🎯Today's Crypto Pulse
Updated 2h agoWhat'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:
By the numbers: Pepeto raises $7M in token presale
News•Dec 26, 2025
Bitcoin Crawls to $88K as Aave Faces Governance Drama: Finance Redefined
Bitcoin recovered from a weekly low of $86,561, climbing above $88,600 by Friday, signaling a modest rebound after holiday‑season weakness. Spot Bitcoin ETF demand stayed negative, posting a fifth straight day of $175 million outflows. In DeFi, Aave’s DAO rejected a proposal to shift brand‑asset control to a DAO‑run entity, with 55.29% voting against it, while Uniswap’s fee‑switch upgrade cleared the 40‑million‑vote threshold and will burn 100 million UNI tokens. Meanwhile, Binance’s founder urged new anti‑poisoning wallet safeguards as the broader crypto market sees rising DEX activity and speculative token forecasts.
By Cointelegraph
Social•Dec 26, 2025
Midnight Token Outperforms Bitcoin, Fuels DeFi Revolution
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...
By Charles Hoskinson
News•Dec 26, 2025
USX Briefly Depegs on Solana DEXs Before Liquidity Support Restores Price
USX, Solana's native dollar‑pegged stablecoin, briefly fell to $0.10 on decentralized exchanges after a surge of sell orders exhausted liquidity on Orca and Raydium. Issuer Solstice Finance injected liquidity at 04:30 UTC, pushing the price back toward the $1 peg and...
By Cointelegraph
Social•Dec 26, 2025
Bitcoin Poised to Become Next Commodity Profit Destination
Sooner or later, #Bitcoin will follow Gold in its path. Commodities are proving that there's liquidity in the system. Investors of commodities will lock in there profits and look for symmetrical assets that are likely providing a positive return in the next...
By Michaël van de Poppe
News•Dec 26, 2025
BNB Chain Fermi Hard Fork Scheduled for January Activation
The BNB Smart Chain’s Fermi hard fork will go live on Jan. 14, reducing the block interval from 750 ms to 250 ms. The upgrade adds extended voting parameters to mitigate node communication delays and introduces a selective indexing mechanism that lets users...
By Cointelegraph
Social•Dec 26, 2025
Hybrid Payroll Boom Signals Future of Global Work
$1,000,000,000 in total payroll across 190+ countries, in Bitcoin and fiat, and hybrids. Rise just crossed this milestone. They hit $500M earlier this year. Nine months later? They've doubled it. That acceleration tells you something about where global work is heading. Most companies still...
By Tim Draper
News•Dec 26, 2025
Bitcoin Sinks Below $87,000 as Crypto Assets Slide, Metals Soar Post-Xmas
Bitcoin slipped below $87,000, retreating 1.6% after briefly touching $89,000 during the holiday lull. Meanwhile, gold, silver, copper, palladium and platinum surged to fresh all‑time highs, with gold trading at $4,573 per ounce. The metals rally was fueled by heightened...
By CoinDesk
News•Dec 26, 2025
Coinbase Named a Top Three 2026 Fintech Pick at Clear Street
Clear Street analyst Owen Lau named Coinbase (COIN) as one of his top three fintech picks for 2026, ranking it alongside Nasdaq and S&P Global. Lau maintains a buy rating with a 12‑month price target of $415, despite the stock...
By CoinDesk
Social•Dec 26, 2025
Bullish Divergence Signals Bitcoin's Next Upswing
The markets are getting closer and closer. The RSI of BTCUSD/GOLD on the weekly timeframe is <30 and getting lower by the day. On the daily timeframe, a strong bullish divergence on the RSI has been build up, for the first...
By Michaël van de Poppe
Social•Dec 26, 2025
GLD Faces Potential Bull Trap at Key Fibonacci Resistance
$GLD Top Goon X sell approaching alert has highlighted this fibonacci as a key resistance This level has potential to be a bull trap. If it can break then it would continue to sky rocket but many times we've seen this level...
By Nebraskan Gooner
News•Dec 26, 2025
Hidden Script Caught Harvesting Private Keys as Trust Wallet Issues Emergency Warning for Chrome Users
Trust Wallet issued an emergency advisory after its Chrome extension version 2.68 was found to contain a hidden script that harvested seed phrases and private keys, resulting in $6‑7 million in crypto losses. The company released a patched version 2.69 on Dec. 25, 2025...
By CryptoSlate
Social•Dec 26, 2025
AI Forecasts $100K Turning Into $600K via Crypto‑index Mix
AI models predict you can turn $100,000 into $600,000 over the next decade by simply allocating to indexes and bitcoin. Here is the logic 👇🏼 Everyone knows bonds are essentially guaranteed to lose value over the long run, so what would a...
By Anthony Pompliano
Blog•Dec 26, 2025
Folks Finance – A Quiet DeFi Rebuild
Folks Finance, originally launched on Algorand, has completed a V2 upgrade and expanded to multiple EVM‑compatible chains, positioning itself as a cross‑chain capital‑efficiency platform. The protocol now holds roughly $80 million in TVL and has introduced its native FOLKS token, whose...
By Lark Davis
Social•Dec 26, 2025
Beyond UI: Privacy, Security, and Composability Define UX
A thought about UX features: UX is shaped by many elements, the obvious ones are user-friendly UI, easy onboarding, fast and low(no?)-fees txs, etc. Other things that are important for UX but aren’t always seen as UX features: - Privacy (so I...
By Eli Ben-Sasson
News•Dec 26, 2025
Tokenized Commodities Near $4B, as Gold Extends All-Time Rally
Tokenized commodities are approaching a $4 billion market cap as spot gold, silver and platinum set all‑time highs. Tether Gold and Paxos Gold together account for over $3 billion of that value, highlighting strong demand for on‑chain precious‑metal exposure. The sector grew...
By Cointelegraph
News•Dec 26, 2025
Bitcoin Just Missed Its $95k Boxing Day Record, Triggering Signal that Demands Immediate Attention
Bitcoin closed at $88,694 on Dec. 26, 2025, falling short of the $95,714 Boxing Day record set in 2024. The article traces Boxing Day closes from 2010 to 2025, showing how each year’s price reflects broader market psychology and macro conditions....
By CryptoSlate
News•Dec 26, 2025
Memecoins Go From Christmas Cheer to Cold Reality, Sinking 65% in a Year
Memecoins have slumped 65% over the past year, leaving the sector at a $35 billion market cap and its lowest valuation of 2025. Trading volume plunged 72% to $3.05 trillion, underscoring a sharp retreat from the $100 billion Christmas‑day peak in 2024. The...
By Cointelegraph
News•Dec 26, 2025
Uniswap's Token Burn, Protocol Fee Proposal Backed Overwhelmingly by Voters
Uniswap’s “UNIfication” proposal passed with over 125 million votes, authorizing a 0.05 % protocol fee and a token‑burn mechanism. The change shifts a portion of the platform’s $600 million annual fees from liquidity providers to an on‑chain burn, linking UNI’s value to actual...
By CoinDesk
Social•Dec 26, 2025
Aave Pledges Clearer Alignment with Token Holders After DAO Vote
The recent DAO vote has wrapped up, and it has raised important questions about the relationship between Aave Labs and $AAVE token holders. This is a productive discussion that’s essential for the long-term health of Aave. While it's been a bit...
By Stani Kulechov
News•Dec 26, 2025
Inside the Swiss City Where You Can Pay for Almost Everything in Bitcoin
Lugano, Switzerland has rolled out the Plan ₿ program, letting merchants and residents settle purchases, taxes and fines with Bitcoin, USDT or the local LVGA token. The city routes all crypto payments through the Lightning Network and instantly converts them to...
By Cointelegraph
News•Dec 26, 2025
Trust Wallet Will Cover $7M Lost in Christmas Day Hack, CZ Says
Trust Wallet users lost roughly $7 million after a compromised browser‑extension (version 2.68) was used to siphon funds on Christmas Day. Binance co‑founder Changpeng Zhao announced that Binance will cover the losses for affected users. The exploit appears to have been orchestrated...
By Cointelegraph
Social•Dec 26, 2025
Bitcoin Breakout Above $90K Could Spark $100K Rally
Stuck in between levels for #Bitcoin. Couldn't lose $86.5K. Couldn't break $90K. However, given that there's been multiple weeks of trading between those levels, the breakout of this level will signal which way the markets will trend in the short-term. Another test of $90K...
By Michaël van de Poppe
News•Dec 26, 2025
Tips for Crypto Newbies, Vets and Skeptics From a Bitcoiner Who Buried $700M
James Howells, the Bitcoiner who lost a hard drive containing 8,000 Bitcoin worth about $700 million, offered practical advice for crypto newcomers, veterans, and skeptics. He stresses learning blockchain fundamentals before buying, experimenting with small amounts, and avoiding leveraged trading. For...
By Cointelegraph
News•Dec 26, 2025
Crypto Sentiment Holds ‘Extreme Fear’ for 14th Straight Day
The Crypto Fear & Greed Index slipped to 20 on Dec. 26, marking a 14‑day stretch of extreme fear—the longest run since the metric’s 2018 launch. Bitcoin trades around $88,650, roughly 30% below its October all‑time high, while US‑China tariff anxieties...
By Cointelegraph
News•Dec 26, 2025
Ethereum Unlikely to Reach New Highs in 2026: Ben Cowen
Crypto analyst Benjamin Cowen warned that Ethereum is unlikely to break new highs in 2026, citing Bitcoin's apparent bear market. He noted that even if Ether retakes its $4,878 all‑time high, it could become a bull trap and tumble toward...
By Cointelegraph
News•Dec 26, 2025
Vitalik Says Grok Arguably a 'Net Improvement' To X Despite Flaws
Ethereum co‑founder Vitalik Buterin praised X’s AI chatbot Grok as a net improvement for the platform’s truth‑friendliness, noting its unpredictable replies often debunk users’ political biases. He highlighted that the lack of pre‑visible answers forces Grok to challenge echo chambers,...
By Cointelegraph
Social•Dec 26, 2025
Wall Street Picks Ethereum as Its Leading Crypto
Ethereum is Wall Street’s chosen one #ethereum #eth #crypto #cryptowendyo
By Wendy O
Social•Dec 26, 2025
Ripple IPO Slated for 2026: Moonshot or Letdown?
Urgent Ripple IPO confirmed for 2026? XRP Moonshot Or Massive Disappointment? https://t.co/xSRMFEDVB8
By Wendy O
News•Dec 25, 2025
XRPL Flips to Quantum-Safe Signatures; 2,420-Byte Proofs Replace Elliptic Curves
The XRP Ledger (XRPL) has upgraded its testnet AlphaNet with post‑quantum CRYSTALS‑Dilithium signatures, replacing traditional elliptic‑curve cryptography. The new quantum‑safe scheme expands each signature to roughly 2,420 bytes, a dramatic increase from the 64‑byte ECDSA format. Alongside the cryptographic overhaul, XRPL...
By CryptoSlate
Social•Dec 26, 2025
Profit‑taking, Not Hopium, Is the Real Market Reality
I’m seeing a lot of people claim 2025 was the bear market. In what bear market do all blue chip coins break all time highs and memes run to billions by mc? Delusion is about to hurt a lot of people. Taking profit...
By Layah Heilpern
Social•Dec 26, 2025
Key Crypto Updates: Ripple ICO, Solana Surge, Wallet Hack
Crypto things you might have missed: -@Ripple 2026 ICO? -Cardano founder says $SOL may win short term and $ETH long term -Alameda CEO Caroline Ellison to be released from PRISON -Trust Wallet *hack* -Gold and Silver break all-time highs JOIN THE 10:30 AM LIVESTREAM ON YOUTUBE
By Wendy O
Social•Dec 26, 2025
Ripple's Treasury Tactics Outshine Its Product Strategy
Ripple is running the AOL playbook using their treasury better than any other project to grow into their valuation Decentralized everything except product strategy No I don’t hold XRP. I can’t make sense of their valuation today - much like every...
By Santiago Santos
Social•Dec 26, 2025
2025: Crypto’s Wildest Year of Memecoins and Scams
Memecoins, Scams, and Survivors: Was 2025 Crypto’s Weirdest Year Yet? https://t.co/ErOm3aVggq
By Laura Shin
Social•Dec 26, 2025
XRP Fans Showcase Love Through Meme Challenge
Tell me you love XRP without telling me you love XRP. https://t.co/COGxe2XWdd
By Tyler Winklevoss says: Gemini won't hire ex-SEC chair's students
Social•Dec 26, 2025
Coinbase Ex-Agent Arrested in Hyderabad, Zero Tolerance Enforced
We have zero tolerance for bad behavior and will continue to work with law enforcement to bring bad actors to justice. Thanks to the Hyderabad Police in India, an ex-Coinbase customer service agent was just arrested. Another one down and...
By Brian Armstrong
Social•Dec 26, 2025
CoinDCX Contributes Half of FY24‑25 Total TDS
The Total TDS deposited by CoinDCX during FY 24-25 is Rs. 259.58 Cr. So CoinDCX paid around 50% of total tds.
By Sumit Gupta
Social•Dec 26, 2025
Bitcoin Stuck Mid‑Range, Trading Conditions Unfavorable
#Bitcoin Right at mid range. Worst spot to trade and just chopping people up. https://t.co/p1lahDh5GT
By Nebraskan Gooner
Social•Dec 26, 2025
Bitcoin Endures a Nasty Daily Candle.
#Bitcoin Nasty daily candle in progress https://t.co/jGAspjLY0O
By Nebraskan Gooner
Social•Dec 26, 2025
Sky Protocol's Automated Buybacks Turn Profitable, Gift to Holders
🎄Christmas gift from Sky Protocol to SKY holders as the 95 million+ automated buybacks this year are now in profit https://t.co/5ik2eTqeJ8
By Rune Christensen
Social•Dec 26, 2025
Is Crypto Set to Surge in 2026?
Are you bullish on crypto for 2026?
By Layah Heilpern
Social•Dec 26, 2025
Bitcoin's Monthly Trend Turns Bearish After March 2023
#Bitcoin Monthly trend indicator is no longer BULLISH for the first time since March 2023. https://t.co/azouWjt9Ea
By Nebraskan Gooner
Social•Dec 26, 2025
BCH Awaits Strong Weekly Close Above Trendline
$BCH Still looks like it's waiting on a strong weekly close above trendline https://t.co/TUntEYGsfc
By Nebraskan Gooner
Social•Dec 26, 2025
Memecoins Plunge 65% to $35B, 2025 Low
UPDATE: Memecoins fell 65%+ over the year to a market cap of ~$35B on Dec. 19, their lowest level of 2025
By Wendy O
Social•Dec 26, 2025
BTC Holding Above 20‑Month MA Signals 2026 Surge
The essential technical confirmation is whether or not $BTC can hold above the 20-Monthly MA. If the monthly closes above it (and even better; above $90K), I think we're in for a strong start of 2026 with a run to $105-110K....
By Michaël van de Poppe
Social•Dec 26, 2025
Altcoins Poised for First 20‑Day MA Breakouts
After nearly six months of downtrending markets for #Altcoins, I think that we'll start to see the first breakouts above the 20-Daily MA in the coming days. An example is $ARB, which is on edge of fighting that crucial indicator and...
By Michaël van de Poppe
Social•Dec 26, 2025
Indian Crypto Investors Maturing Toward Multi‑Asset Strategies by 2026
Crypto is moving from a standalone asset to a multi-asset strategy just like in developed markets. Millions of Indian crypto investors are coming of age and 2026 will prove it! 🇮🇳🫡 https://t.co/sIuYw6TA8F
By Sumit Gupta
Social•Dec 26, 2025
JST BTT NFT Now Listed on Bithumb Exchange
JST BTT NFT is on @BithumbOfficial https://t.co/rBxMEcATqU
By Justin Sun
Social•Dec 26, 2025
Legacy Finance Misses Web3's Core, Overreaches 100x
I love it when I see legacy finance come together with Canton and try to build what XRP and Midnight are already doing at a scale 100x beyond their ambitions. These guys never learn and don't understand what makes Web3 unique...
By Charles Hoskinson
Social•Dec 26, 2025
Avoid Mandatory Crypto Wallet Updates Unless Absolutely Essential
Crypto wallet manufacturers: Please do not make software/firmware updates mandatory unless *absolutely* necessary. Sometimes we need to do things in a hurry and forcing us to make updates in a hurry to get to do the thing we really need to...
By David Schwartz
Social•Dec 26, 2025
TrustWallet Covers $7M Hack, Funds Remain SAFU
So far, $7m affected by this hack. @TrustWallet will cover. User funds are SAFU. Appreciate your understanding for any inconveniences caused. 🙏 The team is still investigating how hackers were able to submit a new version.
By Changpeng Zhao