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Strategy CEO Phong Le said in an interview with the Schwab Network that the company will maintain its dividend payment plan even during a Bitcoin bear market or a broader crypto market downturn. He emphasized that paying dividends is a higher priority than refraining from selling the company's Bitcoin.

U.S. spot Ethereum ETFs recorded a total net inflow of $56.48 million on Dec. 10, marking the third consecutive day of net inflows, according to data from Trader T. BlackRock's ETHA led the group with $55.35 million in net inflows, followed by Grayscale Mini with $7.91 million. Meanwhile, Fidelity's FETH was the only fund to see an outflow, recording a net withdrawal of $6.78 million.

The Avalanche (AVAX) Foundation announced it is establishing a Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) Foundation within the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM). The foundation stated that the new entity is expected to strengthen Avalanche's presence in the Middle East and support close collaboration on local partnerships and program development.

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $221 million in net inflows on Dec. 10, marking the second consecutive day of positive flows, Trader T reported. BlackRock's IBIT led the activity with $190 million in net inflows, followed by Fidelity's FBTC, which attracted $30.58 million. The remaining ETFs reported no net inflows or outflows.

South Korea's ruling Democratic Party is pushing to introduce its second-phase virtual asset legislation, known as the Digital Asset Basic Act, by January, the Maeil Business Newspaper reported. On Dec. 11, Rep. Kang Jun-hyeon, a ranking member of the National Assembly's National Policy Committee, told reporters that waiting for the government's version of the bill would make a timely review impossible. He emphasized the need to introduce the legislation by January. If the bill is introduced as planned, a formal review is expected to begin during an extraordinary parliamentary session in February following a deliberation period.

Tether has launched QVAC Health, a privacy-focused health app that encrypts and manages user data directly on their devices, CoinDesk reported. The app, built on Tether's AI development platform, is designed to integrate and track various health metrics such as step counts, sleep patterns, and exercise records. According to the report, user data is stored locally with encryption and is not transmitted to the cloud or external servers, nor is it collected for advertising purposes.

South Korean crypto exchange Bithumb announced that it will list STABLE for trading against the won today at 8:00 a.m. UTC.

Binance Alpha has announced the addition of BTX. The platform, an on-chain trading service within the Binance Wallet, focuses on listing early-stage coins.

South Korean crypto exchange Bithumb has announced the temporary suspension of all virtual asset deposits and withdrawals with the peer-to-peer trading platform Paxful, effective today. The move follows Paxful's guilty plea to three criminal charges for abetting illegal activities, including sex trafficking, fraud, and sanctions violations.

The following shows estimated liquidation volumes and position ratios for major crypto perpetual futures over the past 24 hours: - BTC: $169 million liquidated (77.95% longs) - ETH: $167 million liquidated (66.52% longs) - SOL: $23.49 million liquidated (85.99% longs)

Software developer Exodus Movement has sold 245 BTC, bringing its total holdings to 1,902 BTC, according to BitcoinTreasuries.NET.

An address believed to belong to the Worldcoin (WLD) team deposited 13.97 million WLD, worth $8.82 million, to Coinbase about an hour ago, according to Onchainschool.pro (@how2onchain). Deposits to exchanges are typically interpreted as an intent to sell.

According to CoinNess market monitoring, BTC has fallen below $90,000. BTC is trading at $89,986.52 on the Binance USDT market.

Bhutan has launched a gold-backed token, TER, on the Solana blockchain, CoinDesk reported. DK Bank, Bhutan's first digital bank, will handle the token's distribution and custody.

AI blockchain platform Talus Network announced that its airdrop claim will open today at 1:00 p.m. UTC.

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) has approved the listing of 21Shares' spot XRP ETF, Cointelegraph reported.

The South Korean government is expected to release its proposal for stablecoin regulation this month as part of the second phase of its Digital Asset Basic Act, Edaily reported. On Dec. 11, Democratic Party lawmaker Ahn Do-geol told reporters that the Financial Services Commission (FSC) and the Bank of Korea (BOK) have nearly reached a compromise on two major points of contention: the designation of issuing entities and the composition and operation of a policy consultative body. Following a meeting of the ruling party's Digital Asset Task Force, Ahn said the government would be able to release its official proposal soon.

According to CoinNess market monitoring, BTC has fallen below $91,000. BTC is trading at $90,992.93 on the Binance USDT market.

On-chain sports platform Sport.Fun announced it has reached $90 million in cumulative trading volume and $10 million in revenue. The platform stated it has become the top consumer app on Coinbase's Layer 2 network, Base. Following this growth, Sport.Fun plans to conduct a sale for its native FUN token on the Web3 presale platform Legion and the Kraken exchange. Sport.Fun is building an on-chain prediction economy based on fantasy sports and player tokenization. Its services have expanded to include the NFL, with plans to add the NBA soon. The platform recently secured a new investment from Coinbase Ventures.

Figure, a blockchain-based online lending platform, announced that its interest-bearing stablecoin, YLDS, will be issued on Solana (SOL). Additionally, Figure has begun accepting SOL as collateral for cryptocurrency loans.

A Bitcoin OG, identified as 1011short, is expanding an ETH long position, according to Lookonchain. The investor now holds a 5x leveraged long position of 120,094 ETH, worth $392 million. The position has an entry price of $3,265.90 and a liquidation price of $2,234.69, and is currently showing an unrealized loss of $218,000.

The Republican Party is accelerating efforts to bring the crypto market structure bill (CLARITY ACT) to a vote, even as the Democratic Party remains focused on amending the bill's draft, The Hill reported. Citing an anonymous source, the publication noted that the next 48 hours will be critical in determining whether the legislation moves forward next week. In connection with the push, Republican Senator Cynthia Lummis announced plans to release a revised draft of the bill by this weekend and call for a vote next week. Lummis described the latest draft as the most complete version yet, stressing the need to hold a vote quickly to allow participants to catch their breath over the Christmas holiday. She added that bipartisan aides are becoming exhausted by the prolonged negotiations, raising concerns that emotions could become frayed, and said it is time to make the draft public as the industry has grown anxious about the closed-door talks between the parties.

CoinMarketCap's Altcoin Season Index has fallen one point from yesterday to 17. The index measures whether altcoins are outperforming Bitcoin. An altcoin season is declared when 75% of the top 100 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization, excluding stablecoins and wrapped tokens, have performed better than Bitcoin over the last 90 days. A score closer to 100 indicates a stronger altcoin season, while a low score suggests a Bitcoin season.

An address presumed to belong to the U.S. government transferred funds seized from FTX and Alameda Research to a new address five hours ago, according to Onchain Lens. The transfers included $6.43 million in WETH and $13.58 million in BUSD.

Six out of 10 high-net-worth individuals in Asia intend to increase their cryptocurrency investment allocation over the next two to five years, Cointelegraph reported. The finding comes from a recent survey by Sygnum, which polled 270 high-net-worth individuals with over $1 million in investable assets and professional investors with more than 10 years of experience. Among the respondents, 90% stated that digital assets are an important element for long-term wealth preservation and inheritance planning, not merely for speculation. Additionally, 87% of those surveyed currently hold cryptocurrency, with approximately half allocating more than 10% of their portfolio to the asset class.