Payment Giant Stripe to Enable Stablecoin Payments for Users on December 12th

On December 9, Nick Tomaino—founder of crypto venture capital firm 1confirmation—tweeted: “Here’s the reality in crypto right now: Those who’ve stuck to their convictions long-term will eventually prevail. Meanwhile, folks chasing clout and cash, caught up in short-term optics, are on a losing streak. This applies to everyone—whether you’re an 18-year-old new to crypto looking to make some money, or a 45-year-old founder who’s raised millions in VC funding and is trying to build a hit app. Let’s lean in and build the future together.”

**Binance Alpha Midnight (NIGHT) Launch & Airdrop Update** - Binance Alpha is launching Midnight (NIGHT) on **December 9, 2025**. - Alpha trading for NIGHT kicks off at **17:00 UTC+8** that day. ### Airdrop Rules: - Users with **at least 230 Alpha Points** can claim 600 NIGHT tokens via the activity page. - *While the event is active*: The point threshold drops by 10 points every 5 minutes automatically. - Claiming the airdrop uses 15 Alpha Points. - Users have **24 hours** to confirm their claim on the Alpha activity page—unconfirmed claims are forfeited. ### Notes on American English Adjustments: 1. **Date Format**: Swapped to *month/day/year* (standard for U.S. contexts). 2. **Casual, Concise Language**: Used "kicks off" (instead of "will start") and "drops" (instead of "decrease") for natural, news-like tone. 3. **Clarity**: Split into scannable sections (launch/trading + airdrop rules) — common in U.S. crypto alerts. 4. **Directness**: Replaced "deemed as

Per monitoring from Trend News, some netizens noticed that searching for "recommended coins" on Google reveals the USDT logo has been replaced with a quirky dog-themed symbol — here, USDT is being framed as "United States Dog Token." The dog resembles a yellow Shiba Inu with red eyes, a pink heart-shaped nose, an open mouth showing teeth, and a distinctly comical appearance. Netizens turned this dog image into a token; the most popular variant saw $240,000 in trading volume within 30 minutes, with 460 holders to date. A KOL has already purchased the token, and its price remains relatively stable, with a current market cap of around $50,000. It’s still to be seen whether a community will form to drive further development.

On December 9, per HTX market data, the total market cap of privacy coins hit a recent peak of roughly $22.5 billion on November 16 and has been declining ever since. Its current value stands at around $16 billion, marking a roughly 30% drop from the peak. Monero (XMR) reached $480 on November 9 but now trades at $373, while Zcash (ZEC) hit $750 on November 7 and currently trades at $420.

On December 9, Trump defended his tariff policy in a Truth Social post: "Tariffs are convenient and quick to implement, which has drastically boosted our national security. The U.S. is now the world’s strongest economic power ever. Only evil forces want to see this end! The biggest historic threat to American national security would be an unfavorable U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the tariff issue—at that point, we’d be completely defenseless economically."

**December 9 —** PolyBeats monitoring shows unverified images of a Thai F-16 conducting an airstrike on a Cambodian target emerged on Cambodian Telegram and Facebook yesterday. Thailand’s military later confirmed it took “retaliatory action” following the death of a Thai soldier in a border clash. This news sent the probability on the prediction market *“Will Thailand attack Cambodia before December 31?”* soaring from 28% to 100% in a 2-hour window (8 a.m.–10 a.m. yesterday morning). The market later settled at “Yes.” Amid rapid geopolitical escalation, Polymarket launched a new market one hour ago: *“Will Thailand attack Cambodia on December 9?”* The daily-settling market had very low initial trading volume. Shortly after launch, new reports and images surfaced: The Bangkok Post confirmed on social media that the Royal Thai Army destroyed a Cambodian casino (used as a drone control station) with an F-16. The Thai Air Force is now targeting a rocket base threatening Thai com