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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

Brazil’s main stock exchange plans to roll out tokenization platform and stablecoin in 2026

<p>Brazil's stock exchange initiative could revolutionize financial markets by integrating tokenized assets with traditional systems, enhancing liquidity.</p><p>The post <a href="https://cryptobriefing.com/brazil-tokenization-platform-launch/">Brazil&#8217;s main stock exchange plans to roll out tokenization platform and stablecoin in 2026</a> appeared first on <a href="https://cryptobriefing.com">Crypto Briefing</a>.</p>

Why Coinbase Says Younger Investors Are Betting on Crypto First

A new Coinbase report argues that Gen Z and Millennials are abandoning traditional wealth-building playbooks in favor of crypto, non-traditional assets, and hands-on trading strategies that sharply diverge from older generations. Coinbase Q4 Report Reveals Sharp Shift in U.S. Crypto Investing Habits Coinbase’s Q4 2025 report, The Generational Shift in Investing, draws on research commissioned [&#8230;]

CFTC Acting Chair Caroline Pham to Join MoonPay as CLAO: Report

Key Highlights Caroline Pham, the acting chair of the U.S. CFTC, is reportedly planning to become Chief Legal&#8230;

Bitcoin Pulls Back After Trump Designates Venezuela’s Government as a Terrorist Organization

The president issued a blockade of all sanctioned Venezuelan oil tankers, sending oil prices up, while bitcoin and stocks fell. Bitcoin Retreats After U.S. Action Against Venezuelan Regime On Sept. 2, 2025, U.S. forces struck an alleged Venezuelan drug boat, killing nine of its occupants. Somehow, two men survived the initial phase of the attack, [&#8230;]

Bitcoin just flashed a rare capitulation signal that historically triggers a violent rally

Bitcoin trades near $89,000 today after its 14-day relative strength index fell below 30 in mid-November, a threshold traders track for capitulation.A chart circulated by Global Macro Investor’s Julien Bittel, sourced to LSEG Datastream, overlays Bitcoin’s recent path with the average trajectory that followed the last five RSI breaks below 30 and traces a route that ends near $180,000 about 90 days after the oversold print.The $180,000 waypoint is return math. With Bitcoin near $89,000, reaching

TradeLocker Taps Trading Tech Veteran Alex Skolar as Chief Product Officer

TradeLocker has added another experienced expert toits leadership ranks, appointing Alex Skolar as Chief Product Officer. Skolaris joining the trading technology firm from the London-based Velexa, part ofEXANTE, where he served in the same capacity. A Veteran of Trading TechnologyBased in London, Skolar brings nearly thirty years ofexperience from other top brands in the industry. At ThinkMakets, he was theHead of Product and Platform Management based in London.He also had a stint at Saxo Bank a

Major Web3 Investor Shima Capital Shuts Down Following SEC Fraud Claims

Shima Capital is shutting down after the Securities and Exchange Commission accused founder Yida Gao of inflating his track record to defraud investors. Founder Departure and Fund Resignation Shima Capital, once one of the most prolific early-stage investors in the Web3 space, has begun a formal wind-down of its operations weeks after the Securities and [&#8230;]

CFTC Acting Chair Caroline Pham joins MoonPay as chief legal and policy officer

<p>Caroline Pham joins MoonPay as chief legal and policy officer, bringing extensive legal policy leadership from her CFTC tenure.</p><p>The post <a href="https://cryptobriefing.com/moonpay-legal-policy-leadership/">CFTC Acting Chair Caroline Pham joins MoonPay as chief legal and policy officer</a> appeared first on <a href="https://cryptobriefing.com">Crypto Briefing</a>.</p>

Bitfinex Introduces Zero Fee Trading, Phantom Integrates Prediction Market

Key Highlights Bitfinex has announced a zero-fee basis for all trading activities for both market makers and takers&#8230;

Tether Invests $8 Million in Speed to Advance Lightning Network Payments

Tether leads strategic funding round for Speed, supporting Lightning Network and stablecoin-powered global payment infrastructure. Tether announced on December 16, 2025, a strategic $8 million investment in Speed1, Inc., a payments infrastructure company leveraging the Lightning Network and stablecoins. The funding round, co-led with ego death capital, aims to enhance global settlement capabilities using instant, [&#8230;]

Hyperliquid is erasing $1 billion in token supply, but the market is still punishing the wrong metric

Hyperliquid is learning how quickly sentiment can turn in crypto.According to CryptoSlate data, HYPE, the token that powers the decentralized perpetuals exchange, has dropped to seven-month lows in December after a year in which Hyperliquid looked like the default venue for on-chain leverage. During this period, the platform's trading volumes have stalled just as newer platforms have surged on the back of incentives and points campaigns. As a result, it looks like a market share story that has f

BitGo Enables Lightning Network Payments Directly from Custody

Bitcoin MagazineBitGo Enables Lightning Network Payments Directly from CustodyBitGo, a digital asset infrastructure company, announced it now offers Bitcoin Lightning Network access directly from its qualified custody platform. The move makes it one of the first companies to provide Lightning payments for institutional custody.The service aims to give clients faster and cheaper Bitcoin transactions while keeping institutional security standards intact. It builds on BitGo’s earlier self-custody L

Nexo partners with Tennis Australia for groundbreaking Grand Slam deal

<p>Nexo tennis partnership marks the first Grand Slam deal by a digital asset company, bringing crypto lending to the Australian Open.</p><p>The post <a href="https://cryptobriefing.com/nexo-tennis-partnership-grand-slam/">Nexo partners with Tennis Australia for groundbreaking Grand Slam deal</a> appeared first on <a href="https://cryptobriefing.com">Crypto Briefing</a>.</p>

Bitcoin Price Pumps Above $90,000 Then Dumps to $85,000 in 4 Hours

Bitcoin MagazineBitcoin Price Pumps Above $90,000 Then Dumps to $85,000 in 4 HoursThe bitcoin price (BTC) briefly surged above $90,000 early Wednesday in U.S. trading, only to tumble back below $87,000 within minutes, reflecting a fragile and volatile crypto market.The largest cryptocurrency rallied from roughly $87,000 to above $90,000 around 10:00 a.m EST before rapidly retracing to the $86,500–$87,500 range.&nbsp;At the time of writing, Bitcoin price was near $86,000, down over 0.5% over the

Hut 8 Lands 15-Year AI Data Center Lease at Louisiana’s River Bend, Backed by Google

Hut 8 has signed a 15-year lease agreement valued at $7 billion to supply 245 megawatts of AI data center capacity at its River Bend campus in Louisiana, marking a notable expansion beyond its historical focus on bitcoin mining. Hut 8 Signs Long-Term AI Infrastructure Lease as Bitcoin Mining Mix Evolves The agreement, announced Wednesday, [&#8230;]

Kraken Taps Alpaca for xStocks After Backed Finance Acquisition

Kraken’s xStocks, which tokenizes real-world equities,is expanding its partnership with Alpaca. The acquisition follows recentannouncement by the crypto exchange that it had agreed to acquire BackedFinance, the firm behind the issuance of xStocks. Expanding Tokenized EquitiesKraken named Alpaca as its preferred partnerfor sourcing and custodying the equities backing xStocks on a one-to-one basis. This agreement allows the API brokerage platform to integrate xStocks moredeeply within its brokerag

Ripple and SBI are redefining XRP DeFi, targeting a billion-dollar yield stream that ignores on-chain mechanics

SBI Ripple Asia signed a memorandum of understanding with Doppler Finance to explore XRP-based yield infrastructure and real-world asset tokenization on the XRP Ledger, the firms said Dec. 17.According to information shared with CryptoSlate, firms said they will explore collaboration on yield infrastructure for XRP, which lacks native staking, as well as RWA tokenization flows on XRPL.The companies framed it as SBI Ripple Asia’s first partnership with an XRPL-native protocol.They also appointed

Bitcoin’s Lightning Network Capacity Hits New-All Time High

Bitcoin MagazineBitcoin’s Lightning Network Capacity Hits New-All Time HighBitcoin’s Lightning Network, the layer-2 payments system designed to make Bitcoin faster and cheaper to use, has reached a new all-time high in capacity, signaling renewed institutional interest even as grassroots adoption lags.Data from AMBOSS shows Lightning capacity climbed to 5,637 BTC yesterday, surpassing its previous peak in March 2023.&nbsp;The surge, concentrated in November and December, follows a year of declin

Google rolls out Gemini 3 Flash as default for AI Mode in global search

<p>Google introduces Gemini 3 Flash as the default AI Mode in global search, improving precision and speed in handling complex queries.</p><p>The post <a href="https://cryptobriefing.com/gemini-3-flash-ai-mode/">Google rolls out Gemini 3 Flash as default for AI Mode in global search</a> appeared first on <a href="https://cryptobriefing.com">Crypto Briefing</a>.</p>