Cloudflare has announced that the fix has been completed, and this incident has impacted several encryption applications.

On December 5th, Bitcoin mining firm Cango reported that it mined 130.7 BTC this week, pushing its total Bitcoin holdings to 7,033.1 BTC.

On Tuesday, December 5th, former President Trump publicly floated the idea that Kevin Hassett—Director of the White House National Economic Council (NEC)—could be a “potential Federal Reserve Chairman.” Current prediction markets had at one point pegged the probability of his selection near 80%. Hassett is known for being deeply dovish: he advocates aggressive interest rate cuts, holds significant Coinbase stock, is active in crypto policy discussions, and is viewed as a crypto community insider. Markets expect an earlier easing cycle and substantial gains for crypto assets if he takes office. BiyaPay analysts note that lower interest rates and friendlier regulation are bullish for Bitcoin, Ethereum, and crypto-related stocks, though volatility is expected to rise. Investors can use USDT to access digital currencies and crypto-related U.S. stock plays via BiyaPay, and should strictly adhere to diversification and risk control principles.

On December 5, Alliance DAO co-founder QwQiao posted on social media, noting that over the past few centuries, no technological revolution—from the steam engine to electricity and computers—has altered the long-term 2% per capita GDP growth rate. Consequently, he argued, it’s unlikely we’ll get rid of debt via artificial intelligence (AI) and robots; the printing press must keep running.

On December 5, Onchain Lens monitoring shows Matrixport withdrew 5,805 Bitcoins from Binance over the past 24 hours—valued at $468.17 million.

On December 5, a betting market entry on PolyBeats—titled “Will OpenAI release a new cutting-edge model before December 13?”—was created 5 hours prior. As of press time, its implied probability has surged from 45% to 91%. The market’s launch comes amid widespread rumors of an internal “Code Red” memo at OpenAI dated December 2. According to reports, CEO Sam Altman, responding to the challenge posed by Google’s Gemini 3, internally directed his team to “delay the ad and release the inference model next week” (scheduled between December 8 and 12). Internal assessments suggest the new inference model’s performance will be “ahead of Gemini 3.” While OpenAI officials have stayed silent on the matter, competitive pressure and rumors of internal ad delays have spurred widespread market speculation that a new cutting-edge model (such as the GPT-5 series or an inference-focused model) is imminent, targeting the December 13 deadline. Two top traders currently lead the “Yes” shareholding li

On December 5: Bitcoin treasury firm Stacking Sats Inc. announced it currently holds 25.69 BTC, per an official statement.