VTB, Russia's second-largest bank, plans to allow wealthy clients to trade Bitcoin and Ether starting next year, marking the first entry of a major bank into the Russian crypto spot market. The service targets investors with over $1.3 million in assets or $650,000 annual income. Russia's stance on digital assets has softened amid sanctions, with millions reportedly using crypto for transactions.

Centralized exchanges (CEX) are being forced to block funds originating from privacy tools, resulting in a surge in false positives. The EU Anti-Money Laundering Regulation (AMLR) requires exchanges to treat UTXOs associated with mixers as high risk, with systems automatically flagging suspicious wallets. Flagged wallets may be frozen, asked to provide proof of source of funds, or forced to refund, and even users of the Lightning Network are being misidentified.

Paribu, a leading Turkish digital asset platform, has acquired Bahrain's CoinMENA for up to $240 million, marking Turkey's largest fintech deal and its first cross-border crypto acquisition. This expansion allows Paribu to operate in Bahrain and Dubai, centralizing its presence in the region's crypto market. CoinMENA supports over 1.5 million users and has licenses in both countries. The deal comes amid a surge in global crypto M&A activity, with plans for further expansion in the MENA region.

Crypto Market Overview BTC (+1.86% | Current price 91,052.7 USDT): BTC experienced a "deep V rebound" from the evening of December 7 to the early morning of December 8, with the price consolidating within the $90,000–$91,700 range. The chart structure shows an "archway" shape, reflecting that after a rapid rebound, the market has entered a correction phase. Main funds may be testing resistance and completing position rotation in the $91,500–$92,000 area. On the short-term moving averages, the MA 5 has crossed below the MA 10, forming a slight death cross, indicating that the short-term price trend is leaning toward consolidation. Overall, the market is still in a box consolidation phase, sentiment remains cautious, and no clear directional signal has yet formed. ETH (+1.86% | Current price 3,102.66 USDT): ETH trend

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The crypto market stabilizes following a volatile weekend, with NEAR showing potential for upward movement, supported by a Bearish Butterfly harmonic pattern. As long as NEAR maintains structure above $1.643, bullish momentum could lead toward a 18% upside target between $2.099 and $2.239.

Hope for approval of spot cryptocurrency ETFs in South Korea within the year is slim due to slow legislative progress. Multiple amendment bills are pending in the National Assembly, but the institutionalization of crypto assets has been delayed due to the restructuring of financial regulatory agencies and shifting policy priorities.

Daily Market Key Data Review and Trend Analysis, produced by PANews. 1. Market Watch The market is holding its breath ahead of this week’s Federal Reserve meeting, with a widely expected 25 basis point rate cut. However, contrary to traditional logic, since the rate-cutting cycle began in September, long-term US Treasury yields—the global anchor for asset pricing—have risen instead of falling, sparking intense debate over the future economic path. Optimists see this as a sign of an “economic soft landing,” while pessimists worry it signals a vote of no confidence from “bond vigilantes” over the US’s high national debt and inflation risks. Against this backdrop, seasoned Wall Street strategists like Bank of America’s Mark Cabana predict that in addition to rate cuts, the Fed may announce a major balance sheet expansion plan of up to $45 billion per month to address potential liquidity strains. Meanwhile, China is also set to usher in a policy super week, with major meetings to be held.

Shiba Inu Price Prediction conversations are shifting as traders re-evaluate where conviction still exists across meme assets. SHIB remains widely followed, yet recent trading behavior has brought renewed caution rather than confidence Momentum indicators are no longer expanding, and market

Dogecoin is currently trading near $0.136 amid a corrective channel with key support levels, as traders monitor potential movements above resistance. The market's patterns suggest possible deeper targets, while on-chain liquidity indicates stable conditions for future price actions.

On December 8, the Layer1 blockchain Stable mainnet will officially launch, with its core design centered on using USDT as the native gas fee, achieving sub-second settlement and gas-free peer-to-peer transfers. Previously, Stable’s pre-deposit campaign experienced front-running behavior, causing a trust crisis. According to Polymarket data, the market estimates an 85% probability that its FDV will exceed $2 billion on the day after launch.

During downturns in the crypto market, crypto treasury companies face the dilemma of "having funds but being unable to use them," and are unable to leverage their fundraising mechanisms to buy the dip. Although they nominally hold tens of billions of dollars in assets, most companies are unable to liquidate them due to falling token prices, and instead turn to staking for yield to cope with debt. This situation reveals their vulnerability in relying on token price premiums, requiring them to wait for the market to recover before regaining vitality.

Hong Kong has locked in a familiar face for the next four years. Legislator Wu Jiezhuang has won re-election to the city’s eighth Legislative Council after securing 1,311 votes in a competitive race. The result keeps one of Hong Kong’s most vocal supporters of Web3 and emerging technology inside the