Strategy Reloads on Bitcoin, Buys 1,229 BTC for $109 Million
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Bitcoin Magazine Strategy Reloads on Bitcoin, Buys 1,229 BTC for $109 Million Strategy, the largest publicly traded holder of bitcoin, has resumed accumulating bitcoin, purchasing 1,229 coins for approximately $108.8 million during the week ended December 28. The acquisition was made at an average price of $88,568 per bitcoin and lifts the company’s total holdings […]

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Flow scraps rollback plan after pushback over decentralization, security
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Although recovery of assets affected in a $3.9 million exploit of the Flow blockchain isn’t guaranteed, many users responded positively to a change in the remediation plan.

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Groundbreaking: China to Pay Interest on Digital Yuan Deposits in Adoption Push
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As part of its plan to accelerate the “construction of a financial power” and develop the digital yuan, the Central Bank of China has announced that it will allow commercial banks to pay interest on digital yuan deposits. China To Pay Interest On Digital Yuan Deposits The digital yuan is about to reach parity with […]

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Litecoin’s Bid for Digital Silver Narrative Tested by Market Charts
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TL;DR Litecoin fell more than 40% in 2025, while physical silver rose close to 180%, a contrast that needs to be examined through price action, capital flows, and relative performance. LTC’s price recovered the $75 area and trades near $77, supported by lower selling pressure in Bitcoin and a more contained level of overall market […]

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Russia’s First Crypto-Backed Loan Brings Bitcoin Into Formal Banking
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Sberbank has extended Russia’s first crypto-backed loan to Intelion Data, one of the country’s largest Bitcoin miners. The pilot deal uses Bitcoin mined by Intelion as collateral, positioning digital assets as working capital rather than passive holdings on a balance sheet. Using Rutoken to Secure Digital Collateral Sberbank reportedly used its in-house digital custody product, […]

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Ghana's Parliament Has Approved A Law Permitting The Use Of <b>Cryptocurrency</b> – AfroTech
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Between July 2023 and June 2024, cryptocurrency transactions in Ghana reached $3 billion, Del Titus Bawuah, chief executive officer of Web3 Africa …

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Investment Firm CEO Drops Utility Bomb On XRP, Is Community Hype A Detriment?
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Comments from Galaxy Digital’s leadership have looked into what ultimately sustains value in the crypto market. In a recent YouTube discussion centered on 2026 expectations for Bitcoin, crypto, and artificial intelligence, Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz and Head of Research Alex Thorn singled out XRP and Cardano, questioning whether even the strongest communities can survive […]

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Overview of ZA Miner’s Automated Cloud Mining and Potential Daily Returns
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As cryptocurrency mining continues to evolve toward automation and efficiency, cloud mining has become an increasingly attractive option for both beginners and experienced investors. ZA Miner is a cloud mining service that advertises a low entry model, fixed-return contracts, and a multi-level referral structure. ZA Miner operates a professional cloud mining platform that allows users […]

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Bitcoin (BTC) Price: $90K Violently Rejected Once Again. Is It Over?
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Bitcoin bulls feel devastated as the flagship cryptocurrency fails to gain a foothold above the $90,000 level once again.

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Sberbank Issues Russia’s First Crypto-Backed Loan in Pilot Deal With Major Bitcoin Miner
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Bitcoin Magazine Sberbank Issues Russia’s First Crypto-Backed Loan in Pilot Deal With Major Bitcoin Miner Sberbank has issued Russia’s first loan backed by crypto, extending financing to Intelion Data, one of the country’s largest bitcoin mining companies, in a pilot transaction that signals growing institutional interest in crypto-collateralized lending. The bank, Russia’s largest lender, said […]

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Onchain perpetual futures drive surge in crypto derivatives activity
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According to Coinbase researcher David Duong, decentralized platforms and shifting trader behavior have pushed perpetual futures into a more central market role.

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Ethereum Alert: Why Another Monthly Close in Red Could Be Disastrous
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Ethereum (ETH)  is trading near a level that may define its next move. It has compressed between a key support and visible resistance, setting up a potential breakout or breakdown as the market approaches the monthly close. The asset is priced around $2,970 at press time. The daily range remains tight, with the 24-hour low […]

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Bloomberg Strategist Warns Ether More Likely to Hit $2,000 Than $4,000
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Ether faces mounting downside pressure as prolonged underperformance, shifting macro conditions, and cross-asset comparisons raise the risk of a deeper slide, with Bloomberg Intelligence warning the market may be closer to testing lower levels than reclaiming prior highs. Bloomberg Strategist Sees Ether Sliding Toward $2,000 Amid Macro Headwinds Bloomberg Intelligence senior commodity strategist Mike McGlone […]

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Perpetual Futures Move $1.2 Trillion a Month as Crypto Spot Markets Lag
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In 2025, perpetual futures shifted from a specialist tool for aggressive traders into a central mechanism for how risk, leverage, and even traditional assets move across decentralized finance. According to Coinbase, the lines between traditional markets and decentralized finance are blurring fast. As crypto derivatives mature, perpetual futures—once the playground of speculative traders—are emerging as […]

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Happy 16th Birthday, KrebsOnSecurity.com! – Krebs on Security
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… cryptocurrency exchanges and websites hawking cybercrime services aimed at Russian-speaking customers. In October 2025, Canadian financial …

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XRP Price May Be Bearish Below $2, But On-Chain Data Tells A Different Story
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XRP’s recent price action in recent weeks has been under selling pressure, with the cryptocurrency struggling to reclaim the psychologically important $2 level. From a technical standpoint, the structure still leans bearish and lacks strong upside momentum.  However, beneath this subdued price behavior, activity on the XRP Ledger points to a more complex context that […]

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Surge in Fake Claims Pushes Trust Wallet Hack Toward Verification First
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TL;DR Verification challenge: Trust Wallet identified 2,596 affected addresses but received nearly 5,000 claims, exposing fraud risks. The company is prioritizing accuracy over speed. Financial impact: The browser extension hack caused $7 million in losses, with Binance pledging full coverage. While this assurance provides relief, investigators must carefully balance urgency with precision. Security concerns: SlowMist […]

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Bloomberg Analyst Warns of Market Drawdown: Bitcoin Could Sink to $10,000
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TL;DR Mike McGlone of Bloomberg Intelligence projects Bitcoin at $10,000 in 2026, a drop of nearly 90%, driven by capital fragmentation across the crypto market. BTC is set to close 2025 below $90,000 and about 30% under its all-time high; Bitcoin ETFs recorded $4.5 billion in outflows between November and December. Ed Yardeni expects a […]

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Silver’s wild 6% price spike and 10% plunge mirrors crypto volatility
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Silver’s recent price surge mirrors Bitcoin’s trademark volatility. The precious metal is swinging wildly on rate cut bets and shifting industrial demand.

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Novogratz Predicts 2026 Will Be Great for Crypto
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Galaxy CEO Mike Novogratz believes that BTC needs to reclaim $100K for him to get excited again.

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Former Exchange Employee Sentenced to 4 Years for Selling Military Secrets to North Korea for Bitcoin
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Bitcoin Magazine Former Exchange Employee Sentenced to 4 Years for Selling Military Secrets to North Korea for Bitcoin A South Korean crypto exchange employee was sentenced to four years in prison for attempting to recruit a military officer to sell classified secrets to North Korea in exchange for Bitcoin, the Supreme Court ruled on December […]

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Uniswap Burns $596M in UNI After Near-Unanimous Governance Vote
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Uniswap executed a massive burn of 100 million UNI tokens worth nearly $600 million following a nearly unanimous governance vote to overhaul the protocol’s economic model. The “UNIfication” proposal activates a fee switch for Uniswap v2 and v3 on the Ethereum mainnet which redirects a portion of trading fees toward permanent token burns. This shift […]

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Pump.fun Wallet Flows Spark Fresh Cash-Out Fears
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Over the past few hours, Crypto Twitter has lit up again. The trigger is familiar. Large on-chain movements. Familiar wallets. And a familiar fear. According to on-chain trackers, pump.fun-linked wallets deposited another ~$50 million in USDC into Kraken, reigniting claims that the memecoin launchpad is quietly extracting value from the ecosystem. The data, first highlighted […]

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2025 EOY Report: Surprise of The Year
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As 2025 comes to a close, Bitcoin.com examines the events that were considered relatively unlikely to happen and how the ecosystem reacted as they developed. In 2025, several events of this kind occurred, and we have compiled and classified them to determine which one became the Surprise of the Year 2025. As 2025 draws to […]

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Ripple (XRP) in 2025: SEC Lawsuit Conclusion, Record Price, ETFs, and More
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2025 has been a historic year for Ripple and its native token XRP. The company secured key partnerships and made notable acquisitions, and the crypto community finally saw the conclusion of the Ripple/SEC legal battle, while the asset’s price was booming in the summer. However, the past few months have not been kind to the […]

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<b>Cryptocurrency</b> as a Christmas Gift? Investment Choices from a Gen Z Perspective
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Wyatt Johnson still recalls constantly refreshing the Coinbase app during the cryptocurrency frenzy of 2021. He and his friends were convinced they …

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Ethereum’s Quiet Bounce Faces A Bigger Test Above $3,550
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Ethereum’s recent rebound has brought a brief sense of relief, but the bigger challenge still lies ahead. While price is attempting to stabilize after weeks of sideways action, the broader structure suggests this move remains corrective rather than decisive. Until ETH can clear the $3,550 barrier, the bounce looks more like a pause in consolidation […]

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Coinbase Details Bitcoin and Crypto Market Outlook for 2026
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Crypto exchange giant Coinbase is mapping out key themes for Bitcoin and crypto in 2026. The firm just released a new market outlook report examining regulatory progress, technology trends and where markets may be heading next year. The report details a cautiously optimistic US economy driven by AI productivity gains, alongside a meaningful regulatory shift […]

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ETH validator entry queue is suddenly almost double the exit queue
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Digital asset treasury companies such as Tom Lee’s BitMine have contributed to the increase in the entry queue, but the network’s Petcra upgrade may have also helped.

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Ethereum Sets All-Time High With 8.7M Smart Contracts Deployed in Q4 2025
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TL;DR Ethereum recorded 8.7 million contracts in the fourth quarter of 2025, an all-time high that reflects real network usage and an expansion in on-chain development. The increase was supported by ETH ETFs, a surge in active addresses, and higher demand for contracts across DeFi, applications, and financial services. ETH’s price fell 27.6% during the […]

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Crypto Market Prediction: Four 300,000,000 Shiba Inu (SHIB) Barriers to Jump Over, Is XRP Bull Market Comeback Secured? Bitcoin (BTC) Will Only Move After 31st
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The market could be ready for movement way sooner than most anticipate: as soon as trading opens in the U.S.

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XRP Bull Case Strengthens as ETFs, Treasury Adoption, and On-Chain Utility Converge
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XRP enters 2026 with breakout pressure rising as legal clarity unlocks institutional capital, spot ETFs deepen liquidity, and enterprise treasury adoption ties demand to real settlement utility instead of short-term speculative flows across global markets. XRP Advances Toward Breakout as ETF Inflows and Exchange Liquidity Reinforce Strength XRP bullishness in 2025 reflected structural change rather […]

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