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Bitcoin recovered from a $80,350 low and held near $82,500 as crypto markets absorbed reports of stolen funds involving Ledger hardware-wallet users. Traders also watched the weekly close and awaited US inflation data expected to influence market volatility.
Bitcoin Core contributor Antoine Poinsot challenged unsupported claims about AI-driven Bitcoin address risks while emphasizing preparation for quantum threats. The discussion covered proposed protocol changes, consensus building, public-key protection, multisignature security and current cryptocurrency market data.
Ether traders suffered about $356 million in liquidations during a broad crypto sell-off, exceeding bitcoin’s $298 million despite ETH’s much smaller market value. Total liquidations reached $1.19 billion as rate, geopolitical and artificial-intelligence concerns hit leveraged positions.
China’s peer-to-peer stablecoin wallets rose 43-fold between early 2024 and mid-2026, while South Korea became East Asia’s largest crypto economy at $449.1 billion. The region is also advancing tokenization, institutional custody, cross-border payments and digital-asset licensing frameworks.
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The IMF says tokenized markets could improve access and enable 24/7 trading, but tokenized equities remain less liquid and about 1.5 times more volatile than traditional shares. It is calling for clearer rules, stronger interoperability and safeguards as adoption grows.
Bitcoin briefly fell to about $82,300 as traders assessed an Ethereum researcher’s warning that AI-driven advances could threaten wallet cryptography. The market also faced higher Treasury yields, while derivatives data pointed to continued selling but less forced liquidation.
Canton CEO Yuval Rooz called on the crypto industry to accelerate institutional blockchain adoption before the 2028 US election, arguing that widespread use could make future regulatory reversals harder. Other executives debated whether the sector should rely on legislation or existing agency action.
US spot Bitcoin ETFs drew $119 million on Tuesday, reversing the previous session’s losses despite a drop in Bitcoin’s price. Ether ETFs moved the other way, recording $202 million in outflows and extending their losing streak to six trading sessions.
Abstract, the consumer-focused Ethereum layer-2 backed by Pudgy Penguins parent Igloo, will shut down on Dec. 15, 2026, after losing tens of millions of dollars and failing to find product-market fit despite users, brands and more than 144 applications.
A CoinShares survey of 2,230 affluent investors across seven countries found that most already own digital assets, with many planning to increase exposure in 2026 despite market volatility and financial advisers’ continued caution.
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NEAR Intents says it recovered the entire $3.8 million stolen in a security breach after identifying the alleged exploiter and issuing a 48-hour return ultimatum. The platform had paused services and pledged to compensate affected users in full.
Older Eclair Bitcoin Lightning nodes could be forced into repeated crashes through unfunded channel requests. The flaws were fixed in v0.14.1, but ACINQ recommends v0.14.3 for additional security issues.
NEAR Intents was briefly shut down after an attacker stole about $3.8 million through a vulnerability in its fund-transfer infrastructure. The service was restored quickly, users were promised full reimbursement, but NEAR and the newly launched Bitwise NEAR ETF fell sharply.
Meta says Muse’s Mac Messages integration requires both Full Disk Access and a separate connector, rejecting a journalist’s claim that the AI synchronized private texts while permission was disabled. A second dispute over a home address has intensified scrutiny of AI-agent privacy controls.
Bitcoin gained about 43% in the third quarter as spot ETF inflows returned and futures leverage declined. The cryptocurrency now enters its historically strongest quarter, but faces substantial selling pressure near $84,000-$86,500 and macroeconomic uncertainty from elevated Treasury yields.
