Onchain perpetual futures drive surge in crypto derivatives activity
cointelegraph.com

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
crypto-economy.com

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
nulltx.com

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
cryptopotato.com

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
cointelegraph.com

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
crypto-economy.com

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
u.today

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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Mirae Asset Eyes Korbit in Potential $100M Crypto Exchange Deal
cryptonews.com.au

Financial giant Mirae Asset Group is in negotiations to acquire Korbit for up to $100 million in a deal aimed at securing a fully licensed entry into the South Korean crypto market. The acquisition is being led by a non-financial affiliate to navigate strict domestic regulations that separate traditional banking from virtual asset businesses. This […]

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Flow Confirms Execution Layer Exploit
nulltx.com

The Flow Foundation has confirmed a real and material security incident on the Flow network. On December 27, 2025, an attacker exploited a vulnerability in Flow’s execution layer, successfully moving approximately $3.9 million in assets off-network before validators executed a coordinated network halt. The confirmation was published directly by the Flow Foundation in an official […]

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This lies ahead for <b>cryptocurrency</b> – YouTube
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Bitcoin Foundation chairman Brock Pierce discusses the future of Bitcoin and legislation around cryptocurrency on 'The Claman Countdown.

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XRP Supply Dwindles While ETFs Go On A Buying Spree Before 2026
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XRP is slowly entering one of the most important structural phases in its history. Price action has been mostly bearish and sentiment across the broader crypto market has been cautious, but on-chain data tells a very different story.  Data from Glassnode shows XRP balances on centralized exchanges falling to around 1.5 billion XRP, their lowest […]

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$10 Crypto Test Exposes Why This Bull Market Feels Broken
cryptopotato.com

Bitcoin (BTC) reached a new all-time high above $126,000 in October, yet at the time of writing, it was trading near $88,000. This significant retreat highlights a deeper truth: headline highs have masked a deeply fractured market where most cryptocurrencies have been left in a prolonged chill. A Stark Divergence in Performance Analytics platform SoSoValue’s […]

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NGRAVE ZERO Wallet Review: Is It Still Safe And Reliable In 2025?
www.cryptoninjas.net

NGRAVE ZERO Wallet is one of the most security-focused hardware wallets on the crypto market today. It is designed for users who want to store crypto assets offline and reduce exposure to online threats. NGRAVE ZERO allows users to generate and store private keys in a fully air-gapped environment, without WiFi, Bluetooth, or USB connections. […]

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Trend Research lifts ETH holdings to $1.8B with $35M buy, is ‘bullish’ on 2026
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Trend Research founder Jack Yi pledged to continue buying Ether, claiming more financial and regulatory tailwinds will drive crypto valuations in 2026.

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Ripple Moves Huge Amounts of XRP, Shiba Inu (SHIB) Flashes Bullish Signal, Cardano Midnight Outperforms XRP and Solana – Top Weekly Crypto News
u.today

This week’s top stories: Ripple, SHIB, NIGHT, and SOL.

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Buy the Dip? Why Crypto Whales Are Evaluating DOGEBALL Alongside Pepe and ADA Ahead of the 2025 Market Cycle
crypto-economy.com

Momentum is gradually shifting as large market participants reposition ahead of the next market cycle, with DOGEBALL, Pepe, and ADA increasingly appearing in discussions around timing and relative value. As volatility returns and sentiment turns cautiously optimistic, investors are reassessing where early exposure may offer differentiated risk-reward profiles—particularly across established assets like Pepe and ADA, […]

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‘Not Good:’ Elon Musk Weighs in on Upcoming Silver Supply Chain Issues
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Musk reacted to the upcoming restrictions that the Chinese state will impose on silver exports by highlighting the relevance of the precious metal in the industrial world. Silver has performed superbly this year, more than doubling its January prices. Elon Musk Laments China’s Silver Export Restrictions The silver market continues to thrive, and industry giants […]

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