FTX/Alameda released a pledge of 194,861 SOL 3 hours ago

Coinglass data shows Coinbase’s Bitcoin Premium Index has maintained a positive premium for 9 straight days, currently at 0.0222%. **BlockBeats Note**: The Coinbase Bitcoin Premium Index measures the gap between Bitcoin’s price on Coinbase (a leading U.S. exchange) and the global market average. It’s a key indicator for tracking U.S. market capital flows, institutional investment enthusiasm, and shifts in market sentiment. A positive premium—meaning Coinbase’s BTC price is above the global average—often signals strong buying pressure in the U.S. market, active inflows of institutional or compliant capital, ample USD liquidity, and generally bullish investor sentiment. A negative premium (Coinbase price below the global average) typically reflects elevated U.S. selling pressure, reduced investor risk appetite, increased market risk aversion, or capital outflows.

On December 11, Solana officially announced that Ellipsis Labs became the first to launch an Automated Market Maker (AMM) on its network — a move reshaping decentralized finance (DeFi). Now, Ellipsis Labs is shifting focus to the derivatives sector, launching the Phoenix Perpetuals DEX (Phoenix Perp DEX) — a native Solana build. The platform kicked off internal testing today, and waitlist sign-ups are now live.

**December 11 – At the Solana Breakpoint Conference, Raoul Pal (former Goldman Sachs executive, author of *The Global Macro Investor*, and co-founder/CEO of Real Vision) outlined critical macro and crypto takeaways:** - A falling labor force participation rate signals a shrinking working-age population. Population structure is a key debt driver; as global population growth slows, the debt-to-GDP ratio will keep rising — that’s the core problem. - We must confront the global debt crisis, and currency depreciation has long been a tool to address (or delay) it. Signs already show the Fed rethinking its balance sheet and how to “monetize” this debt; we expect ~$80 trillion in liquidity injections over the next 12 months. - Many think the crypto cycle is over, but the real driver is the **debt maturity cycle** — not Bitcoin’s halving cycle. - This isn’t a 4-year cycle anymore; it’s a 5.4-year cycle. We’ve passed the trough and are entering the upswing. The cycle will peak at the en

As of December 11, SolanaFloor reports that Jupiter Exchange has acquired Solana-based lending platform Rain.fi, with the goal of accelerating the growth of Solana’s on-chain credit market. Rain.fi conducted a Droplets token snapshot on December 10, 2025. Holders of Droplets after the snapshot will receive JUP token rewards, which are expected to be distributed in early 2026.

December 11 — Solayer today officially launched the InfiniSVM Mainnet Alpha, a hardware-accelerated blockchain delivering sustained 300,000 transactions per second (TPS) and sub-second finality. The network lets developers deploy existing Solana applications while tapping into its exceptional performance, unlocking use cases in high-frequency trading, real-world assets, and institutional finance. Users can connect SOL via sBridge to instantly interact with deployed apps. Developers can access documentation and deployment tools to start building on InfiniSVM. The launch aligns with Solana Breakpoint in Abu Dhabi, marking Solayer’s integration into the Solana ecosystem and its commitment to supporting Solana—while expanding capabilities for high-demand application categories.

On December 11, Sanders—head of fixed income at Madison Investment Company—said in a report that the ongoing steepening of the U.S. yield curve underscores a key point: monetary policy has limited impact on the market. Sanders noted: “Policy shifts can move the front end of the yield curve significantly, but longer-term structural issues—including above-target inflation and a massive fiscal deficit—will keep pressuring the back end.” He added that Fed Chair Powell’s acknowledgment of softness in the labor market quickly spurred bond buying, reversing initial selling pressure on U.S. Treasuries and driving the yield curve to steepen. Madison expects the Fed’s further easing pace to slow from here, with rates likely on hold through Q2 2026. (FXStreet)