Your Daily Crypto - 9th Dec


Today’s Top Caps

BTC $94K (+4%)

ETH $3369 (+8%)

USDT $1

XRP $2.13 (+2.3%)

BNB $916 (+2.2%)

Source: Coinmarketcap

 

Today's Top Gainers

PENGU, ADA, TIA, FET, LDO

Source: Coinmarketcap 24HR Top100

 

Top ETF Tracker

BTC -60M, ETH +35M,

SOL +1M, XRP +38M.

Source: Coinmarketcap / Coinglass

 

Today's Top Headlines

Cantor Fitzgerald and Jack Mallers backed Bitcoin treasury company Twenty One (XXI) started trading on the NYSE today, with 43,514 BTC.

Jack Mallers also said in an interview with CNBC that Twenty One is going to buy as much Bitcoin as they possibly can.

Source: Jenka

Sharplink claim that they generated 446 Ethereum in staking rewards last week.

“That brings our total cumulative number to 8,776 $ETH since launching the strategy on June 2, 2025. Our $ETH is still 100% staked in an institutional-grade manner and keeps compounding value for the treasury.

Source: Sharplink X

Circle and Aleo announce they are launching a privacy stablecoin, USDCx.

Circle on X “Aleo has launched USDCx on Aleo Testnet via Circle xReserve, a USDC-backed stablecoin for its privacy-first blockchain infrastructure. USDCx on AleoHQ enables a range of use cases including global payroll, critical aid distribution, global e-commerce, P2P payments & remittances, DeFi, and configurable compliance.

Key benefits:
→ USDCx on Aleo is 1:1 backed by USDC held in xReserve
→ Fully interoperable with USDC across supported chains
→ Trust minimized with no third-party bridges required

Source: Circle X

Community tallies show Solana’s active validators have fallen from over 2,500 in March 2023 to around 800 today (≈–68%).

Opinions diverge: some argue the decline reflects healthy pruning of Sybil nodes; others—including infrastructure teams—say many recent exits were genuine operators leaving due to economic and operational costs. The real effect on decentralization depends on the remaining number of independent validators and the distribution of stake/voting power.

Source: WuBlockchain X

Coinbase announce that Theoriq (THQ) has been added to their listing roadmap. They also announce that Humidifi (WET) trading will go live on the 9th and that Hyperlane (HYPER) trading will go live on the 10th.

Source: CoinbaseMarkets X

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Paolo Ardoino, CEO of Tether, announced on X that Tether has invested in robots.

He said “Tether invests in Generative Bionics, spinoff of IIT (the Italian Institute of Technology), to support the development of a new generation of intelligent humanoid robots. The future of robotics is local on-device AI ( QVAC_tether ), programmable money (Bitcoin, USDT, USAT, XAUT) and self-custodial wallets (WDK, Wallet Development Kit).

Source: PaoloArdoino X

Tempo announced today “Tempo’s testnet is live!

Any company can now build on a payments-first chain designed for instant settlement, predictable fees, and a stablecoin-native experience.”

“Dedicated payment lanes, stablecoin gas, deterministic finality, a built-in stable asset DEX, and programmable smart accounts are all live on testnet. If you’re building or modernizing payment flows, you can start integrating and testing today.”

Source: Tempo X

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