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Three of the top former executives at FTX and its affiliates have accepted final punishments from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as the agency resolves its enforcement cases connected to the exchange’s collapse, the SEC said in a litigation notice on Friday.As former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried continues his federal prison sentence on his fraud convictions, Caroline Ellison, the former CEO of its Alameda Research arm, is among those who agreed to consent judgements to resolve enforcement actions filed in 2022 and 2023, which still have to be approved in court. Others who signed the deals include Zixiao “Gary” Wang,…

The long-awaited Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, or CLARITY Act, is moving closer to passage, with a Senate markup expected in January, says White House artificial intelligence and crypto czar David Sacks.Sacks posted to X on Thursday that Senate Banking Committee Chair Tim Scott and Agriculture Committee Chair John Boozman had confirmed that the bipartisan crypto bill will reach the Senate next month. ”We are closer than ever to passing the landmark crypto market structure legislation that President Trump has called for. We look forward to finishing the job in January!” Source: David SacksThe CLARITY Act would define crypto securities…

AAVE Price Prediction Summary • AAVE short-term target (1 week): $240 (+35%) if $162 support holds • Aave medium-term forecast (1 month): $215-225 range by January 2026 • Key level to break for bullish continuation: $207.16 immediate resistance • Critical support if bearish: $162.29 (break could trigger drop to $147) Recent Aave Price Predictions from Analysts The latest AAVE price prediction landscape reveals a divided analytical community with targets ranging from conservative $178 to ambitious $240 levels. Most recent forecasts from December 18th show Hexn and MEXC providing modest targets around $178, suggesting minimal upside in the immediate term. However,…

ICP$2.8752 rose about 2.2% over the past 24 hours to trade around $3.01, reclaiming the $3 level after several sessions of consolidation just below that threshold. The move marks a continuation of the token’s recent recovery, with price action showing a steady series of higher lows, according to CoinDesk Research’s technical analysis data model.The push above $3 came after ICP held support near the $2.90–$2.95 zone, where trading activity picked up. Volume increased during the advance, although it did not spike to levels typically associated with strong breakout momentum, suggesting the move was driven by incremental positioning rather than a…

Circle Ventures has unveiled the Arc Builders Fund, a strategic initiative aimed at bolstering early-stage projects on the Arc blockchain, according to Circle Ventures. This move is designed to accelerate innovation within the internet economy by providing necessary funding and resources to promising ventures. Driving Innovation with Arc Arc, described as the Economic OS for the internet, is an open Layer-1 blockchain optimized for enterprise adoption. It offers features such as stablecoin-based gas and deterministic sub-second finality, alongside opt-in configurable privacy, to support real-world economic activities on-chain. The Arc Builders Fund aims to leverage these capabilities by supporting projects that…

One of the class-action lawsuits filed against the cryptocurrency-friendly Silvergate Bank in California is calling for claimants with ties to FTX or Alameda Research accounts.A group of investors asked Silvergate users who deposited fiat “into an FTX- or Alameda-related account” from 2019 to 2022 to submit claims for a settlement filed in the US District Court for the Southern District of California. According to the lawsuit, investors have until Jan. 30 to opt out or file a claim as part of a $10 million settlement that “resolves a lawsuit over whether Silvergate Bank, Silvergate Capital Corporation, and Alan J. Lane…

Generative AI has changed the economics of deception. What used to take professional tools and hours of editing can now be done with a few clicks. A realistic fake face, a cloned voice, or even a full video identity can be generated in minutes and used to pass verification systems that once seemed foolproof.Over the past year, I’ve seen evidence that deepfake-driven fraud is accelerating at a pace most organizations aren’t prepared for. Deepfake content on digital platforms grew 550% between 2019 and 2024, and is now considered one of the key global risks in today’s digital ecosystem. This isn’t…

Sora Financial Technologies (SFx) is revolutionizing the remittance landscape between Turkey and 14 African countries using USDC, Circle’s USD-pegged stablecoin. This initiative is aimed at simplifying and reducing the cost of money transfers for African students and professionals in Turkey, according to Circle. Streamlining Cross-Border Transactions Traditional remittance channels often involve high fees and lengthy delays, challenges that SFx co-founders have personally encountered. In response, SFx developed a money-movement app that facilitates seamless cross-border transactions akin to local transfers, leveraging the efficiency and reliability of USDC. The app allows users to hold US dollar value and convert it into local…

According to a new report from Delphi Digital, crypto platforms are quietly morphing into distribution layers for everything from trading and payments to onchain apps and yield. The “super app” vision that reshaped consumer finance in Asia is now colliding with Western UX preferences and clearer regulation, and exchanges are betting that whoever controls the primary interface will control the next wave of users.The aggregation era arrivesThe report concludes that crypto is entering an “aggregation era,” where the real power no longer sits with base protocols but with whoever owns the user relationship. In other words, the place where people first…

Kindly MD (NAKA), a health-care and bitcoin treasury company company, faces being delisted from the Nasdaq exchange after its share price failed to meet minimum listing requirements.The stock has closed below $1 for 30 consecutive trading days, and the company has until June 8 to lift it above that level for 10 straight days to avoid the delisting, it said in an SEC filing on Dec. 12.The company was bought in a reverse takeover by Nakomoto in August, which kept the KindlyMD name and changed the stock ticker. It owns 5,398 BTC ($466 million) and is the 19th largest corporate…