Bitcoin
BlackRock files managed Bitcoin ETF with downside protection
BlackRock filed for the iShares Bitcoin Managed Protect ETF, a new Bitcoin product designed to offer downside protection with an approximate upside limit.
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Marcus Feld
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Marcus Feld is CoinScoop's DeFi and on-chain analyst. He digs into L2 activity, stablecoin flows and protocol revenue, translating raw chain data into plain-English calls.
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Ethereum
JPM Coin is coming to public Ethereum
JPMorgan is bringing its JPM Coin, a dollar-deposit token, to public Ethereum, following its existing presence on Kinexys and Base networks.
Ethereum
Ethereum Magicians propose post-quantum steganography for P2P censorship resistance
Ethereum Magicians propose post-quantum steganography for P2P censorship resistance, targeting sub-MTU 0-RTT envelopes to address quantum-era privacy and censorship risks.
News
Lagarde puts a hard date on the digital euro’s legislative prerequisite
ECB President Christine Lagarde's IMFC statement sets an end-2026 legislative deadline for the digital euro, tying its launch to regulatory clarity and broader digital-asset coordination.
Analysis
LlamaRisk proposes Aave cap shifts across V3 and V4
LlamaRisk proposes Aave cap adjustments, expanding stablecoin capacity on V4 while tightening borrowing and supply ceilings on selected V3 assets.
DeFi
Aave V4 filings map a three-chain expansion
Aave is proposing V4 expansion across three chains, including a permissioned USAT-GHO module on Avalanche and tokenized SpaceX stock as collateral on Base.
DeFi
Aave proposes higher JAAA LTV and LT and lower caps for six assets
Aave proposes increasing JAAA's LTV to 87% and LT to 89% on Horizon, while separately suggesting supply and borrow cap reductions for six other assets across multiple chains.
Markets
Binance adds covered calls and cash-secured puts
Binance has expanded its Stock Options offering with Covered Call and Cash-Secured Put strategies, allowing users to sell contracts against shares or reserved USDC.
Markets
Binance supports FIL and IOTX upgrades, drops EPIC and QUICK
Binance supports Filecoin (FIL) and IoTeX (IOTX) network upgrades while delisting Epic Chain (EPIC) and QuickSwap (QUICK) across its services, with withdrawals for the latter ending December 28.
Bitcoin
Aave proposal would add native Bitcoin collateral to V4
A new Aave proposal seeks to integrate native Bitcoin as collateral in Aave V4 using Babylon's Trustless Bitcoin Vaults, allowing borrowing against 40,772 BTC ($3.32B).
