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TLDR Aave V4 unifies liquidity using Hub and Spoke design for scalable global lending. Horizon brings tokenized real-world assets onchain for institutional borrowing. Aave App targets mass adoption with seamless mobile access to DeFi services. Aave holds $75B in net deposits and has processed $3.33T in lifetime deposits. Aave is positioning itself as a major player in decentralized finance, aiming to become a foundational layer for global on-chain finance.  With over five years of development, the protocol now holds $75 billion in net deposits and has processed $3.33 trillion in lifetime deposits.  Founder Stani Kulechov outlined a roadmap for 2026…

They say journalists never truly clock out. But for Christian, that’s not just a metaphor, it’s a lifestyle. By day, he navigates the ever-shifting tides of the cryptocurrency market, wielding words like a seasoned editor and crafting articles that decipher the jargon for the masses. When the PC goes on hibernate mode, however, his pursuits take a more mechanical (and sometimes philosophical) turn. Christian’s journey with the written word began long before the age of Bitcoin. In the hallowed halls of academia, he honed his craft as a feature writer for his college paper. This early love for storytelling paved…

Oracle (ORCL) shares jumped more than 6% in pre-market trading to around $190 after Bloomberg reported that TikTok signed binding agreements to form a new U.S. joint venture led by Oracle, helping ease investor concerns around AI-driven valuation risks.The upbeat reaction spread across risk assets. Bitcoin BTC$88,298.11 jumped above $88,000, Invesco QQQ (QQQ) futures, which tracks the performance of the Nasdaq-100, rose around 0.5%, while AI mining stocks also moved higher. IREN (IREN) gained about 4%, Cipher Mining (CIFR) rose roughly 4% and CoreWeave (CRWV) climbed around 6%. Oracle will play a central role as the primary cloud infrastructure and…

Privacy coins have emerged in the spotlight by recording significant gains in early trading today. Canton and Midnight lead the pack while Zcash and Monero ride the wave. Canton, a privacy-enabled Layer 1 blockchain, has performed significantly in early trading today as privacy coins gained more traction in the crypto industry. According to data from the crypto price tracking website Coingecko, the cryptocurrency is up 6.21% in the last 24 hours, bringing its seven-day gain to 3.13%. At the time of this publication, Canton is exchanging hands for $0.07532.  Other privacy coins, such as Midnight, Zcash, and Monero, have also…

Ava Labs’ leadership believes the future of decentralized networks lies in sovereign, purpose-built blockchains rather than generic, one-size-fits-all chains. The comments come as the Avalanche ecosystem gains traction with institutional partners and enterprise developers heading into 2025. In an interview with TheStreet Roundtable, John Nahas, Chief Business Officer at Ava Labs, emphasized the company’s long-term vision of creating customized blockchain environments tailored to specific use cases — from finance to global brands and enterprise deployments. Rather than following short‑lived trends that dominate social media, Nahas said Avalanche is focused on durable, real‑world blockchain solutions. “We don’t need more block space. We…

Cantor Fitzgerald analyst Brett Knoblauch on Wednesday raised his price target on Hut 8 (HUT) to $72 from $64 following the company’s announcement of a $7 billion lease agreement with AI infrastructure firm Fluidstack.“We believe this is a deal the market has been waiting for,” Knoblauch wrote in a note to clients, calling the finalized terms stronger than initially expected. He pointed to the 15-year duration, a power usage effectiveness (PUE) ratio of 1.35, and projected net operating income of $6.9 billion over the base term as key highlights. If all renewal options are exercise, Knoblauch added.His new price target…

Veteran chartist Peter Brandt is flagging what he calls a “potential double top” on XRP’s weekly chart, a classic reversal setup that, if confirmed, would argue for materially lower prices — even as other traders point to a washed-out weekly RSI reading that has historically aligned with prior bottom zones. Peter Brandt Flags XRP Double Top Pattern Brandt posted the chart to X on Dec. 17 and didn’t bother softening the message for XRP’s online faithful. “I know in advance that all you Riplosts $XRP will forever remind me of this post — ask me if I care,” he wrote,…

The whale trader tagged as “BitcoinOG (1011short)” added another 12,406 Ethereum to his long exposure, pushing the wallet’s combined book deeper into the red. The update was flagged by the on-chain monitor Lookonchain, which also described the wallet’s performance swing: from $120M+ in profits down to under $30M, with losses now over $70M. Current positions The same Lookonchain post lists the wallet’s open exposures as: 203,341 ETH (about $577.5M) 1,000 Bitcoin (about $87M) 250,000 Solana (about $30.7M) For a live view of the wallet’s derivatives positions and unrealized PnL, the account is tracked on Hyperdash, a dashboard that follows high-performing…

Polymarket, one of the leading prediction markets, outperforms more than 85% of crypto protocols in user retention, according to Dune Analytics’ December 2025 report. Prediction markets have been racking up big numbers for the past 2 years, with their monthly notional volume on platforms soaring from under $100 million to over $13 billion, a staggering 130-fold increase.  Since early 2024, prediction markets have seen dramatic expansion in total volume and number of participants. Transactions surged by 180 times from 240,000 to more than 43 million, while monthly active users grew from 4,000 to 612,000, a 150-fold jump.  Polymarket alone processed…

TLDR:  OCC found large banks applied restrictive policies that limited access for several lawful but sensitive industries. The agency reported internal rules requiring escalated reviews before certain customers could obtain services. Comptroller Gould said the OCC aims to stop actions that could “weaponize finance” across the banking system. Thousands of complaints on political and religious debanking remain under review for future public reporting. OCC Releases Preliminary Findings as the agency intensifies its examination of what it calls “weaponized finance” across the country’s largest national banks.  The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency released an early report detailing how nine…