Crypto is fun because if you click buttons in the right order then your life becomes substantially better in every possible way and if you click buttons in the wrong order you become homeless and have to sell your car.

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🔄 $XRP shifts toward Solana

Solana hinted that the informal alliance between the Ethereum and XRP communities is coming to an end. The signal came alongside the announcement that $XRP is entering the Solana ecosystem.

What used to look like parallel camps is starting to realign. Solana is positioning itself as neutral ground, and XRP choosing to plug into that ecosystem is a notable shift in the broader L1 power balance.

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⏳ A historic date in Bitcoin history

15 years ago, on 12 December 2010, Satoshi Nakamoto posted his final message on the BitcoinTalk forum. In that post, he was discussing the risk of DoS attacks on the Bitcoin network.

After that, Satoshi continued limited communication with a few developers via email, but he never posted on public forums again.

The moment Bitcoin stopped having a visible creator and started standing on its own.

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⚖️ Do Kwon sentenced to 15 years over Terra Luna collapse

Do Kwon was sentenced to 15 years in prison for his role in the $40B Terra Luna collapse. The ruling came from the Southern District of New York and exceeded what prosecutors asked for.

The judge stated that Kwon knowingly misled investors about the risks and stability of the tokens. He pleaded guilty to fraud and conspiracy charges.

➡️ Prosecutors sought 12 years and seizure of more than $19M
➡️ Defense argued for a sentence of up to 5 years, blaming third party firms for amplifying the crash
➡️ Additional charges may still follow in South Korea

One of the biggest crypto failures now has a definitive prison sentence attached to it.

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🔽 The 10am manipulation is back.

Bitcoin dropped $2,000 in 35 minutes and wiped out $40 billion from its market cap.

$132 million worth of longs have been liquidated in the past 60 minutes.

This is getting ridiculous.

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The real key to success in both crypto and life in general is consistency.

The reason why many very intelligent people don't make it is that they doubt themselves too much and quit too early.

Consistency is what generally separates winners from losers.

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What losing $40m on memecoins does to a man.

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12 years ago

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Real

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Don't be after the money.

Be after the freedom that comes with having money.

Two very different goals.

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lol

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Your 20s is where you decide whether you’re gonna end up rich or broke.

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⚡️ Crypto Watchlist for the week

➡️ $LIGHTER - Lighter is rumored to launch its token this month, as Coinbase added it to its listing roadmap

➡️ $FOLKS - Folks teased the upcoming launch of xChain V2, which will introduce cross-chain vault-based DeFi loans

➡️ $JUP - Jupiter will launch its new stablecoin built in collaboration with Ethena this week

➡️ Base - Base will make a big announcement on Dec. 18 (maybe about its upcoming $BASE token?)

➡️ $IN - INFINIT will launch Prompt-to-DeFi, an AI-powered way to create DeFi strategies, on Dec. 18 for early users

➡️ $COIN - Coinbase is set to launch prediction markets and tokenized stocks on Dec. 17

➡️ $ARB - $19M worth of ARB will be unlocked on Dec. 16

➡️ Macro events - Bank of Japan is expected to hike rates this week for the first time in 11 months

➡️ $MNT - mETH Protocol, the liquid staking & restaking ETH protocol built by Mantle, will undergo a big upgrade on Dec. 15

➡️ MegaETH - MegaETH will open its mainnet to app builders this week

➡️ $BTC - Trump is expected to start interviewing candidates for the next FED chair next week

➡️ $SNX - Synthetix will launch its perps DEX on Ethereum on Dec. 17

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🔥 Forced sell or final shakeout? NMTD capitulates on HYPE

One of the most dramatic stories of December on Hyperliquid.

🗣️ NMTD is an OG holder and a public HYPE maximalist. For months he openly backed the token, broke down Assistance Fund buybacks, and argued HYPE could grow into a top 5 crypto.

What he did:

➡️ Pledged almost 1,000,000 HYPE worth about $27M on HyperLend, HypurrFi, and Felix
➡️ Borrowed BTC, ETH, and SOL against it
➡️ Added leverage on perps in the $36–42 range

It was a high risk bet that HYPE would outperform the rest of the market.

❌ The market disagreed.

When the health factor dropped to 1.05, the liquidation buffer shrank to about 5%. One sharp move lower and the position was gone.

📉 To survive, NMTD sold 312,000 HYPE in just 4 hours at an average price of $27.15. Roughly $8.5M. The proceeds went straight into debt repayment and saving the remaining position.

He survived. But lost around 25–33% of his original HYPE stack.

❓ The takeaway

Capitulation by large, highly convicted holders often lines up with local bottoms. When even the strongest hands are forced to sell, sellers start to run out.

$27 is the level where one of HYPE’s biggest believers was forced to tap out.

Is this the bottom? Maybe.
Or just a pause before more downside. The market does not owe anyone a clean narrative.

But if you were looking for a moment where pain peaked, this is one of them.

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