Standard Chartered and Coinbase agreed on Dec. 12 to broaden their digital asset collaboration, jointly exploring trading, prime brokerage, custody, staking and lending products for institutional clients, CoinDesk reports. The expanded partnership builds on their existing relationship in Singapore, where Standard Chartered provides bank connectivity enabling real-time Singapore dollar transfers for Coinbase customers.

On December 12th, at the Abu Dhabi BNB Hackathon, Binance CEO CZ engaged in discussions with DragonVerse founder Natsuki, expressing strong anticipation for the development of on-chain Intellectual Property (IP), specifically welcoming IPs like 'Dragon Ball' to BNB Chain, according to BlockBeats. Following this endorsement, the official BNB Chain account tweeted support, and Nina Rong, Executive Director of Growth at BNB Chain, also responded positively. Subsequently, DragonVerse activated its Dragon Ball IP royalty-driven buyback and dividend system. The project further announced plans to integrate a second series of Dragon Ball-themed IP assets next week, aiming to enhance annualized returns and expand its on-chain universe through additional IP acquisitions.

Binance Futures is set to expand its derivatives offerings with the launch of two new USDT-margined perpetual contracts, as reported by BlockBeats on December 12, citing an official announcement. The USUSDT perpetual contract will be listed on December 12, 2025, at 18:45 (UTC+8), providing traders with a maximum leverage of up to 40x. Shortly after, the CYSUSDT perpetual contract is scheduled for listing on December 12, 2025, at 19:00 (UTC+8), offering a maximum leverage of up to 20x. These strategic additions aim to enhance trading opportunities and diversify the platform's product suite, catering to the evolving demands of its global user base seeking advanced leverage options.

The largest ZEC short position holder on Hyperliquid added roughly $13M in ZEC and ETH shorts on December 12, bringing total short exposure to near $118M, HyperInsight data show. The trader holds ETH shorts worth about $79.53M with $5.49M in unrealized profit at an average entry of $3,470, and ZEC shorts totaling around $24.3M with an unrealized loss of $3.47M at an average of $388. The address first opened ZEC shorts on October 10 at about $184, saw unrealized losses reach $21M by October 17, turned profitable by December 1, and has now returned to a loss-making position.

Binance Alpha will list RaveDAO (RAVE) with trading opening at 20:00 on Dec. 12, 2025 (UTC+8), the exchange announced. Users holding at least 230 Alpha Points can claim 400 RAVE tokens on a first-come, first-served basis after trading begins, with the threshold dropping by 5 points every 5 minutes if the reward pool remains unclaimed. Each claim consumes 15 Alpha Points and must be confirmed on the Alpha event page within 24 hours, or the claim will be forfeited.

Solana said its Firedancer validator client has gone live on the Solana mainnet after about three years of development. According to the Solana team, Firedancer has been running on a limited number of validators for 100 days and has produced approximately 50,000 blocks. The client was previously tested in devnet and testnet environments and is designed to improve the network’s throughput and reliability.

The Bank of Japan (BOJ) is anticipated to signal a commitment to further interest rate hikes at its upcoming policy meeting next week, according to three informed sources on December 12. While the central bank is poised to continue monetary tightening, the pace of subsequent increases will reportedly be contingent on the Japanese economy's response to each rate adjustment. BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda has largely pre-announced a December hike, leading markets to almost fully price in a potential increase from 0.5% to 0.75%. The BOJ will base future decisions on assessing the impact of previous hikes on bank lending, corporate financing, and broader economic activities, rather than relying on precise forecasts for a neutral rate level.

An address labeled "BTC OG Insider Whale" transferred 5,152 BTC, worth approximately $476.68 million, to a new address on Dec. 12, on-chain data show. The funds moved about five minutes before the transfer was reported, BlockBeats said.

An investor known as "BTC OG Whale" added to 5x leveraged long positions in ETH over the past 30 minutes, bringing total holdings to 151,094.5 ETH at an average entry price of $3,185.05, Hyperinsight data show on Dec. 12. The position is valued at approximately $492 million with an unrealized profit of $10.5 million, BlockBeats reports.