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  • IOTA token should be more closely linked to real use in 2026: Dom Schiener

    IOTA token should be more closely linked to real use in 2026: Dom Schiener



    • Dom Schiener says in the last AMA of the year: IOTA is ready for production after “Rebased”, trading adoption counts in 2026.
    • Kenya to go on-chain in Q1 2026; the token should be more closely linked to real use.

    IOTA founder Dom Schiener said at the end of the yearOR The goals for the next year were announced on December 18th. After the technical reset was achieved with “Rebased” in 2025, the focus should be on real adoption in 2026 so that IOTA comes out of the pure “market beta” drawer.

    “I am very satisfied with the new IOTA Layer 1 because I really believe that IOTA is one of the oldest Layer 1 projects today – but without any technical legacy,” said Schiener.

    “This is a big advantage because I can honestly say today: IOTA is ready for production. If we sit down at the table with a country today, I can say very confidently: We will get your millions of transactions per year or per month on the IOTA mainnet – without interruptions, without security problems and without these constant teething problems.”

    Schiener made it clear that the rebase decision did not come from “tech vanity,” but because the market had changed. “We realized: You no longer compete on technology in this market. You can no longer come up with nice-sounding words and say: ‘I am now zk-Layer 2′ or Omptimistic Rollup’ – no one cares about that anymore,” he said.

    “Today it’s about competing at the application level: about adoption and how much of it actually happens in a tangible way on the mainnet. And that’s exactly why we had to fundamentally change Layer 1,” said the IOTA founder.

    With Rebased, three things have come together: programmable Layer 1 smart contracts, full decentralization and token utility through staking. “With Rebased we finally have smart contracts directly on Layer 1,” said Schiener.

    “These smart contracts use IOTA tokens to pay fees and computing power. And we introduced the Move VM – so Move smart contracts run on IOTA Layer 1. In my opinion, Move is the most exciting language next to Solidity because it is more secure, more robust and at the same time not difficult for developers to learn.”

    On decentralization, he pointed to the final farewell to the coordinator and a growing set of validators: “Now the network is completely decentralized. We are at around 80 to 100 validators,” Schiener said. “And the really exciting thing is: you can now set up a validator yourself, secure the network – you basically just need infrastructure and a bit of IOTA stake.”

    Performance and scaling should underpin the “production” claim. “The network is incredibly fast – transactions are confirmed in less than a second, 400 milliseconds to be precise,” he said. “And it’s extremely scalable: we’re at more than 50,000 transactions per second that we can do.”

    He announced the “Starfish” upgrade for the beginning of 2026, which will be “even more performant, more resilient and faster”.

    IOTA In 2026

    Schiener openly said that IOTA deliberately does not follow the usual crypto playbook of memecoins, NFT hype or broad DeFi expansion. “About a year and a half ago we said, ‘We’re going all in on trading,’” he said. “We’ve scaled back almost everything else – including a lot of classic ecosystem development – and are focusing on trade because that’s where we saw the first real validation. That’s the area where we found product-market fit.”

    He describes TWIN as a product suite for trade digitization, tokenization, trade finance and stablecoin payments. “TWIN is essentially a product suite: Firstly, we digitize trade – we get rid of paper documents and put them in a digital form,” said Schiener. “We tokenize this data as assets so that it can be shared across borders. And that’s exactly where a blockchain like IOTA makes sense as a ‘single source of truth’: data is authentic, the origin is traceable, and it is tamper-proof.”

    The market is large enough to structurally support IOTA: “Cross-border trade accounts for a third of global value creation – around $30 trillion per year,” said Schiener. “This is exactly the kind of market where IOTA can be used and where millions of transactions per day can arise – through shipments, digital product passports, identities and payments. I want to be a supply chain guy – I don’t want to be a crypto guy.”

    Africa in focus

    Schiener cited the partnership with the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) as the strongest adoption signal. “In my view, this was the largest adoption case in the history of IOTA, and I am incredibly proud to be part of it,” he said. “After months of conversations and presentations, we were able to convince them that IOTA should be one of their partners on the mission to digitize commerce. This is exactly the vision we had ten years ago – and now it’s actually happening.”

    Operationally, it became concrete for Q1 2026: “Kenya will go live on the IOTA mainnet in the first quarter of 2026,” said Schiener. “Over the last year, we have digitized the flower trade in particular in a pilot phase. And now all commodities in Kenya will be switched on in the first quarter – then you can really say: Kenya is on-chain on IOTA.” Ghana is planned as the next step; Overall, he envisaged “three to five countries” as a realistic range for connections by 2026.

    Finally, Schiener addressed the token issue. Countries would operate their own validators and stake IOTA to ensure security and neutrality – and IOTA is working on linking the token more closely to the trade ecosystem. “One of the most important pieces of work we’re doing right now is: How does the IOTA token really participate in the growth of this entire trading ecosystem?” he said. “And if we reach even one percent of global trade, I want it to be obvious to everyone: That creates X amount of value for the IOTA token itself.”

  • Corey Haim’s mum slams Corey Feldman’s allegations her son molested co-star



    Warning: This text accommodates dialogue of sexual abuse which some readers might discover distressing.

    Corey Haim’s mom has hit again at Corey Feldman’s allegations that her son molested him.

    Feldman alleged within the documentary Corey Feldman vs The World that he was molested by Haim, his co-star within the 1987 movie The Misplaced Boys, Selection reports.

    Feldman claims that the molestation occurred whereas making the movie.

    Each Haim and Feldman rose to fame within the Eighties and rapidly grew to become younger Hollywood stars. They collaborated on profitable comedy movies, together with License to Drive in 1988 and Dream a Little Dream in 1989.

    Haim died in 2010 on the age of 38 from pneumonia.

    Feldman had claimed within the 2020 documentary My Reality: The Rape of two Coreys that they have been each sexually abused whereas they have been youngsters.

    Corey Haim and Corey Feldman in 1989 (Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Assortment by way of Getty Photographs)

    Feldman didn’t identify Haim on the time as an abuser, nonetheless, within the latest documentary, Feldman claimed he was ‘molested’ by Haim, who steered they ‘fiddle’.

    When Feldman requested what Haim meant, the late actor allegedly stated: “That is what, you recognize, what guys within the enterprise do, proper? You recognize, you suck one another’s d**ks, otherwise you f**okay round, you do that stuff.”

    Feldman claimed: “And I stated, ‘What are you speaking about?’ And he stated, ‘Properly, Charlie [Sheen] instructed me it was OK’.”

    Charlie Sheen has denied Feldman’s claims, and a spokesperson for the actor stated: “These sick, twisted and outlandish allegations by no means occurred. Interval.”

    Within the new documentary, Feldman claims: “I referred to as [Haim] and stated, ‘Come over.’ However you recognize, when you’ve got anyone that’s attempting to come back onto you sexually, and also you don’t need that, and you’re a child, and you’re scared, you do no matter you possibly can to cease it from occurring.

    “And that’s what was occurring. I used to be being molested by Corey Haim. Reality be instructed.”

    Haim’s mom, Judy Haim, has now criticised Feldman’s new claims in a brand new interview with TMZ.

    Haim died in 2010 (Frazer Harrison/Getty Photographs)

    She says Feldman is “creating one other misinform poison folks’s heads and hold himself related.”

    Haim’s mom stated ‘there isn’t a method in hell’ her son ever molested Feldman and emphasised that her son was a ‘one-woman man’ who was ‘not into males’.

    She stated: “Corey Feldman at all times talks about intercourse and blames my child for issues that he’s not right here to defend himself about.”

    Feldman beforehand claimed that each he and Haim have been victims of sexual abuse throughout their early Hollywood careers as youngsters by males within the leisure business.

    Former actor Dominick Brascia, who was shut with Haim, alleged that Sheen, aged 19, sexually assaulted Haim, aged 13, on set of the 1986 movie Lucas.

    A spokesperson for Sheen told PEOPLE that he ‘completely denies the declare’.

    LADbible has approached Feldman’s representatives for remark.

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  • Digital identities: Bundesdruckerei and SPRIND create the basis for EUDI-Wallet

    Digital identities: Bundesdruckerei and SPRIND create the basis for EUDI-Wallet



    • The Federal Agency for Leap Innovations SPRIND and the Bundesdruckerei are jointly developing the federal government’s “Person Identification Data” project.
    • It will serve as the core system for the EU Digital Identity Wallet. The EUDI wallet is intended to enable secure, trustworthy online transactions across the EU.
    Die EU Digital Identity Wallet (EUDI Wallet) is a digital wallet for smartphones that is intended to work across the EU. It is intended to be used by EU citizens to store ID cards, driving licenses, certificates, etc., and to make them presentable at any time on online services from authorities, banks and other institutions.
    https://www.digitale-verwaltung.de/Webs/DV/DE/digitale-identitaeten/eidas-2-0/eidas-2-0.html
    It will thus provide impetus for further digitalization of the economy and administration and strengthen the European internal market.
    Dr. Claudia Thamm, Senior Vice President Public Sector & Business Development at Bundesdruckerei, sums it up like this:
    “Together with SPRIND GmbH, we are successfully working on the digital future of Germany and Europe.”
    Dr. Daniel Fett, Product Owner Wallet Infrastructure bei SPRINTsays:
    “With the productive PID provider service, Bundesdruckerei, as an expert in digital identities and secure infrastructures, is implementing a core component for the German EUDI wallet system.”

    The background system creates a PID from the personal data stored in the ID card chip, which is transferred to the EUDI wallet on the respective user’s smartphone as an interoperable and legally secure digital core identity. The so-called online ID function already enables secure authentication on the Internet.

    In an eIDAS reporting process, the underlying national eID system met all requirements for the highest level of trust. This function is therefore also used by the PID provider service, so that the user’s personal data can be used to securely create a PID at any time.

    The PID provider service itself uses its own hardware security modules to issue the PID, which are specifically certified for processing highly sensitive data. The development results are made available as open source.

    New perspectives for owners, business and administration

    On this basis, holders of the EUDI wallet will be able to use their most important identity data such as first and last name, nationality, date of birth, place of birth and their registration address online for various purposes, such as applying for administrative services or opening a bank account. The PID can also be used as proof of age.

    In addition, wallet holders will be able to add further personal evidence such as certificates, qualifications or authorizations based on the PID in the future. This enables secure, automated and efficient transmission, including authenticity checks, of numerous documents in the 27 EU countries – from a driving license to online booking of a rental car to digital certificates for a job application via the Internet.

    Dr. Torsten Lodderstedt, lead architect of the German EUDI wallet project at SPRIND, emphasizes the wallet’s versatility:

    “SPRIND is carrying out the project to implement and introduce the EUDI wallet system on behalf of the federal government. We attach great importance to the fact that EUDI wallets will be trustworthy, user-friendly and universally applicable in the interests of their owners.”

    The EUDI wallet makes everyday contact with authorities and companies much easier – while at the same time controlling your own data: The EUDI wallet relies on hardware-based security, multi-factor authentication and data economy to ensure security and data protection.

    Through media-free, automated transmission, the ability of public administration to act is increased, while companies benefit from the efficient processes.

  • Study: Young Germans want Bitcoin – also for retirement provision

    Study: Young Germans want Bitcoin – also for retirement provision



    • A current study by the Stuttgart Stock Exchange shows a clear divide in trust in the financial industry.
    • Key insight: In Germany there are two completely different views of today’s private financial world.

    Die Study The Stuttgart Stock Exchange comes to the conclusion that there are clear differentiations in relation to Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies, particularly based on educational qualifications and income level.

    Trust in crypto and Bitcoin increases with education and income

    While every second person with a high school diploma is familiar with the German financial industry, only 33 percent of those surveyed without a high school diploma are familiar with it. The gap in income becomes even more drastic:

    Among high earners, 55 percent trust the financial market, while among people with lower incomes it is only 21 percent. However, KL could close the trust gap: those under 40 already regularly use Kl tools for their financial education.

    50 percent of 19 to 29 year olds see Kl as an important factor in financial decisions – among those over 60 the figure is only 12 percent.

    Crypto is the new gold

    For investors under the age of 39, crypto has already overtaken gold as a diversification tool: among 18 to 29 year olds, 24 percent are invested in crypto – mostly Bitcoin – but only 22 percent are invested in precious metals.

    The ratio is even clearer among 30 to 39 year olds: 27 percent crypto versus 24 percent gold investments. From the age of 40, the relationship reverses again.

    Perhaps the most surprising finding of the study: Crypto is increasingly being viewed as a retirement planning component. 48 percent of all respondents invested in cryptocurrencies see them as a long-term investment for retirement provision – only 37 percent use crypto primarily for short-term trading.

    54 percent hope for a long-term increase in value, 38 percent explicitly state that their crypto investment is for retirement provision. The image of cryptocurrencies has changed fundamentally, from a speculative object to a strategic portfolio.

    From the niche to everyday life

    Blockchain technologies are becoming suitable for the masses. Almost half of Germans assume that cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies will be part of our everyday lives in five to ten years. This expectation is particularly clear among younger generations: 67 percent of 19 to 29 year olds and 63 percent of 30 to 39 year olds expect this; among 60 to 70 year olds it is only 23 percent.

    Applications include pay-per-use models via blockchain – such as usage-based billing via smart contracts – cryptocurrencies as a means of payment in restaurants and online shops, as well as the tokenization of assets such as works of art or real estate, which makes even the smallest shares tradable.

    The study on this report was carried out by the market research institute Marketagent on behalf of BISON. The study is based on 2,000 online surveys with people between the ages of 18 and 70. The sample is representative of the German population. The survey period extended from August 29, 2025 to September 11, 2025.

    BISON is the Boerse Stuttgart Group’s award-winning crypto trading platform for private investors and offers reputable, fully regulated and user-friendly access to more than 50 cryptocurrencies and 2,500 securities.

  • ECB: Key interest rates unchanged – digital euro coming in 2026

    ECB: Key interest rates unchanged – digital euro coming in 2026



    • At the last ECB press conference in 2025, President Lagarde only briefly discussed key interest rates – and they will remain as they are for the time being.
    • Regarding the digital euro, which is due to come in 2026, she said the ball is now in the political institutions’ court because the ECB has done its job.

    The introduction of the is expected digital euro in the second half of 2026. This also corresponds to the planning for euro-backed stablecoins that fall under the European Regulation on Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA).

    President Lagarde said it is crucial to promote further integration of capital markets by completing the Savings and Investment Union and the Banking Union according to an ambitious timetable and quickly adopting the regulation introducing the digital euro.

    ECB press conference

    When asked whether the European Central Bank (ECB) could become a global model for assessing the importance of central bank digital currencies, Lagarde replied:

    “Our goal is not to be a role model. Our goal is to ensure that in the digital age there is a currency that represents the stability anchor for the financial system.

    Right now, that anchor is central bank money, which essentially has a material form: it’s the banknotes you have in your wallet. But in the digital age, it must be a digital expression of that sovereignty and a digital anchor to the purpose of the financial system we have.

    So that’s what we’re aiming for, in addition to making sure it’s user-friendly, cost-effective, fast, efficient and private, that it can work online and offline.”

    In the further course of the question time following the press conference, stablecoins were also discussed. They have gained significant traction around the world, but many experts see them as a threat to Europe’s monetary sovereignty and are calling for greater support for stablecoins. When asked about her position on this, Lagarde replied:

    “We are fortunate in Europe to have something called MiCAR. This is the legal framework within which instruments such as stablecoins operate, can be monitored and are considered secure. So we believe that an instrument that is compliant with MiCAR represents an alternative form of payment that has its advantages and could have a business case for those issuing stablecoins.

    Regarding MiCAR, however, Lagarde stated that the ECB was basically not responsible for it:

    “If it complies with MiCAR, if it is organized correctly, if it has the right one-to-one guarantee for users, then I don’t need to have an opinion. The regulators need to have a look at it, those who control that the reserve actually exists.”

    She also commented on the possible risks of stablecoins:

    “What worries me is the situation of the multi-issuance currency for stablecoins, because without going into the details of the structure, the reserves, the settlement mechanisms and the repayment mechanism in Europe, as organized under the MiCAR, will be exposed to other currencies under which the stablecoin is issued, which could pose a threat and a burden to the provisions of the MiCAR applicable in Europe. So I think that in this particular area we need to pay very close attention to what potential risks to that system itself and for the holders of stablecoins.”

    ECB board member Piero Cipollone once again commented on the digital euro. He pointed out a point that has generally barely been noticed by the public:

    “A digital euro can ensure the continuity of payments during cyberattacks or power outages that disrupt traditional banking infrastructure.”

  • Each celeb who seem in new Epstein photos as disturbing photographs launched



    A brand new set of pictures from Jeffrey Epstein’s property have been launched by the Home Oversight Democrats, and as soon as once more options a lot of well-known faces.

    Photos have been launched final week that confirmed Epstein alongside a lot of celeb faces, together with Woody Allen, Richard Branson, Invoice Clinton, and President Donald Trump.

    The brand new pictures embrace a lot of stunning images, with some exhibiting ladies with writing on them: extracts from the 1955 novel Lolita a couple of man’s sexual obsession with a 12-year-old woman.

    US lawmakers have been releasing sections of the 95,000 pictures they have been despatched by the Epstein property, although have clarified that not one of the photos have been supplied with context.

    Immediately (19 December) marks the deadline for the DOJ to launch the complete ‘Epstein Recordsdata’ after a legislation was handed in November which demanded the complete launch of the photographs and information linked to the disgraced financier.

    Listed below are all of the well-known faces and celebrities who appeared within the new set of Epstein photographs launched (Be aware: The pictures usually are not proof of any wrongdoing).

    Invoice Gates

    Invoice Gates is proven alongside a younger girl within the picture (Home Oversight Democrats)

    Co-Founding father of Microsoft and tech multi-billionaire Invoice Gates seems in two completely different pictures alongside younger ladies. Their faces have been redacted from the information to guard their anonymity.

    Gates is among the most high-profile names to have been included in earlier leaks of the Epstein information and as a single entry on the extremely publicised flight logs. False claims have unfold on-line that he travelled to the island ‘37 occasions’, nonetheless Gates has admitted publicly that he took a number of conferences with Epstein.

    Interviewed by Anderson Cooper in 2021 about his relationship with Epstein, he mentioned: “It was an enormous mistake to spend time with him, to present him the credibility of being there.

    “I had a number of dinners with him, you realize, hoping that what he mentioned about getting billions of philanthropy for world well being by contacts that he had may emerge… when it seemed like that wasn’t an actual factor, that relationship ended.”

    Invoice Gates’ ex-wife Melinda French Gates has pointed to his relationship with Epstein as an element of their divorce, saying: “I didn’t like that he had conferences with Jeffrey Epstein, no. I made that clear to him.”

    She mentioned she met with Epstein ‘precisely one time’ to see who he was and that she discovered him ‘abhorrent’, stating: “I regretted it the second I walked within the door… He was evil personified.”

    Attendees of a ‘Billionaire’s Dinner’

    Sergey Brin was additionally included within the launch (Home Oversight Democrats)

    A number of of the photographs look like taken from ‘The Edge Billionaire’s Dinner 2011’, an everyday occasion held by John Brockman. Brockman is a literary agent who began the Edge Basis, an internet journal which explores scientific and mental concepts.

    Images launched confirmed former YouTube CEO Salar Kamangar, Google co-founder Sergey Brin, and New York Instances columnist David Brooks. Although not included within the pictures launched by Home Oversight Democrats, Elon Musk and Steve Bezos additionally attended the dinner.

    Bezos has not been alleged to have any hyperlinks to Epstein and, while Musk was included in a single entry of the Epstein information launched earlier this 12 months, he denied visiting the island and mentioned the financier was ‘clearly a creep’.

    A Instances spokesperson launched an announcement saying: “As a journalist, David Brooks often attends occasions to talk with famous and vital enterprise leaders to tell his columns, which is strictly what occurred at this 2011 occasion. Mr Brooks had no contact with [Epstein] earlier than or after this single attendance at a widely-attended dinner.”

    Noam Chomsky

    He was pictured alongside Epstein within the pictures (Home Oversight Democrats)

    The general public mental, creator, and professor typically generally known as ‘the daddy of contemporary linguistics’ seems in two pictures alongside Epstein on his personal aircraft.

    Beforehand Chomsky had said that his relationship with the financier, who was arrested on fees of intercourse trafficking of minors earlier than his dying, went so far as him serving to Chomsky and his late-wife switch cash.

    He informed the Wall Avenue Journal beforehand that they’d additionally often meet to debate tutorial and political issues.

    In emails launched in November of this 12 months nonetheless, Chomsky said that it was a ‘most precious expertise’ to be in ‘common contact’ with Epstein.

    These emails additionally confirmed that they have been shut sufficient to be often talk about music and potential trip spots. He wrote an undated letter of help for Epstein, saying: “I met Jeffrey Epstein half a dozen years in the past. We now have been in common contact since, with many lengthy and infrequently in-depth discussions a couple of very wide selection of subjects, together with our personal specialties {and professional} work, however a bunch of others the place we have now shared pursuits. It has been a most precious expertise for me.”

    David Blaine, Steve Bannon, and Woody Allen

    Blaine is proven on the left, with Allen additionally attending the identical dinner (Home Oversight Democrats)

    Magician David Blaine has by no means spoken about his connection to Jeffrey Epstein, however has been a long-reported title from leaked flight logs and emails. Blaine carried out a personal present for Epstein in 2003 additionally attended by an assist for Invoice Clinton and Google co-founder Sergey Brin. He’s proven in a single picture performing for Epstein, Woody Allen, and others.

    Woody Allen spoke out in help of Epstein up to now, saying that he ‘by no means, ever, noticed Jeffrey with underage women’. Allen and his spouse, his former adopted daughter, Quickly-Yi Previn, have been neighbours with Epstein and would often go for dinner with him.

    When requested in a New York Instances interview whether or not he regretted his dinners after the revelations of Epstein’s horrific crimes, he mentioned: “Nicely, I’m a author, so I don’t get delay. These dinners have been fascinating and when it was all uncovered, it turns into attention-grabbing to a author, as a result of then you definately’re coping with a type of nefarious character in your doorstep.”

    Political strategist Steve Bannon is one other face to have appeared in each units of releases of pictures from Epstein’s property, claiming that previous to his dying he was engaged on a movie in regards to the disgraced financier. He has roughly 15 hours and mentioned earlier this 12 months: “We’ll launch the movie, the five-part sequence, subsequent 12 months – early subsequent 12 months.” Leaked messages from the BBC indicate nonetheless that their relationship was far nearer than he has urged, saying he was nearer to Epstein’s ‘private assistant’.

  • Bitcoin analysis: This is what will matter in the next few days

    Bitcoin analysis: This is what will matter in the next few days



    • US inflation data triggered a Bitcoin rally to almost $89,500, followed by a quick pullback and rebound.
    • Dealer gamma, the ETF cost base around $83,800 and sales from long-term holders will be key factors for the next few days.

    The Bitcoin price has been on another wild rollercoaster ride in the past 24 hours. After surprisingly positive inflation data was released in the US yesterday afternoon, BTC initially rallied to $89,477, only to fall to $84,481 within four hours (-4.5%).

    However, what followed was just as surprising: at the time of writing, BTC recorded four green 4-hour candles in a row and was able to recover to $88,165.

    These are the experts’ assessments of what matters now.

    Inflation data creates a roller coaster ride for Bitcoin

    The US inflation rate (YoY) was reported at 2.7% for November – lower than the previous month (3.0%) and at the same time below expectations of 3.1%. Core inflation was also expected at 3.0% but actually fell to 2.6%.

    The subsequent Bitcoin sell-off may also have been encouraged by the fact that many market observers publicly questioned the reliability of the CPI calculation due to data collection gaps and estimates caused by the shutdown, which quickly dampened the initial euphoria.

    CryptoQuant analyst Axel Adler Jr. ranked the inflation rates via X as follows: “This is not a consistently bullish signal. It is positive for risk assets, but not enough to clear all risk-off warning flags. At its core, it is support, not a trigger.”

    Meanwhile, supply-demand dynamics in the Bitcoin market appear to continue to be the driving force. Glassnode Researcher Chris Beamish writes about the supply pressure from long-term holders via X:

    “Long-term BTC holders continue to sell and increase their sales, sustainably increasing supply in the market.”

    Bitcoin Long-Term Holder Net Position Change
    Bitcoin Long-Term Holder Net Position Change, Quelle: X @ChrisBeamish_

    At the same time, Beamish sets a clear price that should definitely be defended by the bulls: “US spot Bitcoin ETFs now hold an average cost base near $83,800, with BlackRock and Fidelity slightly below. It will be interesting to see whether this cost base is defended.”

    BTC: Average Cost Basis of US Spot ETF Deposits
    BTC: Average Cost Basis of US Spot ETF Deposits, Quelle: Glassnode

    What’s next for Bitcoin?

    CryptoQuant Analyst Markunn refers Meanwhile, on a recurring pattern that is relevant for today’s trading day: “Fridays have not been kind to Bitcoin recently. The most recent Friday price action was consistently rather bearish.” As the chart below shows, the Bitcoin price fell on each of the last five Fridays.

    Bitcoin price on the last Fridays (yellow)
    Bitcoin price on the last Fridays (yellow) | Source: X @JA_Maartun

    David Eng provides a medium-term roadmap via X. Seine These: By December 26th, a large portion of the gamma structure will be mined in Bitcoin’s options market. We are facing a “double” liquidity event that will wipe out 67% of all derivatives trading by December 26th.

    “Tomorrow, $128 million worth of gamma contracts expire (21% of the total), removing the immediate drag that keeps us below $90,000,” writes Eng, who further argues: “Watch the $90,616 flip level. If we cross that level, the intraday shackles fall away.”

    But the even more important day will be next Friday, December 26th. $287 million in Gamma expires next week. “An incredible 46.2% of all traders’ gamma exposures occur in this one day,” said Eng.

    Why this is important? According to Eng, the dynamics of the options market are more important than the focus on the US spot ETF market. “Trader gamma forces are currently about 13 times stronger than ETF flows,” Eng points out. “Traders ~$507.6M vs. ETF ~$38M. This is why the market follows technical gamma levels ($85,000/$90,000) and ignores ETF volume.”

  • Russell Model assaults ex-wife Katy Perry’s relationship with Justin Trudeau



    Russell Model has addressed his ex-wife Katy Perry’s new boyfriend Justin Trudeau.

    The comic and political commentator, 50, was married to the ‘Darkish Horse’ hitmaker, 41, for 2 years from 2010 to 2012.

    Perry revealed to Vogue in 2013 that it was Model who ended issues through textual content.

    “He’s a really good man, and I used to be in love with him once I married him,” she mentioned on the time.

    “Let’s simply say I haven’t heard from him since he texted me saying he was divorcing me [on] 31 December, 2011.

    “At first once I met him he needed an equal, and I believe a variety of instances sturdy males do need an equal, however then they get that equal they usually’re like, I can’t deal with the equalness.”

    In 2016, she was courting actor Orlando Bloom, and after a quick breakup in 2017, they reunited and received engaged two years later.

    Russell Model and Katy Perry have been married for 2 years (Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic)

    After welcoming their daughter, Daisy Dove Bloom, in 2020, the pair known as off their engagement in June of this yr.

    A month later, Perry was noticed with Trudeau, the previous Prime Minister of Canada, on a date in Montreal.

    “They’re desirous about one another, however it’s going to take some time to see the place this goes,” a supply told Folks. “She is touring all over the world, and he is determining his life now that he’s not prime minister of Canada, however there’s an attraction. They’ve loads in frequent.”

    The pair made their public debut in October at a cabaret present to have fun her birthday, earlier than going Instagram official earlier this month.

    Model addressed his ex-wife’s new boyfriend Justin Trudeau (Instagram/@katyperry)

    On Thursday (18 December), Model determined to carry up his ex’s new companion at a Turning Level USA occasion in Phoenix.

    Whereas addressing the gang, he mentioned: “Look, Katy Perry, I used to be married to her. I like her nonetheless, and I’m glad that her mother’s within the room to listen to me say this, however look.

    “I used to be okay with Orlando Bloom, however Justin Trudeau? Come on, man! Don’t put me in a class with that man! That globalist stooge.”

    Perry mentioned Model divorced her over textual content (Anthony Harvey/Getty Pictures)

    Earlier this yr, the British actor was charged with 5 counts of assault and rape from allegations stemming from 4 girls.

    Model pled ‘not responsible’ and denied the allegations on his YouTube channel in September, saying: “I’ve acquired two extraordinarily disturbing letters, or a letter and an e mail, one from a mainstream media TV firm, one from a newspaper, itemizing a litany of extraordinarily egregious and aggressive assaults.

    “However amidst this litany of astonishing, reasonably baroque assaults, are some very severe allegations that I completely refute.”

  • Corey Feldman says co-star Corey Haim ‘molested him’ while making The Misplaced Boys



    Warning: This text comprises dialogue of sexual abuse which some readers could discover distressing.

    The actor Corey Feldman has alleged in a brand new documentary titled Corey Feldman vs The World that he was molested by Corey Haim, his co-star on The Misplaced Boys, Selection reports.

    Feldman had beforehand claimed within the 2020 documentary My Fact: The Rape of two Coreys that each of them had been sexually abused whereas they have been youngsters.

    On the time, he didn’t title Haim, who died in 2010 on the age of 38, as an abuser, however within the new documentary, he claimed that Haim advised they ‘fiddle’.

    Feldman says he requested what that meant, and alleged that Haim instructed him: “That is what, you already know, what guys within the enterprise do, proper? You already know, you suck one another’s d**ks, otherwise you f**ok round, you do that stuff.”

    Corey Feldman claimed he was ‘molested’ by Corey Haim (Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Assortment by way of Getty Photographs)

    The actor stated he requested ‘what are you speaking about’, and alleges that Haim then stated ‘Charlie [Sheen] instructed me it was okay’.

    Feldman had beforehand alleged in My Fact: The Rape of two Coreys that Haim instructed him he had been raped by Charlie Sheen on the set of the movie Lucas, and the allegation had first been made in 2017.

    PEOPLE reported that the preliminary declare had been made by the actor Dominick Brascia.

    A spokesperson for Charlie Sheen had denied the allegations, saying: “These sick, twisted and outlandish allegations by no means occurred. Interval.

    “I’d urge everybody to think about the supply and skim what his mom Judy Haim has to say.”

    An e mail despatched to Sheen’s publicist from Judy Haim and seen by The Wrap stated: “I really feel that this can be a enormous accusation with none proof and with out my child being right here to defend himself.”

    Haim died in 2010, Feldman had beforehand stated that they had each been abused in Hollywood however that is the primary time he claimed Haim had abused him (Frazer Harrison/Getty Photographs)

    Talking on Corey Feldman vs The World, Feldman claimed he knew what Haim needed however ‘set it up’ and invited him over.

    He stated: “I referred to as [Haim] and stated, ‘Come over.’ However you already know, when you’ve got any individual that’s attempting to come back onto you sexually, and also you don’t need that, and you’re a child, and you’re scared, you do no matter you’ll be able to to cease it from taking place.

    “And that’s what was taking place. I used to be being molested by Corey Haim. Fact be instructed.”

    Earlier than the most recent documentary Feldman had not named Haim as an alleged abuser, having beforehand stated that he was abused by figures in Hollywood for years.

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  • What the sexiest girl alive immediately seems to be like, in keeping with science



    A brand new survey which claims to have nailed down what the sexiest girl alive seems to be like has give you a transparent checklist of standards.

    Clearly, you should not decide your self towards some splendid commonplace of magnificence or really feel such as you’re not measuring up towards the supposed beliefs of the day.

    Makes an attempt to make use of science to see which individual has essentially the most good face have basically demonstrated that whereas some well-known folks look very enticing, not even they’ll get an ideal rating on what folks are supposed to discover most interesting to have a look at.

    As for this newest survey, PlayersTime studied the Maxim’s Sexiest Ladies lists from 2016 by means of to 2025 in an effort to get info on the entire traits thought of to be statistically most tasty.

    In line with them, the sexiest girl alive statistically has brown eyes, lengthy brown hair, and a coronary heart formed face.

    Does anybody really look identical to this? (PlayersTime)

    Apparently she is ‘darkish featured’, stands at 172cm tall, and most probably has some form of tattoo someplace on her physique.

    Their analysis of the ‘sexiest girl’ lists suggests she will likely be slim and most probably not have had beauty surgical procedure.

    Sadly, for any of you questioning if somebody who suits this description may find yourself in your life, she’s possible additionally married, as a majority of the individuals who’d made it onto Maxim’s lists and thus acquired judged by the survey had tied the knot.

    The likes of Dua Lipa, Hailey Bieber, Emily Ratajkowski and Shay Mitchell apparently come fairly near this checklist of standards, although as with different makes an attempt to discover a scientific reply to essentially the most enticing individual, there is not anybody who will get it spot on.

    And who would need that anyway, if everybody was making an attempt to look the identical the world could be some measure extra boring.

    The survey indicated that somebody like Lily Aldridge could be near the scientific splendid (Slaven Vlasic/Getty Photographs for Victoria’s Secret)

    PlayersTime mentioned: “By tracing the ladies featured in Maxim’s Sizzling 100 from 2016 to 2025, we see a captivating tapestry of latest attract unfold.

    “Names might change, developments might shift, however sure qualities stay magnetic: statuesque class, flowing hair that catches the sunshine, a assured presence, and that elusive mixture of youthfulness and class.

    “It makes one marvel: is sexiness merely a mirrored image of bodily traits, or is it the power, poise, and charisma a girl carries that actually captivates?

    “Throughout practically a decade of Sizzling 100s, one factor is obvious: whereas tastes evolve, essentially the most memorable girls exude a mixture of magnificence, confidence, and simple presence that retains tradition watching, speaking, and endlessly intrigued.”

    The singer Dua Lipa additionally comes near the factors (Wagner Meier/Getty Photographs for ABA)

    In addition they surveyed the qualities folks most like in males, as primarily based on the Sexiest Man Alive lists from Individuals between 2017 and 2025, with this 12 months’s winner being Jonathan Bailey, who is outwardly very near the scientific profile PlayersTime put collectively.

    He’s apparently no shorter than 183cm, with brown hair and brown eyes accompanied by a neatly trimmed beard and an athletic physique, and he has additionally most likely acquired some tattoos.