Crypto News

MSCI, that all-powerful puppeteer of global indexes, is toying with the idea of booting out companies whose digital holdings exceed 50% of their assets. The proposal, lobbed into the financial ether back in October, is still under “consultation”-a fancy word for “let’s see who screams loudest.” A final verdict is expected by January 2026, because why rush when you can drag out the suspense like a bad telenovela? If approved, the changes will roll out in February 2026-just in time for Valentine’s Day heartbreak 💔.

Years of legal wrangling-oh, what a comedy!-culminated in Zhao’s brief stint behind bars, only for him to emerge, blinking into the sunlight, as if the whole ordeal were merely a poorly timed nap. And so, with the regulatory winds shifting under Trump’s latest political revival tour, Binance dusts off its American dreams once more. But wait-CZ’s stake? Ah, yes, that precious thing. It may dwindle, sacrificed upon the altar of recapitalization. Such is the price of redemption-or perhaps just good business sense. 🤷‍♂️

Crypto traders? Totally confused. Which is saying something, because most of them thought “blockchain” was a new type of yoga. 🧘‍♂️ But now BTC’s swinging more than my ex’s moods, and nobody knows what to do. Great.

Lo, Hut 8 Corp., in a twist of fate most comical, hath sealed a pact with Fluidstack for AI-infused infrastructure at its River Bend estate. A 15-year dalliance, valued at $7 billion, hath sent its stock soaring like a goose in spring! 🌱📈

In an interview with The Street, John Nahas spilled the tea on how Avalanche is expanding its empire across traditional finance and global brands. When asked about what’s fueling this growth, Nahas got all philosophical, saying it’s about building blockchains tailored for specific use cases. “If you hyper-focus on crypto Twitter trends that last for, like, three seconds, you’re always going to be the last one at the party,” he quipped. 🎉

Yet what moral or cosmic law governed this chaos? No decree from heaven, no whisper from the earth. Nay, it was leverage-man’s eternal folly-positioning, and the fragile illusion of liquidity that binds markets as tightly as a noose.

In a notice plonked out on Tuesday, the regulator chappies confirmed they’ve given the green light to Coinbase Global’s little venture into DCX Global Limited, the brains behind CoinDCX. Paul Grewal, the chief legal officer at Coinbase (a fellow who clearly knows his onions), chimed in on X the very next day, declaring it a corker of a move that deepens their “long-term partnership with one of India’s most established and trusted digital asset platforms.” Quite the mouthful, eh? 🧐✨

In a press release that probably took 10 minutes to write, the CME declared the launch of Spot-Quoted XRP and SOL futures, which they claim will “complement” their existing Bitcoin and Ethereum futures. Because nothing says “complement” like adding more chaos to the market. 🏦📉 The derivatives exchange further revealed these products are available to trade across the four major U.S. equity indices. Because why not? Let the chaos begin! 🌍

In a scroll dated December 16th (ye olde Gregorian calendar), the sage doth dissect Bitcoin’s daily stochastic RSI-a fickle harlot of indicators-now slinking from overbought decadence toward oversold despair. Forsooth, each such dalliance in recent moons hath begotten fresh lows in the price of virtue. Yet now, the stars align differently! A twist in the plot, dear spectators, bodes ill for Dogecoin’s aspiring bulls.