SoFi unveiled SoFiUSD, an ERC-20 Ethereum stablecoin designed for trading, settlement and consumer payments. Issued by SoFi Bank, N.A. and backed 1:1 by cash reserves held at the Federal Reserve, the token is presented as a way to remove liquidity and credit risks common to other reserve models.
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ETHGas has successfully secured $12 million in a seed token round to develop what it describes as Ethereum’s first blockspace futures market. This funding achievement coincides with Vitalik Buterin’s December 6, 2025 call for a “trustless on‑chain gas futures market,” which has reignited technical and market discussions regarding predictable transaction costs on the Ethereum network.
Ethereum has slid about 42% from its all-time high and market signals point to a defined zone where buyers are most likely to step in. The debate centers on whether current selling exhaustion will hold and trigger a recovery or allow a deeper capitulation.
United Stables has introduced its new $U stablecoin with native deployment on BNB Chain and Ethereum, creating a meta-stablecoin backed 1:1 by USD and other established stablecoins including USDT, USDC, and USD1. The token aims to unify fragmented stablecoin liquidity across blockchains while specifically targeting AI-driven and automated payment applications.
The blockspace trading platform, ETHGas, recently announced a successful $12 million funding round. This seed investment round was led by the venture capital firm Polychain Capital. The announcement comes shortly after Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, highlighted the importance of an onchain gas futures market.
Pi Coin fell 25% over the past 20 days amid growing investor outflows that on-chain metrics flag as substantial capital leaving the ecosystem. The move has pushed sentiment into “extreme fear” and left the token trading below key trend indicators, immediately raising the risk of further downside without renewed inflows.
Kyrgyzstan launched USDKG, a gold-backed stablecoin with an initial $50 million issuance and a 1:1 peg to the U.S. dollar, aiming to modernize cross-border payments and widen financial inclusion.
Bitcoin Price Prediction centers on a subdued short-term outlook as BTC consolidates near $86.000–$87.000, even amid a year marked by strong institutional accumulation under the “American Bitcoin” thesis.
Hut 8 has closed a historic 15-year lease agreement valued at $7 billion to expand its technological capacity in Louisiana. The Bitcoin mining company is diversifying its operations by partnering with Fluidstack and Google to develop massive artificial intelligence infrastructure to meet the demand of hyperscalers.
The ASTER market faces critical pressure following the unexpected capitulation of its most loyal investors. Recent data from analytics firm Nansen reveals that ASTER whales have drastically reduced their exposure to the asset, selling millions of tokens in the last 24 hours amidst price weakness.
