Whether you're unwrapping NFTs, stacking SOL, or just enjoying some well-earned time off we hope you’re having an epic end to 2025.

We’ve got one last spicy newsletter before the year’s out, so pour yourself some eggnog (or an energy drink) and let’s dive into this week’s biggest crypto news…

As of this week, US banks can now settle their Visa transactions using USDC on Solana.

That’s right. Traditional finance is now bridging to degen territory and they’re not just testing anymore. They're settling billions.

This isn’t some “blockchain innovation lab” fluff. It’s real volume from real banks.

Translation: Visa is quietly becoming a Solana validator in sheep’s clothing.

But Why Did Visa Pick Solana?

What It Means for Banks

Visa’s offering 24/7 settlement.

Banks used to wait days to settle funds. Now? It settles in seconds.

This unlocks:

But for normies swiping their cards at Walmart, nothing changes. All the magic happens behind the scenes.

$3.5B Annualized Run Rate Already?

Yup. Visa’s been piloting stablecoin rails in LATAM, Europe, APAC, and now the US.

As of Nov 30, 2025: They’re already pushing $3.5 billion worth of stablecoin settlements per year and they only just launched in the US.

That number’s expected to explode in 2026 now that the GENIUS Act gave the green light on stablecoin usage.

And here’s where things get spicy…

If Visa’s entire network eventually settles on Solana, it would equate to roughly $233 million in annual fee revenue for the chain based on Visa’s current transaction volume.

And since all those fees are paid in SOL, that’s $233M in locked-in demand for the token.

That’s some raw transactional throughput fueling the token’s value.

Why Degens Should Care

This is massive for real-world adoption. Visa moves billions daily. Even if just 5% of that hits Solana we’re talking serious demand for USDC and SOL.

With PayPal, JPMorgan, and Circle also rolling out stablecoin infrastructure, the rails for TradFi → DeFi are already being laid.

Visa isn’t just testing crypto anymore… they’re building on it.

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Forget stocks. Forget memecoins. Degens have a new casino.. HyperLiquid.

While most of us were still rage-quitting after FTX went belly-up, a guy named Jeff Yan went full giga-brain and said: “What if I build a decentralized FTX… but without the fraud?”

Fast forward to 2025 and Hyperliquid is doing $2.73 TRILLION in annual perp volume, $110.65 billion in spot trading volume, and earned $1.22 billion in annualized revenue.

And that’s all from an 11-person squad running a chain and exchange from scratch. For comparison: Dolby, the movie sound guys, made $1.35B this year with 2,000+ employees.

The Perps Boom (a.k.a. High Stakes, No Expiry)

Perpetual futures (aka “perps”) let you bet on token prices without ever owning the token and without an expiry date like traditional futures.

Wanna go long on WIF with 30x leverage at 2am in your undies?
Hyperliquid makes it happen. No KYC. No waiting. Just vibes.

Thanks to Hyperliquid, anyone with a wallet and an appetite for risk can now:

Real Volume. Real Winners. Real Liquidations.

Hyperliquid has:

But don’t get it twisted…

When you win big, it’s euphoric.
When you lose, it’s a liquidation death spiral.

Just ask the poor influencer who got wiped for $100M on bad perp trades.
(Yes, one hundred million. Gone. Poof.)

It’s the New American Dream

And the best part?

It’s all on-chain and transparent. Anyone can track trades in real-time via HypurrScan.

Like that time someone opened a $521M BTC short, closed it days later, and made $9M.
Degens watch this stuff like it’s Netflix.

Meanwhile, Centralized Exchanges Are Coping

CEXs like Binance and BitMEX are sweating:

The liquidation event in October nuked $19B in leveraged positions, the largest in history.

And Hyperliquid’s co-founder called out Binance for allegedly underreporting real liquidations by a factor of 100.

TL;DR

Hyperliquid isn’t just another DEX. It’s the Vegas Strip of Crypto.

Built by 11 people. Powered by degens. Audited by the blockchain.

Just remember: the house doesn’t always win…
But if you don’t know what you’re doing, you definitely won’t either.

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