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JPMorgan Eyes Crypto Services As Institutional Demand Grows – A Boost For BTC Price?

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is considering offering cryptocurrency trading services to its institutional clients, based on reports from Bloomberg and Reuters. The move is reported to be in early stages

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India wants to pump $32 billion into its banking system liquidity in just a month

India will inject historic $32 billion worth of rupee liquidity into its banking system over the next month, according to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday. The central bank confirmed it will carry out open market bond purchases worth 2 trillion rupees ($22.34 billion) between December 29 and January 22, alongside a $10 […]

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BTC loses correlation with M2 money supply after historically tracking liquidity expansion

BTC decoupled from the M2 money supply, after tracking the liquidity metric during previous bull markets. BTC is expected to either break down further, as liquidity shifts to other markets, or to catch up and rally to a higher range.

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Crypto.com explores internal market-making for sports-based prediction contracts

Crypto.com is recruiting traders to operate an internal market-making desk for trading directly against customers on its prediction market exchange. The Singapore-based company has posted a “quantitative trader” job listing, who will reportedly join a team responsible for buying and selling financial contracts of sporting events outcomes.  According to Bloomberg’s Tuesday report, the role would […]

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Canaccord dismisses short-term demand cracks, lifts Tesla price target to $551

Canaccord Genuity just lifted its Tesla price target from $480 to $551, a 13% increase, saying short-term demand cracks aren’t the end of the road. Even though Canaccord kept its buy rating, analyst George Gianarikas cut his Q4 2025 delivery forecast, citing a bigger-than-expected slump in demand. But he didn’t back off the bull case. […]

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Oil prices rise slightly globally as supply fears clash with oversupply forecasts

Oil prices barely moved on Tuesday, caught between fears of conflict and forecasts of too much supply. Brent crude rose just 6 cents to $62.13 a barrel by press time, and West Texas Intermediate (WTI) ticked up 2 cents to $58.03, right after a 2% surge on Monday, when Brent posted its biggest daily jump […]

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Benchmark raises Hut 8 target to $85, cites stronger cash flows

Benchmark, the Wall Street broker, lifted its price target on Hut 8 to $85 from $78. The firm believes Hut's new AI data center deal is a cash flow booster.

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Dogecoin Price Forecast: DOGE ticks lower as low Open Interest, funding rate weigh on buyers

Dogecoin (DOGE) is hammering on $0.13 support at the time of writing on Tuesday as overhead pressure continues to spread across the crypto market. The largest meme coin by market capitalization faces a deteriorating technical structure, weighed down by a weak derivatives market.

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Buying pressure weakens across BTC, ETH as volume metrics show sustained declines

Buying pressure in the crypto market is weakening simultaneously in terms of price action, derivatives activity, and on-chain indicators. According to CryptoQuant’s analysis, Bitcoin is still struggling to sustain the $87,000-$90,000 level. According to analyst Mignolet, the slowdown in buying has been evident since late August, which kick-started a spell of declining futures volume, falling […]

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Michael Saylor, Winklevoss headline billion-dollar crypto losses in 2025

Bitcoin had the setup of a lifetime going into 2025, yet some of the crypto industry’s title characters still ended the year on the wrong side of it; Strategy chairman Michael Saylor and Gemini founders Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss. Bitcoin has slipped about 6% through mid‑December, and most other tokens fell more, causing the gap […]

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US economy slows down into 2026, but analysts are not calling it a recession yet

The U.S. economy is slowing down heading into 2026, and no one in the room is pretending otherwise. Invesco’s market analyst Ben Gutteridge said on Monday that “I’ve no doubt the U.S. economy is slowing.” Economic growth is clearly cooling after that government shutdown, job creation is dipping, and yes, while this doesn’t mean a […]

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Analysts Anticipate 3.2% Annualized Growth in US Q3 GDP Ahead of Official Data

The United States (US) Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) will publish the first preliminary estimate of the third-quarter Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on Tuesday, at 13:30 GMT.Analysts expect the data

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Investors Expect Midnight to Enter the Top 20 if Binance and Coinbase List

Midnight (NIGHT) has attracted massive trading volume in December. Many investors expect the price uptrend to continue.Although the price has corrected about 30% from its recent peak, several factors

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Analyst Reveals Bitcoin Make Or Break Level Amid Campaign For $90,000

Bitcoin (BTC) is trading at a critical level as market participants watch closely for its next major move. A crypto analyst has revealed that the leading cryptocurrency is approaching a make-or-break

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Investors look to Chinese AI as US tech valuations raise bubble fears

Global investors are increasingly turning to Chinese AI companies as worries grow that parts of Wall Street’s technology boom may be overheating. Many fund managers now see China as a place to spread risk, rather than rely only on expensive US tech stocks. Beijing’s drive for technology independence, particularly with regard to AI and chips, […]

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ByteDance plans $23 billion AI spending in 2026, up from $21.5 billion this year

ByteDance, the Beijing‑based owner of TikTok, is preparing a major AI spending plan as Chinese tech companies try to stay competitive with U.S. rivals. According to the Financial Times, ByteDance has drafted early budgets to spend RMB160 billion, about $23 billion, in capital expenditure in 2026, a step up from the RMB150 billion the company […]

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Crypto mining farms increase 44% nearly 200,000 despite ban in Russia

The number of mining farms in Russia has seen a significant increase over the past year, since Moscow legalized the crypto activity in 2024. The upward trend is largely due to growing investments in the sector following its recognition as a legitimate business, industry sources say. Others claim illegal mining is contributing, too. Russia counts […]

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Fan Tokens and the Road to 2026: Assessing the Opportunity

As crypto enters a more mature phase, attention is shifting from broad narratives to sectors with clear use cases and identifiable catalysts. Within this context, SportFi, and Fan Tokens in particular

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$36 Million in Cardano Whale Buying Meets a Reversal Setup — What Comes Next?

Cardano price remains under pressure on higher timeframes, still down around 12% month-on-month. But beneath the weak surface, a different story is forming. Momentum is stabilizing, selling pressure i

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Crypto Today: Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP decline as risk-off sentiment escalates

Bitcoin (BTC) remains under pressure, trading above the $87,000 support at the time of writing on Tuesday. Selling pressure has continued to weigh on the broader cryptocurrency market since Monday, triggering declines across altcoins, including Ethereum (ETH) and Ripple (XRP).

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Breaking down Canopy with Co-Founder & CEO, Adam Liposky

Blockchain adoption is growing fast, calling for innovations that scale and deliver like their Web2 counterparts. While the current solutions play a vital role, they still have significant shortcomings that call for solutions like Canopy, which, according to its Co-Founder and CEO, Adam Liposky, is projected to have high adoption for lowering the entry barrier […]

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Federal Reserve seeks public input on 'skinny' accounts for fintech and crypto firms

The Federal Reserve has opened a portal for public feedback regarding a proposal for fintech firms and crypto companies to access the US central bank’s payment infrastructure on a limited basis, through “skinny accounts.” According to the proposal released on Friday, the Fed is discussing a concept with policymakers on a new category of payment […]

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Solana Price Prediction: SOL Eyes Recovery as Viral DeFi Altcoin is Named the Next Big Crypto 

While Solana (SOL) is struggling to again muster support to help it break through on a bull run after a series of reversals, market onlookers are eagerly awaiting to see if this fast L1 blockchain is finally on the cusp of a break-through on a bull run. Also, while Solana (SOL) is struggling to slow […]

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Chainlink risks further losses in early 2026 despite the ecosystem growth

Chainlink (LINK) is down 2% at press time on Tuesday, adding to a nearly 5% decline in December so far. The oracle token risks a negative close for the fourth straight month, potentially signaling a bearish start to 2026. 

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Bybit Plans Gradual Withdrawal from Japan Market Beginning in 2026

Bybit, one of the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchanges, has announced that it will discontinue its services for Japanese residents.The exchange will implement gradual account restrictions starting

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Ripple's online sentiment plunges to lowest in two months as token drops more than 30%

XRP is drawing unusually high levels of negative chatter on social media, and according to some market watchers, doubts that the token’s price will rise have historically led to rebounds.  Crypto market sentiment analytics firm Santiment posted on X that sentiment around the token has slipped deeply into negative territory, but episodes of pessimism are […]

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Dogecoin: Why This One Price Level Is Drawing All the Attention

Dogecoin is trading in a technically sensitive area, with analyst Kevin (@Kev_Capital_TA) highlighting $0.138 as the key level the memecoin needs to reclaim to improve its higher-timeframe structure.

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Gold makes yet another all-time high for the 50th time this year, smashes $4,500

Gold just hit its 50th record high of the year, smashing past $4,500 as traders brace for more rate cuts from the Fed. Silver is also on fire, reaching its own all-time peak as investors flee to safe-haven metals. The dollar is tanking, heading for its worst year since 2017, and traders are now betting […]

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BlackRock Declares Bitcoin ETF as “Top 3” Investment Theme Despite Price Uncertainty

Bitcoin’s price action has remained volatile in recent sessions, with recovery attempts struggling to gain traction. BTC has attempted to stabilize after recent pullbacks, yet demand from exchange-tra

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Bitcoin Price Forecast: BTC retreats as $90,000 rejection, ETF outflows weigh on sentiment

Bitcoin (BTC) continues to trade under pressure, slipping below $87,500 at the time of writing on Tuesday after failing to reclaim a key psychological level. Institutional demand continues to weaken, as spot Bitcoin Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) recorded an outflow of over $142 million on Monday.

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