- Senator Dave McCormick has filed up to $200K in new Bitcoin purchases.
McCormick sits on the Senate Subcommittee on Digital Assets.He is a member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, as well as the Subcommittee on Digital Assets (Virtual Assets). Therefore, he is in a position to directly influence regulations on digital asset exchange-traded funds (ETFs), including Bitcoin. So far, there is no clear evidence that the related transactions have violated any laws, and under current legislation, such asset transactions by a senator are permitted.
Mirae Asset Group, via Mirae Asset Consulting, signed an MOU to acquire Korbit—South Korea's fourth-largest crypto exchange—from major shareholders NXC (60.5%) and SK Planet (31.5%) in a deal valued at 100-140B KRW (~$70-100M). Korbit's full operating license positions it as an ideal regulated entry for the financial giant into digital assets.
Indian law enforcement has arrested a former CB customer service agent in Hyderabad in connection with the exchange's data breach disclosed in May, CEO B.A announced. Hackers had bribed offshore support staff to steal data from over 69,000 users; Coinbase has reported $307M in breach costs.
$USX - USX, @solsticefi 's synthetic stablecoin on Solana, depegged to ~$0.92 without recovery; team states backing/NAV unaffected and overcollateralized, attributing it to secondary-market liquidity while 1:1 redemptions remain active.
$LIT - Lighter team announced in its Discord community that Season 2 point distribution has been completed, and identified cheating behaviors have been removed. Additionally, there is currently no airdrop event, nor a "claim" process — users should not engage with any such links. Furthermore, the team changed the final wording from "see" to "S3e," leading the community to speculate that the project’s TGE will also feature a Season 3 points event.
$HYPE - Hyperliquid team confirms unstaking 1.2M $HYPE tokens for core team distribution on Jan 6, with future distributions on the 6th of each month.
$LDO - Arthur Hayes deposited another 682 ETH (~$2M) to Binance to sell and rotate into high-quality DeFi tokens; over the past week, he sold 1,871 ETH (~$5.53M) while buying 1.22M $ENA (~$257.5K), 137K $PENDLE (~$259K), 133K $ETHFI (~$93K), and recently 1.855M $LDO (~$1.03M).
Sberbank, Russia's largest bank, issued the country's first crypto-backed loan to Bitcoin miner Intelion Data, secured by its mined digital currency. The bank views this product as relevant for miners and crypto-holding companies amid Russia's growing Bitcoin mining sector.
$FLOW - On Dec 27, 2025, an attacker exploited Flow's execution layer vulnerability, moving ~$3.9M off-network before validators halted operations; user balances remain fully intact and unaffected. The exited funds pose no solvency risk, with protocol fix developed and in final validation for safe restart.
$雪球 - The Chinese version of 'Snowball' has launched on the BSC-based Flap ecosystem, receiving a direct shoutout from Flap's Cedric to boost visibility. It currently holds a market cap of around $4.1M.
$Learing, $THENICKSHIRLEY - Influencer Nick Shirley's Minnesota Somali fraud video just crossed 100 million views on X. Elon Musk said 'Learing is word of year' - Nick Shirley launched his official token directly on Zora, with Coinbase sending 100K BTC to his Zora wallet as a major endorsement. His Twitter account is followed by Elon Musk, adding significant credibility, and the token currently boasts a market cap of around $6.3M.
