Odaily Planet Daily reports that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has approved a proposed rule to establish a process for companies seeking to issue payment stablecoins. A 60-day public comment period has begun. This is reportedly the first formal rule proposal since the passage of the GENIUS Act, the "United States Stablecoin Innovation Act."

Odaily Planet Daily reports that Coinbase has announced the launch of MERL perpetual contracts on December 18, 2025. If liquidity conditions are met and the region supports trading, the MERL-PERP market will open at or after 9:30 AM UTC.

Odaily Planet Daily reports that JD.com's digital art collection platform, "Lingxi," has announced the opening of its transfer function. Starting December 15th, newly issued digital assets will officially be eligible for transfer, while the opening date for existing assets is yet to be determined. It is understood that "Lingxi," JD.com's digital art collection platform, launched on the JD.com app mini-program in December 2021. The first batch of digital art collections designed based on JD.com's mascot "Joy" has officially gone on sale. However, due to tightening policies, Lingxi, which did not offer secondary trading, was temporarily suspended. (New Consumer Daily)

Odaily Planet Daily reports that CoinList announced the economics of Rainbow's RNBW token on its X platform. The total supply is 1 billion tokens, with 15% allocated to airdrops at TGE, approximately 3% to community pre-sales via CoinList, 47% to the treasury, 12.2% to the team, 7.8% to investors, and 15% to the community. The circulating supply at TGE will be approximately 20% (including airdrops and pre-sales). Previously, Rainbow announced today that the planned TGE date for the RNBW token is February 5, 2026.

Odaily Planet Daily reports that Aave founder Stani.eth announced on the X platform that after four years, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has completed its investigation of the Aave protocol. The Aave team has invested significant effort and resources to protect Aave, its ecosystem, and the wider DeFi ecosystem. In recent years, DeFi has faced unfair regulatory pressure; now it can break free from these constraints and enter a new era where developers can truly build the future of finance.

According to data from Coinglass, as reported by Odaily Planet Daily, approximately $31.89 million in positions were liquidated across the network in the past hour. This included $26.56 million in short positions and $5.33 million in long positions. In addition, $14.17 million in BTC positions were liquidated and $9.71 million in ETH positions were liquidated.

According to Odaily Planet Daily, the market capitalization of tokenized gold has surpassed $4 billion, nearly tripling from approximately $1.3 billion at the beginning of 2025. Tether Gold (XAUt) ranks first with a market capitalization of approximately $2.2 billion, accounting for about 50% of the market, while Paxos Gold (PAXG) ranks second with approximately $1.5 billion. Together, they account for nearly 90% of the tokenized gold market share. (The Block)

Odaily Planet Daily reports that the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME Group) announced on its X platform that SOL, Micro SOL, XRP, and Micro XRP futures now support TAS (Trading at Settlement) trading, enhancing traders' flexibility in managing settlement risk. TAS is a futures trading method that allows traders to buy or sell at or near the closing settlement price of the day, enabling precise hedging and mitigation of settlement risk.

According to Odaily Planet Daily, cryptocurrency exchange Paxful, which previously disclosed agreeing to plead guilty and accept a $7.5 million fine, has now reached an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and will appear in court for sentencing on February 10, 2026. Paxful also announced that its exchange has ceased operations but will return remaining funds to users. (Globenewswire)

According to Arkham's monitoring, about half an hour ago, Grayscale transferred approximately 320 BTC to Coinbase Prime, worth about $27.98 million.

Odaily Planet Daily reports that Stable announced on the X platform that Stable Swap, deployed by Protofire, is now online and can implement Uniswap V2 and V3 functions. Protofire will continue to be responsible for protocol maintenance and technical support.

Odaily Planet Daily reports that Ken Griffin, founder of Citadel Investments, stated that Trump has identified a suitable candidate for Federal Reserve Chairman, but Griffin declined to reveal his preferred candidate. He also emphasized the importance of maintaining a distance between the White House and the Federal Reserve. (Jinshi)

According to Odaily Planet Daily, BNB Chain announced on the X platform that a brand new stablecoin will be launched on BNB Chain, aiming to integrate liquidity across various application scenarios and designed specifically for large-scale applications.

According to Odaily Planet Daily, PIPPIN has fallen below 0.34 USDT, currently trading at 0.3327 USDT, a 24-hour drop of 10.16%.