Pre-market Surge: Hut8, a mining company, surged over 18% in pre-market trading after signing a $7 billion leasing agreement with Fluidstack.

Dec. 17 — Spot gold jumped more than 1% intraday, last trading at $4,345.40 an ounce.

Per Lookonchain monitoring, a BlackRock address has just deposited 74,973 ETH (valued at approximately $220.1 million) and 2,257 BTC (valued at approximately $197.6 million) into Coinbase Prime.

Bitget’s CandyBomb kicks off IR and THQ projects on December 17, with a total prize pool of 133,333 IR and 133,333 THQ. Users can earn up to 666 IR or 666 THQ each by completing designated contract trading volume tasks. Full event rules are published on the official Bitget platform. To participate, click the “Join Now” button to sign up. The event wraps up on December 24, 2025.

December 17 — Per BitcoinTreasuries, billionaire Steve Cohen’s hedge fund Point72 Asset Management has acquired 390,666 shares of MicroStrategy (MSTR), the firm known for its bitcoin treasury reserve strategy, in a transaction valued at approximately $65 million.

On December 17, blockchain infrastructure firm Uniform Labs announced the launch of Multiliquid—a 24/7 exchange protocol supporting tokenized money market funds, real-world assets (RWAs), and stablecoins. The company was founded by former executives from Standard Chartered Bank, Intesa Sanpaolo, and other financial institutions. The new protocol aims to let institutions trade around the clock between blue-chip tokenized money market funds and stablecoins, eliminating extended redemption delays and liquidity constraints while supporting USDT and USDC liquidity trading.

On December 17, Polygon Labs announced a strategic investment in Boys Club—a crypto culture media and creative agency—aimed at driving Polygon’s mainstream adoption in payments, stablecoins, and everyday financial scenarios through more culturally engaging content narratives. Founded in 2021, Boys Club is known for translating complex technology into humanized, humorous, and culturally resonant storytelling. It has built a broad community via newsletters, podcasts, and events, and has collaborated with partners including Coinbase, Sotheby’s, and a16z. The investment will not impact Boys Club’s editorial and creative independence; the agency will continue working with ecosystems like Base, Solana, and Aptos. Both parties plan to collaborate on event planning, narrative development for payments and stablecoin use cases, and social content strategy—all to strengthen the link between Polygon’s technology and real-world scenarios.