Need more evidence before lowering rates further, says Fed's Hammack

Need more evidence before lowering rates further, says Fed’s Hammack

It’s no secret that Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack has staked out a spot as perhaps the most hawkish member of the U.S. Federal Reserve since her appointment in 2024 after a career at Goldman Sachs. Next year, however, she will be in a more prominent position to advance those views. The Fed’s Federal Open…

Deepfake scams cost Canadians $2.3 million in online fraud

Deepfake scams cost Canadians $2.3 million in online fraud

Deepfake crypto scams have cost two Canadians a combined $2.3 million through sophisticated online fraud.  The victims believed they were using legitimate platforms after seeing convincing AI-generated videos. They realized the truth only after access to their funds was blocked. A 51-year-old woman from Markham, Ontario, lost $1.7 million. A man from Charlottetown, Prince Edward…

Bitcoin Price Flashes "Death Cross" Near $86,800 Amid Mixed Signals In Crypto Market

Bitcoin Price Flashes “Death Cross” Near $86,800 Amid Mixed Signals In Crypto Market

Bitcoin price trades around $87,000–$87,600, down from its October peak but supported by key technical levels and recent rebounds. U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $457 million in net inflows on December 17–18, the largest in over a month. President Trump praised Fed Governor Christopher Waller as “great” after interviewing him for Fed Chair, highlighting Waller’s…

Brazil Crypto Activity Jumps 43% as Average Investment Tops $1,000

Brazil Crypto Activity Jumps 43% as Average Investment Tops $1,000

Crypto activity in Brazil expanded sharply in 2025, with total transaction volume climbing 43% year over year as average investment per user crossed the $1,000 mark, according to a new report from crypto platform Mercado Bitcoin. The report, titled “Raio-X do Investidor em Ativos Digitais 2025,” claimed that the Brazilian crypto market is no longer…

UNI Surges after voting opens on proposal to turn on protocol fees

UNI Surges after voting opens on proposal to turn on protocol fees

Uniswap’s UNI token rallied about 19% over the past 24 hours as on-chain voting began on a major governance proposal that would activate protocol fees and introduce a long-discussed UNI burn mechanism. UNI began climbing shortly after the voting period opened at 03:50 UTC on Dec. 20, according to Uniswap governance data. A one-day UNI-USD…

Eigen plans higher incentives for active network restakers

Eigen plans higher incentives for active network restakers

Eigen Foundation intends to increase the amount of rewards to active restakers on the Eigen protocol.  It is a project to focus on effective network participation and token economics reconciliation with application in the real world. One more Committee, named the Incentives Committee, will manage a token emission and reward those who use Active Validated…

125+ Companies Press Congress Not To Undermine GENIUS Act Rules

125+ Companies Press Congress Not To Undermine GENIUS Act Rules

A group of 125+ digital asset companies has written a letter to US lawmakers, urging them to uphold the provisions of the GENIUS Act, particularly touching the issuance of stablecoin yields by intermediaries. The crypto companies urge Congress to promote innovation in its legislative endeavours, instead of succumbing to redundant industry standards. More than 125…