RaaS #552: Circle Foundation is Live!

Ethereum’s Fusaka Upgrade Hits Today, Binance Gets a New Co-CEO, and Moar!

Trust Wallet just became the first major crypto wallet to ship native prediction markets.
You can now trade sports, crypto, politics & more directly inside your wallet. Myriad is live, Polymarket and Kalshi integrations are coming next.

MetaMask just introduced Transaction Shield, a new opt-in layer that auto-flags risky interactions and gives users pre-sign confidence. One click, more safety. Scammers do hate UI upgrades.

Uniswap Labs just integrated Revolut as a fiat onramp. Twenty-eight countries can now buy crypto with a debit card, bank transfer, or straight from their Revolut balance. Europe is cooking.

Circle launched the Circle Foundation, seeded with its Pledge 1% equity commitment to push global financial resilience: small business systems in the U.S, humanitarian aid infra abroad, and CDFIs to bridge underserved finance gaps.

The dip keeps dipping, and so does my portfolio.

Kraken scooped up Backed Finance, one of the leading tokenized stocks/ETF issuers. xStocks now goes full Kraken mode, from unified issuance to trading and settlement ahead of the exchange’s planned 2026 listing.

Coinbase’s COIN50 Index just added HBAR, Mantle, VeChain, Flare, Sei, and Immutable in its latest rebalance, while removing SKL, AKT, and others, shifting toward higher-liquidity infra plays as institutional interest heats up.

Your daily dose of bite-sized crypto news.

1. Ten major European banks are forming a company to launch a euro-pegged stablecoin in 2026, aiming to counter the U.S.'s dominance in digital payments.

2. Kalshi now sports an $11B valuation, crowning both founders as billionaires, and Luana Lopes Lara as the world’s youngest self-made woman billionaire.

3. Yuan Han Li of Blockchain Capital is now a Forbes Under 30 (2026) honoree.

4. Stable published its tokenomics and confirmed the mainnet will go live on December 8.

5. The SEC will roll out a new "Innovation Exemption" in early 2026, massively simplifying token launches and new product approvals in the U.S.

Ethereum’s Fusaka upgrade lands today, unlocking PeerDAS and up to 8x data throughput for rollups. Cheaper blobs, more room for growth, and likely a wave of L2 infra upgrades in its wake.

Pudgy Penguins tapped the NHL for a multi-month activation at the 2026 Discover NHL Winter Classic with giveaways, fan moments, and full cultural crossover energy.

Cobie is my Jesus fr fr.

Top gainers: BOB, PNKSTR, ORE, A8, TURBO

High-signal reads are worth your time, all in one place.

1. Ethereum Foundation’s Binji says the fight is now about preserving humanity amid the shift to digital everything. The new narrative sells trust, not yield, so brands need to build systems that can’t be edited, censored, or hallucinated away.

2. Arcium’s Milian highlights the history of privacy in crypto, emphasizing that Privacy 2.0 finally lets multiple users compute privately on a shared on-chain state.

3. Eigencloud’s Kydo says that with restaking, they picked a slower niche, moved too quietly in regulatory fog, and over-optimized design, but still proved they can win with billions secured, operational discipline, and clearer product-market focus.

4. Flow’s playbook shows consumer-first on-ramps actually work. Now it’s pushing “consumer DeFi” with enshrined protocols and flywheel apps to make safe, everyday finance mainstream.

5. Four Pillars’ 2026 Restructuring Report breaks down who will set the new playing field and where to position for the next cycle in 2026, as it will be the year narratives get rebuilt around real value.

Binance named Yi He as its new Co-CEO, formalizing the leadership duo era. Fun fact: Yi He is a crypto OG and hired CZ at OKCoin (currently OKX) back in 2014. In turn, CZ recruited Yi He when he started Binance in 2017. Now that’s what we call frenship!

Lastly, Ethena Labs added USDe as a quoted asset on Hyperliquid spot and HIP-3 perps, further embedding the synthetic dollar in trading rails across the ecosystem.

That’s all for today!