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XRP Falls Below $2 As $721 Million Profit-Take Hits Market

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

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Best Crypto to Buy With $1,000 Before Q1 2026? Top Crypto Investors Favor Utility Over Hype

With the market looking into Q1 2026, attention is changing among the investors. Short-term storytelling and attention-seeking surges are becoming less popular, since multiple pullbacks of large-cap and meme-assets have occurred. During these two periods, the capital tends to switch to those projects that are still young yet evidently functional. It is typically the time […]

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Tesla hit a new record close at $489.88 after rising 3.1% on Tuesday

Tesla is back in full swing as its stock (TSLA) closed at $489.88 on Tuesday, a new all-time high and the second straight day of breaking records. Tesla surged by 3.1% in Tuesday’s session, pushing its year-to-date jump to 21% after a 36% crash in the first quarter, which was its worst drop since 2022. […]

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Why the Bank of Japan Is So Critical for Bitcoin

Bitcoin traders often focus on the US Federal Reserve. However, the Bank of Japan (BoJ) can be just as important for crypto markets.That’s because Japan plays a unique role in global liquidity. When t

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Mutuum Finance (MUTM) Named as a Must-Buy in December 2025 as Phase 6 Presale Enters Final Hours

Mutuum Finance (MUTM) is quickly emerging as a top DeFi crypto as it increasingly draws mentions as a must-buy into December 2025. Being one of the DeFi cryptos with high utility, Mutuum Finance has managed to make its presence recognized among investors with its emphasis on accelerating adoption, innovative product development, and sound token economics. […]

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Who Really Sold The Dip? On-Chain Data Exposes Bitcoin’s True Sellers

Bitcoin has retraced to the $85,000 level, a critical support zone that bulls must defend to prevent a deeper breakdown. After failing to reclaim higher levels, price action has slowed and volatility

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Best Alternative to Avalanche’s (AVAX)? GeeFi (GEE) Presale Rockets Past 24M Tokens Sold in Under 2 Weeks

GeeFi is carving out a major name for itself in the cryptocurrency space, thanks to a presale that’s capturing widespread attention. The project’s Phase 1 was a blistering success, selling out its 10 million token allocation and raising $500,000 in just over a week. This initial surge has propelled total funds raised past the $1 […]

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USD1, the stablecoin deployed by Trump-linked WLFI expanded to Cantor Network

World Liberty Financial (WLFI), the crypto venture majority-controlled by the family of President Donald Trump, has announced the expansion of its USD1 stablecoin onto the Canton Network, a move that is being widely touted as an aggressive expansion because of how it shifts USD1 from general retail blockchains into a network deliberately designed for regulated […]

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Did MicroStrategy Make Its Worst Bitcoin Purchase of 2025?

MicroStrategy’s latest Bitcoin buy has quickly come under scrutiny. Just one day after the firm disclosed a major purchase, Bitcoin fell sharply.On December 14, MicroStrategy announced it had acquired

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Kled AI founder accuses Believe co-founder of repeatedly selling millions of $KLED tokens on the open market during critical periods

Kled AI founder Avi Patel has accused Ben Pasternak, co-founder of token launchpad platform Believe, of repeatedly selling millions of $KLED tokens on the open market during critical periods, such as their app release date and recent update. According to Patel’s post, Pasternak originally held about 6% of the $KLED supply as part of an […]

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Bitcoin Under Pressure As Yen Carry Trade Unwind Hits Global Markets

The yen carry trade unwind has been hovering over markets lately — the kind of “plumbing” story that most people ignore right up until volatility spikes and everything suddenly feels connected.

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This New Crypto Approaches a 20% Price Increase as Allocation is Over 98%, Here’s the Breakdown

Capital hardly stands by when Bitcoin recedes, Ethereum halts, and meme coins fail to gain favor. It rotates. Now rotation is taking place. With big-cap holdings struggling to find a path, the marketplace is turning to a single DeFi altcoin that has kept marching in spite of market reluctance to proceed.  The reason why Traders […]

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The FDIC approved a proposal creating the application process for banks to issue stablecoins under the GENIUS Act

The FDIC approved the very first proposal that sets the rules for how banks file applications to issue payment stablecoins under Trump’s GENIUS Act. The proposal spells out how insured institutions form subsidiaries to issue stablecoins and how state nonmember banks and state savings associations must file if they want to enter this market, with […]

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Ark Invest buys new shares BitMine, Coinbase, and CoreWeave.

Ark Invest acquired new shares: $17 million of BitMine, $16.26 million of Coinbase, $9.9 million of CoreWeave.

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XRP Price Is Not Going To $100 By End Of Year, ‘You Need A Reality Check’

Despite the recent crash that saw the XRP price fall below $2, many analysts claim that the cryptocurrency could still skyrocket to $100 by the end of the year. However, one expert has thoroughly

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GeeFi (GEE) Keeps an Incredible Pace as Only 1M Tokens Remain in Phase 2, Outperforming Giants Like Solana (SOL)

GeeFi is rapidly becoming a standout name in the cryptocurrency world, driven by a presale that is exceeding all expectations. The project’s initial stage, Phase 1, saw its entire 10 million token supply sell out in just over a week, raising a quick $500,000. This powerful start has catapulted the total funds raised above the […]

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SEC Drops Long-Running Investigation Into Aave Protocol

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has closed its investigation into the Aave Protocol without recommending enforcement action, according to a notice dated December 16.The decision ends a multi

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Trump’s SEC ended its four-year investigation into Aave Labs with no action

Trump’s SEC closed its four-year review of Aave Labs, ending a case that had hung over the project since 2021. Founder and CEO Stani Kulechov said on X: “After four years, we are finally ready to share that the SEC has concluded its investigation into the Aave Protocol. DeFi has faced unfair regulatory pressure in […]

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Polygon transactions surge to 2021 levels as Polymarket drives comeback

Polygon transactions reached a yearly peak, driven by Polymarket activity and peer-to-peer USDC payments.

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CoreWeave stock sinks 61% as debt fears and delays mount

CoreWeave Inc., the American artificial intelligence cloud-computing company, has watched $33 billion of value disappear in six weeks. This hit is mainly due to investor concerns over a potential AI bubble and inconsistent signals from the company’s leadership. The AI infrastructure provider has dropped 61% from its all-time high of $187 mid-year. It has also […]

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Shiba Inu Scores US Regulated Derivatives Entry Via Coinbase

According to reports, Coinbase has launched regulated futures linked to Shiba Inu, opening the token to trading on a US derivatives venue. Related Reading: Analyst: Bitcoin’s Cycle Is Intact, Yet

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Scott Bessent says tax changes will trigger record refund season

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is pushing a huge refund wave into early next year, saying Americans will receive “very large refunds” because of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and its retroactive rules. Scott said the law changed what people owe on this year’s income, and since nobody touched their withholding after July, the Treasury […]

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Solana starts testing quantum-proof cryptography

Solana has partnered with Project Eleven to work on quantum-resistant signatures. Currently, Solana's elliptic curve cryptography is not considered quantum-resistant.

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Dogecoin (DOGE) Prospects Fade As Traders Pivot to This $0.035 DeFi Crypto Powerhouse for Maximum Upside

Dogecoin has been increasingly squeezed in the crypto markets. It is witnessing weakening price trends and reduced derivatives trading. Traders were re-evaluating risk in response to muted Dogecoin ETF inflows and a significant fall in futures open interest. In such a dynamic, the spotlight is shifting to DeFi projects that support growth stages with more […]

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Why China’s Recent Mining Crackdown Triggered Bitcoin’s Latest Sell-Off

As Bitcoin’s price continues to trend lower, China’s renewed crackdown on domestic mining activity may help explain the sudden downturn.In Xinjiang province, an estimated 400,000 miners were forced to

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Veteran activist Eric Jackson bets on a new kind of crypto treasury

Veteran activist investor Eric Jackson is pushing a new play in a market that has already scared off half the people who tried it. He is going after the crypto-holding company model again, but this time with a structure built for a market that refuses to sit still. Eric says he is building a setup […]

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Even With Ripple’s (XRP) Regulatory Wins, Experts Say GeeFi (GEE) Is The Best Choice by Predicting Over 3000% ROI

GeeFi is proving its strength in the market with a presale that is exceeding expectations. The first funding stage hit its hard cap in less than two weeks, raising $500,000 with remarkable speed. This success has continued directly into Phase 2, which has now raised over $850,000 through the sale of more than 14 million […]

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Political memecoins stole the show in 2025, but DOGE remains the largest memecoin 

The memecoin market reached new heights, with volumes exceeding $150 billion by market cap. The tokens that stand out as high-risk assets in the crypto industry have become the playground for US investors, who followed their pro-crypto president, who has hands-on experience in the market as a businessman. US started 2025 as the country most […]

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ADA Enters Critical Phase as Cardano Price Slips Back to Multi-Year Support Levels

Cardano’s ADA token has returned to a familiar but uncomfortable zone. After months of lower highs and failed recovery attempts, the price has slid back toward long-term support levels that have

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American Bitcoin boosts BTC holdings to 5,098 as buying spree accelerates

Eric Trump-backed American Bitcoin has added to its BTC reserve, bringing its total BTC holdings to 5,098 BTC and yield to 96.5% since its debut in September. 

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