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Strive launches $500M ATM offering to expand BTC holdings
The firm already holds roughly 7,525 BTC and plans to use the proceeds to scale up its holdings and strengthen its balance sheet. Strive, co-founded by Vivek Ramaswamy, describes itself as the first publicly traded asset management BTC treasury company.
👉 x.com/strive/status/1998540722144719187?s=20
Trump Billionaires Club game launches soon
Trump Billionaires Club, the official game powered by OpenLoot, will use TRUMP token for all in-game activity. Players can join the free waitlist for a chance to share $1M in TRUMP token rewards.
👉 x.com/GetTrumpMemes/status/1998457354267037768?s=20
Octra Labs Will Hold OCT Public Sale via Sonar Profiles
Users can now submit the registration form. 200,000,000 OCT (10% of supply) will be sold at $0.20, implying a $200M FDV, with 100% unlocked at TGE. The public sale date will be announced later.
Octra is an FHE blockchain with isolated execution environments. Its testnet will migrate to mainnet in the coming days with core functionality live ahead of the ICO.
👉 theblock.co/post/381939/octra-public-token-sale-sonar-valuation
a16z-Backed Daylight Launches Pre-Deposit Vaults
Daylight’s DayFi Pre-Deposits launch on December 16, 1:00 PM UTC, accepting Sky’s USDS & USDT. Vault deposits will be deployed to Plasma, with K3 Capital managing a diversified yield strategy.
DayFi tokenizes decentralized energy, letting DeFi users access revenue backed by verifiable energy production.
👉 x.com/daylightenergy_/status/1998416560764154359?s=20
Stripe x Paradigm Launches Tempo Public Testnet
Tempo, a payments-focused L1 built by Stripe and Paradigm, has opened its public testnet to companies building real-world stablecoin payment apps.
New partners include UBS, Cross River Bank, and Kalshi, joining existing collaborators like Deutsche Bank, Nubank, OpenAI, and Anthropic.
👉 bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-09/stripe-and-paradigm-open-tempo-blockchain-to-public
Horizen Relaunches as a Layer 3 Blockchain on Base
Horizen has launched its mainnet on Base, finalizing its shift from a Layer 1 to a Layer 3 network after the DAO voted to retire the legacy chain. The ZEN token was relaunched earlier this year as part of the transition, with the old base layer and EON sidechain now being phased out.
Originally launched in 2017 as ZenCash, the project has undergone multiple upgrades, including a 2018 rebrand, the Zendoo framework in 2020, and the EON EVM sidechain in 2023.
👉 theblock.co/post/381846/privacy-horizen-launches-layer-3-base-mainnet
Crypto ETF Leaders by Assets Under Management (AUM)
BlackRock dominates crypto ETFs by AUM, with IBIT alone managing over $80B — far ahead of all competitors. Bitcoin exposure continues to outweigh Ethereum across regulated ETF markets.
Top-15 DeFi Protocols by TVL growth in the last 30 days
Among the top performers are Curve DEX, a decentralized exchange liquidity pool on Ethereum, Sentora, an onchain portfolio and risk analytics platform, and Sky Lending, a major DeFi lending protocol.
Price Discovery Board: HumidiFi (WET)
With a 1B total supply and a $69M valuation, this chart benchmarks potential market scenarios based on comparable Solana-based DeFi Apps like Meteora or Jito. Launch is scheduled for Dec 9, 14:00 UTC.
Circle and Tether secure ADGM approvals in Abu Dhabi
Circle secured an ADGM financial license to operate regulated USDC payment infrastructure, while Tether received official ADGM recognition of USDT as an accepted fiat-referenced token.
👉 x.com/circle/status/1998265240081826117?s=20
Coinbase Will List Plume and Jupiter on December 9
Spot trading for PLUME and JUP is set to launch on December 9, on or after 5:00 PM UTC, pending sufficient liquidity.
👉 x.com/CoinbaseMarkets/status/1998088906441457981?s=20
Circle Partners With Bybit to Accelerate USDC Adoption
Bybit is expanding USDC across its ecosystem, adding deeper spot and derivatives liquidity, increasing utility in savings, payments, and card rewards, and integrating Circle’s fiat on/off-ramps for faster.
👉 theblock.co/post/381725/circle-partners-bybit-drive-usdc-adoption-outside-coinbase-ecosystem
Pye Finance Secured $5M Seed Round Led by Variant and Coinbase Ventures
Additional investors include Solana Labs, Nascent, Gemini, and others. The startup is building an on-chain marketplace on Solana for time-locked staking positions, making locked stakes transferable and usable in DeFi strategies.
Pye targets over 414M staked SOL (~$75B) to enable selling future rewards or leveraging positions while remaining staked.
👉 coindesk.com/business/2025/12/08/pye-finance-raises-usd5m-seed-round
Kaito's Capital launchpad dashboard. Past & upcoming launches
This dashboard tracks past launches like Limitless, Everlyn, Boundless and Superfluid — and highlights upcoming bets: Espresso, Billions, TheoriqAI and zkPass.
Stablecoin Startup Crown Secures $13.5M Investment From Paradigm
The Series A round values Crown at $90M. The company issues BRLV, a Brazilian real–pegged stablecoin fully backed by Brazilian government bonds.
BRLV has over R$360M (~$66M) in subscriptions and is currently available only to institutional investors, who gain exposure to Brazil’s high interest rates. Crown generates yield from the government bonds backing the stablecoin.
👉 theblock.co/post/381596/crypto-vc-paradigm-bets-13-5-million-on-stablecoin-startup-crown
Cascade has launched a 24/7 Unified Perpetual Brokerage
The platform offers round-the-clock access to perpetual markets across crypto, U.S. equities, and private companies like SpaceX and OpenAI through a unified margin system.
👉 x.com/cascade_xyz/status/1998452642771780025?s=20
Rainbow x Coinlist Token Sale Starts December 11
Public sale commitments run December 11–18, starting at 5:00 PM UTC. 30,000,000 RNBW (3%) are allocated to the Coinlist sale at a $100M FDV, with full unlock at TGE.
Rainbow Wallet aims to become an “onchain Robinhood,” offering a unified mobile app for all financial services.
👉 coinlist.co/rainbow
Theoriq AlphaVault x Pre-Claim Registration on Authena
The AlphaVault is live with Nitro Boosted THQ rewards and $21M filled TVL, offering ~39% ETH APR. Theoriq also opened airdrop pre-claim registration via Authena.
Theoriq’s Alpha protocol lets autonomous agents collaborate onchain to optimize liquidity and execute complex financial tasks, building a trust-minimized, adaptive DeFi ecosystem.
👉 x.com/TheoriqAI/status/1998441996093137003?s=20
gensyn Opens Registration For AI Public Sale
The AI public sale features built-in Sonar Authentication and runs as an English auction starting at $1M FDV ($0.0001 per token). Tokens are distributed on Gensyn Network (L2), with payment accepted in USDC/USDT on Ethereum Mainnet.
gensyn is a decentralized protocol that unifies the world’s computing power into a single, open network for machine learning.
👉 x.com/gensynai/status/1998422347041366363?s=20
Polygon Speeds Up by 33% with Madhugiri Hardfork
The Madhugiri hardfork brings adjustable blocktimes, faster consensus, and ~1,400 TPS with a path to 5,000, now upgradable without future hardforks. It also activates Ethereum’s Fusaka EIPs for stronger security and reliability.
Polygon maintains strong payments and RWA traction: $1B in November volume, including $800M via Revolut, while Stripe ranks it as its second-largest chain. Polygon also continues to power Polymarket’s prediction markets.
👉 x.com/0xPolygon/status/1998368263601070357?s=20
Aleo Launches Circle’s USDCx on Testnet via Circle xReserve
USDCx is now live on the Aleo Testnet, enabling use cases such as global payroll, aid distribution, e-commerce, remittances, P2P payments, DeFi, and compliant on-chain transactions. The asset was previously introduced on the Canton Network.
On Aleo, USDCx remains 1:1 backed by USDC held in xReserve, fully interoperable with USDC across supported chains, and operates without third-party bridges.
👉 fortune.com/2025/12/09/circle-privacy-stablecoin-aleo-udsc-udscx
HashKey files for landmark Hong Kong IPO
HashKey has applied for an IPO in Hong Kong, seeking up to $215M in funding and aiming to become the first listed crypto exchange. Final pricing will be determined by Dec 16, while trading commences the next day with the shares listed under stock code 3887.
👉 decrypt.co/351569/hashkey-hong-kong-ipo-citys-first-listed-crypto-exchange
Space (SPACE) announced its token sale on Curated by Impossible
Open to all KYC-verified users on Curated, the sale runs from December 9–11 with a $250K pool on Arbitrum, offering transparent allocations and automatic refunds for unfilled amounts.
👉 x.com/curated_hq/status/1998045193954844847?s=20
Tether backs Generative Bionics in humanoid-robotics push
Tether joined a €70 million funding round for Generative Bionics, an Italian startup building “physical AI” humanoid robots for industrial, logistics, healthcare and retail use.
👉 x.com/Tether_to/status/1998106862214934574?s=20
CFTC rolls out Pilot Program for Crypto Collateral
CFTC has launched a digital assets pilot program allowing regulated firms to use BTC, ETH, and USDC as collateral in derivatives markets. The move signals a big step toward integrating crypto assets into traditional markets under regulatory oversight.
👉 coindesk.com/policy/2025/12/08/cftc-launches-digital-assets-pilot-allowing-bitcoin-ether-usdc-as-collateral
AllScale Gets YZiLabs Backing for Self-Custody Stablecoin Neobank
AllScale secured investment through EASY Residency Season 2 with support from Informed, Generative Ventures, Aptos, Summer Sun Capital, V3V Ventures, and others.
The team is building a self-custody stablecoin neobank for global microbusinesses, backed by founders from Binance, OKX, Kraken, Block, TikTok, Amazon, and early investors Amber Group and Draper Dragon.
👉 x.com/allscaleio/status/1997963982515437994?s=20
Tether-Backed Payments Startup Oobit Expands Into U.S.
Tether-backed mobile payments app Oobit is launching in the U.S. with Bakkt. The tap-to-pay solution works with non-custodial wallets like Base, Binance, Phantom, and Trust Wallet, letting iOS/Android users pay while merchants get instant fiat payouts via Visa rails. Tether backed Oobit’s 2024 Series A.
👉 theblock.co/post/381730/tether-backed-payments-startup-oobit-expands-into-us
Matter Labs to Shut Down ZKsync Lite in 2026
Matter Labs will retire ZKsync Lite, its first Ethereum layer-2 network, in early 2026. Launched in 2020 for basic transfers, it was replaced by ZKsync Era in 2023.
The Lite network remains active for now, with funds safe and withdrawals available. A migration plan will follow next year.
👉 coindesk.com/tech/2025/12/08/zksync-lite-to-shut-down-in-2026
Treasuries & ETFs Board. Crypto Accumulation and Capital Flows
U.S. ETFs had modest inflows the previous week, with Bitcoin and Ethereum Spot ETFs seeing net outflows of $88M and $65M, respectively, signaling cautious positioning.
On-chain data shows renewed accumulation by large holders, with public companies like Strategy and BitMine continuing to add Bitcoin and Ethereum to their treasuries despite mixed ETF flows.
U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission Concludes Two-Year Investigation Into Ondo Finance
The closure of the inquiry removes a key regulatory hurdle and opens the door for Ondo to accelerate its expansion in the U.S. tokenized asset market.
👉 binance.com/en/square/post/12-08-2025-sec-concludes-investigation-into-ondo-finance