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Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), is in discussions to invest in crypto payments firm MoonPay, according to a report from Bloomberg.

Tomoya Asakura, CEO of Japan's SBI Global Asset Management, has criticized the slow pace of the country's cryptocurrency tax reform. He warned that Japan risks falling behind not only the U.S. but also other parts of Asia and the Middle East in crypto development, according to DL News. Currently, Japanese crypto traders face taxes of up to 55% on their profits and, unlike with stocks, are not permitted to carry over losses to offset future gains. Japan's Financial Services Agency (FSA) had previously expressed its intent to reclassify crypto as an investment vehicle, aiming to lower the capital gains tax rate to 20% to achieve parity with stock traders. The Japanese Diet is expected to pass an amendment to include cryptocurrencies under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act in early 2026. As legal amendments typically take a year to be promulgated, traders anticipate the new tax regime will take effect in January 2027.

Major exchanges have seen $101 million worth of futures liquidated in the past hour. In the past 24 hours, $465 million worth of futures have been liquidated.

According to CoinNess market monitoring, BTC has fallen below $86,000. BTC is trading at $85,987.39 on the Binance USDT market.

Polymarket announced it has resolved recent issues caused by a Polygon network outage, restoring its site and all related functions. According to Wu Blockchain, there is speculation that due to recurring network problems, Polymarket is now prioritizing the development of its own Layer 2 server. However, the company has not yet released any specific plans or a timeline for this initiative.

According to CoinNess market monitoring, BTC has fallen below $87,000. BTC is trading at $86,986.8 on the Binance USDT market.

Aptos is moving to introduce post-quantum signature technology to enhance its blockchain security, Cointelegraph reports. The initiative is detailed in Aptos Improvement Proposal (AIP) 137, which seeks to add support for these advanced signatures to user accounts. If the proposal passes a governance vote, it will implement SLH-DSA—a hash-based digital signature scheme adopted as the FIPS 205 standard—as an optional account signature type.

U.S. prosecutors have indicted Mykhalio Petrovich Chudnovets, a Russian national, for allegedly operating the cryptocurrency service E-Note. According to Decrypt, prosecutors allege that E-Note laundered $70 million in cryptocurrency generated from ransomware attacks and hacking.

Bitwise has filed an S-1 registration statement for a SUI ETF.

According to CoinNess market monitoring, BTC has fallen below $88,000. BTC is trading at $87,898 on the Binance USDT market.

Erik Voorhees, the founder of cryptocurrency exchange Shapeshift, has sold his nine-year-old ETH holdings to purchase BCH, U.Today reported. Over the past 14 days, Voorhees sold 4,619 ETH and acquired 24,950 BCH. The sale of his ETH holdings generated a profit of over $13.3 million.

A simulation by Kraken subsidiary CF Benchmarks found that a strategic allocation of 2% to 5% in Bitcoin can significantly enhance portfolio efficiency. The firm projected Bitcoin's price in 2035 under several scenarios: $637,000 in its most conservative case, $1.42 million in its base case, and $2.95 million in a more optimistic scenario.

NEAR is now supported on the Solana network, according to an announcement from Solana's official X account.

U.S. accounting and tax software company Intuit has partnered with Circle to utilize USDC in its products, The Block reported. The integration will bring Circle's infrastructure and USDC to Intuit's software offerings, which include TurboTax, QuickBooks, and Credit Karma, primarily serving small and medium-sized businesses.

Approximately 45% of XRP Ledger nodes are running outdated versions of the rippled software, placing them at risk of automatic disconnection from the network once new protocol rules are activated, according to CryptoBasic. To prevent this, operators of the affected nodes must upgrade to rippled version 2.6.2 or higher.

DAWN, a Solana-based wireless protocol, has raised $13 million in a Series B funding round led by Polychain Capital, CoinDesk reported. The funds will be used to expand the protocol's network coverage in the U.S. and for international expansion.

European Central Bank (ECB) officials have said the current interest rate-cutting cycle is almost over, Walter Bloomberg reported.

According to CoinNess market monitoring, BTC has risen above $89,000. BTC is trading at $89,005.78 on the Binance USDT market.

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino has warned that a potential AI bubble in 2026 could negatively impact Bitcoin. He stated that Bitcoin remains highly correlated with capital markets and would likely be affected by a stock market bubble, which he believes is currently forming amid the AI boom, Cointelegraph reported. However, Ardoino added that beyond the risk of an AI bubble, he sees no other major threats to Bitcoin's price in 2026, citing increasing purchases from pension funds and governments. He explained that a massive crash of around 80%, similar to those seen in 2022 or early 2018, is unlikely to happen again. Ardoino also expressed an optimistic outlook on the tokenization of real-world assets (RWA), predicting that security tokens and commodities will experience enormous growth.

A new wallet address suspected of belonging to Bitmain has received 30,075 ETH, valued at $88.31 million, from FalconX, Onchain-Lense reported.

PayPal is utilizing its PYUSD stablecoin to finance artificial intelligence infrastructure by supporting on-chain funding for USD.AI, CoinDesk reported. To encourage adoption of the stablecoin, PayPal and the USD.AI Foundation plan to launch a one-year customer incentive program starting in early January. The initiative will offer 4.5% interest on deposits of up to $1 billion.

Jarett Dunn, the developer who stole $2 million worth of SOL from pump.fun, has been sentenced to six years in prison in the UK, Decrypt reported. Instead of keeping the embezzled funds, Dunn distributed them to thousands of random addresses and then promptly admitted to the crime on social media. His actions earned him the nickname the Robin Hood of crypto.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Danh C. Vo, the CEO of Bitcoin mining company VBit, with embezzling $48.5 million and selling unregistered securities, The Block reported. According to the SEC, VBit raised over $95.6 million from approximately 6,400 investors. The commission alleges that the company misled investors about its Bitcoin mining operations and its plans for using their funds. VBit was acquired by Advanced Mining Group in 2022 and has since ceased operations.

Resolv Labs withdrew an additional 4,658 ETH, valued at $13.35 million, from Binance about an hour ago, according to The Data Nerd. This brings the firm's total withdrawals from the exchange over the past week to 13,269 ETH, worth $39.4 million. Withdrawals from exchanges are typically interpreted as a move to hold assets.

According to CoinNess market monitoring, BTC has fallen below $88,000. BTC is trading at $87,890.01 on the Binance USDT market.