What's happening: Michael Saylor’s Strategy adds $204M of Bitcoin in 101st purchase
The firm bought 3,015 BTC for $204.1M, raising its total holdings above 720,000 BTC and bringing the cumulative cost to roughly $54.8B. The average price of $67,700 per BTC was below its overall cost basis of $75,985.
Also developing:
The Crypto Coin Minute notes Bitcoin trading at $87,810 with a modest 0.46% rise, while Ethereum, Binance Coin, XRP, and Solana all posted small gains. Meanwhile, Congress passed landmark crypto legislation that could reshape U.S. digital‑asset regulation in 2025. China announced tighter silver export licenses, tightening global supply amid surging industrial demand. A Polymarket betting market highlighted the speculative value of Logan Paul’s Pikachu illustrator NFT, underscoring the crossover between pop culture and crypto assets.

Top Chains by Fees (Last 24H) https://t.co/hYNpHoq5xD

Tom Lee predicts $ETH will hit $7,000 to $9,000 and Bitcoin will hit $200k in 2026 https://t.co/qgKCaDSbO2

Asia is rapidly constructing a network of locally‑pegged stablecoins, challenging the U.S. dollar‑centric dominance that has defined the market for a decade. Hong Kong’s May 2025 Stablecoins Ordinance mandates licensing, while South Korea, Japan and Singapore are advancing legal frameworks...
The upcoming year 2026 won't be the year that all #Altcoins will survive. Are any of those #Altcoins going to survive? I discuss this in a new video on YouTube: https://t.co/nT8hocYgyn
Bitcoin low will happen when people capitulate Now they are still hopeful Trying to get conviction back lmao Once they panic we bottom

Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller unveiled a proposal for "skinny" master accounts that would grant crypto and fintech startups limited access to Fed settlement infrastructure. Wyoming Senator Cynthia Lummis hailed the plan as a decisive end to Operation Chokepoint 2.0, which...
Revolut hits $111M monthly volume on @0xPolygon

Add the “Flow” blockchain to the list of block chains that have chain-forked to retroactively seize or destroy attacker funds. https://t.co/bLR4u1UUSa

Jesse Knutson, Bitfinex’s head of operations, predicts the tokenized real‑world asset (RWA) market will accelerate in 2026, driven primarily by emerging market economies. He argues that tokenization resolves capital‑formation friction by allowing on‑chain financing and bypassing legacy intermediaries. While developed...
JUST IN: Uphold exchange predicts $9-$13 $XRP this cycle
.@base is built for stablecoin payments

Trust Wallet’s Chrome extension released a malicious version 2.68 in December, siphoning roughly $7 million from hundreds of accounts before a patch was issued. The incident underscores a systemic flaw: browser‑extension wallets act as always‑on hot wallets in a hostile environment,...
There was a security incident on Flow this morning. About $3.9M exited before validators worked together to halt the network. User balances and assets are not affected. Your Top Shot moments, Pinnacle pins, and NFL All Day collectibles are safe. Products...

Crypto things you might have missed week of 12/22/2025 #cryptonews #crypto #cryptowendyo

JPMorgan Chase has frozen the bank accounts of two Y Combinator‑backed stablecoin startups, BlindPay and Kontigo, after detecting transactions linked to Venezuela and other U.S. sanctioned jurisdictions. The freezes were executed through Checkbook, JPMorgan’s digital‑payments partner, and were not driven by...

The #Bitcoin dominance broke beneath the 20-Weekly MA. It's quite comparable to the period in 2019 and I think we'll start to follow that path. Currently, the Bitcoin dominance fights the crucial resistance of that moving average, and a failure to...
I joined Crypto 9 years ago. Back then, the space was small, there weren't that many of us, and we didn't know if we were going to really make it. Over the next few years, me and my peers started to hit...

Sharplink co‑CEO Joseph Chalom predicts Ethereum’s total value locked could surge ten‑fold by 2026, propelled by broader stablecoin usage, tokenized real‑world assets, and growing institutional appetite. He forecasts the stablecoin market reaching $500 B and the tokenized RWA market hitting $300 B, while...
The wildest year in crypto? In this first installment of a two part @Unchained_pod special, @0xdoug and @GwartyGwart join me to recount: 🤧 How Trump and Melania played the trenches 🫠 Crypto’s best Hayden: emissary to world leaders 😅 How...
Five more days on X. Come January, a digital twin takes over this account—I'll explain what that means on the first YouTube stream of the new year. Where to find me: Midnight Discord for weekly AMAs, YouTube for livestreams, and the long-form...

Bitcoin Cash/B Cash/ $BCH wants to go to cycle high lol Keep an eye on that breakout https://t.co/2kp3vUyqdS
NEW: Ripple partners with Japanese banking giants Mizuho, SMBC Nikko, and Securitize Japan to drive XRPL adoption through stablecoins, tokenization, and financial infrastructure
✅ Ecosystem UNIfied The burn address now holds over 100m UNI and counting Now we keep building, while a pink bonfire keeps us warm through the winter https://t.co/cups0CZ4hi
People in crypto are feining for tiny 5% pumps. If you’re relying on a crypto pump to change your life then you’re just a gambler who needs a real income…
Announcing the new Zcash slogan for 2026.
I keep thinking about this long conversation from the other day: https://t.co/jPkginK426 . The puzzle is what to offer people who aren’t going to learn new concepts but they naturally want their privacy. ⤵️
My relationship with @coinbase is so complicated... I hate that they use overseas customer service agents to cut costs, and our data, safety, and capital are at risk. But I love how @brian_armstrong advocates for retail, most recently for yield on...
The young devs should all be a model for what to expect from this space: less speculation, more actual building.
My one big prediction for EOY 2026 Solana mainnet will rival or exceed all major CEXs for majors for spot and perps

New token? Uniswap CCA Existing token that needs liquidity? CCA Already launching on another platform like sonar or coinlist? Believe it out not, CCA https://t.co/iIUQYhfQRo
10B transactions and counting. Avalanche leads the way on scaling blockchains.

Only Bitcoin https://t.co/0dXE5XAEiu

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BULLISH 🚨 OVER 100 NEW ETF FILINGS EXPECTED IN 2026! Bloomberg analyst Eric Balchunas predicts $15B–$40B in potential inflows from institutional demand https://t.co/MaNt0QyZWP

BULLISH 🚨 President Putin says the US and Russia are discussing a joint Bitcoin mining project at Zaporizhzhia's Nuclear Power Plant. https://t.co/68wLlkm5Iv

BULLISH 🚨 Gemini CEO Tyler Winklevoss just said "wait till the world realises that Bitcoin is Gold 2.0" Bitcoin will go parabolic in 2026! https://t.co/vDT2EArtC9

Great opinionated, mathematically sophisticated rundown of the "unknown unknowns" that could hide fatal flaws in post-quantum cryptographic algorithms, from Sophie Schmieg: https://t.co/3BtCxRK4Ei My dumb take-away: stateless (*STATELESS*) hash-based digsigs are the safest. https://t.co/j46UHB5Tqi
What do you think explains bitcoin’s price action in 2025 and us ending below where we started? 😅
If we all agree to not look at a #Bitcoin chart for a week then maybe something will happen. Who's with me?
Exactly - I’m actually impressed the banks can lobby for this with a straight face and not get kicked out of senator’s offices. It takes some serious mental gymnastics. We won’t let anyone reopen GENIUS. Red line issue for us. And...
Just getting started. First CNA to trend above Bitcoin and Ethereum. Midnight makes what it touches better. Adding Midnight to XRP DeFi is going to blow the legacy banks out of the water. Adding Midnight to Bitcoin gives the world...
Ethereum just hit an all-time high in network activity, even as $ETH price remains stuck near $3k. The surge is driven by L2 settlements, DeFi, and stablecoins. Source: CryptoPotato
Ethereum: Dubious Speculation https://t.co/TTduI6ve2o

Had a great chat with @RickRubin about crypto and entrepreneurship recently. The podcast just went live, link below. https://t.co/WyeeE4Cqo4
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said "Crypto is not a threat to the dollar...Digital assets are one of the most important phenomena in the world right now." https://t.co/FoX30m73jH
Kraken have launched a really cool trading competition take a look https://t.co/MCBYSvjjjN

My XRPL hub has been completely solid for the past month. I've investigated the anomalies shown on these graphs and none were associated with any reduction in performance for peers. https://t.co/LBDEaGGplh https://t.co/8cm4cDfLyb
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Wait til the world realizes that bitcoin is gold 2.0