Stablecoin payment platform Infini completes $6 million seed funding round, with participation from investors including SNZ and Enlight Capital.

Gnosis Pay, the crypto payment platform in the Gnosis ecosystem, announced it will discontinue its proprietary debit card and web app services on December 20, 2026. Going forward, the web app will only retain fund withdrawal functionality, with no deadline set for user withdrawals. The company noted that it shifted its business focus from consumer debit cards to providing card issuing services for wallets, fintech firms, and digital banks back in 2025, and will primarily continue serving cardholders via partner applications moving forward. The new system will offer instant withdrawals, instant transaction reversals, as well as enhanced privacy and debit card management features.

According to market data from BIT (bit.com), Shandi’s gain has expanded to 7.7%, hitting its highest price since July 10.

Wintermute’s latest market note points out that following the Federal Reserve’s interest rate hike and the failure of the procedural vote on the CLARITY Act, all negative catalysts for the crypto market have been priced in. The firm believes this rebound confirms the June lows remain valid. With a flood of macroeconomic news coming in the next week, the current focus is on establishing new support levels and digesting profit-taking. “Market sentiment is clearly brimming with confidence this year, and the foundation of this rally appears solid. This week’s focus is expected to shift back to Bitcoin, Ethereum, SOL, and HYPE (target price: $100). For now, the market is in a high, upbeat mood.”

Serenity posted on X that traditional value investing appears to have entered a "hibernation period". In the past, investors sought companies with price-earnings (P/E) ratios of 10 to 12, slow growth, and the ability to boost value via share buybacks and dividends supported by cash flow. Today, the market even has firms with a P/E ratio of just 1.8 times and year-over-year revenue growth of 605.24%, where the key discussion among investors centers on how long this growth can sustain. Separately, Japan’s Sumitomo boasts a P/E ratio of only 16.2 times, yet it holds extensive long-term contracts with hyperscale cloud service providers for its AI businesses spanning optical fibers to lasers. Serenity argues that AI has created a larger valuation mismatch in the medium term, driving a gradual shift from "value investing" to high-growth "deep value" companies.

On-chain analyst Ai Yi (@ai_9684xtpa) has monitored that the whale that purchased 37,000 ETH via OTC in July added to its position a month later, now holding an unrealized profit of $30.62 million. Address 0x15a…3dE48 received 2,500 ETH from Galaxy Digital’s OTC address 10 minutes ago, valued at $6.868 million; since July 22, it has accumulated a total of 39,501 ETH (approximately $78 million) at an average price of $1,974.72.

US stock market opens: Dow Jones rises 0.49%, S&P 500 gains 0.09%, Nasdaq climbs 0.19%. According to market data from BIT (bit.com), most crypto-related stocks opened lower and trended higher. Securitize, which rallied sharply yesterday, opened lower to consolidate today before turning positive, now trading at $13.5. Bitcoin treasury stock MSTR is up 0.44%; HYPE treasury firm PURR gains 2.09%, CRCL rises 2.38%. Among tech star stocks: SanDisk climbs 2.2%, Western Digital falls 0.62%, SK Hynix also reverses from red to green, now up 0.48%. Apple’s new Mac launch drives its share price up 1.17%.