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Solana-focused digital asset treasury Sharps Technology said Tuesday it has partnered with the Dogecoin-inspired Bonk memecoin. The DAT will stake a portion of its SOL to BonkSOL, a liquid staking token. "Bonk has become one of the cultural engines of Solana and has consistently driven innovation across the ecosystem," Sharps Strategic Advisor James Zhang said in a statement. "Partnering with Bonk provides us with new avenues to potentially generate increased returns for our shareholders." Sharps, a small-cap medical device company listed on the Nasdaq with the ticker STSS, said last month it planned to raise over $400 million in order to accumulate Solana, the sixth largest cryptocurrency by market cap, according to The Block Data Dashboard. Cantor Fitzgerald led the private investment in public equity (PIPE) transaction for Sharps with ParaFi Capital and Pantera Capital also participating, the treasury firm said. The company said it holds over 2 million SOL, which would make it one of the largest Solana-based DATs. DeFi Development Corp. and Upexi each also hold about 2 million SOL. On Tuesday, Forward Industries said it purchased 6.8 million Solana for nearly $1.6 billion. Forward said all SOL bought to date has been staked. Sharps "intends to stake a portion of its SOL to BonkSOL, Bonk's liquid staking token (LST) product," the team said in its statement. "By deploying capital into BonkSOL, [Sharps] seeks to earn staking yields, while also deepening liquidity in the Bonk and Solana ecosystem." The firm is not the first to diversify its SOL balance sheet holdings using a Solana-based memecoin. In June, for instance, DeFi Development partnered with Dogwifhat, the fifth-largest "dog-themed" token by market cap, to spin up a validator and agreed to split its WIF staking rewards with the community. Bonk said that since launching ithas attracted nearly200,000 SOL in staking. BonkSOL enables users to stake their SOL and receive BonkSOL tokens in return, earning a type of passive income.LetsBonk, which briefly overtook Pump.fun as the most active memecoin launchpad, is part of the Bonk ecosystem. BONK, with a market cap of $1.8 billion, is about 60% away from its all-time high of $0.000058, currently trading hands around $0.000023, according to The Block's price page. Disclaimer: The Block is an independent media outlet that delivers news, research, and data. As of November 2023, Foresight Ventures is a majority investor of The Block. Foresight Ventures invests in other companies in the crypto space. Crypto exchange Bitget is an anchor LP for Foresight Ventures. The Block continues to operate independently to deliver objective, impactful, and timely information about the crypto industry. Here are our current financial disclosures. © 2025 The Block. All Rights Reserved. This article is provided for informational purposes only. It is not offered or intended to be used as legal, tax, investment, financial, or other advice.

Decrypt’s Art, Fashion, and Entertainment Hub. Discover SCENE Morning Minute is a daily newsletter written byTyler Warner. The analysis and opinions expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of Decrypt. Subscribe to the Morning Minuteon Substack. GM! Today’s top news: Crypto majors mixed with BTC leading at $87,400 Coinbase rolled out several new products including prediction markets, stocks, equity perps, DEX and more DTCC to issue tokenized securites on Canton Network Citadel and other banks plan to spend $100M to counter crypto spend in 2026 elections Uniswap submits final proposal to turn fee switch on, burn 100M UNI 🎯 Robinhood Pushes Deeper Into Prediction Markets Robinhood isn’t treating prediction markets like an experiment anymore. They’re leaning all the way in. 📌 What Happened Robinhoodannouncedan expansion of its prediction markets offering, adding new NFL player-performance contracts alongside traditional game outcomes. Users can now trade on events like touchdowns and yardage totals, beyond just winners and spreads. The company also introduced “preset combo” contracts, which bundle multiple outcomes from a single game into one trade that only pays out if all conditions are met - effectively a parlay-style product. Robinhood said custom-built combos, where users create their own bundled outcomes, are planned for rollout in 2026. The firm also framed prediction markets as a standalone product line, pointing to a growing hub with thousands of live contracts across sports, politics, economics, and cultural events. And they noted that it’s their fastest-growing revenue line. 🗣️ What They’re Saying “Robinhood is ushering in a new era in which AI and prediction markets will come together to change the future of finance and news.” “I believe we’re at the very beginning of a prediction market supercycle and as it progresses, we should expect to see adoption and volumes continuing to grow, potentially into the trillions of contracts traded each year.”- Vlad Tenev, Robinhood CEO “Robinhood and Coinbase going hard on Prediction Markets and every major company looking to adopt one or build a strategy around them.” - Farokh Sarmad, President and Co-Founder of Myriad “Some people have already started to realize that using prediction markets can be cheaper than conventional fire, flood, and hurricane insurance.” - Vlad, Robinhood pic.twitter.com/mSSDvJqUVs — coughdrop (@CoughdropPeter) December 17, 2025 🧠 Why It Matters Prediction markets are clearly booming. What’s missing is deep liquidity, distribution, and scale. Power players like Robinhood leaning in can help solve those issues. A lot of innovative use cases of prediction markets (i.e. insurance, hedging against bad weather, etc.) are great in theory but not operationally possible right now due to limited market size. Once these markets are more mature, with more players and deeper liquidity, these kinds of use cases can be unlocked. So everyone who is pro-prediction market should be cheering this on. Robinhood shareholders should be cheering this on as well, as the stock popped 3% on the news of their prediction market direction (on a red day) and has jumped 20% since their original announcement. Robinhood is clearly betting on a prediction market supercycle—let’s see if they can help manifest it into reality… amp;amp;lt;span data-mce-type="bookmark" style="width:0px;overflow:hidden;line-height:0" class="mce_SELRES_start"amp;amp;gt;amp;amp;lt;/spanamp;amp;gt; 🌎 Macro Crypto and Memes A few Crypto and Web3 headlines that caught my eye: Crypto majorswere mixed;BTC+0.3% at $87,400; ETH -2% at $2,870; BNB -2% at $838, SOL -3% at $124 BEAT (+26%), Pippin (+9%) and CC (+4%)led top movers Coinbaseannouncedseveral new products last night, including prediction markets, stock trading, equity perps, AI advisors, borrowing, full DEX integration and more Senatorsproposedthe SAFE Crypto Act, creating a federal task force to coordinate agencies on crypto scam enforcement and investor protection The DTCCsaid it will issue tokenized securitieson Canton Network, starting with tokenized U.S. Treasuries Ex-Alameda CEO Caroline Ellisonleft federal prisonafter 11 months, moving to another government facility or home confinement to serve the rest of her 2-year sentence The acting CFTC Chair Caroline Phamleft to join MoonPayas its chief legal and administrative office Citadel and other big banksare planning to spend $100Min the 2026 midterms, potentially opposing pro-crypto spending Circleannouncedits Arc Builders Fund, meant to support early-stage teams building apps and services on Arc In Corporate Treasuries / ETFs The Bitcoin ETFssaw $457M in net inflowson Wednesday, the most in over a month Hut 8sharesjumpedafter the miner announced a $7B AI/data-center deal involving Google financing In Memes / Onchain Movers Memecoin leadersare mostly red;DOGE -2%, Shiba -5%, PEPE -4%, PENGU -6%, BONK -5%, TRUMP -2%, SPX -8%, and FARTCOIN -22% dydxannounced a partnershipwith Bonk to launch Bonk DEX 67(+86%), ALCH (+20%) and ACT (+25%) led top movers 💰 Token, Airdrop Protocol Tracker Here’s a rundown of major token, protocol and airdrop news from the day: The Rainbow Walletteamshared new detailson its class F token structure, solving the issue of tokens not equating to equity (ICO ends today) Football dot Funreachedtheir ICO soft cap of $3M yesterday ahead of today’s ICO closing Gondiintroduced new trade combinationsacross token types Uniswapsubmitted its proposalfor governance vote to burn 100M UNI and turn on fee switch Hyperlendannounced its airdrop terms and conditionsahead of its airdrop, with eligible participants on a 30-day clock to accept to qualify Solsticeannouncedits ICO coming on Legion on Dec 22 🚚 What is happening in NFTs? Here is the list of other notable headlines from the day in NFTs: NFT leaderswere mixed; Punks even at 27 ETH, Pudgy -1% at 4.62, BAYC -1% at 4.94 ETH; Hypurr’s +3% at 456 HYPE Rovers(+60%) were a notable mover

Macro & Risk Sentiment Geopolitical tensions and AI-sector uncertainty pressured risk assets today. New U.S. cruise-ship restrictions on Venezuela, the possibility of fresh sanctions on Russia, and funding concerns around Oracle’s mega AI data center weighed on sentiment. U.S. equities slid, with the S&P 500 extending its losing streak to four days, while gold and oil attracted safe-haven flows. Bitcoin & Market Action BTC volatility spiked as price briefly moved toward $90K following a strong U.S. equity open, before reversing amid risk-off flows to test the $85K zone. Altcoins pulled back on thin liquidity. The Crypto Fear & Greed Index edged up to 17, but remains firmly in Extreme Fear territory. Key Narratives & Tokens XAUT followed gold higher as spot gold approached $4,350, near record highs CC surged ~8.5% after DTCC announced a pilot of U.S. Treasuries on the Canton Network, boosting H / FHE / NIGHT JTO re-enters the U.S. market on improved regulatory clarity Aave released its 2026 roadmap, highlighting V4, RWAs, and the new Aave App dYdX x BONK partnered to launch a new perps on-ramp for the Solana community Policy & Regulation Watch The Fed officially removed its 2023 restrictions on banks engaging with Bitcoin The UK plans to classify crypto as regulated financial products starting 2027 The SEC requested feedback on exchange-traded crypto products and issued fresh guidance on broker-dealer custody rules Industry Developments & Week Ahead Bitget signed an exclusive 2026–2028 crypto & payments partnership with Tomorrowland Winter and Tomorrowland Belgium Moon Pursuit Capital launched a $100M crypto fund Hong Kong SFC reported Q3 spot VA ETF market cap at ~$920M (+217%) Focus this week: DTCC’s Canton pilot, Vitalik’s push for simpler protocols, Circle x LianLian cross-border payments, plus upcoming CPI data and global rate decisions $BTC $RWA $FHE