ChainCatcher News reports that QCP issued a briefing stating that the Asian market opened relatively flat, with Bitcoin prices hovering around $92,000. Selling pressure has notably decreased, but overall market sentiment remains cautious. ETF capital inflows slightly rebounded to $56.5 million, after experiencing weekly redemptions exceeding $1.1 billion in November. Market focus has now shifted to tonight's Federal Reserve FOMC meeting. Although rate decision expectations are well priced in by the market, investors will closely watch Powell’s comments. Subsequently, the Bank of Japan’s meeting on December 19 will become the next risk catalyst, as Japanese government bond yields have risen to multi-year highs, potentially impacting USD/JPY arbitrage trading. Bitcoin has shown significant volatility this year, retreating from a mid-2025 high of $123,000 and currently trading between $90,000 and $93,000.

Michael Saylor recently proposed a financial reform plan for the Middle East at the Bitcoin MENA conference, with the core concept of creating a "zero-volatility, high-yield digital bank account" supported by Bitcoin to attract huge low-yield capital around the world. He pointed out that institutional funds in Japan, Europe, Switzerland and other regions have been trapped in a low-interest rate environment for a long time and lack significant returns, which is an opportunity for Bitcoin to become a new type of financial infrastructure. Rather than attracting funds from the crypto community, Saylor proposed a design goal to restructure the global sovereign bond and corporate bond markets of $20 trillion to $50 trillion. He emphasized that current investors are forced to choose high-risk credit products simply because traditional bank accounts cannot provide sufficient yields. The solution he proposed is for regulated banks to launch digital accounts with 8% yields, backed by Bitcoin, making them global capital hubs in the new era.

In 2025, the cryptocurrency market will usher in a structural turning point: institutional investors have become the absolute main force, while retail investors have cooled significantly. Aishwary Gupta, global head of payments and real assets at Polygon Labs, pointed out in a recent interview that institutional funds now account for about 95% of the overall inflow of cryptocurrencies, and the proportion of retail investors is only 5%-6%, and market dominance has changed significantly. He explained that the institutional pivot is not driven by emotions, but is a natural result of the maturation of infrastructure. Asset management giants, including BlackRock, Apollo, and Hamilton Lane, are allocating 1%-2% of their portfolios to digital assets, accelerating their layout through ETFs and on-chain tokenization products. Gupta cited Polygon's cooperation cases as examples, including JPMorgan Chase's testing of DeFi transactions under the supervision of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, Ondo's tokenized treasury bond project, and AMINA Bank's regulated staking, all of which show that public chains have been able to meet the compliance and auditing needs of traditional finance.

U.S. Rep. Keith Self (R-Texas) introduced amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) on Tuesday, which aims to prohibit the Federal Reserve from testing, developing, or issuing central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). Whether the amendment can be submitted to a full vote will be decided by the House Rules Committee, which has become a focal point of recent U.S. crypto regulation and digital currency policy. Self said House Republican leaders had previously promised to include anti-CBDC provisions in the NDAA, but were ultimately completely missing from the 3,086-page text of the bill released on Sunday. "My amendment will amend the bill," he wrote on social media, criticizing the leadership for "failing on promises."

Swapper Finance, in partnership with Mastercard and Chainlink, has launched a direct deposit feature that allows users to fund DeFi applications using traditional bank cards, enabling direct on-chain asset purchases. This innovation will promote the practical application of Web3 and attract more users to the on-chain economy.

According to Gate News Bot on December 10, citing CoinMarketCap data, as of press time, BTC (Bitcoin) is currently trading at $92,254.62, up 2.16% in the past 24 hours, reaching a high of $94,601.57 and a low of $87,799.56, with a 24-hour trading volume of $67.792 billion. The current market capitalization is approximately $1.84 trillion, an increase of $38.855 billion compared to yesterday. BTC is an innovative payment network and a new type of currency. Bitcoin operates using peer-to-peer technology and does not rely on a central authority or bank; transaction management and issuance of bitcoins are carried out collectively by the network. Bitcoin is open-source, and its design is public and transparent—no individual or institution owns or controls Bitcoin, and anyone can participate. Through many unique features, Bit

Odaily Planet Daily news: Standard Chartered Bank stated in a report on Tuesday that it has halved its Bitcoin price forecast for the end of 2025 to $100,000, down from the previous target of $200,000. At the same time, the bank has postponed its long-term target of $500,000 to 2030, originally set for 2028. The bank's analyst Geoffrey Kendrick pointed out that the downgrade is due to a reassessment of demand expectations, including the end of aggressive corporate purchases by entities such as MicroStrategy, as well as institutional adoption through ETFs being slower than expected. Kendrick said that future Bitcoin price increases will be "driven solely by ETF purchases." Currently, Bitcoin's quarterly ETF inflows have dropped to 50,000 BTC, the lowest since the launch of US spot Bitcoin ETFs.

Wintermute stated that recent market trends reflect limited investor interest before policy clarity, and cryptocurrencies may continue to trade within a range, mainly influenced by liquidity and positions. Decisions by the Federal Reserve and the Bank of Japan will be key, while capital efficiency has become a market priority.

At the recent Bitcoin MENA conference, Michael Saylor made it clear that Strategy (MSTR) will not issue perpetual preferred stock (“digital credit”) in Japan within the next 12 months, stating that the “12-month head start” will be left to Japanese listed company Metaplanet. This move has drawn more attention to Metaplanet’s strategy in the Japanese perpetual preferred stock market, which has long been inactive, with only five companies in all of Japan currently qualified to trade perpetual preferred stock. Metaplanet CEO Simon Groverich pointed out that the company plans to enter this market with two new products, “Mercury” and “Mars,” becoming the sixth and seventh companies in Japan to issue perpetual preferred stock. Among them, Mercury is positioned as the Japanese version of Strategy STRK, with an annualized yield of 4.9%, denominated in yen and convertible, which is much higher than the generally less than 0.5% yield of Japanese bank deposits and money market funds. Mercury is currently in the pre-IPO stage, with the goal of listing in early 2026. The second product, Mars, models Strategy’s short-term high-yield credit product STRC, targeting investors seeking short-term returns.

Jinse Finance reported that Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Governor Michele Bullock emphasized at a press conference that inflation risks are tilted to the upside, and pointed out that inflation and employment data will be crucial for the February meeting next year. Regarding the current meeting, Bullock stated that the possibility of a rate hike was not explicitly considered, nor was a rate cut option, but there was discussion about situations where policy tightening might be needed. However, Bullock said that if inflation remains persistently high, the RBA may need to consider raising interest rates. As for the future path of interest rates, Bullock expressed a data-driven, meeting-by-meeting approach to decision-making. Bullock said, "We will not pre-judge the timetable for future actions, and will make decisions on a meeting-by-meeting basis." (Jin10)

Jonathan Gould, the head of the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), stated that crypto companies applying for federal banking licenses should be treated the same as traditional banks, emphasizing that digital assets are not a new concept. The OCC has received 14 new bank applications, indicating a significant increase in demand for digital asset businesses. He believes that embracing crypto companies will help the financial system keep pace with the modern economy.

U.S. Treasury yields rose to a two-month high as the global bond market declined, with investors focusing on upcoming bond auctions and the Federal Reserve’s rate decision. The Treasury Department adjusted its auction schedule, and the market expects the central bank may continue to cut rates, with attention on inflation and future outlook.

UAE Islamic Bank Ruya partners with Fuze, becoming the first Islamic bank to allow customers to purchase Bitcoin through its mobile app, ensuring the service complies with Sharia law. According to reports, cryptocurrency inflows in the UAE exceeded $30 billion in 2023, a 42% increase. Other banks have also begun offering related services.

VTB, Russia's second-largest bank, is planning to launch a regulated spot cryptocurrency trading service in 2026, targeting high-net-worth and qualified investors. This move marks the first official entry of a major Russian bank into the spot cryptocurrency market, and also indicates that Russia is accelerating the implementation of its digital asset regulatory framework under the pressure of international sanctions. According to local media reports on December 3, VTB has already begun testing crypto trading services with select high-net-worth clients. The bank emphasized that in the future, this service will be limited to qualified investors who meet specific portfolio size or income standards and will not be fully open to the general public. The move aims to provide a diversified asset allocation channel for a limited range of clients under controllable regulatory conditions.

According to Jinse Finance, ECB Executive Board member Schnabel supports raising interest rates, believes that borrowing costs have reached an appropriate level, and that economic and inflation risks are tilted to the upside, suggesting that the economic forecast may be raised in December. Analysts expect the deposit rate to remain at 2%.

Philippine digital bank GoTyme launches cryptocurrency services in partnership with Alpaca, allowing users to buy and sell 11 types of crypto assets within the app, with automatic exchange rate conversion supported for transactions. GoTyme focuses on simplicity and plans to expand to Vietnam and Indonesia, with no plans to optimize for profitability before 2027.

According to a report by Reuters, Bank of America announced that starting January 5, 2026, wealth advisors at its Private Bank, Merrill, and Merrill Edge divisions will be able to recommend crypto asset-related products to clients.

PANews, December 7—According to Jin10, as of the end of November, China's gold reserves stood at 74.12 million ounces (about 2,305.39 tons), an increase of 30,000 ounces (about 0.93 tons) compared to the previous month, marking the 13th consecutive month of gold accumulation.

Odaily星球日报讯 The Bitcoin Historian 在 X 平台发文表示，亿万富翁 Andy Beal 获批推出一家新的加密银行。

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PANews, December 6—According to Jintou, citing an analysis by the Russian news agency Sputnik of data from the Central Bank of Russia, as of November 2025, the market value of Russia's gold reserves has surpassed the $300 billion mark for the first time, reaching $310.7 billion and setting a new historical high for the fourth consecutive month. In that month, gold accounted for 42.3% of Russia's international reserves, the highest level since February 1995. At that time, the share of gold was 43.9%, with a value of no more than $5.5 billion.

Bank of America strategists pointed out that if the Federal Reserve's outlook is too cautious next week, it could threaten the year-end stock market rebound. Currently, investors remain optimistic about rate cuts and economic growth, but dovish signals may dampen this optimism.

The Korean won stablecoin KRW1, issued by BDACS, has been launched on the Polygon network. It adopts a real-time bank-linked reserve proof mechanism and is aimed at payments, remittances, and institutional users. After confirming the stability and real-time nature of fiat-to-on-chain settlement during the proof-of-concept phase, this deployment has been officially launched to provide enterprises and users with a convenient digital payment tool. KRW1’s reserves are held by Korean commercial institutions, including Woori Bank, and real-time reserve proof is enabled through a direct API connection with the banks. The Polygon network, with its high throughput and low transaction fees, makes stablecoin operations more efficient, supporting payments, remittances, and enterprise systems.

Woori Bank recently added a Bitcoin (BTC) price display to its main trading floor in Seoul, presenting this crypto asset alongside core financial indicators such as the KRW-USD exchange rate, government bond yields, and stock market indices. This makes it the first commercial bank in South Korea to integrate cryptocurrency market data into a frontline trading environment. Bank officials stated that Bitcoin now serves as an important “market sentiment indicator.” As digital assets gain greater influence in global financial markets, including them in traders’ daily monitoring helps provide a more comprehensive assessment of risk appetite and cross-market linkages. This move also reflects the accelerated advancement of digital asset infrastructure within South Korea’s banking system.

JPMorgan's latest analysis points out that although the US stablecoin market is expanding rapidly under the impetus of the GENIUS Act, its grand goal of "boosting demand for US short-term Treasuries" may fall far short of policymakers' expectations. Since the act was passed in July, the total supply of stablecoins has increased by over $50 billion, surpassing $300 billion in scale, but it is still far from the White House's previous target of $2-4 trillion by 2028–2030. JPMorgan's Head of US Short-Term Rate Strategy, Teresa Ho, stated that while stablecoins have strong growth momentum, it is "unrealistic" to expect them to grow to several trillion dollars within a few years. The bank expects that in the next few years, the stablecoin market size may reach about $700 billion, mainly limited by current laws prohibiting the issuance of interest-bearing stablecoins—a restriction that weakens the core driver of demand growth.

Italy has officially launched a "deep review" targeting retail investors' exposure to crypto assets, marking a further escalation in European regulators' focus on digital asset risks. This initiative, led by the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance, aims to assess the protection mechanisms for retail investors in both direct and indirect crypto investments and to address potential risk gaps caused by fragmented global regulation. The Italian Macroprudential Policy Committee—which comprises the central bank, insurance and pension regulators, and the finance ministry—has warned that as crypto assets become increasingly intertwined with the traditional financial system, while international regulatory standards continue to diverge, systemic risks may grow. These concerns are particularly pronounced as the digital asset market capitalization surpasses $3 trillion and US policy shifts noticeably towards a "crypto-friendly" stance.

Bank of America economist Kudo predicts that the Bank of Japan will raise interest rates to 0.75% in December, and expects an additional rate hike every six months until June 2026. This expectation is based on changes in factors such as corporate earnings and wage negotiations.

According to Jinse Finance, Kamino announced on the X platform that the tokenized lending pool deposit product PRIME has officially launched on Kamino. PRIME is jointly developed by Figure and Provenance Foundation, with HastraFi serving as the issuer, providing real estate-backed yield products with an annual percentage yield (APY) of up to 8%. Figure is the largest non-bank home equity line of credit (HELOC) originator in the United States, having released over $19 billion in home equity and is listed on Nasdaq. Figure has built the credit infrastructure behind PRIME, including licensed mortgage origination, loan servicing, and support.

Odaily Planet Daily news: Blockchain company Digital Asset Holdings LLC, operating in the financial sector, has completed a new round of financing, raising $50 million. Investors include Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (BNY Mellon), Nasdaq Inc., S&P Global, and iCapital. This new funding round follows the company’s earlier $135 million fundraising completed earlier this year. The previous round was led by DRW Venture Capital and Tradeweb Markets, with market makers such as Citadel Securities, IMC, and Optiver participating. Digital Asset Holding