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When the futures market opened on Monday, the screens told a story that seemed backwards. The United States had just captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in a weekend operation that shook geopolitics and dominated headlines. And yet, oil did not skyrocket. He slipped. At the same time, Bitcoin held firm and then rose. It traded…

Fedi will release its entire software suite as open source on January 3, completing a promise made at the 2024 launch. The company said all Fedi software has now moved to the Affero General Public License (AGPL), following an interim period under a commercial source license. The change makes Fedi’s code base publicly available under…

Losses from crypto phishing plummeted in 2025, but experts warn that the threat has only changed shape rather than disappearing. Reports show a sharp drop in money stolen through wallet-draining scams, even as attackers tried new tricks linked to recent protocol changes. Related reading Scam Tracker Data Shows Drop According to Scam Sniffer’s 2025 analysis,…

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has stopped its local fiat operations in Argentina less than a year after formally entering the market, reducing peso-based services and maintaining its crypto functionality. According to a report by Forbes Argentina, Coinbase informed users that it will temporarily stop maintaining local services following a review of its operations. The company described…

The year 2025 has become a year of consolidation, with major Layer 1 networks laying the foundation for tools and technology that will lead to better interoperability, as well as driving real-world financial use cases. For Ethereum, that meant a surge in institutional adoption and steady progress in scaling, while builders increasingly looked toward interoperability…

The cryptocurrency market continues to change and established projects face new challenges. The Polkadot cryptocurrency has been trading below key levels, and analysts are keeping an eye on possible further declines. Meanwhile, Zcash price continues to face resistance that could limit the bullish movement. Both show conflicting signals for those looking for the next cryptocurrency…

XRP price is currently trading at $2.01 and continues to ride the momentum of an impressive bounce of almost 6% in 24 hours. Trading volume followed that movement and has now reached a daily high of over $4.19 billion. This is not just a passing flare; That’s a huge amount of purchasing activity. XRP has…

SHIB is sleeping Long-term holders are piling in Although largely ignored by short-term traders, long-term holders pay attention to the Shiba Inu signal at the beginning of the year. About 176 billion SHIB left exchanges in the last day. This is not random noise or a small fluctuation. This is an obvious and quantifiable departure,…

2026 has begun amid significant uncertainty about how the crypto market will perform this year. This unease is particularly notable after 2025 unfolded in a manner contrary to widespread market expectations. As outlooks remain divided, one key question remains: Will 2026 bring one of the most extreme crypto bear markets yet? BeInCrypto spoke with several…

It seems that the market has stopped believing in coincidences. Lately, every macroeconomic move, from the 2025 metals crash to the Fed’s $40 billion Treasury bond purchase to the BOJ meeting, is being treated as a “market signal.” In short, macro catalysts are no longer just about on-chain data. In particular, we are now seeing…

The firm suggests that digital wallets could eventually handle payments on a scale that rivals global card networks. Venture capital firm a16z Crypto outlined its key expectations for the digital asset sector in a post shared on The list frames a future in which stablecoins will rival global card networks, privacy tools will become a…

In summary Analysts agree that 2026 is unlikely to bring a crypto winter. Short-term volatility is likely, but Bitcoin is expected to remain strong and reach new all-time highs. Altcoins and Ethereum may depend more on regulatory developments, especially the fate of a US crypto market structure bill. In 2025, advantageous regulatory outcomes helped fuel…

Russia’s largest bank, Sberbank, has issued the country’s first cryptocurrency-backed corporate loan, extending financing to one of the country’s largest Bitcoin mining companies, Intelion Data. In a pilot deal, Intelion pledged the digital assets it mined as collateral, marking a significant moment in the integration of digital currencies into traditional banking practices in Russia. Sberbank…

There is a particular type of Bitcoin holder who only shows up when the noise gets loud. They’re the people who watched 2021 melt into 2022, who kept their keys anyway, who learned to live with the idea that the line on the graph can fall faster than their mood. When the price rises, they…

Russia is preparing to intensify its crackdown on unregistered cryptocurrency mining, proposing criminal penalties including hard labor and prison terms, just over a year after formally legalizing the industry. The Ministry of Justice on Monday published a draft amendment to the Penal Code that would reclassify many forms of illegal crypto mining from administrative offense…

Crypto analyst Matt Hughes, publishing as “The Great Mattsby,” called the $0.11-$0.12 zone “incredible” risk/reward for Dogecoin in a Dec. 30 X post, sharing a weekly DOGE/USDT chart to argue that support is clearly defined. Another trader responded, saying that traders could “better pick a good chart,” sparking a quick dispute over whether DOGE is…

Cryptocurrency Market Will Bleed Through 2026 Despite Other Major Assets Gaining; However, there will be a chance for cryptocurrencies to catch up in the new year, according to market intelligence platform Santiment. In a post from Since the beginning of November, gold is up 9%, the S&P 500 is up 1% and Bitcoin is down…

Prenetics (PRE), a health sciences company that raised $48 million earlier this year, in part to build a bitcoin treasury, said it decided to stop buying BTC amid prolonged weakness in the cryptocurrency market. The company launched its bitcoin accumulation strategy in June, following a model championed by Michael Saylor’s Strategy Inc, in which companies…

TLDR Ethereum price is trading around $2,972, showing intraday volatility with sharp declines and recoveries. The price is confined in a narrow range, indicating consolidation near the $2,950-$3,000 zone. Ethereum faces key resistance at $3,000 and $3,100, requiring a breakout for an uptrend. The market capitalization is $358.81 billion, down 0.93%, with a 15% increase…

Bitcoin held near $87,000 on Tuesday, setting a steady tone for cryptocurrencies as Asian stocks took a breather after a seven-day skid and investors downgraded U.S. tech stocks through the end of the year. MSCI’s gauge of Asia Pacific stocks fell 0.1% in early trading, and S&P 500 futures fell after the US benchmark fell…

A buy signal Canary in the coal mine Galaxy CEO Mike Novogratz predicted that 2026 could be a big year for cryptocurrencies. Still, he acknowledges the technical reality that the asset is “stuck.” Novogratz claims that Bitcoin would need to recover $100,000 to start gaining momentum. “I need to see it start to gain momentum…

Flow (FLOW) was left out of the broader market rally, with the token seeing a double-digit drop over the past 24 hours. The reduction comes as the network continues its remediation efforts after suffering a recent vulnerability. Sponsored Why is the FLOW token price going down? The cryptocurrency market is up almost 2.3% today, with…

Journalist Aware: December 29, 2025 Zcash posted a 30% rally in Santa despite Bitcoin’s sideways structure and flipped Solana with speculative interest. Notably, on December 27, ZEC rose 17% to $515, marking a 43% monthly rally and erasing half of its fourth-quarter losses. In the futures market, Zcash [ZEC] It effectively surpassed SOL in global…

AMLBot data shows that USDT issuer Tether freezes were about 30 times higher than USDC by value and address count. A new on-chain study published by the AMLBot team shows that Tether has frozen more than $3.29 billion in USDT on the Ethereum and Tron blockchains between 2023 and 2025, blacklisting 7,268 addresses in the…

In summary Caltech, Google and IBM obtained results that changed expectations about practical quantum systems. Bitcoin developers reevaluated long-term security as quantum schedules became less speculative. Researchers said the threat remains distant, but 2025 showed a clearer view of the next decade. When Caltech scientists activated their new quantum array of neutral atoms in September,…

The Chinese yuan is rising against the US dollar, prompting the country’s central bank to buy dollars. The yuan rose 0.2% against the dollar earlier this week to 6.9964 yuan per US dollar, forcing the People’s Bank of China to take action, Bloomberg reports. Sources familiar with the matter who wish to remain anonymous say…

La extensión de Chrome de Trust Wallet envió una actualización maliciosa en diciembre, filtrando datos de billeteras y drenando aproximadamente $7 millones de cientos de cuentas antes de que la compañía implementara una solución. La versión comprometida 2.68 estuvo activa durante días y se actualizó automáticamente en segundo plano, como están diseñadas las extensiones del…

It has been a turbulent and volatile fourth quarter for Bitcoin in 2025. BTC has endured a turbulent December, with prices falling nearly 9% and volatility rising to levels not seen since April 2025. In their latest “ChainCheck” report in mid-December, digital asset analysts at VanEck painted a nuanced picture: while on-chain activity remains weak,…

Amid already fragile sentiment across the cryptocurrency market, attackers exploited Trust Wallet, undermining trust in self-custody solutions. The breach has affected hundreds of users, and on-chain data shows that more than $6.77 million has already been stolen. The timing has amplified concern, as it comes at a time when investors are already experiencing increased uncertainty,…

USX, a Solana-native US dollar-pegged stablecoin, briefly traded below its peg on decentralized exchanges early Friday after heavy selling pressure overwhelmed available liquidity on Orca and Raydium, prompting issuer Solstice Finance to step in with liquidity support. In a post from Fountain: PekShield Alert Aggregate DEX data shows less extreme movement. A 15-minute USX/USD chart…