FOMO HOUR 172 - A VERY RED DAY FOR BITCOIN
Bitcoin hits $50k, liquidations hit $1bn in sell-off. Macro sell-off and end of Yen carry trade blamed. Multiple altcoins hit cycle or all-time lows. Bitcoin dominance rises to cycle-high of 58%. Robinhood halts 24hr trading. Crypto funds saw $528m outflow last week. Justin Sun denies liquidation rumours. Jump Trading continues to liquidate holdings. Ethena founder confirms protocol has ‘zero issues’. Binance launches native KAS mining. Cycle hasn’t even started yet: Cobie.
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BlackRock is RISK On! Polymarket launches US App! Crypto still Green!
Crypto majors traded slightly higher, with ETH leading gains post-Fusaka as BTC rose 1% to $93,000, ETH jumped 4% to $3,190, and BNB and SOL each added 1% to reach $909 and $143, respectively. Among top movers, ZEC (+10%), TAO (+8%), and DASH (+6%) outperformed. Large ETH holders resumed sizeable spot purchases following Monday’s liquidations, suggesting renewed institutional dip-buying. At the Dealbook Summit, Brian Armstrong noted that “top banks” are partnering with Coinbase on pilots for stablecoins, custody, and trading. BlackRock released its 2026 outlook with a risk-on tilt, maintaining an overweight position in U.S. equities and highlighting AI and rising stablecoin adoption as “megaforces” reshaping markets. Meanwhile, Binance introduced “Binance Junior,” a crypto savings account for minors with extensive parental oversight, and Startale—Sony’s Soneium blockchain partner—launched USDSC, a stablecoin set to serve as the default settlement asset on the Soneium L2.
BlackRock stays risk-on into 2026, Binance Launches ‘Binance Junior’ for Kids, Kalshi Partners with CNN - Daily Crypto Recap
Decrypt's daily crypto news recap with @tyler_did_it. Your crypto round-up for December 4th 2025
Crypto UP 7-10%, Bank of America recommends crypto, Kalshi raise $11B
Crypto majors are sharply higher, climbing 6–10% following Vanguard’s crypto debut and supportive commentary from Bank of America, with BTC up 6% to $92,900, ETH up 9% to $3,070, BNB up 7% to $899, and SOL up 10% to $142. Among top movers, SUI gained 24%, PENGU 19%, and LINK 18%. Ethereum’s Fusaka upgrade is scheduled to launch today, aiming to improve mainnet ingestion of L2 data and reduce rollup costs to enhance scalability. Bank of America is now recommending a 1–4% crypto allocation for clients across Merrill Lynch and the Private Bank. On the corporate front, Kraken has agreed to acquire tokenization platform Backed Finance to accelerate the adoption of tokenized stocks, while Chainlink introduced its “LINK Everything” initiative, a comprehensive tokenization stack featuring CCIP, compliance tools, and expanded data and compute services. In the regulatory and leadership landscape, crypto-friendly Kevin Hassett is now an 85% favorite to become the next Federal Reserve Chair after Jerome Powell, Binance has appointed cofounder He Yi as Co-CEO, and the UK has formally created a new property category for crypto and NFTs through its newly passed Property Act.