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Tether’s USDT stablecoin was part of a failed oil trade that reportedly cost a Polish energy giant $230 million in late 2023. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/usdt-payments-polish-energy-giants-failed-230m-oil-deal?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

The 114-page bill would change the tax treatment of crypto fees, stablecoins and lending while leaving existing reward-tax timing unchanged. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/us-house-crypto-tax-bill-mining-staking-reward-deferral?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Ethereum and Base are pursuing different account abstraction designs after talks failed, according to Ethlabs researcher Derek Chiang. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/ethereum-base-wallet-standards-collaboration-breaks?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Bitcoin short-term holders approached a full month in partial profit as analysis saw improving odds of an enduring bullish BTC price reversal. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/markets/bitcoin-short-term-holders-hit-30-day-profit-streak-as-bull-market-odds-improve-cryptoquant?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Tether froze $61.19 million across 10 Tron addresses in 2025 that prosecutors allege were connected to black-market Iranian oil proceeds. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/doj-61m-usdt-forfeiture-iranian-oil?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Solana raised its transaction size limit to 4,096 bytes, giving developers more room for zero-knowledge proofs and transactions with multiple signatures. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/solana-transaction-size-limit-4096-bytes-upgrade?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Banking groups also said the GOP’s final text leaves stablecoin reward loopholes, while tribal gaming interests warn that its prediction market provisions threaten tribal sovereignty. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/clarity-act-odds-fall-democrats-gop-final-offer?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

CoinEx said falling trading volumes and liquidity, along with rising regulatory and compliance costs, had exceeded “reasonable boundaries,” with withdrawals remaining open until Dec. 22. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/coinex-cease-operation-citing-significant-crypto-contraction?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Balancer cut costs and shipped new products after restructuring, but Marcus Hardt says v3 failed to replace legacy revenue as November’s $128 million exploit continued to weigh on adoption. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/balancer-eyes-wind-down-after-restructuring-fails-revive-revenue?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Some Democrats remain dissatisfied with the bill’s crypto ethics provisions and will be sending a counterproposal just hours before a key procedural vote. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/democrats-push-back-on-gops-final-clarity-offer-with-counterproposal?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound