Polymarket is building an in-house market-making team that will trade against its own customers, mirroring a strategy used by rival Kalshi. The move comes as the New York-based prediction market prepares to resume U.S. operations after securing regulatory clearance from the CFTC. The platform has been recruiting traders, including sports betting specialists, for the new unit.

WisdomTree launched the WisdomTree Physical Lido Staked Ether ETP (LIST) on December 4, 2025, the first European exchange-traded product fully collateralized by Lido's stETH. The product debuted with approximately $50 million in assets under management and trades on Deutsche Börse Xetra, SIX Swiss Exchange, and Euronext in Paris and Amsterdam.

Cybersecurity firm Hudson Rock identified an infected device linked to suspected North Korean state-sponsored hackers in the $1.4 billion Bybit cryptocurrency theft in February 2025. The device was central to establishing infrastructure that supported the theft, with domains registered before the attack and used in phishing operations. The incident underscores sophisticated cyber threats targeting digital financial platforms and raises concerns about vulnerabilities in centralized exchanges.

Bitcoin trades near $92,536 after rebounding from $82,000, with miner reserves climbing to 1.8 million BTC between November 26 and December 5. On-chain data shows reduced selling pressure from mining operations. The asset faces resistance between $93,000 and $95,000, where a significant concentration of sell orders has formed.

Cryptocurrency analyst Miles Deutscher stated on December 4 that he assigns a 91.5% probability to Bitcoin having already reached its cycle low. His assessment draws on four factors: the market's resilient response to negative headlines, historical patterns during clusters of fear-driven news, a shift in capital flows from aggressive selling to stabilization, and improving global liquidity conditions.

Wallets holding between 10 and 10,000 BTC accumulated 47,584 BTC in early December, reversing a two-month selloff of 113,070 BTC between October 12 and November 30, data show. The accumulation has stabilized price action. However, continued retail buying may limit upside momentum compared to previous accumulation-driven rallies when retail sold while whales accumulated.

Bitcoin dropped below $90,000 after more than $200 million in leveraged positions were liquidated over a four-hour period. The decline coincided with the expiry of $3.357 billion in BTC options at a max pain point of $91,000. Analysts indicate that failure to hold support at $84,000 could extend losses toward $76,000.

A 2% valuation adjustment by Fasanara on its F-ONE tokenized private credit fund has highlighted vulnerabilities when such assets serve as collateral in DeFi lending protocols. The incident affected Morpho's curated vaults, where users borrowed against mF-ONE tokens backed by bundled SME loans. The private credit tokenization market has grown from $49,000 to $2.1B in 12 months, according to RWA.xyz data, prompting warnings about opacity and potential contagion risks in decentralized finance.