Norway Says No to Digital Krone for Now – But Don’t Write It Off Just Yet! 🤔💰

The bank’s reasoning, it seems, is built on a single but powerful nugget of truth: Norway’s payment system is already a fortress of security and efficiency. Even though cash is about as popular in Norway as a snowball in the Sahara, the system hums along like a well-oiled machine. Payments are fast, smooth, and-get this-cheap. Who needs a fancy new digital currency when what you’ve got is already working like a charm? 🍀

Bhutan’s Golden Gamble: Digital Treasure or Just Hot Air? 🚀✨

On December 10, the sages of Gelephu Mindfulness City-probably sipping yak butter tea-stated that come December 17, the world’s first sovereign-backed, gold-laden digital thingy named TER would be unleashed onto the cosmos via the Solana blockchain. Of course, because nothing says “trust” like a city named after mindfulness and the word “launch.” Each of these shiny tokens is backed his majesty 1:1 by actual, bank-verified, physically existing gold stored somewhere probably guarded by monks armed with digital swords. This ensures your virtual gold doesn’t wobble in turbulent markets-because real gold is so much better than virtual, right? And thanks to Solana’s lightning-fast and wallet-friendly transactions, this isn’t just some fancy paperweight but a real, verifiable digital treasure chest. Just don’t forget to blink or you’ll miss the launch! 🚀

Mirage: Miracle Quest demo now available on Steam until December 23

A playable demo of Mirage: Miracle Quest is currently available on Steam until December 23rd. While this early version isn’t connected to the full game and progress won’t transfer, the developers at Toe Bean Club have confirmed it works with the Steam Deck. The full game is planned for release on PC via Steam.

Gemini Gets CFTC Nod: Binary Bets & Bitcoin Bonkers! 🚀

Gemini Titan, the Winklevoss twins’ crypto circus sidekick, finally crushed the CFTC (after five years of paperwork!) and now you can bet your grandma’s Social Security number on questions like “Will Bitcoin top $200K?” 🤯 Yep, it’s like crypto’s version of a magic 8-ball, but with more fees and less magic. CEO Tyler Winklevoss, ever … Read more

CFTC’s Crypto Council: A New Era of Derivatives? 📜💰

The esteemed Acting Chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Caroline Pham, unveiled the inaugural cohort of executives destined to join the CFTC’s newly minted CEO Innovation Council. This council, a public forum of considerable repute, invites leaders from major exchanges and crypto platforms to engage in discourse on the metamorphosis of derivatives markets, particularly as technology reshapes the art of trading.