Crypto is down 2.3% in the last 24 hours

Bitcoin fell below $74,000 as a wave of forced selling swept through crypto markets 2.

• BlackRock sells $405M worth of Bitcoin as IBIT redemptions pile upCrypto Briefing · 10 outlets
• Crypto Liquidations Surge as Bitcoin Falls Below $74K. How Bad Is It?BeInCrypto · 7 outlets
• Hyeperliquid’s Top Two Traders Are Betting $1B on Crypto FallingBitcoin News · 8 outlets

• These Finland homes get free heat from bitcoin miners (as long as BTC stays above $70,000)CoinDesk · 2 outlets
• ∞/21MBitcoin Magazine · 1 outlet
• Kraken’s Dave Ripley: “That Was the Bear Market” and Bitcoin Is “On Our Way Out of It”Bitcoin Magazine · 1 outlet

Vitalik Buterin says he wants ETH to be a store of value rather than a fee-burning token 5.

• Tom Lee’s Bitmine nears 5% Ethereum supply target with $20 million ETH buy as he predicts tokenization and AI ‘supercycle’The Block · 5 outlets
• Vitalik Buterin wants ETH to be a store of value, not a fee-burning tokenCrypto Briefing · 9 outlets
• Ethereum mainnet averages record 2.16M daily transactions in 2026Crypto Briefing · 1 outlet

XRP fell to $1.21 despite a $540 million outflow from Binance 6, while Shiba Inu's exchange supply reached 86 trillion SHIB, adding pressure to a weak market 7.

• Ripple Loses Dominance in Stablecoin Market Cap GrowthU.Today · 2 outlets
• Kinetiq launches Elysium Layer 2 to expand Hyperliquid beyond perpsCrypto Briefing · 2 outlets
• Coinbase’s blockchain got faster. Some apps can still connect but get no dataCryptoSlate · 2 outlets

• COIN$139+3.3%
• MSTR$128-0.6%
• HOOD$84.66+4.6%
• CRCL$69.32+2.1%
• MARA$6.70+5.4%
• IBIT$42.51-0.9%

• Strategy shares hit 5-month high; Saylor eyes Bitcoin buys at $100 markCrypto Briefing · 16 outlets
• Strategy buys 1,037 Bitcoin, total holdings reach 850,364 BTCCrypto Briefing · 6 outlets
• Binance Says Kaiser Ng Leaving, Names Justin Yek New CFOBloomberg Crypto · 8 outlets

A rule allowing crypto in 401(k)s has reached the White House for final review 8, and Charles Schwab opened Solana, Avalanche and Chainlink trading to US clients 9.

• Coinbase gets full U.S. trust charter from federal banking regulatorCoinDesk · 10 outlets
• Binance France to close all customer accounts by year end, with fees on idle balances from November 29Crypto Briefing · 6 outlets
• China’s internet regulator launches unified filing system for AI and blockchainCrypto Briefing · 2 outlets

• Trump defends family’s crypto business in 60 Minutes interviewCrypto Briefing · 3 outlets
• Crypto and Midterm Election: 3 Risks From Trump’s $5,000 Stimulus to IranCryptonews · 17 outlets
• Brent crude sees steepest weekly drop since COVID; US gas nears $4 per gallonCrypto Briefing · 1 outlet

Telegram saw over 700,000 self-custodial wallets created in 48 hours 10, and Coinbase began accepting tokenized gold as first non-crypto collateral for USDC loans 11.

• Telegram sees over 700,000 self-custodial wallets created in 48 hoursCrypto Briefing · 4 outlets
• IRIS brings fixed-rate borrowing to SparkLend’s liquidityCrypto Briefing · 2 outlets
• Galaxy’s Max Bareiss says DeFi is built for agentic tradingCrypto Briefing · 1 outlet

• Binance loses $5.7 billion in largest crypto hack to dateCoinDesk · 29 outlets
• North Korean hackers are creating memecoins to wash loot from $6.3 billion Binance hackCoinDesk · 2 outlets
• Solana moves to scrap the transaction feature used in the $270 million Drift hackCoinDesk · 3 outlets