Celebrating One Year of Hashrate Redirect™: How Abundant Mines Redefined Uptime and Protected Millions in Client Bitcoin Rewards
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Bitcoin Magazine Celebrating One Year of Hashrate Redirect™: How Abundant Mines Redefined Uptime and Protected Millions in Client Bitcoin Rewards Hood River County, Oregon – December 16th, 2025 – This month last year, Abundant Mines quietly began to launch a feature that would go on to change how the bitcoin mining industry defines performance. Today, […]

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XRP Falls Below $2 As $721 Million Profit-Take Hits Market
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One of the cleaner tells in crypto is when the old supply decides it’s time. Not “made a quick 20% and clipped it” time — years old. That’s basically what Glassnode researcher CryptoVizArt flagged after an XRP wallet aged roughly 5–7 years (with a cost basis around $0.40) realized more than $721.5 million in profit […]

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US government ‘tech force’ gets backup from Coinbase, Robinhood
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The US government wants 1,000 tech workers to boost its capabilities and has turned to the private sector to plug its skill shortages.

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Veteran Analyst Explains Why Bitcoin Is Not Pumping
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Bitcoin selling pressure is still outweighing demand and buying pressure as the bears are keeping markets suppressed. “Why is Bitcoin not pumping?” asked analyst and Stock-to-Flow model founder PlanB on Wednesday. He said that 50% is selling by “OGs traumatized by 2021, technical investors looking at RSI [relative strength index], and four-year cycle fans expecting […]

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XRP and SOL Enter the Big Leagues With CME Group’s Latest Futures Launch
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CME Group broadened its regulated cryptocurrency lineup, adding new spot-quoted futures that deepen access to digital assets and reflect growing demand for flexible, compliant trading tied closely to market pricing. CME Group Adds XRP and SOL to Spot-Quoted Crypto Futures Suite CME Group (Nasdaq: CME) expanded its cryptocurrency derivatives lineup with new offerings for digital […]

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KULA is available for trading!
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We’re thrilled to announce that KULA is available for trading on Kraken! Funding and trading KULA trading is live as of December 16, 2025. To add an asset to your Kraken account, navigate to Funding, select the asset you’re after, and hit ‘Deposit’.  Make sure to deposit your tokens into networks supported by Kraken. Deposits […]

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Japan Takes Aim at Dollar Stablecoins With SBI-Backed Digital Yen
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SBI Holdings and Startale Group team up to develop a fully regulated yen-denominated stablecoin for global settlement. The initiative aims to bridge traditional finance and blockchain-based payments, positioning Japan to challenge dollar dominance in the $300 billion stablecoin market. Building a Regulated Digital Yen The two companies have signed a memorandum of understanding to co-develop […]

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S&P 6900 Index, Pi Network, Filecoin—Sudden Rebound Boosts Bullish Sentiment – Bitget
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The cryptocurrency market still faces downward pressure. The sudden rebound in the S&P 500 Index, PI Index, and FIL Index suggests a potential upward …

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Why the Crypto Market Is Declining and What Solana’s Drop Means for Payment Tokens in 2026
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Crypto markets are experiencing a decline, with Solana trading near $126 and Bitcoin below $90,000. In market conditions driven by risk aversion, projects with clear utility tend to attract more attention. Market sentiment has weakened, leading many investors to adopt a more defensive approach. One of the best bets heading into 2026 is crypto presales, […]

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Ondo Finance Expands to Solana, Bringing Tokenized Stocks and ETFs to High-Speed Liquidity Rails
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Ondo Finance is making its next major move. The real-world asset (RWA) protocol has announced plans to expand to the Solana blockchain, marking a significant step in the convergence of traditional finance and high-performance crypto infrastructure. According to Ondo Finance, the project will launch its tokenized stocks and ETFs service on Solana in early 2026, […]

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SEC Crypto Roundtable Questions Whether Americans Can Transact Without Surrendering Privacy
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The SEC is hosting a task force roundtable on the future of crypto privacy, organized by pro-crypto Commissioner Hester Pierce. In his opening remarks, Chairman Paul Atkins said the agency is pondering how to empower groundbreaking privacy protocols while addressing “national security threats.” “Today’s roundtable participants will wrestle with a question that, at its core, […]

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Exodus Enters Stablecoin Market With MoonPay-Backed Digital Dollar
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This Tuesday, Exodus (EXOD) announced its foray into the stablecoin market with the launch of a fully reserved digital dollar, developed in partnership with the fintech firm MoonPay. According to JP Richardson, CEO of the company, the asset will be issued and managed by MoonPay with support from M0, and it is expected to be […]

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UK Crypto Ownership Records Shocking Drop
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Fewer Brits now own crypto compared to 2024 despite Bitcoin price recently hitting a new record high.

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Bitcoin Crashes Below $87,000 as $200 Million in Crypto Longs Liquidated in an Hour
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Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Crashes Below $87,000 as $200 Million in Crypto Longs Liquidated in an Hour Bitcoin extended its weekend slide on Sunday, dropping below $87,000 as a fresh wave of liquidations swept through the crypto market, wiping out roughly $200 million in leveraged positions over the past 60 minutes, per Coinglass data.  At the […]

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XRP Liquidity Dries Up: Futures Buy Volume On Binance Falls from $5.8B to $250M
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XRP has slipped below the $2 level, a psychologically important threshold, as broader market conditions continue to deteriorate and selling pressure weighs on risk assets. While Bitcoin dominates liquidity and investor attention, altcoins are struggling to attract sustained demand, and XRP is increasingly reflecting this imbalance. According to a CryptoQuant report by Darkfost, the weakness […]

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Exodus, MoonPay to roll out stablecoin in early 2026, joining gold rush
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Exodus partnered with MoonPay to launch a USD-backed stablecoin for everyday payments, integrating it into Exodus Pay for self-custodial transactions.

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Corporate Bitcoin Accumulation Continues as American Bitcoin Takes the Lead
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American Bitcoin has surpassed ProCap Financial in corporate Bitcoin holdings, accumulating 5,044 BTC valued at approximately US$443 million. The corporate buy-and-hold trend is expanding despite a broader price pullback in BTC, with the top 100 publicly listed corporate holders now controlling over 1.08 million BTC. This accumulation has increased the link between BTC price movements […]

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Charles Schwab Widens Regulated Crypto Exposure With Solana Futures Inside Brokerage Accounts
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Charles Schwab quietly widened regulated crypto exposure by adding solana-linked futures to its trading platform, signaling deeper integration of digital asset derivatives into mainstream brokerage accounts without requiring direct cryptocurrency ownership. Regulated Solana Futures Enter Schwab Platform, Expanding Leverage-Based Crypto Exposure A major brokerage broadened crypto-linked derivatives access within its trading ecosystem. Charles Schwab Corp. […]

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Ripple (XRP) News Today: December 16th
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Ripple remains a trending topic within the crypto space due to the multiple ecosystem developments and recent news related to the company. Its native token, XRP, has been on an evident decline as of late, and certain factors suggest the sell-off might intensify in the near future. The Big News Last week, Ripple’s CEO, Brad […]

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Bitcoin Bleeding Continues As <b>Cryptocurrency</b> Nears $85,000 – Forbes
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The cryptocurrency dropped to roughly $85,130.00, according to Coinbase data from TradingView. At this point, it had plunged more than 30% from …

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California Crypto Users Miss $110M as Coinbase Pushes to Restore Staking After 2023 Ban
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Key Takeaways: California users have missed an estimated $110 million in staking rewards since the state restricted Coinbase’s staking services in 2023. Coinbase argues that staking is not a security and says no user has ever lost assets by staking on its platform. The exchange is urging California regulators to align with 46 other U.S. […]

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Analyst Michaël Van De Poppe Says Gold Looks Overvalued Against Bitcoin – Here’s Why
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A widely followed crypto analyst and trader says that gold is currently overvalued against digital gold, Bitcoin (BTC). Crypto analyst Michaël Van De Poppe tells his 816,200 X followers that the Relative Strength Index (RSI), a momentum indicator that shows whether a crypto asset is overbought or oversold by measuring the speed and magnitude of […]

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Institutional Bitcoin Accumulation Enters a New Phase
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Bitcoin accumulation is no longer subtle. It’s visible. It’s deliberate. And it’s accelerating. In the past two weeks alone, Bitcoin has absorbed billions of dollars in capital from institutions that aren’t trading narratives , they’re building positions. While price action pulls attention in one direction, balance sheets quietly move in another. Two signals matter most […]

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Bitcoin (BTC) Price Analysis for December 16
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Can the rate of Bitcoin (BTC) fix above $88,000 this week?

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What is mNAV? The Investor’s Guide to Valuing Bitcoin Treasuries
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Bitcoin Magazine What is mNAV? The Investor’s Guide to Valuing Bitcoin Treasuries mNAV, or market net asset value, is a valuation metric that expresses the real-time economic value of a company’s bitcoin reserves. It adjusts the company’s holdings to the current market price of bitcoin, accounts for liquid cash and debt, and factors in share […]

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Bitcoin Could Break Records Again In 6 Months, Grayscale Says
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According to a Grayscale outlook released Monday, the asset manager expects rising demand for alternatives and clearer rules in the US to push Bitcoin to a new all-time high in the first half of 2026. The report lays out 10 key investing themes for 2026 and ties the Bitcoin call to two main forces: growing […]

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Alexander Ray, our partner within the CTDG initiative and a Web3 entrepreneur, co-founder of Albus Protocol and JPool, has passed away
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For our team, this is not only the loss of a respected builder in the Web3 space, but the loss of a close and trusted partner.

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MetaMask Introduces Native Bitcoin Support
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One of the most significant updates for MetaMask was announced this Monday: native Bitcoin support for MetaMask. This evolution allows the wallet’s more than 30 million monthly active users to store, send, and receive BTC transactions for the first time, managing the world’s largest digital asset alongside their Ethereum tokens and Layer 2 networks from […]

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Top Crypto Presale to Buy Now: BlockchainFX ($BFX) Leaves MemeCore (M) Mantle (MNT) Volatility in the Dust
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Can you find the top crypto presale to buy that turns holiday cheer into smart financial stacking? With volatility swirling around established tokens, the focus shifts to foundational projects offering tangible value. That’s precisely the opportunity presented by BlockchainFX ($BFX), which is currently making headlines by bridging traditional and digital finance. While you read the […]

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Nick Rose Expands Into Large-Scale Bitcoin Mining and AI; Projects Developing World Win in Data Center Race
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As artificial intelligence investment surpasses half a trillion dollars, crypto miners are increasingly repurposing their infrastructure to operate AI data centers, especially in North America and Western Europe. Web3 veteran and investor Nick Rose argues that developing markets—often overlooked due to perceived regulatory risk—offer a major advantage. The Western Focus: Capital, Stability, and Power Constraints […]

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Crypto Wallet Giant MetaMask Expands Product Offering, Launches Native Bitcoin (BTC) Support
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One of the most downloaded crypto wallets is announcing support for the flagship crypto. MetaMask says it has added native support for Bitcoin (BTC), allowing users to trade, send and manage the asset alongside Ethereum (ETH), Solana (SOL) and Sei (SEI) within a single wallet, expanding its multichain offerings. Users who update to the latest […]

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Bitwise’s Three Bold Crypto Calls That Could Redefine Bitcoin in 2026
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Bitwise CIO, Matt Hougan, believes Bitcoin will break its four-year cycle and make a new all-time high in 2026. It’s one of three predictions Hougan made for 2026, the others being continued falls in Bitcoin’s volatility, and correlation with stocks. Hougan believes institutional investment now exerts greater influence over Bitcoin’s price performance than forces like […]

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