Bitcoin and Ether lead in liquidation heatmap with over $335 million in rekt positions in the last 12 hours. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2023/12/11/btc-eth-sol-and-major-altcoins-begin-asia-business-day-in-deep-red/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Pudgy World, an interactive digital world available to Pudgy Penguin NFT holders, will become available in alpha mode sometime next year, according to the company’s CEO. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2023/12/10/pudgy-penguins-to-launch-webkinz-like-virtual-world-in-2024/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Stabelcoin issuer Tether blacklisted 41 wallets controlled by people on the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List on Saturday. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/12/09/tether-freezes-41-crypto-wallets-tied-to-sanctions/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

National security officials with the U.S., South Korean and Japanese governments discussed North Korea’s crypto thefts and other efforts to work on its nuclear and ballistic missile programs, the …

The military-linked bill is viewed as must-pass legislation, so lawmakers sometimes try to tack on other things to get them passed, too. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/12/08/crypto-provisions-dropped-from-2023-us-defense-bill/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Marinade’s market cap is dwarfed by Jito, though, despite being a bigger crypto ecosystem. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2023/12/08/jitos-token-launch-pushed-competitor-marinades-mnde-to-all-time-highs/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Market observers “underappreciate” future inflows from institutional investors to bitcoin, asset 21.co CEO said in a CoinDesk TV interview. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2023/12/08/cardano-jumps-20-as-analyst-eyes-bitcoin-pullback-to-40k-to-fill-cme-gap/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

The firm says it has already seen $6 billion in volume in the Latin American region since its debut in April. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/12/08/digital-asset-brokerage-firm-nonco-raises-10m-seed-funding-led-by-valor-capital-hack-vc/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

The blockchain-oracle project’s “v0.2” staking program expanded the capacity to 45M LINK tokens from 25M, and the portion reserved for the community quickly filled up. The LINK token surged …

Anticipating a slowdown in the economy and easier Fed monetary policy, investors have sharply bid down interest rates in the weeks leading up to this morning’s numbers. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2023/12/08/bitcoin-dips-as-us-november-job-growth-of-199k-tops-estimates/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines