The Russian Central Bank is working on a new cryptocurrency regulation plan that will relax investor qualifications

December 23 — Per Arkham Data, Grayscale transferred ~616 BTC (valued at roughly $54M) to Coinbase Prime just 5 minutes ago.

On December 23rd, Gnosis Chain community operators announced plans to execute a hard fork aimed at retrieving funds lost in the Balancer hack. The funds are currently outside the hacker’s control, and all remaining node operators must take appropriate steps to avoid penalties. This action follows the November 3rd exploit of the well-known DeFi protocol Balancer, which resulted in over $120 million in losses.

**December 23rd Market Update: Precious Metals Rally to New Highs; Gold Targets Lifted to $6k (2026) & $10k (2029)** Precious metals extended their gains on December 23rd: - Spot gold currently trades at $4,489.6 per ounce, marking its 50th all-time high this year and a year-to-date rise of over 70%. - Spot silver broke above $70 per ounce today, hitting a fresh peak with a roughly 135% year-to-date surge. Wall Street independent research firm Yardeni Research raised its gold price targets today: it now forecasts gold to reach $6,000 by end-2026, and still expects the metal to hit $10,000 by end-2029. Separately, after China rolled out a new gold tax policy in November 2025 (which lifted consumer gold costs), upstream tax burdens on non-investment gold (e.g., jewelry) rose by ~7%—driving a short-term jump in retail gold prices. Shuibei, China’s largest gold-jewelry wholesale hub, has also adjusted its gold pricing labels multiple times, no longer distinguishing between “in

On December 23rd, the initial estimate of U.S. third-quarter annualized real GDP growth (inflation-adjusted) hit 4.3%—up from Q2’s 3.8% rate. This marks a strong surge in U.S. GDP growth, reaching its fastest pace since Q4 2023.

NEW YORK, Dec. 23 (CoinDesk) — Amplify ETFs has launched two new exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to give investors exposure to stablecoin and tokenized asset backers, plus cryptocurrencies. The funds are: - **Amplify Stablecoin Sharekhan ETF (ticker: STBQ)**: Tracks the MarketVector Stablecoin Sharekhan Index, holding 24 assets with primary spot exposure to XRP, SOL, ETH and LINK. - **Amplify Tokenization Sharekhan ETF (ticker: TKNQ)**: Focused on real-world asset digitization, it follows the MarketVector Tokenization Sharekhan Index and holds 53 assets. Both ETFs list on NYSE Arca.

December 23rd: U.S. Q3 Preliminary Core PCE Price Index (Annualized Quarter-over-Quarter) comes in at 2.9% — matching expectations of 2.9% and up from the prior reading of 2.6% (FXStreet)