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Bloomberg Technology·Tuesday, December 23, 2025

Bloomberg Technology - Tuesday, December 23, 2025

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01

Thiel-Backed Crypto Hoarder ETHZilla Sells Tokens to Pay Debt

ETHZilla, a cryptocurrency accumulator backed by billionaire Peter Thiel, appears to be shifting focus as investors abandon what was briefly one of the stock market’s hottest trades. Just four months after the former 180 Life Sciences Corp. rebranded itself as a digital asset treasury company centered on buying Ether - the second largest cryptocurrency after Bitcoin - it sold $74.5 million worth of the tokens to pay down debt, according to a filing Friday with the SEC. Bloomberg's David Pan repo

02

Strive CEO Discusses the Future of DATs as Stocks Slide

Digital asset treasuries, or DATs, turned into one of the hottest trends in the public markets in 2025, as share prices skyrocketed and everyone from Peter Thiel to the Trump family piled in. What began though as one of the best trades in the stock market has, in a matter of months, turned into one of the worst. Strive CEO Matt Cole joins "Bloomberg Crypto" to discuss the recent decline in digital asset treasury (DAT) stocks, the rapid growth of DATs in 2025 and the controversy surrounding MSCI.

03

There Are Too Many DATs Right Now: Strive CEO

Strive CEO Matt Cole joins "Bloomberg Crypto" to discuss the recent decline in digital asset treasury (DAT) stocks, the rapid growth of DATs in 2025 and the controversy surrounding MSCI. Cole speaks to Bloomberg's Scarlet Fu and Katie Greifeld. MSCI is deciding whether companies whose digital asset holdings represent 50% or more of their total assets should be excluded or not from the MSCI Global Investable Market Indexes because they’re more like investment funds than operational companies. (S

04

Big Nvidia Buyer Faces Smuggling Probe

The US government is investigating whether Nvidia's biggest buyer in Southeast Asia has smuggled chips into China. Bloomberg’s Ian King discusses the details with Caroline Hyde on "Bloomberg Tech." (Source: Bloomberg)

05

Hard to Define Competition in Streaming: Yale’s Scott Morton

Defining what counts as competition in streaming is difficult, says Fiona Scott Morton, Professor of Economics at the Yale University School of Management and an Adjunct Professor at Yale Law School. Scott Morton discusses what this could mean for Netflix’s bid to buy Warner Bros. Discovery. She joins Caroline Hyde on "Bloomberg Tech." (Source: Bloomberg)

06

It Was Supposed to be Crypto's Big Year

2025 was supposed to be a big year for crypto with a friendly administration in the White House and more financial firms embracing digital assets, but it didn’t work out for all investors. Stillmark Managing Partner Alyse Killeen discusses what went well for the industry and what it will push for in 2026. She joins Caroline Hyde on "Bloomberg Tech." (Source: Bloomberg)

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