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According to Reuters: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) may be poised to approve Ether exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Aas per four sources familiar with the process, the SEC asked exchanges such as Nasdaq, CBOE, and NYSE to refine their applications for spot Ether ETFs. This unprecedented move comes as a surprise to an industry braced for rejection.
Ether's price soared by as much as 18% on Monday due to this development and was up another 8.6% at $3,802 late Tuesday morning.
The SEC is expected to make a decision on applications to list Ether ETFs by VanEck and ARK Investments/21Shares — submitted via CBOE — by the end of this week. Although there was initially no engagement between the SEC, exchanges, and issuers on the application specifics, the regulator's recent request for updates indicates potential approval.
Despite growing optimism, these issuers still need SEC approval on the ETF registration statements before trading can commence. There's no set time frame for this, meaning Ether ETFs may take several months to begin trading.
The SEC's move represents a potential triumph for the cryptocurrency industry, given the regulator's historical hesitance amid concerns around market manipulation, especially overseen by crypto skeptic, Gary Gensler. The first Ether ETF applications were filed after the SEC approved ETFs tied to Ether futures in October, but rejection was expected due to discouraging encounters with the regulator. Last year, however, the SEC was compelled to approve Bitcoin ETFs following a successful court challenge by Grayscale Investments. This paved the way for significant buying interest, with two new Bitcoin funds attracting over $1 billion in assets within the first week.

Two teenage sisters from Gaza have won an environmental award for turning rubble into reusable bricks, saying they wanted to "turn destruction into something useful".
Farah and Tala Mousa, who live in a tent and have been repeatedly displaced since their home was bombed, have been named the Middle East regional winners of the youth-focused Earth Prize.
After our entire city turned into rubble, everything around us pushed us to think about a solution," 17-year-old Tala told the BBC.
The sisters plan to use their $12,500 (£9,245) prize to teach others to produce the bricks and "participate in reconstruction themselves, instead of waiting only for outside help," 15-year-old Farah said.
The UN estimates 1.9 million people in Gaza - nearly 90% of the population - have been displaced since war began in 2023, triggered by the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on 7 October. Israel responded by launching a military campaign against Hamas in the territory.
The war in Gaza was triggered by the Hamas-led attack in October 2023, in which about 1,200 people were killed and 251 others were taken hostage.
During Israel's military campaign in Gaza since then, more than 72,700 people have been killed, including 856 since a ceasefire came into force in October 2025, according to the territory's Hamas-run health ministry.
The ceasefire, part of US President Donald Trump's plan to end the war, also pledged the territory's reconstruction "for the benefit of the people of Gaza". Humanitarian agencies have said such large-scale action has not yet begun.
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Sam Carling is the Baby of the House of Commons – the UK's youngest MP.
He won his North West Cambridgeshire seat aged 22, as part of Labour's landslide victory in 2024.
But despite being part of Sir Keir Starmer's historic win, he was among more than 80 of his party's MPs to call for the prime minister to quit - or set out a timetable for his departure.
Maria Banulus, 39, from Yaxley, says: "He probably should go."
I feel like we've had too many prime ministers that actually haven't gone down with a general election - they've been outed," she adds.
"I don't actually know who the other options are, I heard Angela Rayner, but I really don't know
I know he's been criticised for many things that he's done wrong and things that he's had to back-track on
Jane Maxwell, 59, voted Green in the last general election.
Her message to Starmer is: "I think you should leave and let somebody else be the leader of the country."
She would like the new leader to have "more left views". She does not want them, whoever it is, to allow Trump to use any UK airbases for his conflict with Iran.
"I think he's too close with Trump, and that I don't like at all."
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PEPE sigue siendo el rey del sentimiento en el sector de las memecoins. Actualmente, el token se encuentra en una fase de consolidación, moviéndose en el rango de los $0.000003.
Escenario Alcista: Si el sentimiento del mercado mejora y Bitcoin se mantiene estable sobre los $80,000, PEPE tiene potencial para buscar los $0.0000039.
Riesgo: Como toda memecoin, la volatilidad es extrema. Es vital observar si las ballenas vuelven a acumular en estos niveles de soporte antes de cualquier movimiento explosivo.
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A former chief financial officer’s (CFO) attempt to turn his employer’s treasury into a personal cryptocurrency “ yield farm” has ended in a federal prison sentence. Nevin Shetty, the 42-year-old former CFO of Seattle e-commerce unicorn Fabric, was sentenced March 5 to two years in prison for wire fraud after secretly funneling $35 million into a decentralized finance ( DeFi) scheme that collapsed in less than a month
According to a press release by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Shetty helped draft a strict, conservative investment policy for the company’s hundreds of millions in venture capital. However, in early 2022, Shetty launched a side business called HighTower Treasury. Prosecutors say Shetty’s plan was a classic crypto arbitrage.
After moving $35,000,100 of Fabric’s cash into HighTower, Shetty funneled the funds into DeFi lending protocols—specifically the Terra/Luna ecosystem—which at the time offered annual percentage yields of 20% or more. Shetty planned to pay Fabric a modest 6% “safe” return while pocketing the 14% surplus for himself and his partner.
In the first 30 days, the scheme appeared to work, generating roughly $133,000 in personal profit. However, the gamble turned into a nightmare in May 2022 when the TerraUSD (UST) stablecoin de-pegged, triggering a $40 billion wipeout. Within days, the $35 million Fabric treasury held by Shetty had plummeted in value to virtually nothing.
The loss had significant and severe effects on the company,” U.S. District Judge Tana Lin said during the sentencing. “Your actions threw into complete turmoil the lives of those 60 people (who were laid off) … You almost put the company out of business … You were playing with money that wasn’t yours.”
The financial hole left by the failed crypto bet forced Fabric to lay off 60 employees, a point the prosecution emphasized as “irrevocable damage” caused by Shetty’s greed.
Despite the defense’s argument that Shetty was merely making an “unauthorized investment” rather than committing fraud, the jury found that his “web of lies”—including hiding the transfers from the board and other executives—constituted criminal activity.
He chose high-yield DeFi lending protocols that promised 20% returns,” said First Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles Neil Floyd. “His lies did not fool the jury.”
Shetty’s case marks one of the most significant criminal sentencings involving corporate treasury mismanagement and the volatile DeFi sector to date.
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The U.S. Court of International Trade ruled on May 28 that Trump exceeded his authority by using the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose the tariffs. The court held that IEEPA, typically used for sanctions, does not authorize tariffs and that such power resides solely with Congress.
The Trump administration filed its appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit immediately after the decision. White House spokesperson Kush Desai asserted, “It is not for unelected judges to decide how to properly address a national emergency.” Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller denounced the ruling on social media as a “judicial coup,” reflecting the administration’s stance that courts cannot limit presidential emergency actions.
Trump announced the tariffs on April 2, declaring the U.S. trade deficit an “unusual and extraordinary threat” justifying a national emergency. The policy imposed a universal 10% baseline tariff on most imports, plus additional “reciprocal” tariffs ranging from 11% to 50% on approximately 60 targeted nations.
The ruling resulted from lawsuits filed by small businesses, including Oregon-based wine importer V.O.S. Selections, and a coalition of states led by Oregon. They argued the trade deficit did not meet IEEPA’s emergency threshold and that the tariffs unconstitutionally bypassed Congress.
Economists and business groups warned the tariffs would raise consumer prices. JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon noted they would contribute to inflationary pressures. Importers faced immediate cost increases, with China facing massive rate hikes, creating market uncertainty and supply chain reassessments. Equities, crypto assets, and precious metal markets have all reacted to Trump’s tariff ideas.
The appeal is now pending before the Federal Circuit. Legal experts anticipate the case may ultimately reach the Supreme Court, given its significant constitutional questions regarding executive power in trade policy. Existing tariffs under separate authority remain unaffected.
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Last week, the U.S. Federal Reserve trimmed the federal funds rate by a quarter point, and markets are now betting that the January Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting delivers no adjustment. Attention has since shifted to the Bank of Japan (BOJ), where expectations are building that the central bank will lift its short-term interbank rate next week.
Japan’s central bank is set to convene its Monetary Policy Meeting (MPM) on Dec. 18–19, 2025, with the decision expected on the second day. Markets are bracing for a possible increase to 0.75% from 0.5%, a move that would formally close the chapter on the world’s last remaining negative interest rate regime. When it comes to interest rates, Japan has long stood apart as a global outlier.
The BOJ has persisted with negative short-term rates and tight control over long-term bond yields through its Yield Curve Control (YCC) framework, even as other major central banks moved on to rate increases. Many analysts believe this marks the definitive end of the “Carry Trade.”
In simple terms, the strategy involved borrowing low-cost yen and deploying it into higher-yielding assets overseas. The trade only holds together as long as yen funding stays exceptionally cheap and the currency remains steady or drifts lower. At present, leading prediction markets Polymarket and Kalshi are signaling strong odds that the BOJ will deliver a 25 basis point (bps) increase.
Polymarket traders are overwhelmingly penciling in a quarter-point rate increase from the BOJ, with probabilities hovering near 98%. Every other scenario — no change, a larger move, or a cut — has been largely cast aside, each sitting at 2% or lower, reflecting a near lock that a quarter-point step is the market’s central expectation.
Kalshi traders echo that conviction. A 21–40 basis-point hike at the BOJ meeting next week carries roughly 95% odds, while the chances of no change rest near 2% and a cut barely registers at under 1%. In plain terms, the market is wagering that Japan’s central bank is ready to act. For Federal Reserve rate decisions, traders can lean on the CME Fedwatch tool to gauge expectations ahead of each meeting, while there is no comparable tool for tracking BOJ rate moves.
However, to estimate the odds of a BOJ hike, individuals or institutions can look to futures pricing — specifically 3-Month TONA futures, which capture how traders are wagering on future interest rates. At present, the implied average rate blends the current 0.5% for the early part of the period with the possibility of a higher level later on.
When that figure is weighed against today’s rate and adjusted for timing, the calculation points to roughly an 89% chance of a quarter-point increase.
Many believe this particular rate increase may affect equities and crypto assets. U.S. stocks ended lower on Friday across the board, led by a sharp Nasdaq drop of nearly 400 points. The Dow, S&P 500, and NYSE Composite also closed in the red.
In Japan, data shows the Nikkei closing near 50,800 and the Topix around 3,420, pointing to broad gains after a session that opened with uneven trading. Some observers now expect bitcoin to retreat on a BOJ rate hike, a view gaining traction on X as users circulate the theory. “Bank of Japan is set to hike rates +25 bps on Dec 19. Japan = largest holder of US government debt,” one user wrote. “Every BoJ rate hike → Bitcoin dumps over 20%+”
Another user, sharing a chart, added: “Japan rate hikes’ effect on bitcoin—The next one is most likely on Friday, 19th.” That view has fueled speculation that the move could act as another trigger pushing BTC toward the $75,000 range. Whether that scenario plays out remains an open question and will not be answered until the BOJ makes its move. BTC is already down 29% from its $126,000-plus all-time high, and another hit to its valuation could prove painful.
Theories like these are scattered widely across X and other social media platforms. For now, markets remain in wait-and-see mode, with the BOJ holding the final card. Prediction markets, futures pricing, and social media chatter all point to a rate hike, but conviction does not equal certainty. If Japan does move, global ripples are likely, testing everything from equity momentum to bitcoin’s resolve.
Until that decision lands, traders are left navigating probabilities, not outcomes, and positioning for a moment that could reset expectations fast.
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ERC-8004, formally titled “Trustless Agents,” is an Ethereum Improvement Proposal introduced in August 2025 to create a decentralized trust infrastructure for autonomous AI agents. Designed to let agents discover, evaluate, and interact with one another without centralized gatekeepers, the proposal went live in reference deployments on Ethereum mainnet in late January 2026.
In plain terms, ERC-8004 answers a simple but critical question: How do machines trust each other on the internet without humans playing referee?
The proposal was authored by Marco De Rossi, Davide Crapis, Jordan Ellis, and Erik Reppel, and published as EIP-8004 in August 2025. The standard builds on existing Ethereum primitives, including EIP-155, EIP-712, and ERC-721, extending them to support machine-native identities and reputations.
It is part of a broader movement to formalize what many are calling the “agent economy” — a world where AI systems transact, negotiate, and perform services autonomously.
At its core, ERC-8004 introduces three onchain registries: Identity, Reputation, and Validation.
The Identity Registry mints each agent as an ERC-721 token, assigning it a globally unique identifier. That NFT points to a registration file describing what the agent does, where it operates, and how to contact it. Think of it as a decentralized passport for AI.
The Reputation Registry allows clients — human or machine — to leave structured feedback, including fixed-point scores, tags, and references to off-chain evidence. That feedback is tamper-evident and queryable onchain, enabling composable trust.
The Validation Registry supports third-party verification of high-stakes tasks, allowing validators to respond with scores between 0 and 100 and optionally attach cryptographic proof. For anything serious — financial advice, model outputs, automated trading — this layer adds teeth.
ERC-8004 is EVM-native and deployed on Ethereum and compatible networks. According to 8004scan.io, there are currently 21,562 registered agents across major EVM chains. Some counts are even higher and nearing 30,000. The data from 8004scan.io indicates that the distribution across networks shows clear concentration in a handful of hubs. The popular blockchain explorer, Etherscan, is also indexing agents as well.
Ethereum leads with 11,369 registered agents, followed by Base with 4,379 and Gnosis with 2,679. BNB Smart Chain accounts for 2,317 agents, while mid-tier deployments include Monad with 128, Optimism with 124, Arbitrum with 110, Polygon with 107 and Linea with 101. Avalanche hosts 98 agents, X Layer has 100, and Celo records 20. Smaller footprints appear on Abstract with 19, MegaETH with 4, Taiko with 3, Scroll with 2 and Mantle with 2, while Plasma currently shows no registered agents.
Ethereum remains the gravitational center, but Layer 2 networks such as Base are quickly establishing themselves as agent hubs.
Existing protocols like MCP and A2A allow agents to advertise capabilities and authenticate with one another. What they do not natively provide is open discovery and portable trust across organizational boundaries.
Instead of relying on centralized marketplaces or curated directories, agents can publish capabilities onchain, accumulate reputation signals and optionally request third-party validation. The result is a neutral infrastructure layer where trust becomes programmable.
With tens of thousands of agents already registered across a myriad of EVM chains, the experiment is no longer theoretical. It is live, indexed, and growing.
Whether this becomes the backbone of a multibillion-dollar agent economy or simply an evolutionary stepping stone will depend on adoption, tooling, and community governance. But one thing is clear: ERC-8004 is giving AI agents a blockchain-native résumé — and letting the market, or agentic economy, decide who earns five stars.
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