Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino fired back at S&P’s latest downgrade of his company.
The ratings firm gave the stablecoin company a “weak” rating of 5 due to its reserve’s exposure to high-risk assets, which could risk the USDT’s 1:1 peg to the US dollar.
S&P recently downgraded Tether’s ratings.

Analytics firms found that China has been steadily gaining significant market share in Bitcoin mining.
Various sources estimated that the country accounted for 14% to 20% of BTC’s global hashrate as of last month.
Bitcoin (BTC) mining activities in China have recently staged a huge comeback.

A speculation arises that Ripple may have committed part of its XRP escrow supply to ETF issuers, as hinted by a Ripple executive. This circumvents legal restrictions while avoiding price volatility, suggesting a strategic approach to institutional sales.

The SEC Crypto Task Force has scheduled another roundtable for December 16.
The roundtable, which is likely the last for the year, would explore the Commission’s trade-through prohibition in order to get meaningful inputs from stakeholders and the public.
The US SEC’s Securities and Exchange Comm

Ripple's $1 billion acquisition of GTreasury aims to revolutionize corporate treasury management by offering rail-agnostic solutions. This partnership enhances liquidity management flexibility, ensuring clients retain control over their systems while benefiting from diverse payment options.

A survey reveals that nearly 25% of adults with internet access in the Asia-Pacific now own crypto, shifting focus from speculation to utility, with issues like limited banking access and regulatory challenges affecting adoption.

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What happens when one of the most active permabulls in XRP has suddenly turned bearish?
A prominent analyst and crypto advocate predicted an 80% crash in Bitcoin that could drag XRP down by around 70%.
Edo Farina, founder of Alpha Lions Academy, Head of Adoption at XRP Healthcare, and Trainee

The prestigious Ivy League university, Harvard, reported over six million holdings in BlackRock’s IBIT spot Bitcoin ETF in Q3.
The institution’s investment in IBIT fell by $78.49 million as of Friday’s market close.
Harvard, the prestigious Ivy League university, has reportedly doubled down on it

Over half of around a thousand respondents in a late Q3 survey conducted by Sygnum expressed a bullish outlook for a potential crypto rally in the short term.
Sygnum, the world’s first digital asset bank, recently released its Future Finance 2025 report, examining the interest, sentiment, and

Japan's impending ¥17 trillion stimulus package under Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi could ignite a crypto rally before year-end, capitalizing on fiscal policies that historically boost risk assets, including Bitcoin and altcoins.

The latest drop in crypto prices may force massive sell-offs from DATs.
Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana are the top crypto assets held by DATs, making them the most vulnerable if these entities decide to dump on the market.
When Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) introduced the concept of a

Winklevoss Capital has led the launch of Cypherpunk, a company dedicated to privacy and self-sovereignty.
The investment firm owned by the Winklevoss Twins invested over $50M in Zcash, an encrypted version of Bitcoin, and a privacy hedge to its transparency.
The company projects Bitcoin to

Cardano price climbed 1.3% to $0.5698 despite lower volume, as investors reacted to new clarity around its privacy sidechain, Midnight.
The privacy-focused Midnight network builds on Cardano’s existing infrastructure, introducing confidential smart contracts while enhancing staking rewards via its

XRP price surged 5% to $2.51 amid a 53% spike in trading volume following Canary Capital’s XRP ETF filing — a move that could open floodgates for institutional investment.
24 funds now hold XRP exclusively, signaling stealth accumulation by major players ahead of a potential Wall Street-backed

Decentralized autonomous organizations sit at the intersection of technology, law, and governance. The debate around regulatory frameworks is not about imposing new restrictions but about creating predictability. This perspective was examined in depth during a dedicated panel at Vienna Blockchain

Banking giant JPMorgan recently rolled out the JPM Coin deposit token for institutional clients.
JPMorgan has partnered with DBS to expand interoperability between the two banks’ deposit tokens.
The American multinational bank faces a €45 million fine from BaFin due to anti-money laundering

The pseudonymous Vincent Van Code, a popular and vocal member of the crypto community, claimed that if XRP is indeed a scam, it would be the biggest heist in history.
The AI startup founder and Ripple CTO David Schwartz shared the same thoughts on combating the constant fake news and other forms o

The Landscape of Crypto Crime
The digital asset environment has introduced new forms of criminal behavior. Attacks range from targeted breaches of exchanges and wallets to social manipulation through messaging platforms. Offenders exploit both technical vulnerabilities and psychological

An analyst believes XRP could be the key to ending the US-China trade tension.
This comes amid speculation that the BRICS’s incoming gold-backed financial system would be underpinned by the XRP Ledger (XRPL).
XRP Can End the US-China Trade Bottleneck
According to Versan Aljarrah, financial