Odaily Planet Daily reports that the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), the second-largest teachers' union in the United States, has urged the U.S. Senate to reconsider a cryptocurrency bill, claiming that the bill puts the pensions of its 1.8 million members at risk while doing little to combat fraud and corruption in the digital asset sector. In a letter dated December 8 to the Senate Banking Committee, AFT President Randi Weingarten called the Responsible Financial Innovation Act “irresponsible and reckless,” noting that it “poses profound risks to working families’ pensions and overall economic stability,” and that its enactment could “lay the groundwork for the next financial crisis.” The bill was co-sponsored by Senators Cynthia Lummis and Bernie Moreno. Previously, the AFL-CIO, the largest labor union in the U.S., and the Institute of Internal Auditors also expressed their opposition to the bill, pointing out its failure to protect consumers and ensure sound governance of cryptocurrency exchanges. (Cointelegraph)

Odaily Planet Daily reports that Michael Saylor stated in an article on the X platform that Strategy has responded to MSCI's consultation regarding digital asset treasury companies. Index standards should remain neutral, consistent, and reflect global market trends.

According to data from msx.com, at the opening of the US stock market, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.01%, the S&P 500 fell 0.03%, and the Nasdaq fell 0.19%. The crypto sector generally declined, with Coinbase down 1.66%, BitMine down 1.43%, and SharpLink down 2.11%. msx.com is a decentralized RWA trading platform that has listed hundreds of RWA tokens, covering US stock and ETF tokens such as AAPL, AMZN, GOOGL, META, MSFT, NFLX, and NVDA.

Odaily Planet Daily reports that after months of investing tens of billions of dollars to build the most expensive team in tech history, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is deeply involved in day-to-day R&D and pushing the company's strategy towards directly monetizable AI models. According to sources, a new model codenamed "Avocado" is expected to be released in the spring of 2026, and may be released in a closed-source format (meaning Meta will strictly control access and sell it to external parties). This move marks a significant departure from Meta's long-standing advocacy of open-source principles. Zuckerberg is dedicating considerable time to a core team called TBD Lab, which, in training Avocado, even integrated third-party models including Google's Gemma, OpenAI gpt-oss, and Alibaba's Qwen. Simultaneously, Meta is drastically adjusting resource allocation, cutting investment in the Metaverse and virtual reality, shifting funds towards hardware such as AI glasses, and planning to invest $600 billion in AI infrastructure in the US over the next three years. (Jinshi)

According to Solidus Labs, a Telegram group called "PumpCell" orchestrated multiple highly coordinated pump-and-dump scams on Solana and BNB Chain. The group used synchronized token deployments, sniper-bot buy-ins, fabricated narratives, and meme-driven hype to inflate the value of small-cap tokens to seven-figure valuations within minutes. Solidus Labs' investigation indicates that the group estimated to have profited $800,000 by October 2025, transferring funds through centralized exchanges and over-the-counter (OTC) cash brokers, allegedly to evade regulatory compliance. Solidus Labs points out that the anonymity of Automated Market Makers (AMMs), bot-executed trades, and cross-chain transactions in the crypto asset market makes such schemes difficult to detect with traditional monitoring tools. The agency warns that "PumpCell" reflects a broader evolution in digital asset abuse patterns.