18th December 2025 > > Project K, LINK, & the UK.

tl;dr

Get your Xmas orders in now for Project K. Chainlink has provided us with an easily accessible and relevant piece of marketing which comes highly recommended by the CC research team. The UK pretends again that it cares about cryptos.

Market Snap

Market Wrap

With regards to the debate about who will replace the hapless Jerome Powell as Chair of the Fed in May, Trump had this to say about his own input to the rate-setting process:

“Typically, that’s (consulting the President) not done anymore. It used to be done routinely. It should be done. It doesn’t mean - I don’t think he (Chair of the Fed) should do exactly what we say. But certainly we’re - I’m a smart voice and should be listened to.”

And on the level of interest rates, Trump said this:

“1% and maybe lower than that. We should have the lowest rate in the world.”

Occasional Series – The ideal Xmas present

A gentle reminder that Project K is available in either physical or digital form, centralised or decentralised:

https://www.curiouscryptos.com/projectk

Curious Cryptos’ meme corner – This is me every time

And it always works out well.

https://mrcrypto.milkroad.com/subscribe?ref=o5CmCFhBAK

Curious Crypto’s Commentary – LINK

Here at CC Towers, we never tire of finding ways to bang the drum for Chainlink and its native token LINK, which is hardly surprising given the 11,000% return in just over six years on the CC’s first ever LINK investment allied to an ongoing purchase programme.

I highly recommend reading this marketing spiel from Chainlink, which helps to frame the potential tokenisation opportunity for Chainlink, or indeed any other oracle (Pyth Network and its native token PYTH spring to mind):

https://chain.link/everything

The embedded presentation is well worth printing off for easy reference:

https://pages.chain.link/hubfs/e/Overview_Oracle_Platform_Powering_Institutional_Tokenization.pdf

If you subscribe to the view held by the likes of Larry Fink, and J.P. Morgan, that tokenisation is set to revolutionise and democratise finance, then surely you understand the critical role that oracles will play within the new world order.

Curious Crypto’s Commentary – The UK

Following the news that the UK is set to adopt some crypto regulations the year after next (https://www.curiouscryptos.com/post/15th-december-2025-the-uk-coinbase-standard-chartered-the-us) the FCA has belligerently and unwillingly embarked on a round of consultations.

The topics under discussion are as predictable as could be covering disclosure requirements, standards for centralised cryptocurrency exchanges, prudential requirements, market abuse, and so on. These topics apply to all financial products, and the outcome of the consultation will be that cryptos must adhere to the same standards as all other spheres of financial activity. I don’t understand why we pretend we need to consult before reaching this foregone conclusion.

David Geale, executive director for payments and digital finance at the FCA, adds to the air of surreality regarding the UK’s antagonism towards cryptos:

“Our goal is to have a regime that protects consumers, supports innovation and promotes trust. We welcome feedback to help us finalise these rules.”

When the bulk of secondary market trading in bonds and equities has fled the City of London to New York, Hong Kong, and Frankfurt in an embrace for their enlightened and welcoming approach to the tokenisation revolution, a material chunk of the UK’s current tax base will be lost forever, and that should concern us all.