December 2025

Australian regulator eases rules for stablecoins and wrapped tokens 2025-12-11 at 08:13 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Australia’s securities regulator has removed licensing requirements for stablecoin intermediaries and approved omnibus accounts, reducing compliance costs. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

GOP hardliners vexed as defense bill advances without CBDC ban 2025-12-11 at 08:13 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan Conservatives in the Republican Party are frustrated that a promised ban on central bank digital currencies didn’t make it into a must-pass defense bill that’s now on its way to the Senate. This article is an excerpt

India’s government wants to set prices for the content AI companies use to train models 2025-12-11 at 08:13 By Simon Sharwood Proposes central body to collect royalties and dole out cash to creators The government of India wants AI companies to pay for accessing content they use to train models, but only once they start

The Most Dangerous 6 Weeks of the Year 2025-12-11 at 08:13 By Attackers are planning around your holidays. The question is whether you’ve done the same. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

A16z Crypto opens office in South Korea as it bets on Asia 2025-12-11 at 07:07 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young A16z Crypto has opened its first Asian office in Seoul, South Korea, led by former Polygon Labs executive SungMo Park, with the venture capital firm noting the region’s dominance in global adoption. This article is

MSCI’s Bitcoin snub is like penalizing Chevron for oil: Strategy CEO 2025-12-11 at 07:07 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte The MSCI Index is consulting on whether to exclude Bitcoin and other digital asset treasury companies that have a balance sheet with more than 50% of their assets in crypto. This article is an excerpt from

CFTC Innovation Council adds prediction market, exchange CEOs 2025-12-11 at 07:07 By Cointelegraph by Brian Quarmby The CFTC’s new CEO Innovation Council includes leaders from crypto exchanges like Kraken and traditional stock exchanges such as Nasdaq to discuss market structure reforms. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Parachutists told to check software after jumper dangled from a plane 2025-12-11 at 06:30 By Simon Sharwood ‘Chute opened early and snagged on a stabilizer VIDEO  An Australian parachuting club has been told to improve the software it uses to manage jumps, after an accident in which a jumper’s ‘chute hooked on an aircraft’s tailplane.…

Payments giant Stripe acquires team from crypto wallet app Valora 2025-12-11 at 05:51 By Cointelegraph by Brian Quarmby Stripe has hired Valora’s builders to work on its crypto initiatives, as the wallet’s app shifts ownership back to Celo’s cLabs.  This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

NASA loses contact with MAVEN Mars orbiter 2025-12-11 at 05:51 By Simon Sharwood Didn’t phone home as expected on December 6th and nobody knows why Houston, we have a problem: NASA has lost contact with the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Gemini nabs US license to offer prediction markets 2025-12-11 at 04:11 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan An affiliate of the crypto exchange Gemini received a designated contract market license and it now plans to offer prediction markets in the US. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Crypto among sectors ‘debanked’ by 9 major banks: US regulator 2025-12-11 at 04:11 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said crypto was one of many industries that banks had denied services to, and it could refer its findings to the Justice Department. This article is an excerpt from

Chinese tech giants Hygon and Sugon call off merger, say they’re still besties 2025-12-11 at 04:11 By Simon Sharwood Blame changed market conditions and attitudes, not the return of Nvidia’s H200 to China Chinese tech giants Hygon and Sugon have called off their planned merger.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original

Survey finds 6 in 10 of Asia’s rich plan to ramp up crypto buying 2025-12-11 at 03:02 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Sygnum’s APAC HNWI Report 2025 found that 87% of Asia’s high-net-worth individuals are already exposed to crypto, with an average allocation of approximately 17%. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View

Nvidia’s unreleased infrastructure management service isn’t for tracking GPUs, but it can 2025-12-11 at 03:02 By Tobias Mann If you opt in to the paid service that is updated  Nvidia is developing a new inventory management service that could be used by customers to verify the location of their existing GPU stockpiles.… This article is

Oracle raises AI spending estimate, spooks investors 2025-12-11 at 02:20 By Thomas Claburn But if you assume cloud IOUs will be fulfilled, business is booming Oracle expects its FY 2026 capital expenditures will be $15 billion higher that previously predicted, as the cloudy database biz invests to accommodate AI workloads.… This article is an excerpt

Pantera, Coinbase back Surf’s $15M push to build crypto-native AI models 2025-12-11 at 00:07 By Cointelegraph by Nate Kostar The funding will support Surf’s next AI model aimed at delivering deeper onchain analysis and automating research for crypto companies and traders. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source