MORGAN STANLEY BROADENING ACCESS TO CRYPTO FUNDS: CNBC

Major Global Banks Collaborate on Plans to Launch Joint Stablecoin Initiative: Reuters
Consortium includes Santander, Bank of America, Barclays, BNP Paribas, Citi, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, MUFG, TD Bank, and UBS

Binance Launches $400 Million “Together Initiative” to Support Users Amid Market Turmoil: Announcement

*STRIPE ADDS STABLECOIN PAYMENTS FOR SUBSCRIPTIONS: BBG

Trump Pardons Convicted Binance Founder -- WSJ: BBG

*JPMORGAN TO ALLOW BITCOIN, ETHER AS COLLATERAL IN CRYPTO PUSH: BBG

U.S. CPI: +3% YEAR-OVER-YEAR (EST. +3.1%)
U.S. CORE CPI: +3% YEAR-OVER-YEAR (EST. +3.1%)

Metamask Registers Domain for Claiming Metamask Tokens, Indicating Nearing Airdrop: Website

Trump Media to Launch "Truth Predict" Prediction Markets using Crypto.com in the Near Future: BBG

FED LOWERS RATES BY 25BPS TO 3.75-4%

Startale Labs, Core Developer of Astar Network, Plans for New "Startale USD" Stablecoin Offering 14% APY: Link

UK Unveils £20,000 Cap On Stablecoin Holdings in Proposed Rules: BBG

Coinbase Debuts Token Offering Platform, Starting With Monad: WSJ

Uniswap CEO Posts Proposal to Turn On Fee Switch and Burn 100 Million UNI Tokens From the Treasury: Forum

*GRAYSCALE INVESTMENTS INC . FILES FOR IPO: BBG

Tom Lee Sees Bitcoin as High as $200,000 by the End of January: BBG

Coinbase Announces It Will Buy Solana Trading Platform Vector.Fun, Days After Its Maker's TNSR Token Is Seen Mysteriously Pumping 1000%: Blog

Polymarket Receives CFTC Approval of Amended Order of Designation, Enabling Intermediated U.S. Market Access - PRN

*ATKINS: "INNOVATION EXEMPTION FOR CRYPTO FIRMS COMING JANUARY: BBG

U.S. CPI: +2.7% YEAR-OVER-YEAR (EST. +2.7%)
U.S. CORE CPI: +2.6% YEAR-OVER-YEAR (EST. +2.7%)