Russia Turns Up the Pressure on Europe as Energy War Deepens
Russia’s warnings to Europe this week line up with the way it is conducting this war. Moscow is trying to raise the background risk level for EU states as they debate deeper support for Ukraine’s long-range and industrial needs. The objective is not a direct clash with NATO but to push some buttons
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Ethereum Options Traders More Bullish Than Bitcoin Counterparts: Analysts
Options data show Ethereum traders are less bearish than Bitcoin’s after recent network upgrades and improving macro uncertainty.
UK Retail Investors Can Now Earn Passive Income as eToro Rolls Out Stock Lending
Trading and investing platform eToro has rolled out its stock lending programme in the UK, allowing eligible users to earn passive income by lending out fully paid stocks. The programme follows earlier rollouts in Europe and the UAE and forms part of eToro’s plan to expand stock lending access to re
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Bitcoin ETFs Just Shed $194 Million—Highest in Two Weeks
Analysts argue this could mean institutional investors are continuing to unwind leveraged positions and basis trades.
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Bitget Releases Major Upgrades to GetAgent With Smarter Responses and Free Access for All Users
Victoria, Seychelles, December 5, 2025 — Bitget, the world’s largest Universal Exchange (UEX), today announced a major upgrade to GetAgent, its AI-powered trading assistant. The update introduces a more flexible answering engine, a streamlined user interface, and a significant expansion of membershi
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Bitcoin on-chain data just flashed critical bearish signal that CryptoQuant warns marks a verified cycle top
On Dec. 3, CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju made the feared call that “most Bitcoin on-chain indicators are bearish.” He added, “Without macro liquidity, we enter a bear cycle.” The CEO was explicit. He tied his argument to his firm’s composite on-chain dashboards and a global-liquidity framework, framin
Second Outage Within Three Weeks Hits CFD Broker and Prop Firms During Cloudflare “Maintenance”
Cloudflare began scheduled maintenance at its ORD data center in Chicago today (Friday) at 07:00 UTC. The work remained in progress at the time of publication.Cloudflare also announced a separate maintenance window at its DTW data center in Detroit. The company said it “will be performing scheduled
Bybit Private Wealth Management Beat November Downtrend with Top Fund Delivering Close to 30% APR
Bybit, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, showcases the latest monthly performance update of its Private Wealth Management (PWM) division, with the top-performing fund recording 29.72% APR in November 2025. With wild swings across markets in the past month, Bybit P
Trustpilot Faces “Mafia-Style Extortion” Model Allegations: Will It Affect Brokers, Props?
London-listed shares of Trustpilot, the ratings of which are often advertised by brokers and prop trading firms, have fallen about 30 per cent after short seller Grizzly Research alleged that the review platform is running a “mafia-style extortion” campaign to pressure businesses into buying subscri
XTB CEO Says Why He "Hates" Revolut and Why Robinhood Won't Win Europe
The head of XTB, one of Europe's fastest-growing retail trading platforms, laid out an unusually candid competitive vision during a recent panel discussion at Invest Cuffs Warsaw, declaring his company's intention to become "Europe's Robinhood" while simultaneously predicting the American brokerage
Meta Retreats from Metaverse with Major Cuts and A Pivot to AI
Meta is weighing significant budget reductions for its metaverse division while funneling resources into AI and smart wearables.The Metaverse Still Alive, The Money Hose is NotMeta spent years selling the metaverse as the next chapter of the internet. It rebranded the entire company around it and p
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Italy Launches 'In-Depth' Review of Crypto Risks
Regulators launch probe months after Italy's central bank warned that crypto's mainstream integration poses systemic financial dangers.
Europe Busts EUR 700 Million Crypto Fraud Network that Used Deep Fake Ads
The European authorities have taken down a cryptocurrency fraud and money laundering network that is believed to have laundered over 700 million euros. Multiple European agencies collaborated in the two-phase operation, which led to the arrest of nine individuals.Taking Down a Vast Fraud NetworkAcco
From Humble Beginnings to Global Vision — The Story of Wei Sheng, Founder of Traderpreneur Xcellence
When most people at his age were chasing early career milestones, Wei Sheng was fighting to climb out of a USD 100,000 (RM400,000) debt — a debt that almost broke him, but ultimately became the foundation of his purpose.“My story began with a fall,” Wei Sheng recalls. “But I refused to let it define
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EU Opens Antitrust Probe Into Meta's New AI Policy For WhatsApp
The EU Commission’s probe excludes Italy, where the country's competition authority is already pursuing separate proceedings against Meta.
FXCM Australia Offered CFDs to "Medium Risk Appetite" Investors: Faces Stop Order
The Australian financial market regulator has issued an interim stop order against the operator of contracts for difference (CFD) broker FXCM for offering the risky instruments to “investors with a medium risk appetite.” The lapse has been seen as a breach of the target market determination under th
Two CEOs, One Binance: Can Yi He Rise Without Pulling CZ Back Into Power
Binance has named co-founder Yi He as co-chief executive, creating a dual leadership with Richard Teng, the regulator-turned-CEO. The appointment shows that Binance is changing how it distributes authority at the top. Richard Teng, a former regulator who became CEO in 2023, represents the company’s
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Bitcoin is quietly becoming the ultimate expert witness, forcing judges to accept a new standard of truth
The year is 2075. The judge does not ask for a deed. She asks for a transaction ID. The landlord’s lawyer queues up a Bitcoin transaction from fifteen years earlier that moved a token representing the property. The tenant’s lawyer concedes the transaction exists, yet claims the signature was obtaine
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Chainlink’s $64M Grayscale ETF debut hides private banking loophole threatening to sever link between usage and price
Grayscale’s conversion of its legacy Chainlink trust into the GLNK exchange-traded product on Dec. 2 did more than simply add another ticker to the NYSE Arca board. With roughly $13 million in day-one trading volume, $41 million in immediate inflows, and assets climbing to approximately $64 million
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Ethereum prepares a controversial 2026 overhaul that will forcibly strip power from the network’s most dominant players
Ethereum completed its Fusaka upgrade on Dec. 3, marking one of the network’s most essential steps toward long-term scalability. The upgrade builds on a series of changes since the 2022 Merge and follows the earlier Dencun and Pectra releases, which lowered Layer 2 fees and increased blob capacity.