Ethereum's TVL Could Skyrocket '10X' In 2026: Sharplink CEO
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 sovereign‑wealth‑fund allocations to Ethereum may expand five‑ to tenfold. Currently Ethereum’s TVL sits around $68 B and Sharplink holds roughly 797,704 ETH (~$2.33 B). Analysts remain cautious as Ether’s price shows modest declines.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
The Memecoin Hall of Shame: 10 Tokens that Defined 2025 Wildest Trades
2025 turned memecoins from niche jokes into a headline‑grabbing market segment, highlighted by ten tokens that charted a wild trade cycle. Political figures launched TRUMP and MELANIA, while Argentina’s LIBRA turned sovereign endorsement into a scandal. AI‑driven FARTCOIN revived hype,...
Canton Token Rallies 27% After DTCC Outlines Tokenized Treasury Plans
Canton Coin surged 27% after DTCC announced plans to tokenize U.S. Treasury securities on the Canton Network. DTCC, handling $3.7 quadrillion in transactions, will issue tokenized Treasuries via its DTC subsidiary. The move highlights growing institutional interest in real‑world asset tokenization,...
Quantum Computing in 2026: No Crypto Doomsday, but Time to Prepare
Quantum computing re‑emerged as a headline in 2026 after Microsoft unveiled its Majorana 1 topological‑core chip, prompting renewed debate over crypto security. Experts agree that breaking Bitcoin’s ECDSA signatures remains a decade‑plus away, but they warn that attackers are already harvesting...
Bitcoin’s $70,000 to $80,000 Zone Highlights Gap in Historical Price Support
Analysis of five years of CME Bitcoin futures reveals that the $70,000‑$79,999 price band has been visited only 28 trading days, the fewest among major ranges. By contrast, lower zones such as $30,000‑$49,999 accumulated close to two hundred days each,...
Samourai Wallet Co-Founder Spends Christmas Eve Recounting First Day in Prison
Keonne Rodriguez, co‑founder of the Bitcoin privacy tool Samourai Wallet, documented his first day in a U.S. federal prison on Christmas Eve, marking the start of a five‑year sentence. His letter describes the intake process, medical checks, and the emotional strain...
Hong Kong Regulators Target 2026 Legislation for Virtual Asset Dealer and Custodian Rules
Hong Kong’s Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau and the Securities and Futures Commission will table a bill in 2026 to create a licensing regime for virtual‑asset dealers and custodians. The framework, shaped by a two‑month public consultation that attracted...
Crypto Derivatives Volume Explode to $86T in 2025, Averaging $265B per Day
Crypto derivatives trading surged to $85.7 trillion in 2025, averaging $264.5 billion daily, according to CoinGlass. Binance led with $25.09 trillion, representing 29.3% of global volume, while OKX, Bybit and Bitget together accounted for over 60% of market share. Institutional products such as...
CZ Proposes Fix to Address Poisoning After Investor Loses $50M
Binance co‑founder Changpeng Zhao called for new wallet safeguards to eradicate address‑poisoning, proposing blockchain queries that block known malicious addresses and filter out tiny spam transactions. He highlighted a recent $50 million USDT loss as evidence of the threat’s scale. Address...
NFT Collections Get No Santa Rally as Market Hits 2025 Lows
The NFT market valuation plunged to $2.5 billion in December, a 72 % drop from its January peak of $9.2 billion. Weekly sales failed to breach $70 million, marking the weakest three‑week stretch of the year. Participation eroded sharply, with unique buyers sliding to...
Bitcoin and Ether ETFs See Outflows Ahead of Christmas, Led by IBIT and ETHE
Spot Bitcoin and Ether ETFs recorded significant outflows on December 24, with Bitcoin funds losing $175 million and Ether funds shedding $57 million. BlackRock’s IBIT led the Bitcoin exits with a $91.37 million withdrawal, while Grayscale’s ETHE drove the Ether outflow with $33.78 million, pushing...
Social Engineering Cost Crypto Billions in 2025: How to Protect Yourself
Crypto thefts in 2025 totaled over $3.4 billion, with social engineering responsible for the majority of losses. Kraken’s CSO Nick Percoco highlighted that attackers gain entry through human manipulation rather than technical exploits, exemplified by the Bybit breach that alone accounted...
Bitcoiners Bullish over Elon Musk Tipping 'Double-Digit' Economic Growth
Elon Musk posted on X that the United States could achieve double‑digit GDP growth within the next 12‑18 months and, if artificial intelligence drives productivity, even triple‑digit growth in about five years. The bullish forecast has energized Bitcoin enthusiasts, who...
Bitcoin Briefly Trades at $24,000 on Binance’s USD1 Pair in Flash Move
Bitcoin briefly displayed $24,111 on Binance’s USD1 pair before snapping back above $87,000 within seconds. The flash wick appeared only on the USD1 stablecoin pair, which is backed by World Liberty Financial, and did not affect other major BTC markets....
Solana and Ethereum Can Coexist in Tokenization Race: Dragonfly VC
Dragonfly VC partner Rob Hadick told CNBC that Solana and Ethereum will both thrive in the tokenization race, with neither chain likely to dominate the market. He highlighted Ethereum’s $183.7 billion network asset value and its stablecoin dominance, while noting Solana’s...
Tokenization Has Moved Past Money only Meaning Fiat: Kraken Exec
Kraken’s Head of Consumer Mark Greenberg told CNBC that blockchain tokenization is redefining money, extending it beyond fiat to assets like stocks, Bitcoin, gold and stablecoins. Kraken’s xStocks tokenized‑stock product, unavailable in the U.S., has amassed over 80,000 wallets and...
From Stablecoins to Incumbents, VCs Map Crypto Value in 2025
Venture capital partners highlighted incumbents such as Robinhood, stablecoin issuers, and prediction‑market platforms as the top value creators in 2025. Regulatory clarity enabled incumbents to act aggressively, while stablecoins experienced surging transaction volumes and record profitability per employee, exemplified by...
Crypto Heads Into 2026 with Privacy, Decentralized Identity on the Line
Ethereum co‑founder Vitalik Buterin is urging the crypto industry to prioritize privacy and self‑sovereignty over simple user onboarding, warning that walled‑garden solutions betray decentralisation. In 2025, Ethereum became a testing ground with over 750 privacy‑focused projects targeting decentralized identity and selective...
Circle Platform Promising Tokenized Gold, Silver Swaps Is 'Fake,' Company Says
A press release on Dec 24 claimed Circle launched a platform called CircleMetals for swapping USDC with tokenized gold (GLDC) and silver (SILC) tokens backed by COMEX liquidity. Circle’s spokesperson confirmed the announcement is fake, stating the company never created such...
Offchain Labs Boosts ARB Stake as Arbitrum Crosses $20B Milestone
Offchain Labs, the developer behind Arbitrum, announced an additional purchase of ARB tokens, reinforcing its long‑term commitment to the layer‑2 network despite a 77% price decline this year. The buy‑back follows Arbitrum’s recent milestones, including over 2.1 billion lifetime transactions and...
Bitcoiners Waiting for a “Bukele Moment” In Chile Are Ignoring a $229 Billion Signal that Matters More
Chile’s right‑wing president José Antonio Kast won a decisive runoff, prompting markets to anticipate deregulation and pro‑business reforms. Despite the political shift, Chile’s crypto outlook diverges sharply from El Salvador’s legal‑tender experiment, as regulators favor a cautious, technocratic approach. The Banco...
Five Governments that Clarified Crypto Licensing in 2025
2025 saw five major jurisdictions overhaul crypto‑licensing rules, delivering unprecedented regulatory clarity. In the United States, the GENIUS Act introduced a federal stablecoin framework that replaces fragmented state licences. The European Union’s MiCA entered full implementation, granting a single‑authorisation passport...
EU’s Crypto Tax Reporting Starts in January with Threat of Asset Seizure
The EU’s DAC8 directive, effective Jan. 1, 2026, expands tax‑reporting obligations to crypto‑asset service providers. Exchanges, brokers and custodians must collect detailed user and transaction data and share it with national tax authorities, which will then exchange information across member states....
XRP Price Reaction Muted Even as New Income-Generation Opportunity Appears
Payments‑focused cryptocurrency XRP saw little price movement in the past 24 hours despite the launch of earnXRP, a new yield‑generating vault. The product, created by Upshift, Clearstar and Flare, lets holders deposit FXRP—an ERC‑20‑compatible, over‑collateralized representation of XRP—into a vault...
Crypto M&A Hits Record $8.6 Billion in 2025 as Trump’s Regulatory Stance Spurs Deals
Crypto M&A reached a record $8.6 billion in 2025, up sharply from $2.17 billion in 2024. The surge was fueled by the Trump administration’s supportive regulatory agenda, notably the GENIUS Act that created a federal stablecoin framework. Deal activity climbed to 267...
Trump Media Shuffles 2,000 BTC After Fresh Bitcoin Inflows
Trump Media and Technology Group (DJT) transferred roughly 2,000 bitcoin, valued at about $174 million, across several wallets a day after reporting a rise to 11,542 BTC. About $12 million of the moved coins were sent to Coinbase Prime Custody, while the...
Sling Money Receives Approval to Offer Crypto Services in UK as Stablecoin Payments Gain Popularity
Sling Money, the crypto‑payments app from Avian Labs, secured approval from the UK Financial Conduct Authority to operate as a crypto services provider. The platform enables person‑to‑person transfers using Paxos’ USDP and Circle’s EURC stablecoins on the Solana blockchain, linking...
How Ondo Finance Plans to Bring Tokenized US Stocks to Solana
Ondo Finance announced it will launch tokenized U.S. stocks and ETFs on the Solana blockchain in early 2026. The tokens will be custody‑backed, giving holders economic exposure while underlying securities remain with U.S. broker‑dealers. Minting and redemption will operate 24 hours...
Polymarket Points to Third-Party Login Tool After Users Report Account Breaches
Polymarket disclosed that a vulnerability in a third‑party authentication provider caused recent account breaches, resulting in users losing funds despite two‑factor authentication. The platform pointed to Magic Labs, an email‑based login service that auto‑creates wallets, as the likely source. Polymarket...
Crypto Downturn Reveals Gap Between VC Valuations and Market Cap
The recent crypto market downturn has exposed a stark mismatch between venture‑capital valuations and current market capitalizations for many blockchain startups. Projects once valued near $1 billion, such as Humanity Protocol and Fuel Network, now trade at a fraction of those...
Philippines Blocks Coinbase, Gemini Amid Wider Crackdown on Unlicensed VASPs
Philippine regulators have ordered internet service providers to block access to global crypto exchanges Coinbase and Gemini, following a National Telecommunications Commission directive that targets fifty unlicensed platforms flagged by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas. The move extends a broader...
Trend Research Quietly Becomes One of Ethereum’s Largest Whales with 46K ETH Buy
Trend Research, a private investment arm linked to LD Capital, purchased 46,379 ETH, raising its holdings to roughly 580,000 ETH and placing it among the top three Ethereum treasuries worldwide. Only SharpLink Gaming and BitMine Immersion Technologies, both publicly listed, hold larger...
Prediction Markets Expand From DeFi Niche to Global News Sources
Polymarket, launched in 2020, exploded in 2025, processing roughly $500 million a day and becoming a go‑to source for odds cited by major news outlets. The platform’s volume surged from under $1 million per day in 2023 to a five‑day spike in...