🗞️ Need to catch up on the news? Here's our top 10 from today:

🔸 Tom Lee's Bitmine bought 98,852 ETH last week, bringing total holdings to 4,066,062 $ETH worth ~$12.42B.

🔹 Peter Thiel-backed digital bank Erebor set to raise $350M in funding round, more than doubling its valuation to $4.35 billion as it targets crypto and tech clients.

🔸 Pro-crypto Michael Selig has officially been sworn in as the 16th CFTC Chairman.

🔹 Trump Media added 451 BTC worth about $40 million, bringing its total Bitcoin holdings to 11,542 $BTC (around $1 billion).

🔸 Aster said it will begin a Stage 5 buyback program on December 23, directing up to 80% of daily platform fees toward automatic and discretionary $ASTER buybacks.

🔹 Coinbase to acquire prediction markets startup The Clearing Company.

🔸 Ethereum treasury firm ETHZilla disclosed a 24,291 ETH sale worth $74.5M, shifting focus from mNAV tracking to RWA-driven growth.

🔹 Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino says “USAT will be the delivery of value” as the firm prepares to launch its US compliant stablecoin.

🔸 $4.5T JPMorgan is exploring offering crypto trading services for institutional clients.

🔹 Strategy increased its USD reserve to $2.19B but no new Bitcoin buys last week.