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Valkyrie amends Bitcoin Fund S-1 filing with enhanced custody and valuation rules

Valkyrie Investments refiled an amended Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday for its Valkyrie Bitcoin Fund, adding more precise rules around custody, valuation, seed investments, and risks as the cryptocurrency investment vehicle awaits regulatory approval to trade on Nasdaq. The new filing updates the index used to value the fund’s Bitcoin from Lukka Prime to the CME CF Bitcoin Reference Rate – New York Variant, which calculates the reference rate as of 4 PM Eastern

Obscura Hardfork: Privacy, Scalability, and Network Resilience

This content is provided by a sponsor. The Beldex blockchain upgraded to Obscura at block height 4939540, on December 7, 2025. Obscura strengthens a core pillar of privacy-preserving blockchains: delivering strong privacy while ensuring transaction processing remains efficient and scalable. To address this, the upgrade introduces Bulletproofs++, a more compact zero-knowledge range-proof system designed to […]

Is Crypto a Security? Part II: Utility Tokens

Law and Ledger is a news segment focusing on crypto legal news, brought to you by Kelman Law – A law firm focused on digital asset commerce. Is Crypto a Security? Part II: Utility Tokens The opinion editorial below was written by Alex Forehand and Michael Handelsman for Kelman.Law. Since the early years of the […]

DEA Veteran Accused of Betrayal, Laundering Cartel Drug Proceeds via Crypto

A former high-ranking Drug Enforcement Administration official has been indicted in Manhattan for allegedly conspiring to launder millions of dollars for the Jalisco New Generation Cartel. Accusations of Financial and Material Support A former senior Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent who once oversaw the agency’s financial operations has been indicted for conspiring to launder millions […]

Euro stablecoins double in market cap post-MiCA implementation, led by EURS and EURC: Report

<p>The MiCA implementation has enhanced regulatory clarity, boosting euro stablecoin adoption and potentially stabilizing the crypto market.</p><p>The post <a href="https://cryptobriefing.com/euro-stablecoins-market-cap-mica-eurs-eurc/">Euro stablecoins double in market cap post-MiCA implementation, led by EURS and EURC: Report</a> appeared first on <a href="https://cryptobriefing.com">Crypto Briefing</a>.</p>

Trading Technologies, CFI, CMC Markets, and More: Executive Moves of the Week

Trading Technologies names new EMEA sales headThis week brought a fresh round of leadership moves across the industry. Trading Technologies appointed Rajiv Shah as Head of Sales for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Based in London, Shah brings more than 20 years of experience in enterprise technology to the futures trading software provider.In his new role, he will lead efforts to expand Trading Technologies’ client base and strengthen existing relationships across the region. The appointment

Pakistan Charts Crypto Overhaul With Binance Shaping New Framework

Pakistan presses ahead with a national digital asset framework as leaders and major crypto executives align on building a secure, transparent ecosystem to advance regulation, innovation, and financial inclusion. Pakistan Advances National Digital Asset Overhaul Pakistan’s Ministry of Finance shared on social media platform X on Dec. 5 that it hosted a consultative meeting on [&#8230;]

Crypto Poised for December Recovery as Coinbase Spots Momentum Shift

Crypto markets may be nearing a pivotal upswing as rising liquidity and expectations for a Federal Reserve rate cut fuel hopes for a broad digital-asset recovery. Coinbase Flags Liquidity Boost and December Crypto Rebound Coinbase Institutional, a unit of Coinbase Global (Nasdaq: COIN), stated on social media platform X on Dec. 5 that crypto may [&#8230;]

Ethereum tops 24-hour net inflows with $138.7M: Artemis

<p>Ethereum's significant inflows highlight its growing dominance and potential to drive broader blockchain adoption and innovation in digital finance.</p><p>The post <a href="https://cryptobriefing.com/ethereum-tops-24h-inflows-artemis/">Ethereum tops 24-hour net inflows with $138.7M: Artemis</a> appeared first on <a href="https://cryptobriefing.com">Crypto Briefing</a>.</p>

Robert Robert Kiyosaki Offers Crash Advice With Deep Bitcoin Conviction—What Investors Need to Know

Robert Kiyosaki urges people to brace for deepening financial turmoil by building new income streams, securing essential trade skills, and accumulating hard assets as he warns of a severe global downturn approaching 2026. Kiyosaki’s Recession Playbook and Asset Warnings Robert Kiyosaki, author of the best-selling book Rich Dad Poor Dad, has weighed in on what [&#8230;]

JPMorgan Predicts Bitcoin Rising Toward $170K With Gold-Like Trends

JPMorgan sees bitcoin primed for a powerful climb as gold-like trading patterns and shifting market dynamics set the stage for major upside potential in the months ahead. JPMorgan Flags Bullish Bitcoin Momentum Global investment bank JPMorgan said bitcoin could advance toward $170,000 within the coming months, outlining a bullish scenario tied to its tendency to [&#8230;]

Ripple Warns of Crypto Fraud Spike as XRP Users Face Holiday Traps

Ripple is escalating its defenses against a surge of XRP fraud as deepfake-driven scams intensify, spotlighting rising holiday-season risks and the company’s expanding threat-mitigation network that is sharply reducing successful crypto impersonation attacks. Ripple Ramps Crypto Fraud Shields as XRP Thieves Deploy Deepfakes Ripple issued an insight this week highlighting heightened holiday-season fraud and urging [&#8230;]

Feds Returning Seized Crypto to Victims After Crackdown Sparks New Shift

Federal authorities recovered more than $1.7 million in stablecoins linked to a crypto scam, marking a pivotal move that clears the way for victims to recoup losses and underscores how traceable digital assets can help unravel complex fraud schemes. US Recovers Millions From Crypto Fraud Scheme U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia [&#8230;]

Terra’s Fallen Empire Flickers: LUNC and LUNA Rally Into Upgrade Week

While Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon is slated for sentencing later this week and the Terra Classic v2.18 upgrade heads down the runway, both luna classic (LUNC) and luna (LUNA) have been enjoying a sharp climb over the past two weeks. Zombie Tokens Sprint It’s been more than three years and seven months since Do [&#8230;]

Corporate Bitcoin portfolios are hiding a massive liability crisis that triggered an average 27% crash last month

Corporate Bitcoin holdings have been treated as a straightforward signal for years: a company buys BTC, investors read it as conviction, and the stock trades with a built-in Bitcoin premium.While this might sound like a very clear and simple trade, the balance sheets behind it are anything but.A new CoinTab dataset shows that most publicly tracked Bitcoin-holding companies aren&#8217;t just sitting on piles of (digital) gold and that they’re balancing sizable liabilities alongside their BTC. And

Coinbase Opens 24/7 Trading for All Altcoin Monthly Futures, Perpetuals Next

Coinbase has activated 24/7 trading for all altcoin monthly futures, with perpetual-style contracts arriving soon, expanding derivative access that could boost liquidity and price discovery across a broad slate of non- bitcoin crypto assets. Coinbase Expands Around-the-Clock Altcoin Futures Access Coinbase Markets, the derivatives arm of crypto exchange Coinbase (Nasdaq: COIN), detailed on social media [&#8230;]

AI Smart Contract Exploits: Expert Warns Agents Could Trigger $10–20B Annual Losses in DeFi Sector

A recent study by MATS and Anthropic Fellows confirms that AI agents can profitably exploit smart contract vulnerabilities, establishing a “concrete lower bound” for economic harm. Novel Exploits and Alarming Cost Reduction The accelerating push to automate human tasks with Artificial Intelligence (AI) agents now confronts a significant, quantifiable downside: these agents can profitably exploit [&#8230;]

PVARA Chief: Pakistan to Roll out Stablecoin, Advance CBDC Plans

Pakistan announced plans to launch its first government-backed stablecoin as a key step in integrating virtual assets into its national economy. Regulatory Push Pakistan plans to launch its first government-backed stablecoin as part of a strategic effort to integrate virtual assets into the national economy, the country’s top regulator announced on Dec. 6. Bilal Bin [&#8230;]

Market Looks Beyond Litecoin as Digitap Attracts Presale Interest

Litecoin’s return to the mid-$80 range created a brief stir this week, as the asset bounced off recent lows and drew fresh attention back to one of crypto’s oldest networks. The excitement faded almost as quickly as it began. Momentum stalled, charts flattened, and the move felt more like a reminder of past cycles than the start of a new one.At the same time, a different story began to unfold in the presale market as Digitap ($TAP) continued to post strong early demand, surpassing $2.2 million i

Citadel pushes SEC to classify open-source developers as unregistered stockbrokers – Uniswap fires back

On Dec. 2, Citadel Securities filed a 13-page letter with the SEC arguing that decentralized protocols facilitating tokenized US equity trading already meet statutory definitions of exchanges and broker-dealers, and regulators should treat them accordingly.Two days later, the SEC&#8217;s Investor Advisory Committee convened a panel on tokenized equities that made clear the question is no longer whether stocks can move on-chain, but whether they can do so without dismantling the permissionless ar