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Over $13 billion was traded in prediction markets in November, more than three times the volume seen at the peak of the 2024 presidential election, according to Unfolded.

Bitmine announced it purchased 138,452 ETH, worth $435 million, last week as part of its ongoing accumulation of the asset. As of Dec. 7, the company holds 3,864,951 ETH, valued at $12.04 billion.

Binance has announced the addition of WET to Binance Alpha, its on-chain trading platform within the Binance Wallet. The platform focuses on listing early-stage coins.

Crypto investment firm Paradigm has invested $13.5 million in a Series A funding round for stablecoin startup Crown, The Block reported. The specific use of the funds has not been disclosed. Crown is developing a stablecoin pegged to the Brazilian real (BRL).

Robinhood now supports ETH and SOL staking in New York state, Decrypt reported. The company plans to expand the service nationwide pending regulatory approval. Additionally, Robinhood is introducing other features, including a revamped fee structure for U.S. high-frequency traders, an improved crypto trading API, and simplified tax reporting.

Strategy (MSTR) announced it purchased an additional 10,624 BTC for $962.7 million last week at an average price of $90,615. The company now holds a total of 660,624 BTC at an average purchase price of $74,696.

Whale Alert reported that 1,000,000,000 USDT has been transferred from Aave to HTX. The transaction is valued at about $1,000 million.

Whale Alert reported that 1,000 million USDT has been minted at the Tether Treasury.

Binance has announced the addition of STABLE to Binance Alpha, its on-chain trading platform within the Binance Wallet. The platform focuses on listing early-stage coins.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has concluded its investigation into real-world asset (RWA) tokenization platform Ondo Finance (ONDO) without filing any charges, Crypto in America reported. The probe, which began in October 2023 under then-Chairman Gary Gensler, centered on whether Ondo's structure for tokenizing U.S. Treasurys violated securities laws and if the ONDO token qualified as a security. Ondo stated that it received official notification from the SEC in late November that the investigation was closed. According to CoinMarketCap, ONDO is currently trading at $0.4696, up 1.9%.

BlackRock has filed a prospectus with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for an Ethereum staking ETF, the iShares Staked Ethereum Trust ETF, according to a post on X by Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas.

AllScale, a self-custody-based global financial platform, has raised $5 million in a seed funding round led by YZi labs, formerly known as Binance Labs, CryptoBriefing reported. The round also saw participation from Infomed Ventures and Generative Ventures. The specific use of the funds has not been disclosed. AllScale is currently an official partner of the BNB Chain.

Ruya, a Sharia-compliant bank in the United Arab Emirates, has partnered with digital asset infrastructure provider Fuze to support Bitcoin trading on its app, Wu Blockchain reported.

Brevis, a Zero-Knowledge (ZK) verification computing platform, announced the launch of the mainnet beta for ProverNet, its decentralized marketplace for generating ZK proofs. The marketplace utilizes a Truthful and Asymptotically Optimal Double Auction (TODA) mechanism to address a key limitation in existing proof infrastructure, where a single setup cannot optimally meet diverse requirements. Payments on the beta platform are settled in USDC. Brevis is currently migrating its production workloads to the marketplace, starting with Ethereum block execution proofs from ETHProofs.org. The company added that upon the full mainnet launch, its native BREV token will be used for payments and staking.

Binance announced on X that it has immediately suspended an employee and is pursuing legal action for using internal information for personal gain. The company stated it received a tip on Dec. 7 regarding the employee's activities. An investigation confirmed that the employee had posted information to an official account related to a specific token that was issued on-chain at 5:29 a.m. UTC that day. Binance deemed the action a clear abuse of authority and a violation of its internal regulations and code of ethics. In addition to the suspension, further disciplinary procedures are underway, and the exchange is cooperating with law enforcement in the employee's region. Binance added that it will strengthen its internal controls to prevent similar incidents and welcomes community monitoring, asking that any future tips be sent via its official email channels.

An address associated with BlackRock's spot Ethereum ETF (ETHA) has deposited 24,791 ETH, valued at $78.3 million, to Coinbase Prime, Lookonchain reported. Coinbase Prime is a prime brokerage platform that provides large-scale trading and custody services for institutional investors.

Institutional investors appear to be accumulating ETH, according to an analysis by on-chain data firm Lookonchain. The firm reported that crypto market maker Amber Group withdrew 6,000 ETH ($18.8 million) from Binance approximately two hours ago. Additionally, Hong Kong-based digital asset manager Metalpha withdrew 3,000 ETH ($9.4 million) from the exchange about three hours ago.

Digital asset investment products saw a net inflow of $716 million last week, marking the second consecutive week of inflows, CoinShares reported in its weekly fund flow report. Bitcoin investment products attracted $352 million, while XRP products saw inflows of $245 million. Additionally, Solana (SOL) and Ethereum (ETH) investment products recorded net inflows of $3 million and $39.1 million, respectively.

Cointelegraph has highlighted four key factors for the Bitcoin market this week. These include the challenge of breaking resistance in the low $90,000s, the upcoming U.S. Federal Reserve interest rate decision, seasonal patterns suggesting the current market bottom may resemble that of 2022, and low leverage and open interest in the derivatives market, which could signal a bullish turn.

ADEN, a hybrid decentralized derivatives exchange acquired by Gate Ventures, has announced the launch of its on-chain explorer. The tool enables users to track and verify a range of DeFi activities, including blockchain transactions and wallet activity. ADEN, along with Hyperliquid (HYPE), Astar (ASTER), edgeX, and Lyra, operates on a hybrid model that matches orders off-chain and records settlement results on-chain in batches.

Crypto asset manager CoinShares predicts that the tokenization of U.S. Treasurys will be a key driver for the growth of the real-world asset (RWA) market in 2026, Cointelegraph reports. In its 2026 digital asset outlook report, CoinShares noted that the RWA market grew rapidly this year, led by tokenized U.S. government bonds. The value of on-chain U.S. Treasurys more than doubled from $3.9 billion at the start of the year to $8.6 billion. The firm expects this trend to continue leading the market, supported by global demand for U.S. dollar yields and the efficiency of blockchain-based payment infrastructure. CoinShares explained that investors tend to prefer Treasurys over stablecoins when yields are secure and risks are low. The report also highlighted that RWA tokenization is increasingly attracting interest from traditional finance and institutional players, with established financial institutions issuing tokenized assets and regulators beginning to recognize blockchain as a reliable infrastructure.

Web3 accelerator Nonce Classic has successfully exited its investment in portfolio company Backed Finance following its acquisition by crypto exchange Kraken, News1 reported. Nonce Classic participated in Backed Finance's Series A funding round late last year. Backed Finance is the issuer of xStocks, tokenized versions of U.S. stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The tokens, which represent shares in companies like Apple and Tesla, are backed 1:1 by the underlying assets, which are managed through regulated financial institutions, including Swiss banks.

According to CoinNess market monitoring, BTC has risen above $92,000. BTC is trading at $92,003.68 on the Binance USDT market.

South Korean exchange Upbit announced it has applied changes to the circulation plan for BORA (BORA) at the request of the project's team. However, a CoinNess review found no changes in the exchange's disclosed fourth-quarter plan. The circulating supply is set to remain at 1,205,750,000 BORA until November 2028.

The Central Bank of Argentina (BCRA) is considering allowing traditional financial institutions to offer cryptocurrency trading and custody services, FinanceSpeed reported. The move is reportedly aimed at strengthening Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) measures and facilitating taxation. The media outlet added that while the entry of these institutions into the crypto market would intensify competition for existing Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs) and improve service quality, the central bank would need to establish new regulations to manage the systemic risks of crypto integration.