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Spot XRP exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the United States continued to attract capital through December, extending their inflow streak to 29 consecutive days despite choppy market conditions.According to data from SoSoValue, spot XRP (XRP) ETFs recorded $8.44 million in net inflows on Monday, pushing cumulative inflows to $1.15 billion since they launched. Total net assets stood at about $1.24 billion, even as XRP prices and broader crypto markets faced selling pressure during the month.“XRP inflows are a function of regulatory clarity and steady accumulation into a less crowded trade, than BTC/ETH,” Vincent Liu, chief investment officer at Kronos Research, told…
Metaplanet added another 4,279 Bitcoin at an acquisition cost of about $451 million, bringing its total stack to 35,102 BTC (worth around $3 billion) as the Tokyo-listed firm leaned harder into a hybrid model of the Bitcoin treasury and income business. In a Tuesday filing, the company also reported that revenue from its Bitcoin (BTC) Income Generation business had overshot previous forecasts, jumping to 8.58 billion Japanese yen (about $54 million) for 2025.Metaplanet’s revenue is driven by option-based strategies that turn its BTC into recurring cash flow rather than a dormant, volatile asset. These options-based strategies use a separate pool of…
Summary Dungeons & Dragons features a variety of powerful villains, including gods, beholders, and dragons, who pose a significant threat to adventurers. These villains, such as Strahd Von Zarovich and Tiamat, are not to be taken lightly and require careful preparation and strategy to defeat. Some of the most formidable villains in the game include Acererak, Orcus, and Asmodeus, who possess immense power and pose a significant challenge to even the most experienced players. Dungeons & Dragons boasts many impressive creatures, such as the brain-devouring mind flayers, fearsome dragons with deadly breath weapons, and the Beholders that hold death rather…
Demand for alternative stores of value and clearer regulations are driving what could become crypto’s next bull market, according to Grayscale. Speaking on CNBC’s “Crypto World,” Grayscale’s head of research Zach Pandl said Monday that the strongest driver remains macroeconomic pressure. Increasing government debt, persistent fiscal deficits and concerns over fiat currency debasement are pushing investors to look beyond traditional assets. “There’s a lot of things happening in crypto … but the biggest asset in the market, Bitcoin, is driven because of demand for alternative stores of value because of debt and deficits and the risk of fiat currency debasement,”…
Demand for alternative stores of value and clearer regulations are driving what could become crypto’s next bull market, according to Grayscale. Speaking on CNBC’s “Crypto World,” Grayscale’s head of research Zach Pandl said Monday that the strongest driver remains macroeconomic pressure. Increasing government debt, persistent fiscal deficits and concerns over fiat currency debasement are pushing investors to look beyond traditional assets. “There’s a lot of things happening in crypto … but the biggest asset in the market, Bitcoin, is driven because of demand for alternative stores of value because of debt and deficits and the risk of fiat currency debasement,”…
City workers in the La Defense business district of Paris, France, on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. Nathan Laine | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesEuropean stocks opened broadly flat on Tuesday as markets continue to struggle for direction in a holiday-shortened trading week.The pan-European Stoxx 600 index was last less than 0.1% higher.The U.K.’s FTSE traded 0.1% higher shortly after market open, France’s CAC 40 was down 0.1%, Italy’s FTSE MIB 0.2% higher, and Germany’s DAX was flat. Mining stocks topped the blue-chip index with Fresnillo gaining 3.3%. Peer miners Anglo American, Antofagasta, and Glencore rose between 1.5% and 1.8%. Gains came…
US Representative Maxine Waters has called for a hearing with Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Paul Atkins, highlighting concerns over the agency’s dismissal of crypto cases, and nine other points of contention. In a letter on Sunday to French Hill, chair of the House Financial Services Committee, Waters argued that a hearing was well overdue highlighting what she sees as “questionable policy changes” at the SEC. “Chair Gensler testified before the Committee twice during his first year. Despite having a clear obligation to oversee the SEC, the Committee has not held a single hearing with Chairman Atkins, despite the agency’s rapid, significant,…
Mark Zuckerberg has struck again. Meta Platforms is acquiring Manus, a Singapore-based AI startup that’s become the talk of Silicon Valley since it materialized this spring with a demo video so slick it went instantly viral. The clip showed an AI agent that could do things like screen job candidates, plan vacations, and analyze stock portfolios. Manus claimed at the time that it outperformed OpenAI’s Deep Research. By April, just weeks after launch, the early-stage firm Benchmark led a $75 million funding round that assigned Manus a post-money valuation of $500 million. General partner Chetan Puttagunta joined the board. Per…
Gold rose on Tuesday to recover from a two-week low hit in the previous session on year-end profit-taking.Thad | E+ | Getty ImagesPrecious metals rebounded on Tuesday, after falling sharply in the previous session, as the market refocused on geopolitical and economic risks, reigniting gold’s rally to cap its best year since 1979.Spot gold rose 0.8% to $4,364.70 per ounce. On Monday, it recorded its biggest daily percentage loss since October 21 as profit-taking pushed it down from Friday’s record high of $4,549.71.U.S. gold futures settled 1% higher at $4,386.30.”We saw very extreme volatility yesterday where we saw strong action…
The U.S. dollar was steady on Tuesday ahead of the Federal Reserve’s release of its December minutes report. Javier Ghersi | Moment | Getty ImagesThe dollar advanced on Tuesday, maintaining gains after the release of minutes from the Federal Reserve’s December meeting, as investors attempt to parse the path of monetary policy.Year-end holidays have kept trading volume light, and analysts cautioned not to put too much weight on market moves over recent days, however. Still, the greenback is on track for its worst performance since 2017 with a fall of nearly 10%.According to minutes of the latest two-day session from…