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On December 12, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) of the U.S. granted preliminary conditional approvals for five firms linked to digital assets —including Circle (USDC), Ripple, BitGo, Fidelity Digital Assets, and Paxos— to establish national trust banks within the federal banking system. These entities still need to meet additional requirements before operating definitively, but they can advance on their regulatory path. Bloomberg Law+1

At the Beyond Hype: Crypto meets Banking event organized by BBVA Spark in Madrid, leaders of the crypto ecosystem gathered to outline the pillars that will define the real and sustainable growth of the sector: asset tokenization, solid regulatory frameworks, and strategic collaboration with traditional banking.
🔹 1. Regulation as a structural basis
With the entry into force of the MiCA Regulation in Europe, the crypto industry is moving towards a model where legal security and transparency are fundamental. This framework creates clear rules for issuers and service providers, reducing uncertainty and opening the door to greater institutional adoption.

The oil market is once again incorporating a relevant geopolitical risk premium. Crude oil (Brent and WTI) not only responds today to classic supply and demand variables but also to an increasingly fragile international political environment, where Venezuela reemerges as a strategic focal point.

Venezuela has one of the largest proven oil reserves in the world. However, its effective production continues to be conditioned by sanctions, operational deterioration, and diplomatic tensions with the United States. In this context, the market does not discount established facts, but rather scenarios of probability, among them a tightening of political or economic pressure from the U.S., which would raise the perceived risk regarding future supply.

The red candles we saw do not respond to a 'collapse', but to a classic combination in the market: profit-taking after the last push, liquidations in a chain due to excessive leverage, and an environment of fear that accelerates irrational decisions. When the price breaks key levels, the stops trigger, the futures clear, and volatility does its job.
These types of movements do not destroy the market; they strengthen it. They eliminate weak positions, readjust expectations, and return control to those who understand the cycle. The same thing happens in every deep correction: the noise increases, but the structure remains.

Traditional banking stopped viewing the industry as an experiment and began to integrate it: more institutions supporting DeFi, more regulated infrastructure, and more products connecting ecosystems.

Alliances between payment systems and platforms like Binance —including Mastercard–Binance integrations— reduce friction for the user: buying with a card, entering and exiting the ecosystem more easily, and experiences closer to everyday use.

The result is evident:

✔ Greater adoption