Twain’s Take on Crypto Quips: A Weekly Tale

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Well, if it ain’t another wild whirligig in the world of crypto! You’d think a man could rest, yet this ol’ horse won’t stop. Regulators are strutting about with their iron gloves, and the markets are as jittery as a hound dog with his ears pinned back.

Here’s the skinny on what’s churning the digital stir about!

The Fed Cuts Its Rates, But Markets Yawn Like a Cat with No Ma’am’s Catnip

Now listen here, folks. The Federal Reserve, bless their hearts, trimmed the rates by 25 basis points – think wrenches in a set like. They got to a cozy 3.50%-3.75%. The markets had expected this quicker than you can say “Uncle.” Chair Jerome Powell, with his face as long as a storm cloud, called the skies ahead “challenging,” and, bless his soul, he was right. Bitcoin played peek-a-boo and jumped up before, then took a nosedive when the harsh light of day shone upon it.

Ripple and Circle Get Charters, Stirring Up the Old Pond

U.S. regulators just rung the church bells! They extended some mighty special charters to Ripple, Circle, and others, letting them waltz right into the Federal Reserve’s payment system. Can you believe it?

HUGE news! @Ripple just received conditional approval from the @USOCC to charter Ripple National Trust Bank. This is a big leap forward for $RLUSD, setting the gold standard for stablecoin compliance with both federal (OCC) & state (NYDFS) eyes peeping over the shoulder.

To the… – @bgarlinghouse on December 12, 2025

These changes, backstopped by the GENIUS Act, let them settle stablecoins all night long and save the banks a heap of headache. Critics, of course, are up in arms, shouting that it “could make being a bank as clear as mud.”

Terra Creator Kwon Gets a One-Fifteen

Do Kwon, the architect behind Terra’s hefty tumble, was sentenced to 15 years for pulling off what the judge called “a scam worthy of its own book.” Investors lost yests, making the term “crypto winter” as common as snowflakes, further chilling the market in ’22. Kwon sobered up and agreed to give up a neat $19.3 million.

CFTC Gets the Bits in Motion

The old CFTC says to coinrunners, “Why stop when you can go faster?” They’ve kicked open the gates, letting Bitcoin, Ether, and USDC saunter into the derivatives markets as margin collateral. This little jig shifts the dance of risk without popping the champagne.

Bank of Japan Gets Ready to Climb

A bunch of number crunchers now think the Bank of Japan will hike up its rates next year, maybe even touching 1% by tomorrow, if you squint hard enough. With inflation hanging around like a pesky mosquito, Japan might finally be ready to get out of its slippers.

YouTube Lets Creators Find Their Fortune with Stablecoins

YouTube now lets its workers get paid in PayPal’s PYUSD. “Why handle the stuff constantly?” pondered PayPal’s head of crypto, May Zabaneh. So, big tech just gives it a nudge and sniffs, without dipping their hands directly in the pixie dust.

Tether Ponders a Soiree with Juventus

Tether, loaded with greenbacks as a gold miner with a mule train of oxen, is looking to court Juventus. They’ve already borrowed a chunk of the place and now they want everything. If they go through, they’re ready to drop an eye-watering €1 billion for club footballer dreams, riding high on a windfall exceeding $10 billion.

XRP Hits a Jet Plane to $1B… Horsepower, That is

XRP ETFs are bursting forth faster than a hot air balloon, soaring over $1 billion in assets. It’s the quickest flight since Ethereum shimmied through the sky. Canary, Grayscale, and others bring this wind to the sails – Bobbing to financial birds sharpening eyes on every hidden nest of coin.

Coinbase Is Betting Big on Predictions

Coinbase is gunning to bring in some fortune-tellers, decked out with Kalshi’s magical cards, alongside their on-coming talk of tokenized stocks. Aiming at being an “everything exchange,” as co-founder Brian Armstrong dreams of, if not for now, surely for tomorrow.

New York Tinks with Crypto; Alphabet Value

New York figured out some laws for the digital back gardens. They’ll come online next year and won’t boss anybody around. Instead, they just pave the road straight and narrow so tokens and such can do their business, like trading hats at the county fair.

Bhutan Infant Steps with Gold on Solana

Bhutan kicked off a shiny new toy to store the boys’ bling: TER! It’s a gold-backed critter swishing and swirling in digital gold. It’ll hop into the Solana fountain on December 17, thankful to have the trusty DK Bank steadying it.

Gelephu Mindfulness City is launching TER, the unique token from beneath the Bhutanese mountain, on December 17, 2025. Built with Solana’s glory and stashed behind DK Bank’s fancy curtains, TER brings Bhutan’s “Treasure” into the light of transparency.

– @gmcbhutan on December 11, 2025

We’re Watching the Crypto Wild Winds Bluster and Blow

This week sees the crypto market stickpin still, casting wary eyes towards what’s making waves. The Fed’s rate cut stomped sour grapes, while Japan’s gearing up for rate ascents. Yet, the signals coming from Uncle Sam’s corner are smoothing things about a bit.

Suppose Bitcoin ever gets onto stable legs, then we might all catch our breath. But the world is ripe for surprises, leaving plenty for those brave enough to ride the whirligigs.

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