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Vanguard Group will allow bitcoin and crypto-linked exchange-traded funds and mutual funds to trade on its platform, reversing a policy that for years barred retail clients from accessing digital-asset products through the firm.
Starting Tuesday, Vanguard brokerage customers will be able to trade ETFs and mutual funds that primarily hold select cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin and other crypto, according to Bloomberg reporting.
The move marks a shift for the world’s second-largest asset manager, which has long argued that digital assets were too volatile and speculative for long-term portfolios.
The decision follows growing demand from both retail and institutional…
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The bitcoin price stumbled into December with fresh volatility, plunging 8% early Monday to the mid-$84,000s before clawing back toward $85,456 at the time of writing.
The world’s largest digital asset is now teetering at a key $85,000 level — a price band analysts say could determine whether the bitcoin price stabilizes or slides toward a deeper test of $75,000 in the weeks ahead.
The pullback extends a two-month downtrend that has erased more than 30% from Bitcoin’s October record highs. Over the past 24 hours, BTC traded between $91,866 and $83,800, with thin liquidity and a surge in forced liquidations accelerating the move.
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Law enforcement agencies in Switzerland and Germany have shut down Cryptomixer.io, one of Europe’s largest illicit Bitcoin-mixing operations.
The takedown unfolded between Nov. 24 and 28 in Zurich, with Europol coordinating cross-border support.
Authorities seized three servers, the cryptomixer.io domain, more than EUR 25 million in bitcoin and over 12 terabytes of data. A seizure banner (see below) now replaces the site. Investigators say the disruption will fuel new leads tied to ransomware groups, dark-web marketplaces and cross-border money-laundering schemes.
Cryptomixer launched in 2016. It quickly became a go-to service for cybercriminals who needed to hide their…
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Bitcoin fell below the $85,000 level on Monday as market sentiment weakened amid rising speculation over a potential rate hike in Japan.
Notable Statistics:
Coinglass data shows 266,362 traders were liquidated in the past 24 hours for $961.73 million.
In the past 24 hours, top losers include Zcash, SPX6900 and Celestia.
Notable Developments:
Trader Notes: Altcoin Sherpa expects Bitcoin to bottom somewhere in the $75,000–$85,000 range, the same high-volume region that supported price during the February–April 2025 correction.
He views it as a strong area for beginning long-term scaling, though warns the process may take time.
Daan Crypto Trades noted BTC is getting…
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The first full week of December kicks off with the market near all-time highs, software earnings ahead, and crypto trying to claw its way back into the holiday spirit.
December Begins with a Santa Claus Setup
It’s the first full week of December, and with Thanksgiving officially behind us, the market enters the final stretch of the year 0.6% from all-time highs. Sentiment remains stuck in Extreme Fear according to the Blossom Fear and Greed Index, creating one of those rare periods where price strength and investor psychology completely diverge.
That combination has historically paved the way for powerful year-end rallies. If seasonality holds and macro data doesn’t derail the trend, this…
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Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has reignited some discussion around Bitcoin, describing it as a “fundamental physics-based currency” grounded in energy.
Speaking on a recent podcast with Nikhil Kamath, Musk emphasized that Bitcoin’s value is tied to real-world energy expenditure, highlighting a distinction between digital assets and traditional fiat currencies.
“Energy is the true currency,” Musk said. “This is why I said Bitcoin is based on energy. You can’t legislate energy. You can’t just, you know… pass a law and suddenly have a lot of energy.”
The Tesla founder drew attention to the difficulty of producing and harnessing energy, linking it to…
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Republicans on the House Financial Services Committee have released a 50-page report detailing what they describe as a systematic debanking effort by Biden-era regulators, dubbed “Operation Chokepoint 2.0.”
While many of the findings — such as the Fed, FDIC, and OCC pressuring banks away from crypto through informal guidance, and the SEC’s “enforce first, make rules never” approach — were previously known, the report now places them squarely in the Congressional record.
The report identifies at least 30 entities that were effectively “debanked” through informal regulatory guidance and supervisory pressure. These businesses, the Committee claims, were forced…
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BitMine Immersion Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:BMNR) has doubled down despite the Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) crash, scooping up 96,798 ETH last week, saying the company is only “two-thirds” of the way to long-term dominance.
BitMine Steps Up Accumulation Despite ETH’s 30% Monthly Drop
Chairman Tom Lee said the company bought roughly $273 million worth of Ethereum last week, marking a 39% increase from its prior weekly buying pace.
BitMine’s combined assets — including crypto, cash and equity stakes — now total $12.1 billion, powered largely by what Lee calls the world’s largest Ethereum treasury.
The Block’s data dashboard shows BitMine’s ETH stack fell from almost $14 billion in October to…
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