Crypto news

The cherry on top? A tag to David Schwartz, Ripple’s CTO and the architect of the XRP Ledger, who’s currently playing the role of a stoic king, ignoring the chaos. 🧠👑

According to CoinGlass (because of course, it’s not official unless someone named CoinGlass says so), Shiba Inu’s spot trading volume on Kraken saw a meteoric 154% rise over the past week. Other major exchanges like Binance, Bybit, OKX, and Gemini are also jumping on the bandwagon, showing that maybe-just maybe-the spot buyers are trying to prop up SHIB at a critical support level while the rest of the crypto world is taking a nap.

This amendment, a veritable Houdini in the ledger’s constraints, abolishes the directory page limit. Why? Because the object reserve requirements, those silent sentinels of economic incentive, have already discouraged users from spamming the ledger with frivolous entries. Or so we hope. 🤷♂️

With the Fed meeting just a day away, the timing is chef’s kiss perfect for maximum chaos. 🌋 The crypto market? Oh, it’s watching with the same wide-eyed panic as a reality TV contestant waiting for the elimination ceremony. 🤑

Previously, on the fateful day of September 15, 2025 – yes, you read correctly, 2025 – Kusama declared that his silence was but a cloak, a shield against the chaos of the world, while secretly tending to his fiery personal quest, perhaps involving AI or some divine madness best left unspoken. The community, like battered travelers, waited with bated breath for him to return from his self-imposed exile.

On the ever-insightful X (formerly known as Twitter-and no, that name won’t make you any wiser), CME announced via a tweet on December 8: “Just 7 days until Spot-Quoted XRP and SOL futures launch,” accompanied by all the excitement one can muster without losing a tie or a spleen.

The anticipation for tomorrow’s decision hangs in the air like the tension before a quadrille-everyone chatting, yet nothing truly dancing.

Polygon’s very own Krishang Shah announced this in a not-so-humble X post, revealing the addition of three Fusaka Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs)-specifically EIP-7823, EIP-7825, and EIP-7883. These proposals are designed to make heavy mathematical operations as light as a feather, cutting down the gas consumption. Because, who doesn’t love saving a few bucks on gas?

With this stamp of regulatory approval, Circle can now offer regulated payments and settlement services across the UAE, expanding their empire in a region that’s experiencing a feverish growth spurt in digital finance infrastructure. Who said progress was slow? Certainly not the UAE!

Even Standard Chartered, that old fox in the financial forest, has joined JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, and Nomura in a chorus of “cut it, cut it, cut it!” after weeks of U.S. economic data that reads like a toddler’s scribble: messy, confusing, and probably edible. 🤷♂️