🦑 Leviathan News Daily Digest - December 17, 2025

💰 Market Snapshot (24h)

• 🟢 BTC: $87,120.00 (+0.11%)
• 🔴 ETH: $2,926.70 (-1.49%)
• 🔴 OPEN: $0.7277 (-2.91%)

📈 Top Gainers: * 🟢 SYRUP: $0.2865 (+9.2%) * 🟢 JESSE: $0.0101 (+5.6%) * 🟢 WLFI: $0.1340 (+0.7%)

📉 Top Losers: * 🔴 ENA: $0.2116 (-5.0%) * 🔴 S: $0.0808 (-3.0%) * 🔴 SEI: $0.1162 (-3.0%)

🔥 Top Stories

1. Elizabeth Warren Seeks DOJ and Treasury Review of National Security Risks Posed by DeFi Exchanges - banking.senate.gov

🏷️ Security • DOJ

2. Proposal from BGD Labs on the AAVE governance forum to explicitly define the brand ownership and it's allowed use by third-party (also that the editor posted both of stani's tweet but not this one is quite tellin' of the power of the aave handle 😛) - governance.aave

🏷️ AAVE • Stani • Governance

3. AI Models Are Rapidly Advancing Toward Autonomous Cyberattacks, Raising Alarms Among Researchers and Lawmakers - Axios

4. Russia’s top crypto lawmaker says Bitcoin will never be allowed for payments, insisting goods and services must be paid in rubles. Crypto may only serve as an investment, aligning with the central bank’s long-standing opposition. - DL News

🏷️ Central Bank • Russia • Payments

💬 "Its long-serving governor, Elvira Nabiullina, has previously called for a total ban on crypto transactions, exchanges, and Bitcoin mining. In 2020, lawmakers pushed through a ban on the use of crypto as a payment method on Russian territory. Since then, the Ministry of Finance and the central bank have been engaged in a protracted tug-of-war over crypto regulation. While the bank repeatedly called for a sweeping, China-style ban, the ministry instead favoured regulating exchanges and taxing traders on their profits." — @Spencer420

5. SerenAI joins MongoDB Startups to enable pay-per-call x402 payments on MongoDB and Base - Serendb

🏷️ SerenAI • x402 • Payments

💬 TL;DR: SerenAI has joined MongoDB for Startups to let MongoDB users monetize AI agent access to their data via pay-per-call micropayments, without changing their existing setup. As AI agents drive most new database workloads, SerenAI fills the missing piece MongoDB doesn’t provide: metering, billing, and collecting payments from AI agents. Using USDC micropayments on Base, it enables per-query pricing, agent identity tracking, and instant settlement, turning databases and APIs into revenue-generating assets. SerenAI’s marketplace is already live with major data publishers, positioning MongoDB as the AI data layer and SerenAI as the monetization layer. — @Danicjade

🏆 SQUID Pass Winner

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🏷️ Bond • $USDT • WenLLama

🎯 Trading Signals

🟡 Ethereum ($ETH): WEAK BUY - JPMorgan's first tokenized money market fund (MONY) launching on Ethereum validates the network as institutional infrastructure despite current bearish technicals

🟡 XRP ($XRP): WEAK BUY - Franklin and Grayscale spot ETF launches pushing close to $1B in valuation signal robust institutional interest amid broader market weakness

🟡 Aave ($AAVE): WEAK BUY - BGD Labs governance proposal explicitly defining brand ownership and third-party usage rights demonstrates protocol maturation and clear IP strategy

🟠 Bitcoin ($BTC): WEAK SELL - Three-quarters of top 100 tokens trading below key technical levels indicates systemic weakness, while Russia's top crypto lawmaker explicitly banning Bitcoin for payments signals tightening regulatory pressure

📈 Backtest Results

Buy the News Strategy

How would a portfolio perform if it traded daily on Leviathan News headlines?

Strategy includes risk management: -20% stop loss on all positions, +20% profit-taking (50% position reduction) on all positions.

• Portfolio Value: $11,400.96
• Total Return: +14.01%
• Days Since Start: 27 (since 2025-11-19)
• Cash: $2,633.16

Current Positions

• 🟢 AAVE: 15.04103 @ $170.24 entry, $184.00 current = $2,767.60 (P/L: $+207.01)
• 🟢 CRV: 2,584.45561 @ $0.41 entry, $0.36 current = $925.33 (P/L: $-138.23)
• 🔴 WLFI: 13,327.29069 (SHORT) @ $0.14 entry, $0.13 current = $0.00 (P/L: $+132.82)
• 🟢 UNI: 88.98963 @ $6.25 entry, $5.09 current = $452.78 (P/L: $-103.57)
• 🔴 YFI: 0.28022 (SHORT) @ $3,846.71 entry, $3,284.50 current = $0.00 (P/L: $+157.54)
• 🟢 TON: 720.45646 @ $1.50 entry, $1.51 current = $1,088.95 (P/L: $+11.02)
• 🟢 BNB: 0.31751 @ $903.15 entry, $859.17 current = $272.80 (P/L: $-13.97)
• 🟢 SYRUP: 2,375.34240 @ $0.24 entry, $0.29 current = $680.49 (P/L: $+110.68)
• 🟢 ETH: 0.36090 @ $3,133.68 entry, $2,925.55 current = $1,055.82 (P/L: $-75.11)
• 🟢 HYPE: 61.88170 @ $27.88 entry, $27.33 current = $1,691.38 (P/L: $-33.69)
• 🟢 XRP: 570.52082 @ $2.01 entry, $1.91 current = $1,088.02 (P/L: $-59.73)
• 🟢 AVAX: 43.06774 @ $13.33 entry, $12.17 current = $524.02 (P/L: $-49.86)
• 🟢 SUI: 371.93867 @ $1.54 entry, $1.48 current = $548.70 (P/L: $-25.18)
• 🟢 SOL: 5.09335 @ $132.12 entry, $127.87 current = $651.29 (P/L: $-21.63)
• 🔴 DOGE: 4,284.65360 (SHORT) @ $0.14 entry, $0.13 current = $0.00 (P/L: $+40.59)
• 🟢 OP: 1,962.37370 @ $0.29 entry, $0.29 current = $567.74 (P/L: $-7.62)
• 🔴 BTC: 0.00327 (SHORT) @ $87,116.84 entry, $87,116.84 current = $0.00 (P/L: $+0.00)

Trades Today

• 🟢 BUY 1.5490 AAVE @ $184.00 ($285.02)
• 🔴 SHORT 0.0033 BTC @ $87,116.84 ($285.02)
• 🟢 SELL 2142.7795 ENA @ $0.21 ($453.60, P/L: $-120.75)

Sell the News Strategy

Once it's in the headlines, it's supposedly too late! How would your portfolio perform if you did the opposite of the signal?

Strategy includes risk management: -20% stop loss on all positions, +20% profit-taking (50% position reduction) on all positions.

• Portfolio Value: $7,324.19
• Total Return: -26.76%
• Days Since Start: 27 (since 2025-11-19)
• Cash: $11,246.94

Current Positions

• 🔴 CRV: 2,160.18613 (SHORT) @ $0.41 entry, $0.36 current = $0.00 (P/L: $+120.31)
• 🟢 WLFI: 14,468.18589 @ $0.14 entry, $0.13 current = $1,938.36 (P/L: $-144.19)
• 🔴 UNI: 66.56900 (SHORT) @ $6.25 entry, $5.09 current = $0.00 (P/L: $+77.47)
• 🔴 MON: 1.15541 (SHORT) @ $0.04 entry, $0.02 current = $0.00 (P/L: $+0.02)
• 🟢 JESSE: 9,814.82002 @ $0.01 entry, $0.01 current = $99.61 (P/L: $+5.22)
• 🟢 YFI: 0.22017 @ $3,846.71 entry, $3,284.50 current = $723.15 (P/L: $-123.78)
• 🔴 TON: 566.06491 (SHORT) @ $1.50 entry, $1.51 current = $0.00 (P/L: $-8.66)
• 🔴 BNB: 0.20615 (SHORT) @ $903.15 entry, $859.17 current = $0.00 (P/L: $+9.07)
• 🔴 SYRUP: 1,574.19940 (SHORT) @ $0.24 entry, $0.29 current = $0.00 (P/L: $-73.35)
• 🔴 ETH: 0.24693 (SHORT) @ $3,133.68 entry, $2,925.55 current = $0.00 (P/L: $+51.39)
• 🔴 HYPE: 39.66156 (SHORT) @ $27.89 entry, $27.33 current = $0.00 (P/L: $+22.17)
• 🔴 ENA: 706.58389 (SHORT) @ $0.27 entry, $0.21 current = $0.00 (P/L: $+39.82)
• 🔴 XRP: 377.76238 (SHORT) @ $2.01 entry, $1.91 current = $0.00 (P/L: $+39.55)
• 🔴 AVAX: 28.51670 (SHORT) @ $13.33 entry, $12.17 current = $0.00 (P/L: $+33.01)
• 🔴 SUI: 246.27399 (SHORT) @ $1.54 entry, $1.48 current = $0.00 (P/L: $+16.67)
• 🔴 SOL: 5.26793 (SHORT) @ $135.08 entry, $127.87 current = $0.00 (P/L: $+37.98)
• 🟢 DOGE: 2,551.57337 @ $0.14 entry, $0.13 current = $331.22 (P/L: $-24.17)
• 🔴 OP: 1,240.52237 (SHORT) @ $0.29 entry, $0.29 current = $0.00 (P/L: $+4.82)
• 🔴 AAVE: 0.99512 (SHORT) @ $184.00 entry, $184.00 current = $0.00 (P/L: $+0.00)
• 🟢 BTC: 0.00210 @ $87,116.84 entry, $87,116.84 current = $183.10 (P/L: $+0.00)

Trades Today

• 🔴 SHORT 0.9951 AAVE @ $184.00 ($183.10)
• 🟢 BUY 0.0021 BTC @ $87,116.84 ($183.10)
• 🟢 COVER 1.1554 MON @ $0.02 ($0.02, P/L: $+0.02)
• 🟢 COVER 706.5839 ENA @ $0.21 ($149.58, P/L: $+39.82)

Performance vs Benchmarks

Benchmark returns show the benchmark's performance since portfolio start. Portfolio returns show how much better/worse the portfolio performed relative to the benchmark.

• BTC Only: -6.14%
  • Buy: +20.15%
  • Sell: -20.61%
• BTC + ETH (50/50): -6.14%
  • Buy: +20.15%
  • Sell: -20.62%
• BTC + ETH + OPEN (33/33/33): -9.87%
  • Buy: +23.88%
  • Sell: -16.89%

Disclaimer: Trading strategies generated by AI, which is wrong about everything, so you'd have to be a complete wackadoodle to take financial advice from one!