A major market event known as the "10/10 liquidations" was characterized by a technical failure at Binance and a large whale, reportedly connected to the White House, profiting significantly.

The Mega ETH project revoked the token allocation of influencer ICOBeast after he publicly discussed how to hedge his locked position, which violated the terms of the agreement.

Stripe has chosen to develop its own Layer 1 blockchain called Tempo, with backing from venture capital firm Paradigm.

The competition to select the native stablecoin (USDH) for the Hyperliquid platform was perceived by some observers to be "preordained," with the winner decided in advance.

Coinbase acquired Echo, a company founded by crypto personality Cobie, for $400 million.

Bitcoin reached a new all-time high of $126,000 during the recent market cycle.

The prediction market platform Polymarket raised funding at a $12 billion valuation.

The prediction market platform Kalshi raised funding at an $11 billion valuation.

A speaker differentiates the Terra/Luna collapse from the FTX collapse, arguing that FTX involved direct theft of customer funds while the Terra/Luna mechanism was transparently flawed.

Do Kwon, the founder of Terraform Labs, was sentenced to 15 years in prison following the collapse of the Terra/Luna ecosystem.

As of November, Kalshi's annualized trading volume reached approximately $50 billion, a figure comparable to the amount wagered on FanDuel in 2024.

The prohibition on passing interest to stablecoin users, as stipulated in the Genius Act, is a major sticking point in the negotiations for the broader crypto market structure bill.

The Genius Act, the first crypto law enacted in the US, includes a provision that prohibits stablecoin issuers from directly passing interest earned on reserves to users.

As part of a deal with Coinbase, the company purchased a season of the "UpOnly" podcast for $25 million.

The Pump.fun token (PUMP) was sold in its ICO at a price of $0.004 and was trading at $0.0019 at the time of the recording, a decline of more than 50%.

Tether, Circle, and Ethena are considered the preliminary winners in the stablecoin market before the passage of the U.S. stablecoin law, the Genius Act.