Senin, 05 Januari 2026

SEC’s Crenshaw set to depart


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SEC's Crenshaw departs, Coinbase reaffirms 'everything exchange' plans, & Other News

Dec. 21 - Jan. 3

#1

Coinbase bets on stablecoins, Base and 'everything exchange' for 2026

Coinbase intends to prioritize stablecoins, its Ethereum layer-2 Base and building out its exchange products past cryptocurrencies throughout 2026, according to CEO Brian Armstrong.

In a New Year's social media post, Armstrong reaffirmed Coinbase's "everything exchange" strategy, which includes products like prediction markets, equities and commodities.

At its year-end conference in December, Coinbase launched stock trading and prediction markets as part of its push. The company has also rebranded its wallet app as an "everything app," adding social networking and onchain features.

Coinbase isn't alone in broadening its product suite. Rival crypto exchanges are increasingly bundling services in a bid to become "super apps."

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#2

SEC's Crenshaw set to depart, leaving US financial watchdog all Republican

Caroline Crenshaw, the sole Democratic member leading the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as commissioner, will be departing the agency this week after serving more than five years.

Crenshaw is expected to depart the SEC by Saturday, marking 18 months after her term ended in June 2024. Commissioners are permitted to continue work at the agency, provided the Senate has not confirmed a replacement.

Crenshaw, who was sworn into office in August 2020, has often been critical of the agency's approach to digital assets. She spoke out against the SEC settling its enforcement case with Ripple Labs and warned that weakening regulations on digital assets could lead to "significant market contagion."

#3

'Hundreds' of EVM wallets drained in mysterious attack: ZachXBT

An attacker has drained "hundreds" of crypto wallets on Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) chains, siphoning small sums from each victim in what onchain investigator ZachXBT described as a broad but low-value exploit.

The losses appear limited on a per-wallet basis, with each victim losing less than $2,000, according to ZachXBT. The activity has affected wallets on several EVM-compatible networks, indicating a widespread incident rather than it being isolated to a single blockchain.

A fraudulent email disguised as legitimate communication from Web3 wallet MetaMask could have been the vehicle for the attack, said cybersecurity researcher Vladimir S., who cited a clue left by another pseudonymous X user.

"This looks like automated, wide-net exploitation," cybersecurity provider Hackless said, warning users to revoke smart contract approvals and continue monitoring their wallets.

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FUD of the week

Crypto phishing losses fell 83% in 2025, but drainer ecosystem 'remains active'

Crypto phishing attacks tied to wallet drainers dropped sharply in 2025, with total losses falling to $83.85 million, down 83% year over year from nearly $494 million in 2024.

The number of victims also declined significantly to 106,000, a 68% drop from the previous year, Web3 security platform Scam Sniffer said in its new report analyzing signature-based phishing across Ethereum Virtual Machine chains.

Despite the steep fall, the report warned that phishing activity has not disappeared. Instead, losses closely followed market cycles, rising during periods of higher onchain activity and easing as markets cooled. The third quarter of 2025, which coincided with Ether's strongest rally of the year, recorded the highest phishing losses at $31 million, with August-September accounting for nearly 29% of annual losses.

FUD of the week

DeFi pioneer coughs up $50K after making bad bet on Ether

Crypto executive Kain Warwick, the founder of Synthetix and Infinex, is set to pay up $50,000 after betting that Ether would hit $25,000 in 2025, joining one of many market participants who overestimated the speed of Ether's recovery after its dip in October.

Ether ended Dec. 31 trading at roughly $2,980, around 13.7% lower than where it started at the beginning of the year, according to CoinMarketCap.

Part of it was due to a $19 billion crypto market liquidation on Oct. 10 that triggered a downtrend, pushing Ether as low as $2,767 before it slowly crept upward again.

The bet came from an exchange between Warwick and Multicoin managing partner Kyle Samani in November. Samani doubted the chances that Ether could recover and hit $25,000 by the end of the year.

Warwick disagreed, making a bet at 10:1 odds that it had a chance.