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The Midnight Foundation, an organization dedicated to advancing the Midnight network, today announced a strategic collaboration with Google Cloud to advance privacy-first infrastructure development, and zero-knowledge technology as essential infrastructure for next-generation digital systems. Most public blockchains expose sensitive transaction data, rendering them unsuitable for privacy-critical applications that require regulatory compliance. Midnight was engineered specifically
Europe’s largest exchange operator is moving to put stablecoins inside its market infrastructure. The step is designed to push the euro closer to relevance in digital finance. Deutsche Börse Group said it will work with Circle Internet Financial to deploy the issuer’s euro- and dollar-backed tokens under the EU’s new crypto rulebook. The initiative also
ASTER’s rally has reversed sharply, with weak on-chain signals and bearish futures positioning pointing to potential downside ahead.
After softening its stance on cryptocurrencies, the new chairman of the US SEC is promoting a "minimum effective dosage" regulatory philosophy. This not only echoes Trump’s pro-business policies, but also includes plans to eliminate mandatory quarterly reports and allow companies to use semi-annual reports instead.
SBI Ripple Asia and Tobu Top Tours will develop a token-driven payment platform on the XRP Ledger, with applications in tourism, recovery support, and fan economies, targeting a service launch in early 2026.
- 07:38Data: Hyperliquid platform whales currently hold $4.507 billions in positions, with a long-short ratio of 0.87.According to ChainCatcher, citing Coinglass data, whales on the Hyperliquid platform currently hold positions totaling $4.507 billions, with long positions at $2.098 billions, accounting for 46.56% of the total, and short positions at $2.409 billions, accounting for 53.44%. The profit and loss for long positions is -$46.5935 millions, while for short positions it is $159 millions. Among them, the whale address 0x9eec..ab has taken a 15x leveraged full position long on ETH at a price of $3,201.03, with an unrealized profit and loss of -$316,000 at present.
- 07:32HSBC: The current private chain standard for tokenized deposits is now compatible with Ethereum and aligned with ERC-20According to ChainCatcher, Sun Lei, Global Head of Local and Innovative Payment Products at HSBC Global Payments Solutions, stated in an exclusive interview that HSBC has long been investing resources to advance tokenized deposit business. In the future, even if only 5%–10% of commercial bank deposits are tokenized, the scale would still far exceed that of any current cryptocurrency in the market. HSBC's current private chain adopts technical standards identical to Ethereum's EVM compatibility and ERC-20 standards, and it is not ruled out that some user scenarios in the future may require choosing a public chain technology route. Regarding whether tokenized loans will be launched in the next step, HSBC is already discussing related programmable applications with clients.
- 07:32U.S. Treasury yields rise during Asian trading session as markets continue to bet on rate cutsChainCatcher news, according to Golden Ten Data, U.S. Treasury yields rose during the Asian trading session, reversing Wednesday's decline but still remaining within the recent range. This week’s initial jobless claims data will be released this afternoon, serving as a potentially important input ahead of the Federal Reserve’s December rate decision. According to LSEG data, money markets continue to bet on a rate cut, pricing in an 85% probability of a 25 basis point cut. Wednesday’s ADP private sector employment data was weak, showing an unexpected decline in employment for November. According to Tradeweb data, the two-year Treasury yield rose by 1.8 basis points to 3.503%, and the ten-year Treasury yield rose by 2.5 basis points to 4.082%.