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TREE NEWS reports: A Bitcoin wallet that received 4,581 BTC in March 2020, worth about $40 million at the time, moved its entire holdings today when the stash was worth about $377 million. The whale held through every market crash since 2020 before the transfer.

TREE NEWS update: The US Department of Justice announced two arrests in an Ohio indictment alleging a North Korean ‘laptop farm’ scheme that placed remote IT workers at more than 70 US employers and generated about $3 million. Prosecutors said the operation involved cryptocurrency transfers.

TREE NEWS reports: Parlay-style combination bets accounted for roughly 70% of Kalshi’s weekend notional trading volume during days when the platform handled $3.9 billion. The figure represents notional contract volume rather than cash spent by buyers and is not a count of new users, the analysis noted.

TREE NEWS reports: Jupiter’s JUP token rose 51% over four weeks, outperforming bitcoin and ether, even as fees across the Solana DeFi aggregator’s products fell to $16.82 million in the latest complete 28-day period. The token still posted a 5.6% pullback over the past week.

TREE NEWS reports: Uniswap said v4 now handles nearly half of all trading volume on the protocol, with more than $44 billion processed over the past 30 days. V4 accounted for 49.90% of volume across Uniswap versions in that period, ahead of v3 at 44.90% and v2 at 5.20%.

TREE NEWS reports: Aptos’s APT token has climbed 51% over the past four weeks, outpacing both bitcoin and ether, though its weekly return is now nearly flat. DefiLlama data shows the stablecoin market cap tracked on Aptos has fallen 17.5% over the same four-week period, leaving the rally unsupported by stablecoin inflows on the network.

TREE NEWS reports: Strategy co-founder and executive chairman Michael Saylor said bitcoin has bottomed just below $60,000 and is now headed above $80,000, telling Bloomberg Television it will “certainly” return above $100,000. Saylor forecast 20% to 30% annual bitcoin growth over the next few years and said Strategy will buy more bitcoin and issue additional credit securities to fund purchases. He also called MSCI’s current stance “disappointing” ahead of a Friday decision on whether to drop Strategy from its global equity benchmarks.

TREE NEWS update: Robinhood has opened its social trading feed to eligible US customers, letting users share charts and portfolio allocations. A rollout on the Legend desktop platform is planned in the coming weeks. The feature extends Robinhood’s push to blend investing with social networking as it competes for retail traders.

TREE NEWS update: Robinhood has opened its social trading feed to eligible US users, allowing them to share charts and portfolio allocations within the feature. The company also plans to roll out the feature to the Legend desktop platform in the coming weeks. The move is Robinhood’s latest step in further integrating investing with social networking as it competes for retail traders.

TREE NEWS update: MediaMarktSaturn has withdrawn Ledger hardware wallet products from sale across all its countries, the retailer said, following reports of tampering. Ledger said no fund losses were reported in the German case and directed existing buyers to its support channels. The withdrawal covers every market in which the retailer operates.

TREE NEWS update: Trezor is removing certain hardware wallet resellers from its list of authorized entities starting Jan. 1, CCO Danny Sanders said, calling it a “preventative step” amid reports of tampering with rival Ledger devices. Sanders said the affected resellers had been notified of the decision. The company did not name the resellers involved.

TREE NEWS update: Blockchain.com is seeking both exchange and futures-broker registrations from the CFTC to serve retail and institutional customers in the US derivatives and prediction markets. The proposed US offering still requires approval.

TREE NEWS update: Base has introduced Earn & Borrow, letting apps embed variable-rate stablecoin lending and crypto-backed loans through integrations with Aave and Morpho. Borrowers using the feature remain subject to the underlying protocols’ liquidation rules. The offering is aimed at developers who want to add on-chain lending and borrowing directly inside their apps.

TREE NEWS reports: Bitcoin whales excluding exchange and mining-pool addresses now hold 3.03 million BTC, the highest since Nov. 21, 2025, with the fastest 30-day accumulation since February 2026. US spot Bitcoin ETFs have flipped to roughly 2,300 BTC (about $1.5 billion) in year-to-date net inflows, recovering from an earlier outflow of about 83,000 BTC. CoinRabbit data shows September USDT borrowing by BTC borrowers above $10 million rose 83.30%, while borrowing by retail users below $100,000 fell 17.20%.

TREE NEWS reports: Borrowing against cirBTC on Morpho has topped $190 million, with about 97.4% of supplied USDC borrowed in the main market. That compares with an 8.1% utilization rate when Circle Mint opened access on Sept. 21. The jump reflects tightening liquidity on the Arc market as demand for the stablecoin-denominated pool outpaces fresh supply.

TREE NEWS update: Borrowing against cirBTC on Morpho has surpassed $190 million, with roughly 97.4% of supplied USDC borrowed in the main market. This contrasts with the 8.1% utilization rate when Circle Mint opened access on September 21. The surge reflects tightening liquidity in the Arc market as demand for stablecoin-denominated pools outpaces new supply.

TREE NEWS reports: cirBTC-collateralized borrowing on Morpho has surpassed $190 million, with roughly 97.4% of the USDC supplied in the main market having been borrowed. This contrasts with an 8.1% utilization rate at the time Circle Mint opened access on September 21. The surge reflects tightening liquidity in the Arc market as demand for stablecoin-denominated pools outstrips fresh supply.

TREE NEWS reports: Loans collateralized by cirBTC on Morpho have surpassed $190 million, with roughly 97.4% of the USDC supplied to the main market consumed by borrowing. This contrasts with the 8.1% utilization rate on September 21, when Circle Mint opened access. The surge shows liquidity in the Arc market tightening as demand for stablecoin-denominated pools outpaces new supply.