Three of Sam Bankman-Fried's top lieutenants atop the former FTX empire — Caroline Ellison, Gary Wang and Nishad Singh — agreed to consent judgments. What to know : The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said it's resolved its cases against three of the top figures in the FTX collapse, including Alameda Reserve CEO Caroline Ellison. The former FTX executives will face certain limits on their professional lives under the agreements, assuming their approved in court.

The Federal Reserve is advancing a "slimmed down" master account program for cryptocurrency banks. （Decrypt）

Coinbase announced that zkPass (ZKP) spot trading will be officially launched on December 19, 2025. If the liquidity conditions are met, the ZKP-USD trading pair will be opened in the support area later today. ZKP's current market value is approximately $25 million, and trading services are limited to supported jurisdictions only. （BWEnews）

In 2025, cryptocurrency hackers stole a total of $3.4 billion, with nearly 70% of the losses related to three major hacking attacks, including the $1.5 billion attack on Bybit. （Cointelegraph）

According to AiCoin's real-time on chain monitoring, from 00:56-01:55 (UTC+8) today, the "pension whale (pension usdt. eth)" once again placed multiple ETH positions, with a total of 20038 ETH and a value of $59.58 million. As of the time of writing, the value of its ETH long position is as high as $88.96 million, with a floating loss of $245500. Whale Address: 0x0ddf9bae2af4b874b96d287a5ad42eb47138a902