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The CEX removed maker and taker fees across spot, derivatives, and tokenized securities as competition intensifies among crypto exchanges. LEO, the native token of the iFinex — the parent company of Bitfinex and Tether — outperformed the broader cryptocurrency market on Friday, Dec. 19 following Bitfinex’s decision earlier this week to scrap all trading fees. The token is currently changing hands at $7.40, up 11% on the day, according to data from CoinGecko, pushing it into the top gainers today. The surge follows a few days of losses for the token, which was trading as high as $9.51 just a…

Bitcoin (BTC) demand growth has slowed significantly since October 2025, signaling that Bitcoin has entered into another bear market cycle, according to analysts at crypto market analysis platform CryptoQuant.Investor demand for BTC came in three waves during the current market cycle, with the first wave landing in January 2024, CryptoQuant analysts said. The first wave followed the launch of Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the US, the second wave followed the results of the 2024 US presidential election, and the third was a BTC treasury company bubble. According to CryptoQuant:“Demand growth has fallen below trend since early October 2025. This indicates…

XRP has continued to trade lower as crypto prices weaken across the board, with the total market shedding more than $1.3 trillion since October. Related Reading During the past three months, XRP has dropped more than 30%, keeping pressure on sentiment even as some commentators argue the token’s purpose goes far beyond short-term price moves. Retail Vs. Institutional Viewpoint According to health and finance commentator Dr. Camila Stevenson, much of the debate around XRP misses how large financial players judge settlement tools. Everyday traders tend to focus on charts and quick exits. Banks do not. They look at whether a…

While many crypto traders are still waiting for the next altcoin season to begin, BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes said it’s been underway all along.“There is always an altcoin season happening… and [if you’re] always saying altcoin season isn’t there, [it’s] because you didn’t own what went up,” Hayes said during a podcast interview published to YouTube on Thursday.Hayes said many traders are still expecting altcoin season to play out the same way it did in previous years, assuming the same cryptocurrencies and narratives will repeat. “You wanted it to be like last altcoin season, because then you felt like you…

In brief A 23-year-old Brooklynite was charged with a $16 million phishing scheme. Prosecutors allege that he stole the funds from approximately 100 Coinbase users. Last year, ZachXBT published an investigation into the individual. Prosecutors in Brooklyn said on Friday that a 23-year-old resident, Ronald Spektor, was charged with stealing $16 million in cryptocurrency from approximately 100 Coinbase users.The individual, who went by “lolimfeelingevil” online, was allegedly behind a phishing and social engineering scheme. Pretending to be a Coinbase representative, Spektor would convince users to send cryptocurrency to accounts he controlled, prosecutors said.Prosecutors said that Spektor motivated victims by claiming…

Coinbase’s announcement of a new partnership with Kalshi to enter prediction markets was made just a day before the lawsuits were filed. Coinbase has filed lawsuits against Illinois, Michigan, and Connecticut, while challenging state efforts to regulate prediction markets and asking federal courts to clarify who has oversight authority. In its filings, the crypto exchange is seeking declaratory and injunctive relief, arguing that prediction markets fall under the exclusive jurisdiction of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) rather than state gaming regulators. Who Controls Prediction Markets? The company stated that federal law already assigns regulatory authority for these products to…

In brief Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) announced she won’t seek reelection when her Senate term ends next year. Lummis was a central force behind major crypto efforts, including passage of the GENIUS Act and ongoing market structure bill talks. She has also been a particularly avid supporter of Bitcoin. Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), one of the crypto industry’s most reliable and powerful allies on Capitol Hill, announced Friday that she will not seek reelection when her term expires next year.“Deciding not to run for reelection does represent a change of heart for me, but in the difficult, exhausting session weeks…

CryptoQuant has released a new report, highlighting a significant shift in Ethereum’s exchange supply dynamics and institutional behavior. According to the data, the amount of ETH held on crypto exchanges has crashed to unexpected lows. The decline coincides with growing institutional accumulation, a trend often viewed as an early signal of a bullish price outlook. Ethereum Exchange Balances Fall To 2016 Lows Arab Chain, a crypto analyst on CryptoQuant, revealed that Ethereum’s exchange supply ratio across all tracked platforms has declined to approximately 0.137. According to the data referenced in the report, this represents one of the lowest readings observed…

The Recent volatility in the Bitcoin market pullbacks is being widely interpreted as a wave of selling pressure, but the underlying data tells a different story. On-chain metrics show little evidence of broad holder distribution, suggesting that these dips are not being driven by investors exiting their positions. Instead, the weakness in price appears to stem from the market structure issues. Why Structural Weakness Is Often Temporary These Bitcoin dips aren’t coming from selling pressure; they’re coming from stablecoin-denominated shorts. The co-founder of GlydeGG, Sweep, revealed on X that when large amounts of leverage enter the system through dollar or…

In brief The SEC proposed settlement agreements for Alameda and FTX executives. The executives would be restricted from serving in corporate leadership positions for years to come. The group testified against Sam Bankman-Fried at his criminal trial. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission proposed settlement agreements on Friday for key members of FTX co-founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried’s inner circle, whose testimony played a critical role in his criminal trial.The regulator said that it filed so-called proposed final consent judgements in the Southern District of New York with regards to former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison, former FTX CTO…