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🍑 Arthur Hayes Says Altseason Never Disappears
Hayes says altseason always exists and if you keep saying it’s dead that just means you didn’t hold the coins that pumped. Altseason happened you just weren’t invited
Sometimes the market moves without asking your permission 🤡
🤖 AI Put in Charge of a Vending Machine
Claude was allowed to run a vending machine until humans discovered the oldest exploit social engineering. The bot happily gave away PS5s wine and even fish just for being nice
Turns out the first thing humans teach AI is how to be scammed 🕵️♀️
💰 Hackers Stole $3.4B in Crypto in 2025
In 2025, hackers took $3.4B in crypto. Nearly 70% of the losses came from 3 major incidents, including Bybit hack ($1.5B). North Korean hackers remain the biggest threat, stealing $2B this year, totaling $6.75B since 2022
Crypto's worst enemies are still lurking 👮
⌨️ Gate squeezing maximum effect into three bullets:
🔼Tronbank (TBK) first launch - 500,000 TBK raining via CandyDrop
🔼Points Treasure Hunt #33 - limited-time CYS rewards for professional clickers
🔼Kodiak (KDK) Launchpad - nearly $90M subscribed in 24h, FOMO fully engaged
Gate drops. CT uses. Numbers go up 💸
😶 Do Kwon Could Face 45 Years Total
If extradited to South Korea, prosecutors say Do Kwon could get 30+ more years. That’s on top of the 15-year sentence already given in the US
From crypto king to lifetime sentences 😢
👀 UK Plans Full Crypto Oversight by 2027
UK Treasury is drafting rules to put crypto under FCA control starting 2027. They also want to ban political donations made in crypto
Regulation season coming to Britain 🤙
🥇 Top Crypto Gainers & Losers: Friday, December 19
📈 Top Gainers:
The Official 67 Coin (67) +98.2%
Resolv (RESOLV) +44.4%
Bitlight (LIGHT) +43.2%
📉 Top Losers:
The American Dream (DREAM) -64.1%
Audiera (BEAT) -30.9%
BurnedFi (BURN) +13.5%
🎮 Fake Game Wipes Out Eight Years of Crypto Savings
A Singapore investor and RektSurvivor founder lost all his crypto after installing a fake online game found on Telegram. Even after antivirus alerts system cleanup and a full Windows reinstall attackers drained every browser wallet within a day
Fourteen thousand dollars gone without seeds clicks or approvals just one bad download 🕺
💻 Ex-PumpFun Dev Gets 6 Years in Prison
A former PumpFun developer was sentenced to 6 years in the UK. He abused his position and stole ~$2M worth of SOL
Inside job, outside consequences 😏
😢 Tether CEO: AI Bubble Is the Biggest Risk for BTC in 2026
Tether CEO says AI bubble could hit Bitcoin due to strong correlation with US markets. AI companies are overspending on data centers and GPUs. If AI hype flips negative, stocks drop and BTC follows. Good news: no 80% BTC crash expected. Institutions are building a stronger base
AI sneezes. Markets catch a cold 🥶
🪙 Solana Plans to Tokenize Everything
Solana cofounder Anatoly Yakovenko said that during the bear market they plan to move every asset on the planet onto the blockchain even the bears themselves
When markets go down tokenization apparently goes everywhere 🐻
🇧🇷 Brazil’s Stock Exchange Moves On Chain
The Brazilian stock exchange is set to launch a tokenization platform and its own stablecoin
TradFi keeps finding new ways to quietly become crypto 🤡
🚽 On the edge of Extreme Fear, we are at 25
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👏 Gate ending the week in full send mode:
🔼Kodiak (KDK) Launchpad Phase 5 - subscriptions blast past $110M, FOMO officially institutionalized
🔼ZKP, GUA & IR perps live - three new leverage plays unlocked at once
Building bullish one step at a time 😎
✏️ Hashed Says 2026 Will Be the Year of the Protocol Economy
Hashed says crypto is moving from hype cycles to a working economy where stablecoins become the payment layer AI agents become real market participants and on chain flows matter more than narratives. They call 2025 the grow up moment when execution beats ideas and see RWA plus private credit as the bridge to the real world
Less casino more infrastructure that actually has users 🧩
📉 Bitcoin Less Volatile Than Nvidia Stocks
In 2025, Bitcoin’s volatility dropped below that of Nvidia stocks. BTC ranged from $75K to $126K - a 68% move. Nvidia saw a 120% swing between $94 and $207. Bitwise attributes it to Bitcoin maturing, more institutional investors, and ETF capital inflows. This trend is expected to continue into 2026
Bitcoin’s calming down 😭
📊 Coinbase CEO Tests Prediction Markets Himself
The bald guy from Coinbase is personally testing prediction markets and stock trading inside the Coinbase app just one day after the feature launched in the US
When the CEO is the first beta user you know they want screenshots not excuses 😱
💳 Visa Launches a Stablecoin Advisory Unit
Visa is rolling out a consulting division focused on stablecoins after already piloting a service that lets companies send stablecoin payments to crypto wallets straight from fiat accounts
Looks like stablecoins just graduated from experiment to enterprise 🧾
⌨️ We are still in Extreme Fear, but 20 today
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Gate closing the year with a lot of updates:
🔼2025 Year-End Summary - your entire trading arc, compressed into one emotional recap
🔼Dr. Han on layoffs - exchanges that survive by firing people won’t survive long
🔼Dr. Han on transparency - no audit readiness, no long-term story. Period
🔼VIP Airdrop Carnival + Super Friday - exclusive dopamine for the upper tiers
🔼Kodiak (KDK) Launchpad Phase 5 - subscriptions open, APR hunters deployed
🔼Points Airdrop #129 - claim 0.6 or 2 GT, muscle memory still undefeated
🔼TradeTide (TTD) spot launch - fresh ticker unlocked for overtrading
🔼Convert Bonus Phase 2 + IR airdrop - new users bribed efficiently
🔼Research update - market repair > market euphoria, patience required
🔼BountyDrop x SCOR - another airdrop side quest activated
🔼Futures Points Airdrop #46 - >$30 per user, faucet refuses to close
🔼Gate Swap GM pool - 3M GM live, daily airdrops for showing up
Gate reflects. CT uses. 2025 ends exactly how it began 🏃♂️
🌍 Marshall Islands Launch Crypto Based Universal Income
The Marshall Islands rolled out the world’s first basic income program paid in stablecoins with every resident receiving 200 dollars per quarter via bank transfer check or a government wallet
When social policy goes on chain before most countries even debate it 🌍
😎 Taiwan Seizes 210.5 BTC
Taiwan’s Ministry of Justice announced the confiscation of 210.5 BTC. A win in the fight against crypto-related crime and a flex from local authorities
Bitcoin up for grabs 😊
😢 $27.3M Lost After Multisig Key Leak
Multisig isn’t magic if keys aren’t safe 👉
💸 Bitcoin at 3 Million by 2035 Scenario
CF Benchmarks says Bitcoin could reach 2.95M by 2035 if institutional adoption keeps accelerating. Their base case puts BTC around 1.42M with a third of gold’s market cap while the bull case assumes Bitcoin overtakes gold entirely
From speculation to store of value the narrative just keeps upgrading 💎
🏦 JPMorgan Doubts the Stablecoin Trillion
JPMorgan analysts say they don’t expect stablecoins to reach a 1T dollar market cap forecasting total supply around 500 to 600B by 2028
Wall Street still drawing lines the market keeps stepping over 🔥
💸 Michael Saylor’s Aged Like Milk Tweet Turns 12
Exactly 12 years ago Saylor said Bitcoin’s days were numbered. Today his company Strategy holds 671 268 BTC making it the largest public Bitcoin holder on the planet
Crypto really loves a long character arc 🤴