and mining difficulty reflects the influence of two forces: China’s renewed enforcement of its ban on Bitcoin mining after a surge in private mining activity, and the combination of falling Bitcoin prices and rising energy costs.

PANews, December 4—According to Cryptopolitan, Russia’s second-largest bank, VTB, plans to allow investors to buy and sell cryptocurrencies through its brokerage accounts. At an international investment conference held in Moscow this week, the head of the bank’s brokerage services department announced the news. Currently, VTB is offering clients the opportunity to invest in cryptocurrency derivatives and plans to provide direct investment channels for digital assets next year. VTB plans to launch its cryptocurrency trading service as soon as it receives regulatory approval for the business. Russian financial regulators have indicated that this move is likely to be implemented in the coming months. At that time, VTB’s clients will be able to directly buy, hold, and sell crypto assets such as Bitcoin through their individual investment accounts or regular brokerage accounts.

Ethereum price has risen 5% within 24 hours, reclaiming the $3,200 mark, with market sentiment significantly improving. This surge is mainly driven by two factors: the official launch of the Fusaka upgrade and continued accumulation by whales and "shark wallets." Fusaka, Ethereum's second major upgrade this year, has been officially launched. The core change is the introduction of PeerDAS technology, which allows validators to process smaller data segments, increases network throughput efficiency, and significantly reduces transaction costs. This upgrade marks a key step forward for Ethereum's scalability and long-term performance goals, and has received positive feedback from both developers and the user community.

The ADP report shows that U.S. employment growth stalled in the second half of 2025, with private sector employment decreasing by 32,000 in November. Hiring was particularly weak in industries such as manufacturing and construction, with poor overall performance.

OramaPad and KingnetFun have launched the Floa project in collaboration, building an open Agent ecosystem where users can train intelligent agents through daily interactions without programming skills. This enables them to handle digital tasks and receive rewards, promoting the adoption of agent technology.

PayPal's PYUSD stablecoin market cap has soared from $1.2 billion in September to approximately $3.8 billion, with supply and trading volume increasing by 113% and 150%, respectively. Despite being relatively new, its growth rate is impressive, second only to Ethena's USDe, mainly benefiting from PayPal's extensive network.

Odaily Planet Daily news: According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi’s monitoring, high-frequency contract trader (0xa43...57d28) is currently the second largest Hyperliquid ETH long position holder, with a current floating profit of $3.32 million. Three days ago, this address opened a 7x long position in ETH, holding 19,860.72 ETH, worth about $60.58 million, with an average entry price of $2,884.03. Prior to this, out of 19 trades made by this address in the past three days, only 2 resulted in small profits.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, options trading volume linked to BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF (IBIT) has surged, with a total of 7,714,246 IBIT options contracts open or outstanding as of Tuesday. According to data from optioncharts.io, among options linked to US-listed stocks, ETFs, and indexes, IBIT options rank ninth in open interest; when considering only stock options, IBIT options rank second in open interest. The report notes that IBIT options have already surpassed gold ETFs and major tech stocks, highlighting Bitcoin's growing appeal as a macro asset. Despite the decline in Bitcoin's price, trading activity for IBIT options is higher than that for options linked to the SPDR Gold Trust ETF, which has risen this year.

The options contract activity for BlackRock's spot Bitcoin ETF (IBIT) continues to climb. As of Tuesday, IBIT had 7,714,246 open interest (O.I.) contracts, ranking ninth among all U.S.-listed stocks, ETFs, and index options, and second among stock options alone. Data shows that Bitcoin ETF options are rapidly becoming one of the most closely watched macro assets in the U.S. market. BloFin Research pointed out that if Deribit open interest is included, IBIT options' scale can rival that of VIX and SPY options, further solidifying Bitcoin’s status as a macro asset. IBIT options were launched in November 2024, providing ETF holders with risk management tools while meeting institutional investors' demand for regulated options trading. Traders widely use these options for hedging, speculation, and covered call strategies.

YZi Labs announces the selected projects for the second season of EASY Residency, covering multiple innovative fields such as spatial intelligence models, stablecoin banking, precision gene therapy, and farm labor solutions, demonstrating strong technological diversity and application potential.

Odaily News Superform announced on the X platform that the registration for the UP Token Airdrop event is now open, and eligible users enjoy preferential terms in the UP community sales. Retaining deposits in the Superform account qualifies you for the second Snapshot. Registration steps: 1. Link account; 2. Sign up; 3. Share relevant statistics on X; 4. Maintain deposit status to qualify for the second Snapshot; 5. Receive UP Tokens at TGE. The registration deadline is before TGE.

Golden Finance reports that the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) has announced the regulatory approval for its new securities clearing house, which is expected to launch in the second quarter of 2026.

According to data from the DefiLlama website, the total market capitalization of stablecoins has surpassed 306.7 billion USD, with USDT's market share reaching 60.17%. USDC ranks second, with a market capitalization of approximately 76.982 billion USD, and has experienced a rise over the past 7 days.

The crypto assets company Alt5 Sigma, supported by Trump, is under investigation for possibly violating SEC regulations. The company was previously reported to have issues such as insufficient information disclosure and improper handling of executive changes, raising regulatory concerns. The investigation is focused on the resignation of the auditor and the delay in financial reports. Forbes reported that Alt5 Sigma's independent auditor William Hudgens resigned on November 21, but he stated that he had informed the company as early as the end of June and planned to stop services after the submission of the second quarter financial report. More troubling is that the company has yet to submit its third quarter financial report, partly due to the accounting firm's delayed response. According to SEC regulations, listed companies must disclose relevant information within four business days after an external auditor resigns, and the auditor must also review the interim data of the quarterly report. Delayed reports may raise questions from regulatory agencies.

Gate News Bot news, on December 2, according to CoinMarketCap data, MON (Monad) is currently reported at 0.03 USD, rising 26.91% in the last 24 hours, with a peak of 0.05 USD and a low of 0.02 USD. The current market capitalization is approximately 315 million USD, an increase of 66.69 million USD compared to yesterday. Monad is a next-generation Ethereum-compatible chain that offers the capability to process 10,000 transactions per second, sub-second finality, low fees, and scalable decentralization. It is a high-performance EVM blockchain built for scalability. Monad supports EVM bytecode-level compatibility, which means Solidity contracts, EVM addresses, infrastructure, tools, and libraries can be used directly. The project aims to provide developers with a familiar and frictionless building environment.

According to Jinse Finance, data from DefiLlama and Dune shows that the prediction market Opinion has surpassed $5 billion in volume and over $60 million in open interest within one month of its public launch, ranking second among on-chain prediction markets. The total trading volumes of Polymarket, Limitless, and Myriad are 36 billion, 550 million, and 150 million USD respectively; the open interests are 280 million, 860 thousand, and 800 thousand USD respectively.

According to ChainCatcher news and GrowThePie data, Ethereum's mainnet set a historical highest throughput record in 2025. The peak TPS (transactions per second) of the Ethereum ecosystem recently reached a historical high of 32,950. Lighter accounts for about 90% of Ethereum L2's average daily TPS, but pays only about 685 USD in on-chain costs to Ethereum each day.

Golden Finance reported that the New York Stock Exchange-listed Bitcoin mining company Cango released its financial report for the third quarter of 2025, revealing that the company's mining output for the third quarter was 1,930.8 BTC, with an average daily mining volume of 21 BTC, which is a rise of 37.5% compared to the second quarter. As of the end of the third quarter, the total mining volume was 5,810 BTC. In addition, Cango also announced that its total revenue for the third quarter reached $224.6 million, of which the revenue from Bitcoin Mining was $220.9 million.

Golden Finance reports that Goldman Sachs has agreed to acquire Innovator Capital Management for approximately $2 billion, incorporating this firm that issues "defined outcome" exchange-traded funds (ETFs) into its asset management portfolio, with products including a Bitcoin structured fund. The transaction is expected to be completed in the second quarter of 2026, at which point it will add approximately $28 billion in regulated assets to Goldman Sachs' asset management division.

Gate News Bot news, on December 01, according to CoinMarketCap, as of the time of writing, VFY (zkVerify) is currently priced at 0.03 USD, with a rise of 17.32% in the last 24 hours, peaking at 0.04 USD and dropping to a low of 0.03 USD. The current market capitalization is approximately 10.7 million USD, an increase of 1.58 million USD compared to yesterday. zkVerify is a universal verification layer designed to provide ultra-fast and scalable cross-system verification solutions. The platform supports verification completion in under a second, with no delays or bottlenecks. zkVerify can be easily integrated into various ecosystems and proof schemes, minimizing complexity and infrastructure changes. It is also cost-effective, significantly reducing verification costs, regardless of scale. zkVerify's goal is to become the new standard of trust, enabling verification of any scale.

Gate News Bot news, on December 01, according to CoinMarketCap, as of the time of writing, MON (Monad) is currently priced at $0.02, with a 24-hour fall of 11.62%, reaching a high of $0.05 and a low of $0.02. The current market capitalization is approximately $261 million, a decrease of about $34.2488 million compared to yesterday. Monad is a next-generation Ethereum-compatible chain that offers a transaction processing capability of 10,000 transactions per second, sub-second finality, low fees, and scalable decentralization. The project aims to bring a new level of performance to the EVM, enabling unprecedented product development. Monad is compatible with the EVM at the bytecode level, which means Solidity contracts, EVM addresses, infrastructure, tools, and libraries can be used directly, allowing developers to focus on building excellent products rather than learning new technology stacks.

The Block data shows that in November, the global crypto assets spot trading volume fell to $1.59 trillion, a decrease of 26.7% from October's $2.17 trillion, marking the lowest level since June's $1.14 trillion. A certain mainstream CEX still occupies the largest volume, reaching 599.34 billion USD in November, but it has clearly declined compared to 810.44 billion USD in October, with Gate ranking second at 96.75 billion USD.

Gate News bot message, Bitcoin experienced a 16.5% decrease in value during November 2025, establishing it as the second most substantial monthly decline in the past three years. The digital asset's price movement in November demonstrated a clear downward trend in the cryptocurrency market. This no

According to a report by Jinse Finance, CITIC Securities released a research report stating that the explanatory power of marginal demand on gold pricing has increased. Returning to traditional supply and demand logic, due to relatively stable gold supply, with annual production basically maintained at around 3600 tons, the true pricing variable for gold lies in demand, especially marginal demand. Gold demand mainly includes three parts: private sector consumption demand, private sector investment demand, and official gold purchasing demand. In the past, marginal demand for gold was mainly contributed by ETF demand from Europe and the United States (private sector investment demand in Europe and the United States, mainly from overseas institutional investors), and its demand or investment framework mainly depended on the real interest rate of U.S. Treasury bonds. Private sector investment demand in Europe and the United States (such as ETF demand) still shows a strong correlation with the real interest rate of U.S. Treasury bonds. As U.S. inflation recedes and labor market resilience declines, expectations for Fed interest rate cuts in the second half of the year are rising, leading to a decline in nominal and real interest rates driven by the onset of rate cuts.

The Shiba Inu team announced a comprehensive privacy upgrade to its Shibarium platform and collaboration with an artificial intelligence gaming company to enhance the utility of the SHIB Token. Official spokesperson Lucie stated on X that the Shibarium platform is expected to achieve full on-chain privacy in the second quarter of 2026. Crypto company Zama will introduce Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) technology to the network, allowing smart contracts to be executed directly on encrypted data without decryption, thereby enhancing the security of transactions and contracts. This technology will transform Shibarium from a typical Layer-2 chain into a privacy-focused blockchain network. Zama's public testnet has been launched on the Ethereum Sepolia network, with plans to go live on the Ethereum mainnet by the end of the year, and to expand to EVM-compatible chains in the first half of 2026, before deploying to Solana by the end of the year.

According to PolyBeats monitoring, Kevin Hassett's probability of being nominated as the Fed chair by Trump in 2025 has risen significantly to 35%, making him a leading candidate. Hassett is viewed as a supporter of interest rate cuts, and the blog Finance Minister confirmed that he has entered the final shortlist, with an announcement planned before Christmas. In the long-term market, Hassett leads with a 56% probability, with Waller being the second most popular.

According to Foresight News, Musk tweeted that Grok Imagine has supported the text-to-video feature. The upgraded audio and 10-second video generation features are expected to be released this weekend.

According to BlockBeats news on November 27, monitored by HyperInsight, there is a new divergence in long and short positions among BTC whales today, with multiple addresses opening positions exceeding ten million dollars, each in different directions. An address marked as "Penision Fund" has opened a short order of 91 million dollars and currently has unrealized losses; another whale address closed a short order of 35 million dollars and then took the opposite position to go long, now with unrealized gains. Specific information is as follows: Whale with address starting with 0x0dd: marked by users as Penision Fund, closed long orders for ETH and BTC at 10 PM yesterday, and opened a 20x BTC short order today at 1 AM, with a position size of 91 million dollars, unrealized losses of 1.25 million dollars, currently the second largest BTC short on Hyperliquid; Whale with address starting with 0x2c2: today at 1.

Golden Finance reports that Nasdaq-listed company Scilex Holding has announced the completion of its second investment in Datavault AI, which will be paid in Bitcoin (based on the Spot price of Bitcoin at the time of signing the strategic investment protocol). It is reported that this investment allows it to acquire 263,914,094 shares of common stock in Datavault AI, equivalent to approximately $583.3 million based on the Closing Price of $2.21 on November 25.

On November 26, news came that the modular AI agent infrastructure Theoriq announced at the X Space event that its flagship product AlphaVault Phase 2 is about to officially launch, and plans to hold the THQ token generation event in December 2025. To support the launch of the second phase and the TGE, Theoriq will launch a three-month TVL incentive program in late November, allocating 1% of the total amount of THQ tokens as rewards to encourage early user participation.

Odaily News According to official news, the stablecoin payment public chain BenFen has completed the Mainnet upgrade to v1.24.2, and the native "privacy payment function" is officially online, verifiable, non-disclosing, and ready to use. This function will implement full-link encryption on accounts, balances, and transaction paths at the protocol layer, achieving data non-disclosure while maintaining on-chain verifiability, focusing on enhancing privacy and security in stablecoin payment scenarios. This capability is led by the BenFen team and implemented in collaboration with State Labs, using a combination scheme of Move VM enhancement + MPC + TSS (Threshold Signature Sharding), with the entire signing and authorization process being distributed, the Private Key is not exposed in plaintext, and a second-level experience is maintained under high-performance Consensus. BenFen native ecological applications

Gate News Bot news, on November 26, according to CoinMarketCap data, as of the time of writing, MON (Monad) is currently priced at 0.05 USD, having pumped 39.95% in the last 24 hours, with a high of 0.05 USD and a low retreating to 0.02 USD. The current market capitalization is approximately 491 million USD, an increase of 140 million USD compared to yesterday. Currently ranked 97th. Monad is a next-generation, Ethereum-compatible blockchain that can process 10,000 transactions per second, featuring sub-second finality, low fees, and scalable decentralization. Monad is fully EVM-compatible, supporting Solidity contracts, EVM addresses, infrastructure, tools, and libraries out of the box. The network has over 200 validators, and by using a custom database and low system requirements, validators can run nodes on consumer-grade hardware.

According to Jinse Finance, recently, Oracle founder Larry Ellison has experienced a significant decrease in wealth, while Google's two founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin have seen their personal fortunes rise. In the latest real-time Forbes billionaire rankings, Larry Page and Sergey Brin have personal fortunes of $268.4 billion and $248.8 billion, respectively, making them the second and third richest people in the world. Data shows that since the beginning of the year, Google's stock price has risen by as much as 73%, and the company's total market capitalization has soared to around $4 trillion.