Overview of Key Overnight Developments on December 18

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1. Ripple officially launches stablecoin RLUSD;

2. L2 network Fuel airdrop goes live, with a total of 1 billion FUEL tokens;

3. The probability of a 25 basis point rate cut by the Federal Reserve in December is 95.4%;

4. Pudgy Penguins announces PENGU is live and available for claiming; 

5. Trump meets with Crypto.com CEO to discuss personnel appointments in the crypto industry; 

6. Tokenized securities company Prometheum announces completion of $20 million financing; 

7. U.S. Senate Banking Committee chair nominee: Cryptocurrency is the world's "next miracle"; 

8. Stablecoin infrastructure BVNK completes $50 million Series B financing, led by Haun Ventures.