PUMP Plummets as Legal Dispute Escalates
Pumpfun’s PUMP token has plunged more than 50% below its ICO price, now trading at a $1.7 billion fully‑diluted valuation and $1 billion market cap. Despite allocating 100% of daily revenue—about $1 million—to token buybacks, the coin fell an additional 12% after Burwick Law filed a misconduct notice alleging intimidation and retaliation. The legal filing, which links anonymous memecoin launches to alleged threats, has intensified market pressure on the Solana‑based launchpad. Investors remain wary as the dispute escalates without clear evidence of wrongdoing.
Dogecoin Loses $0.13 Floor as Derivatives Positioning Signals Bigger Swings Ahead
Dogecoin slipped below the $0.13 psychological floor as heavy spot selling coincided with a dramatic surge in derivatives activity. BitMEX reported a 53,000% jump in DOGE futures volume, reaching $260 million, indicating traders are bracing for heightened volatility. The price fell...
XRP Weakens After Losing Support, with $1.85 Next in Focus
XRP lost its short‑term support around $1.87 as sellers pushed the token below the $1.8615‑$1.8700 band. Heavy volume at the $1.9061 resistance level indicated larger players were selling into strength rather than accumulating. The price now hovers near $1.86, with...
Bitcoin’s Lack of ‘Crazy’ Year-End Price Means No Hard Crash in Q1: Pomp
Anthony Pompliano told CNBC that Bitcoin’s muted year‑end rally reduces the odds of a severe Q1 crash. The cryptocurrency trades around $87,436, down about 7.4% since the start of the year, while volatility has noticeably compressed. Pompliano highlighted Bitcoin’s 100%...
Brazil's Live Orchestra to Turn Bitcoin Price Moves Into Music
Brazil has secured approval under the Rouanet Law to fund an experimental orchestra that will translate Bitcoin’s real‑time price movements into live music. The project can raise up to 1.09 million reais from private donors, who receive tax deductions for contributions....
Gnosis Announces Hard Fork to Recover Funds From Balancer Exploit
Gnosis chain operators executed a hard fork on Monday to retrieve assets tied to the November Balancer exploit that siphoned over $116 million. The fork follows a soft‑fork consensus reached by validators in November and aims to place recovered funds in...
DWF Labs’ Physical Gold Trade Signals Crypto Capital’s Move Into Commodities
Crypto market maker DWF Labs settled its first physical gold transaction, a 25‑kilogram bar, using conventional bullion custody rather than blockchain. The trade comes as gold prices surged past $4,500 per ounce, outpacing most crypto assets. DWF’s managing partner Andrei...
Tensions over El Salvador's Bitcoin Holdings Ease as IMF Praises Economic Progress
The IMF praised El Salvador’s faster‑than‑expected economic growth and omitted earlier calls to pause its bitcoin accumulation. The country added over 1,000 BTC in November, bringing its treasury holdings to roughly 7,500 BTC, valued at about $660 million. While the IMF noted progress on...
Bitcoin Slips, Crypto Stocks Suffer Steep Declines, as Tax-Loss Selling Drives Action, Analysts Say
Bitcoin slipped about 1% to just under $88,000, pulling crypto‑related equities down 6‑16% as analysts attribute the sell‑off to year‑end tax‑loss harvesting. Open interest in Bitcoin and Ethereum perpetual futures fell $3 billion and $2 billion respectively, thinning leverage ahead of a...
IMF Says El Salvador in Talks to Sell State-Run Chivo Bitcoin Wallet
The IMF confirmed that negotiations to sell El Salvador's state‑run Chivo Bitcoin wallet are "well advanced," even as President Nayib Bukele insists the government will keep buying Bitcoin. The IMF‑El Salvador loan agreement, signed in May, requires the country to...
Russia’s Central Bank Unveils New Crypto Rules to Be Adopted in 2026
Russia’s central bank released a draft framework that will legalise cryptocurrency trading for retail and qualified investors, with implementation slated for 2026‑2027. The proposal caps retail purchases at 300,000 rubles per year and requires a risk‑awareness test, while qualified investors face...
Bitcoin Still Hasn't Hit $100,000 when Adjusted for Inflation: Galaxy's Alex Thorn
Alex Thorn, Galaxy Digital’s global head of research, highlighted that Bitcoin never breached the $100,000 mark when measured in 2020‑dollar terms, topping out at $99,848. While the cryptocurrency’s nominal price peaked around $126,000 in October 2024, inflation‑adjusted figures tell a...
Filecoin Drops as Bears Test Support
Filecoin (FIL) slipped 2.2% to $1.29, trading within a tight five‑cent range after hitting $1.33 resistance. Volume surged 180% to 7.59 million tokens, indicating heavy institutional distribution at the top of the range. Support at $1.28 held, showing continued buyer interest...
Bitcoin Bulls Eye Possible Tailwind as U.S. Dollar Index Continues to Leg Lower
Bitcoin’s price continues its bear market even as the U.S. dollar index slides toward a multi‑year low. The DXY is hovering just above a long‑term support level dating back to the 2008 financial crisis, while gold, silver and copper have...
XRP Holders Can Now Earn Yield without Selling Their Tokens
Flare has introduced earnXRP, a vault that lets XRP holders earn yield without selling their tokens. Users deposit FXRP, a 1:1 representation of XRP on Flare, and receive a receipt token that tracks their share and compounded returns. The vault...
Ethena’s USDe Loses $8.3B Since October Crash Amid ‘Loss of Confidence’
Ethena’s synthetic stablecoin USDe has lost roughly $8.3 billion in market value since the Oct. 10 liquidation event, halving its market cap from about $14.7 billion to $6.4 billion. The crash triggered a brief de‑peg to $0.65 on Binance, which the founder attributed to...
Amplify ETFs Targeting Stablecoin and Tokenization Sectors Open for Trade
Amplify ETFs has launched two new exchange‑traded funds—STBQ and TKNQ—targeting the stablecoin and tokenization ecosystems. Both funds carry a 69‑basis‑point expense ratio and are listed on NYSE Arca. STBQ tracks the MarketVector Stablecoin Technology Index and holds 24 securities, including...
How Wall Street Is Using Ethereum without Talking About Ethereum
Wall Street is quietly adopting Ethereum as a core settlement layer, processing over $5 trillion in quarterly transaction volume. Banks and payment giants use Ethereum‑based stablecoins to move regulated dollars instantly, bypassing traditional clearing delays. Major institutions such as JPMorgan and BlackRock...
South Korean Card Giant Completes Stablecoin Payments Pilot for Foreigners
South Korean payments processor BC Card has finished a pilot that lets foreign users pay local merchants with stablecoins. The trial, conducted with blockchain firm Wavebridge, wallet provider Aaron Group, and remittance service Global Money Express, converted overseas stablecoin holdings...
Polymarket Bets Surge on Lighter Airdrop as Hyperliquid Lists LIT
Polymarket traders are betting an 86% chance that Lighter, a leading perpetual DEX, will execute its token airdrop by the end of 2025, backed by $9.5 million in betting volume. Lighter opened an optional allocation form allowing users to split their...
OKX Reports Trading Increase After Expansion Into US, EU
OKX announced that its trading volume in licensed, regulated markets surged 53‑fold in 2025 following its entry into the United States and the European Economic Area. The exchange reported that daily active wallets doubled, with roughly 190,000 new wallets created...
ZOOZ's Bitcoin Treasury Play Faces Nasdaq Delisting Clock
ZOOZ Strategy, an Israel‑based Bitcoin treasury firm listed on Nasdaq and TASE, received a Nasdaq notice that its share price fell below the $1 minimum bid‑price requirement, giving it until June 15 2026 to regain compliance. The company, which holds 1,036 BTC to...
Strategy's Increased Dollar Buffer Covers More than 2 Years of Dividend Obligations
Strategy (MSTR) raised its dollar reserve to $2.2 billion, adding $748 million from a stock sale. The buffer covers roughly 32 months of preferred‑stock dividend obligations, roughly $824 million per year, extending through the next bitcoin halving in 2028. It also positions the...
Token Launches With Low FDVs Vastly Outperformed Hyped Debuts in 2025: Memento Research
Memento Research tracked 118 token launches in 2025 and found that over 84 % are now trading below their token generation event valuations, with a median loss exceeding 70 %. Projects that launched with modest fully‑diluted valuations (FDVs) between $25 million and $200 million...
Polymarket Volumes Surge on Layer 2 Speculation
Polymarket recorded its three highest‑volume days since the November 2024 U.S. presidential election, trading $91.7 million on Dec 19, $92.7 million on Dec 20, and $85.6 million on Dec 21. The surge follows a widely circulated screenshot in which a Polymarket developer said a Layer 2 network is...
Crypto Altseason Unlikely in 2026 as ‘Blue-Chip Survivors’ to Win Out: Analyst
CoinEx Research analyst Jeff Ko predicts that 2026 will not see a traditional altseason, with liquidity concentrating on blue‑chip cryptocurrencies. He forecasts modest global liquidity tailwinds and a Bitcoin price target of $180,000 by 2026, noting weakened correlation with M2...
Bitcoin Perpetual Open Interest Rises as Traders Bet on Year-End Rally
Bitcoin perpetual futures open interest rose to 310,000 BTC, while funding rates jumped from 0.04% to 0.09%, indicating growing leveraged long bets. The price briefly touched $90,000 before slipping back to $88,200, underscoring volatility ahead of year‑end. A massive $23 billion options...
TEN Protocol Redefines Ethereum’s Privacy with ‘Compute in Confidence’ Approach
TEN Protocol introduces a "compute in confidence" model that lets Ethereum applications run confidential code while still settling on the main chain. By leveraging Trusted Execution Environments, TEN keeps inputs and strategies hidden without sacrificing verifiability. The platform maintains full...
Recent Bitcoin Miner Capitulation May Signal Bottom Is Near: VanEck
VanEck analysts note a 4% drop in Bitcoin’s network hashrate, the sharpest since April 2024, and argue that such compression historically precedes bullish price moves. Their research shows 65% of 90‑day forward returns are positive after a 30‑day hashrate decline, rising...
Crypto Coin Minute for December 23rd, 2025 at 10:27 AM Pacific Time.
Wall Street firms dominated crypto trading in 2025, pushing volumes to record highs while the demand outlook for 2026 remains clouded by regulatory uncertainty. Bitmine accelerated its treasury strategy, acquiring more than 4 million ETH and solidifying its position as a...
Wall Street’s Bid on Crypto Dominated 2025 but What’s the Demand Outlook for 2026?
Wall Street’s embrace of crypto culminated in 2025, with spot Bitcoin ETF net inflows of $57 billion and total assets soaring to $114.8 billion. The momentum slowed in late 2025, triggering a 30% correction in Bitcoin and a 50% drop in Ether....
EU Council Endorses Offline and Online Versions of Digital Euro
The European Union Council has formally endorsed the European Central Bank’s design for a digital euro, approving both an online version and a privacy‑focused offline variant. The offline model will store central‑bank‑signed tokens in secure elements of certified devices, ensuring...
Solana Mobile Ended Saga Security Patches, Exposing Owners to a Critical Wallet Risk You Can’t Ignore
Solana Mobile announced it will cease software updates and security patches for its Saga crypto‑native smartphone, warning that future compatibility cannot be guaranteed. The company clarified that its newer Seeker devices will continue to receive regular updates. This move caps...
Arizona Lawmaker Proposes Barring Taxes on Crypto and Blockchain
Arizona Senator Wendy Rogers introduced three measures to reshape the state’s treatment of digital assets. SB 1044 would amend statutes to exempt virtual currency from taxation, while SB 1045 seeks to prevent counties, cities and towns from taxing blockchain node operators. SCR 1003...
Bitcoin On-Chain Data Just Confirmed a “Demand Vacuum” That Threatens to Drag Prices Down to This Uncomfortable Range
Bitcoin’s 2025 rally has stalled as on‑chain metrics reveal a demand vacuum, with U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs shifting to net redemptions of roughly 24,000 BTC in Q4. CryptoQuant data shows demand growth slipping below its trend line, while Alphractal reports...
ETHZilla Sells $74.5 Million of Ether in Effort to Trim Debt Load
ETHZilla, a Nasdaq‑listed firm that builds a reserve of ether, sold 24,291 ETH worth $74.5 million, marking its second large liquidation this year. The cash will be used to redeem senior secured convertible notes under a recent agreement, reducing the company’s...
CME Loses Top Spot to Binance in Bitcoin Futures Open Interest as Institutional Demand Wanes
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) has been overtaken by Binance as the leading venue for bitcoin futures open interest, with Binance now holding roughly 125,000 BTC versus CME's 123,000 BTC. CME's open interest fell from a year‑start peak of 175,000...
Uniswap Is About to “Turn on the Switch.” With Hayden Adams
Uniswap founder Hayden Adams discussed the UNIfication proposal, now in its final governance vote, which would turn on protocol fees and introduce a programmatic UNI burn. The plan also outlines a shift toward protocol‑first infrastructure, including APIs, aggregator hooks, and...
Magma Devs Launches RPC Smart Router on Google Cloud
Magma Devs unveiled its RPC Smart Router on the Google Cloud Marketplace, offering enterprises a multi‑provider routing layer for blockchain RPC calls. The open‑source router automatically selects the fastest, most stable endpoint across networks like Ethereum, Solana, and Polygon, reducing...
Coinbase CEO Debates Base App’s Strategic Focus
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong addressed growing community concerns about the Base app’s direction, noting that the platform now intertwines cryptocurrency transactions with social networking features. He emphasized that user feedback is shaping the product roadmap, but internal debates persist over...
The Clock Is Ticking for Crypto Tax Loss Harvesting
Crypto investors can use the recent market slump to harvest tax losses before year‑end. By selling assets below cost basis, realized losses offset capital gains and lower taxable income. Unlike stocks, crypto lacks a wash‑sale rule, allowing immediate repurchase, but...
JPMorgan Weighs Crypto Trading for Institutions Amid Growing Demand
JPMorgan Chase is assessing whether to provide spot and derivatives cryptocurrency trading services to institutional clients such as hedge funds and pension funds. The bank’s deliberation follows growing demand for regulated, high‑liquidity digital‑asset venues and a clearer U.S. regulatory outlook....
Prediction Markets May Offer a Tax Loophole for Gamblers Under Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill, Coinbase Says
Coinbase warns that a provision in President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill, effective 2026, will limit the deduction of gambling losses against winnings, raising the tax burden for traditional bettors. The change creates a tax advantage for blockchain‑based prediction markets, which may be...
Ghana Passes Law to Legalize Crypto Trading, Central Bank Governor Says
Ghana's parliament approved the Virtual Asset Service Providers Bill, legalizing cryptocurrency trading. The law designates the Bank of Ghana as the primary regulator, granting it authority to license and supervise crypto‑asset service providers. Officials say the framework will protect consumers...
Binance Let Suspicious Accounts Move Millions After $4.3B US Plea Deal: Report
Binance allowed a network of 13 high‑risk accounts to process roughly $1.7 billion in crypto transactions, including $144 million after its November 2023 $4.3 billion US plea settlement. Internal data reviewed by the Financial Times show these accounts exhibited extreme red‑flag behavior, such...
Aave Slides as Community Debates over Who Controls the Brand
A governance dispute over Aave’s brand assets has escalated to a Snapshot vote, pushing the AAVE token down 11% in 24 hours. BGD Labs co‑founder Ernesto Boado argues that the DAO should formally own domains, social handles, and naming rights...
Indonesia Lists 29 Licensed Crypto Platforms as Global Exchanges Explore Market
Indonesia’s Financial Services Authority (OJK) released a whitelist naming 29 licensed digital‑asset platforms, clarifying which exchanges can legally operate in the country. The list includes major players such as South Korea’s Upbit, Robinhood’s newly acquired local entities, and Hong Kong‑based...
Boxing Day Bonanza: $27 Billion in Bitcoin, Ether Options Set for Year-End Reset
A $27 billion options expiry on Dec 26 will clear $23.6 bn of bitcoin and $3.8 bn of ether contracts on Deribit, representing over half of the exchange’s open interest. The market shows a strong bullish tilt, with a put‑call ratio of 0.38 and...
Bullish Bitcoin Plays on Bitfinex Swell to Highest Since Early 2024
Bitcoin margin long positions on Bitfinex have surged to about 72,700 BTC, the highest level since February 2024. The rise follows a price slide from a peak above $126,000 to roughly $89,750, marking three consecutive months of decline. Historically, such...
Curve DAO Rejects $6.2 Million Swiss Stake Funding Proposal
The Curve DAO voted down a proposal to allocate 17.4 million CRV tokens (about $6.2 million) to Swiss Stake AG, the firm that handles core development for the DEX. The vote split 54.46% against versus 45.54% in favor, with major DeFi players Yearn...