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The CEX removed maker and taker fees across spot, derivatives, and tokenized securities as competition intensifies among crypto exchanges. LEO, the native token of the iFinex — the parent company of Bitfinex and Tether — outperformed the broader cryptocurrency market on Friday, Dec. 19 following Bitfinex’s decision earlier this week to scrap all trading fees. The token is currently changing hands at $7.40, up 11% on the day, according to data from CoinGecko, pushing it into the top gainers today. The surge follows a few days of losses for the token, which was trading as high as $9.51 just a…

In brief The SEC proposed settlement agreements for Alameda and FTX executives. The executives would be restricted from serving in corporate leadership positions for years to come. The group testified against Sam Bankman-Fried at his criminal trial. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission proposed settlement agreements on Friday for key members of FTX co-founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried’s inner circle, whose testimony played a critical role in his criminal trial.The regulator said that it filed so-called proposed final consent judgements in the Southern District of New York with regards to former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison, former FTX CTO…

In brief A 23-year-old Brooklynite was charged with a $16 million phishing scheme. Prosecutors allege that he stole the funds from approximately 100 Coinbase users. Last year, ZachXBT published an investigation into the individual. Prosecutors in Brooklyn said on Friday that a 23-year-old resident, Ronald Spektor, was charged with stealing $16 million in cryptocurrency from approximately 100 Coinbase users.The individual, who went by “lolimfeelingevil” online, was allegedly behind a phishing and social engineering scheme. Pretending to be a Coinbase representative, Spektor would convince users to send cryptocurrency to accounts he controlled, prosecutors said.Prosecutors said that Spektor motivated victims by claiming…

U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis, who has arguably been the closest friend to the crypto sector in Congress, won’t seek another term, she said in a statement on Friday.The first-term lawmaker will call it quits after her six-year term ends in January 2027, leaving a Republican seat open in extremely red Wyoming, but also removing a major ally for the digital assets industry. Lummis has been the inaugural chair of the first subcommittee dedicated to crypto matters at the U.S. Banking Committee, where she’s pushed crypto-friendly legislation as a top priority.Even now, she’s among the leading negotiators for the crypto market…

In brief Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) announced she won’t seek reelection when her Senate term ends next year. Lummis was a central force behind major crypto efforts, including passage of the GENIUS Act and ongoing market structure bill talks. She has also been a particularly avid supporter of Bitcoin. Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), one of the crypto industry’s most reliable and powerful allies on Capitol Hill, announced Friday that she will not seek reelection when her term expires next year.“Deciding not to run for reelection does represent a change of heart for me, but in the difficult, exhausting session weeks…

The 71-year-old said she doesn’t have six more years in her. Cynthia Lummis, an American attorney and politician serving as the junior United States senator from Wyoming since 2021, said she will not seek reelection. She is known as a long-term supporter of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies who spearheaded several attempts to introduce pro-digital-asset legislation. Thank you, Wyoming! Serving our state has been the honor of my life. – Cynthia Lummis pic.twitter.com/FoRTlHaHxI — Cynthia Lummis 🦬 (@CynthiaMLummis) December 19, 2025 After thanking her home state for the “incredible honor” to represent it in the US Senate, she admitted that she…

CC and UNI are also substantial gainers. Despite the improving inflation data in the United States, bitcoin’s price has failed to capitalize and was stopped at $89,500 on Thursday. Most altcoins have turned green today. Ethereum has neared $3,000, while XRP has bounced above the crucial $1.90 support. More gains are evident from the likes of ZEC, HYPE, CRO, UNI, and CC. BTC Defends $88K Support Following the two consecutive rejections at $94,500 last week, bitcoin’s price started to correct almost immediately, dropping to $90,000 over the previous weekend. Although it remained there for nearly 48 hours, the bears took…

Dubai, United Arab Emirates, December 19th, 2025, Chainwire GrantiX, an AI-powered SocialFi platform bringing impact investing on-chain, today announced the launch of its $GRANT token following a Token Generation Event and multiple sold-out IDOs. The token is now live and listed on BitMart and BingX, expanding global access to the GrantiX ecosystem. $GRANT serves as the utility and governance token for GrantiX, which connects blockchain donors with verified social entrepreneurs through an audited platform. The TGE follows successful IDOs on Finceptor and Spores Network, alongside additional offerings on Red Kite and Huostarter. “$GRANT is not a speculative launch, it is…

Geneva, Switzerland, December 18th, 2025, TRON DAO, the community-governed DAO dedicated to accelerating the decentralization of the internet through blockchain technology and decentralized applications (dApps), today announced that Kalshi, the world’s largest prediction market platform, has integrated the TRON blockchain network. This integration enables seamless deposits and withdrawals using TRX, the native utility token of the TRON network, and USDT on TRON, expanding Kalshi’s multichain infrastructure by providing additional liquidity pathways for global market participants while bridging traditional finance with blockchain infrastructure. The integration positions TRON as a critical component in Kalshi’s expansion beyond traditional finance rails into the blockchain…

For two years, decentralized finance operated on the concept that purely crypto-native assets could serve as the monetary base for a parallel financial system.Ethereum staked through Lido anchored billions in DeFi loans, wrapped Bitcoin backed perpetual swaps, and algorithmic stablecoins recycled protocol emissions into synthetic dollars.The entire edifice assumed crypto could bootstrap its own collateral hierarchy without touching the $27 trillion US Treasury market.That assumption has broken quietly over the past 18 months. Tokenized US Treasuries and money-market funds now sit at roughly $9 billion across 60 distinct products and over 57,000 holder addresses, with an average seven-day yield near…