According to Austrian media OE24, two suspects have been arrested in connection with the robbery, murder, and car burning case of a 21-year-old Ukrainian heir in Vienna. Police stated that the victim was allegedly lured by compatriots to a hotel underground garage due to his possession of a large amount of crypto assets, where he was beaten and forced to hand over passwords to two wallets. The assets were then believed to have been transferred. The suspects placed him in a Mercedes, set the car on fire in a suburban area, and then fled back to Ukraine, where they have now been arrested and the

Wu said that Delphi Digital stated on X that the Federal Reserve will cut rates by another 25bp in December, bringing the federal funds rate to around 3.5%—3.75%. The forward curve is pricing in at least three more cuts by 2026, possibly reaching the low 3% range by year-end. Meanwhile, QT will end on December 1, the Treasury General Account (TGA) will shift to being drawn down, and the Reverse Repo Program (RRP) has been depleted, resulting in the first net positive liquidity environment since early 2022. The firm stated that by 2026, policy will shift from a "headwind" to a "mild tailwind."

Russian President Putin’s economic advisor Maxim Oreshkin stated that crypto assets should be included in Russia’s balance of payments statistics, noting that Bitcoin mining has become an “undervalued export project” for the country. Russian companies are using crypto for cross-border payments, importing goods, and selling mined coins for profit, which has a real impact on the foreign exchange market. According to data from Bitcoin mining company Luxor Technology, Russia accounts for nearly 16% of global hash rate, ranking second only to the United States. Sergey Bezdelov, chairman of the Russ

According to Wu Blockchain, Whale Alert monitoring shows that Circle has issued a total of 500 million USDC in two transactions on the Solana network in the past 10 minutes.

Wu Blockchain has learned that Uniswap founder Hayden Adams posted on X, stating that Ken Griffin and his firm Citadel are pushing the US SEC to treat decentralized protocol software developers as centralized intermediaries. He also criticized their argument that DeFi cannot achieve “fair access,” saying it contradicts the goal of open-source, peer-to-peer technology to lower the barriers to liquidity, pointing out a conflict of interest between traditional market makers and the open competition of decentralized finance.

Wu said that Columbus Circle Capital Corp I (NASDAQ: BRR) and Bitcoin financial services company ProCap BTC are expected to complete their business merger on December 5. After the merger, the company will be renamed ProCap Financial, Inc. and will continue to trade on the NASDAQ Global Market under the ticker "BRR". ProCap BTC has raised over $750 million from traditional finance and Bitcoin industry investors.

According to Wu Blockchain, the shareholders of Cantor Equity Partners have approved a merger plan with Twenty One Capital, founded by Jack Mallers. The transaction is expected to be completed on December 8. After the merger, the company will be renamed Twenty One Capital, Inc., and plans to list on the New York Stock Exchange on December 9 under the ticker symbol “XXI”. It is positioned as the first Bitcoin-native publicly listed company, aiming to provide Bitcoin exposure through the equity market and advance BTC-related business development.

YO today launched yoGOLD, the first on-chain gold yield vault for institutional users, based on Tether Gold (XAUt). By depositing XAUt into the YO platform, users can earn on-chain yields while holding gold tokens. XAUt is a gold token issued by Tether, with each token representing approximately 1 troy ounce of LBMA-certified physical gold, custodied in Swiss vaults. Previously, market demand for tokenized gold and related collateral/yield scenarios has continued to heat up.

Wu said that the Aave community has passed a proposal to set the USDS LTV to 0, remove its collateral eligibility, and increase the reserve factor (RF) to 25%, while also removing USDS from all e-Mode options. The reasons include declining yields and risk exposure brought by the issuance mechanism. MakerDAO founder Rune responded that the proposal misunderstands the lending methods of Stars from Sky such as Spark and Grove. If Sky’s transparency and scalability improve in the future, there will still be opportunities for USDS to be reapproved as a collateral asset and to promote wider adoption

Wu said that, according to SoSoValue data, yesterday (Eastern US time, December 3), the total net inflow of XRP spot ETFs was $50.27 million. The XRP spot ETF with the highest single-day net inflow yesterday (Eastern US time, December 3) was the Grayscale XRP ETF (GXRP), with a single-day net inflow of $39.26 million. Currently, the historical total net inflow for GXRP has reached $209 million.

WuShuo has learned that YZi Labs has issued an official rectification notice to 10X Capital, accusing it, as the asset manager of BNC (NASDAQ: BNC), of mismanagement, delayed information disclosure, and lack of governance. YZi Labs also threatened to abandon the previously promised BNB treasury strategy and shift investment to other crypto assets (such as SOL), which is a serious deviation from the strategic statements made during the July PIPE financing. YZi Labs is demanding that 10X provide a written commitment by December 5 to continue implementing the BNB treasury strategy, not improperly

Distributed systems testing platform Antithesis announced the completion of a $105 million Series A financing round, led by quantitative trading giant Jane Street, which also participated in the investment and will use its products. Other investors include Amplify Venture Partners, Spark Capital, Tamarack Global, and individuals such as Stripe co-founder Patrick Collison. Antithesis stated that its deterministic simulation testing can accurately reproduce complex failures, and Ethereum used its tools for stress testing prior to The Merge. (CoinDesk)

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has sent letters to issuers of highly leveraged ETFs, requesting that they fully address risk-related issues regarding proposed ETFs offering more than 2x leverage exposure (including some crypto products). Review of the relevant applications will be suspended until responses are provided. Named institutions include ProShares, which has already issued leveraged crypto ETFs. The SEC pointed out that highly leveraged products may amplify volatility and investor losses. Although there are already several tech and crypto-related leveraged ETFs in t

According to a CryptoQuant research report, Strategy (MSTR) established approximately $1.44 billion in reserves this week for preferred stock dividends and existing debt interest, signaling "preparation for a bear market." The institution pointed out that the current bear market started in early November and, if it continues, Bitcoin may fluctuate between $70,000 and $55,000 next year. CFO Andrew Kang stated that these USD reserves serve as a liquidity risk control tool and will continue to be replenished when mNAV>1. At the current BTC price of around $92,700, the company can maintain operati

Wu said that the Ethereum mainnet has successfully completed the Fusaka upgrade and achieved finality. Fusaka is an important step on Ethereum's scaling roadmap: it improves L1 performance, expands blob capacity, enhances rollup cost efficiency, and brings UX improvements. It also introduces the Blob Parameter Only (BPO) fork mechanism, which allows for safely increasing blob capacity when rollup demand rises. It is understood that Consensys has stated that Ethereum now plans to shift from "one upgrade per year" to an accelerated development pace of "two hard forks per year."

WuShuo has learned that Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin stated on X that several “hard rules” have been introduced to improve protocol security and future adaptability: in 2021, EIP-2929/3529 increased storage read costs and reduced gas refunds; in 2024, Dencun weakened SELFDESTRUCT; in 2025, a single transaction gas limit will be set at 16,777,216. He also proposed future directions: setting a cap on the number of code bytes accessible per transaction, imposing limits and repricing for ZK-EVM prover cycles, and adjusting memory pricing to clarify the EVM's maximum memory consumption limit