Crypto Trading Daily Digest – December 12, 2025

Welcome to today’s Crypto Trading roundup 🚀. Here are the top stories shaping the crypto markets today.

1. Introducing Binance Indication of Interest (IOI) – the Essential Liquidity Discovery Tool for Institutional Crypto Traders – Binance
2. Binance Academy and Aptos Launch Free Course on Building Web3 Applications – Binance
3. Standard Chartered Makes New Bitcoin Price Prediction For 2026 – BeInCrypto
4. Fed Cuts Rates, But Signals Major Trouble Ahead for 2026 – BeInCrypto
5. Terra Founder Do Kwon Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison
6. Solana Lending Markets Surge as Network Positions for Trillion-Dollar DeFi Future: Redstone
7. REGULATION | The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) Clears National Banks to Act as Intermediaries in Crypto Transactions
8. INTRODUCING | Global Fintech Giant, Stripe, Launches Tempo, a Payments-Focussed Blockchain for Stablecoins
9. Bitcoin stalled at $95k after a hidden Fed warning quietly derailed the post-cut celebration – CryptoSlate
10. Bitcoin liquidity is drying up in specific regions as a new “pay-to-exit” model quietly takes over – CryptoSlate
11. CFTC gives prediction markets leeway on data and record-keeping rules
12. Web3 gaming shifts to sustainability as confidence returns: BGA
13. YouTube Now Lets US Creators Take Earnings in PayPal’s Stablecoin: Report
14. Elliptic Flags Global Crypto Pivot as Banks, Stablecoins and Asian Hubs Take the Lead
15. Fixing crypto’s broken investor relations
16. Dollar dominance can’t be manufactured
17. Fed meeting to boost Bitcoin price ‘sharply higher’ than $92,000, analysts say – dlnews.com
18. How Fed meeting sets up Bitcoin to hit $220,000 price. ‘More decisively bullish’ – dlnews.com
19. YouTube taps PayPal to bring stablecoin payments to its platform
20. XRP ETF from 21shares goes live after SEC declares S-1 effective
21. 🇳🇬 Crypto regulation in Nigeria needs CBN, SEC alignment to succeed— Chike Okonkwo – Nairametrics
22. 🇳🇬 Naira extends decline, closes week at N1,454/$1 amid holiday demand pressure – Nairametrics
23. Hex Trust to issue and custody wrapped XRP to expand DeFi utility across multiple blockchains
24. Coinbase-incubated x402 payments protocol built for AIs rolls out V2
25. Bybit Unveils 2025 Global Crypto Rankings Report
26. South Africa’s Ezeebit Closes $2 Million Seed Round With Founder Collective to Scale Stablecoin Payments
27. Bitcoin Price Fights For $90,000 Despite Fed Rate Cuts – Bitcoin Magazine
28. Bitcoin Bulls Trim Near-Term Price Targets as BTC Demand Slows – Bitcoin Magazine
29. Ripple CTO Reacts to Solana’s XRP Integration
30. Crypto Market Prediction: Is Shiba Inu (SHIB) Dream Rally Ending? Ethereum Brutally Denied After Fakeout, Bitcoin (BTC) Not Giving up $100,000

That’s it for today’s crypto highlights! Which trade setup caught your attention? Share in the comments below 💬