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Key Takeaways Crypto investment products recorded nearly $1 billion in net outflows in the third week of December. Ethereum and Bitcoin products led the losses, while Solana and XRP continued to attract selective inflows. Analysts point to prolonged U.S. regulatory uncertainty, particularly delays around the CLARITY Act, as a key driver. Institutional investors are still heading for the exits. Despite a brief stabilization in crypto prices earlier this month, crypto investment products saw another sharp round of outflows in the third week of December. Nearly $990 million left crypto-linked funds last week, according to data compiled by CoinShares, with most…

Cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com is building an internal market-making team as part of its expansion into prediction markets, a move the company says is fully aligned with federal regulations and intended to improve liquidity, even as market-making in outcome-based trading continues to draw scrutiny.Bloomberg reported Tuesday that the exchange is recruiting for a new role on its market-making desk, citing a job posting for a “quant trader” who would help buy and sell contracts tied to the outcomes of sporting events on Crypto.com’s prediction platform. Source: BloombergThe report has drawn attention to the practice of exchanges facilitating trading against customer orders,…

George Town, Cayman Islands, December 23rd, 2025, Chainwire First-of-its-kind DEX eliminates wrapped tokens and centralized exchanges, enabling direct native asset swaps across multiple blockchains THORChain announced today the public beta launch of swap.thorchain.org, a dedicated DeFi swap interface designed to serve as the protocol’s primary front-end for seamless cross-chain cryptocurrency trading. The platform enables users to swap native digital assets directly across blockchain networks without relying on wrapped tokens, bridges, or centralized exchanges. Built as infrastructure for the decentralized finance community, the new interface represents THORChain’s commitment to making trustless cross-chain swaps accessible to both newcomers and experienced traders alike.…

The dollar index (DXY00) on Monday fell by -0.32%, retreating from last Friday’s 1-week high.  The dollar continues to see underlying weakness as the FOMC is expected to cut interest rates by about -50 bp in 2026, while the BOJ is expected to raise rates by another +25 bp in 2026, and the ECB is expected to leave rates unchanged in 2026. The dollar is also under pressure as the Fed boosts liquidity in the financial system, having begun purchasing $40 billion a month in T-bills in mid-December.  The dollar is also being undercut by concerns that President Trump intends to…

Key Takeaways The market cap of tokenized treasury products has more than doubled in 2025. Different token models have different advantages Yields in the year to Christmas range from 2.3%-4.2%. Various forms of tokenized U.S. Treasury exposure have been around for years, but the concept really took off in 2025. The market capitalization of all yield-bearing, on-chain Treasury products has more than doubled since the start of the year, reaching over nine billion dollars by December. However, not all tokenized Treasury platforms are equal. As investors count up their yields this Christmas, who has Crypto Santa rewarded the most? Mapping…

Bitcoin and select altcoins are attempting to start a recovery, but higher levels are expected to attract strong selling by the bears.

Bitmine now owns 3.37% of the ETH token supply, two-thirds of the way to the ‘Alchemy of 5%’ Bitmine Crypto + Total Cash Holdings + “Moonshots” total $13.2 billion, including 4.066 million ETH tokens, total cash of $1.0 billion, and other crypto holdings Bitmine will hold its annual stockholders meeting at the Wynn Las Vegas on January 15, 2026 Bitmine leads crypto treasury peers by both the velocity of raising crypto NAV per share and by the high trading liquidity of BMNR stock Bitmine is the 66th most traded stock in the US, trading $1.7 billion per day (5-day avg)…

Corn futures posted fractional losses across most contracts to close out the Friday session. March closed the week with a 3 cent gain. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was down ¾ cent to $3.99. We will get another USDA Export Sales report update on Monday, with traders looking for 1.2-2.4 MMT of corn sold in the week ending on 12/4.  Don’t Miss a Day: From crude oil to coffee, sign up free for Barchart’s best-in-class commodity analysis.  CFTC data as of the week ending on 12/9 was released this afternoon, with spec traders in corn futures and options trimming 13,552…

Klarna, a Swedish fintech company known for its “Buy Now, Pay Later” (BNPL) service, has partnered with crypto exchange Coinbase to add stablecoins to its institutional funding toolkit.Under the arrangement, the global payments and digital banking firm plans to raise short-term funding from institutional investors denominated in USDC (USDC), using Coinbase’s crypto-native infrastructure, according to a Friday announcement.“This is an exciting first step into a new way to raise funding,” Klarna chief financial officer Niclas Neglén said. “Stablecoin connects us to an entirely new class of institutional investors, and gives us the potential to diversify our funding sources in ways…

Soybeans are continuing the weaker trade so far on Friday, with contracts 3 to 4 cents lower. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price is 3 1/4 cents lower at $9.78 1/4. Soymeal futures are down 50 cents to $1.10, with Soy Oil futures down 31 to 33 points.USDA reported another private export sale of 134,000 MT of soybeans to China this morning. Don’t Miss a Day: From crude oil to coffee, sign up free for Barchart’s best-in-class commodity analysis.  Weekly Export Sales data from Thursday has accumulated sale commitments, both shipped and unshipped are now 21.829 MMT (802 mbu), which is 39.3%…