Bitcoin ‘demand shocks’ looming, Ripple stablecoin, and more: Hodler’s Digest, Dec. 8 – 14

Cryptocurrency exchange Huobi has joined Russia’s VEB Innovation Fund to share notes on crypto regulation, according to a fund’s press release published Wednesday, September 19.According to Crunchbase, the VEB Innovation Fund was created in 2011 to invest in Russian high-tech startups and to promote local innovations in the global market. The Center of Digital Transformation,…

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried intends to call on a financial expert to rebuff testimonies from Caroline Ellison, Gary Wang, Nishad Singh and Adam Yedidia. 990 Total views 2 Total shares Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyers are planning to put forward an expert witness to counter testimony from former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison and other witnesses

These new guidelines probably mean there won't be any more Dogecoin hyping on the platform. 510 Total views 4 Total shares TikTok announced on Friday that certain types of ads would no longer be allowed on their platform. Crypto-based promotional content was included among the now-verboten topics, according to an article from FT Adviser on…

Two ETFs designed for shorting Ether with 2x leveraged have been 2025's top performers so far, according to Bloomberg Intelligence analysts. Betting against Ether has been the best performing exchange traded fund (ETF) strategy so far in 2025, according to Bloomberg analyst Eric Balchunas. Two ETFs designed to take two-times leveraged short positions in Ether

Bitcoin practically reclaims the short-term holder realized price, bringing with it both their breakeven point and the odds of significant BTC price upside.

The SEC does not appear to have the appetite for more exotic Bitcoin futures products. 2959 Total views 55 Total shares Reports are emerging that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has rejected one, or possibly two, recent Bitcoin exchange-traded fund applications signaling that the regulator is not quite ready for more exotic futures products…

Bitfarms’ debuting shares have been unable to escape the bearish crypto meta-trend, despite the firm claiming its profits have increased amid the recent drop in Bitcoin hash rate. 399 Total views 1 Total shares The highly anticipated Nasdaq debut of renewable energy-focused BTC mining firm, Bitfarms (BITF), saw the company’s stock fall by as much…

Before 2009, cryptocurrency and blockchain were not popular terms. However, since their release as open-source software that year, the underlying technology has become a crucial driver for various industries, including finance, gaming, health care, engineering and agriculture. The size of the blockchain industry is expected to reach a stunning $23.3 billion in 2023.Blockchain technology is…

A Georgia state senator has reported to jail over allegedly lying about the theft of cryptocurrency mining equipment worth $300,000, The Guardian reported Dec. 27.Republican Michael Williams, who originally reported the alleged theft in May, made a false police report and gave a false statement, court documents claim.Williams had said servers with a value of…